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Stats: Swindon - Bradford C
Possession: 67 - 33%
Shots on target: 3 - 1
Shots off target: 8 - 1
Fouls: 12 - 18
Corners: 8 - 0
Ref: Oliver Langford (West Midlands).
Red card:
Bradford C: Davies (57 min). Foul & abusive language.
Yellow cards:
Swindon: Ferry (36 min), Caddid (55).
Bradford C: Reid (61 min), Fagan (83).
SWINDON: 35. Wesley Foderingham, 7. Paul Caddis, 4. Aden Flint, 12. Alan
McCormack, 36. Liam Ridehalgh, 10. Matt Ritchie, 8. Simon Ferry, 24.
Jonathan Smith, 23. Raffaele De Vita (73), 33. Jake Jervis, 39. Mehdi
Kerrouche (79).
SUBS: 26. Phil Smith (GK), 13. Oliver Risser, 17. Alan Connell (79), 27.
Alessandro Cibocchi, 34. Cristian Montano (73).
BRADFORD C: 34. Matt Duke, 36. Marcel Seip, 6. Luke Oliver, 38. Andrew
Davies, 3. Luke O'Brien, 26. Michael Bryan (59), 4. Michael Flynn, 8.
Ritchie Jones, 32. Kyel Reid, 9. James Hanson, 39. Craig Fagan.
SUBS: 1. Jon McLaughlin (GK), 10. Ross Hannah, 11. Jack Compton, 16. Chris
Mitchell, 24. Liam Moore (59).
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Saturday evening match report
NPower League Two
Swindon Town (0) 0
Bradford City (0) 0
Att: 7,701
By Simon Parker (T&A)
Andrew Davies was sent off for the second time but City's ten man battled
for a draw at Swindon.
The Bantams were again left fuming by a refereeing decision and the
defender's red card - in his first game back from suspension - looked
ridiculously harsh.
But they weathered the Swindon storm for the final half hour to pocket a
valuable point.
City were quickly out the blocks and won a free-kick inside the penalty area
after Wes Foderingham picked up a backpass. But with the entire Swindon team
on the goal line, Michael Flynn's drive was charged down by Matt Ritchie.
Swindon's right winger was their chief threat in a first half which featured
plenty of effort but little in the way of chances.
City played their part in stifling the home side with important blocks at
the back from Luke Oliver and Davies. Luke O'Brien, making his first league
start of the season, also won a key header against two taller opponents.
Matt Duke tipped over a wind-assisted Paul Caddis free-kick but there was an
air of frustration around the ground at half-time. City's build-up play was
promising without creating anything to test Foderingham.
O'Brien's hesitation nearly let in Ritchie soon after the break and Davies
threw himself in the way of another effort from the wideman.
But the on-loan defender's day was sensationally cut short after 57 minutes
when he fouled Jake Jervis just inside the City half. Referee Oliver
Langford ruled Davies was the last man and issued a straight red card.
City reshuffled with Bryan sacrificed for Liam Moore and Fagan dropping back
to midfield. It became a game of attack versus defence.
Mehdi Kerrouche nodded a free header across goal as the defence momentarily
switched off and Duke made a fine save with his legs from Caddis.
Moore produced a brave block from Cristian Montano as Swindon queued up to
shoot.
Montano was inches away from a late winner but City doggedly held on for a
hard-earned share of the spoils.
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BRADFORD CITY AT HOME TO ROCHDALE IN FA CUP
By Simon Parker (T&A)
Bradford City have been handed a home draw against League One Rochdale in
the first round of the FA Cup.
But Park Avenue's reward for getting through the qualifiers is a long trek
to Hampshire to face AFC Totton.
FC Halifax got the plum tie of the round with Charlton set to visit the
Shay.
City's game will take place on Saturday, November 12.
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The Bantams can now confirm match ticket prices for their F.A Cup with Budweiser First Round tie with Rochdale.
The match, which has now been dated for Saturday 12 November 2011, will take place at the Coral Windows Stadium, kick off: 3.00pm.
Admission prices for the tie will be as follows:
Adults: £15.00
Concessions (Over 60's, Disabled supporters): £10.00
Juniors: £5.00
Details on how to purchase tickets and which stands will be open for the tie will be announced shortly.
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Published on Monday 31 October 2011 04:25
PHIL Parkinson praised his battling Bantams as they clung on with 10 men for over half-an-hour to earn a fine point on their travels to the
high-flying Robins.
But Parkinson was left bemused with referee Oliver Langford's decision to send off Andrew Davies in the 57th minute for a second tackle on
striker Jake Jervis.
The incident allegedly involved foul and abusive language from the on-loan Stoke City defender, who received his marching orders in his first
game back from a three-game suspension for a red card against Torquay United.
That means, barring a successful appeal, Davies will face a new four-match ban.
"We're going through a period where things seems to be going against us in terms of decisions," said Parkinson, who saw his side reduced to 10
men for the third time in five matches.
"I've spoken to Andrew and he says he just slipped, there was no intent in the tackle and he just caught their lad late. The referee said it was
a dangerous foul. I didn't see the incident but my chairman tells me it definitely wasn't a red card offence.
"We'll have to look at the incident again before deciding whether there is any point in appealing."
But credit where credit is due as the visitors showed plenty of character to pick up a point as they continue their bid to keep pulling away from
the bottom end of the League Two table.
Goalkeeper Matt Duke saved twice to deny Paul Caddis, striker Mehdi Kerrouche headed agonisingly wide with the visitors a man light, and
substitute Liam Moore pulled off a brave block to thwart Christan Montano.
Montano also fired just wide of the upright, but Parkinson's men held firm at the back to stay out of the drop zone.
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Fiery Swindon boss left frustrated as 'lambs to slaughter' refuse to lie down and accept defeat
6:20am Monday 31st October 2011
By Simon Parker
Swindon 0, City 0
Perhaps beneath the bluster and fluster there will be some grudging respect.
The Italians brought the art of defence to football with the famed catenaccio system.
So once the disappointment at missing out on a fourth straight win recedes, Paolo Di Canio will acknowledge a job well done by the Bantams.
Nobody had given the visitors a prayer on Saturday. According to Phil Parkinson, they were seen as "lambs to the slaughter" with their rotten
away record against a side brimming with confidence and form.
Throw in another early bath for the luckless Andrew Davies and bookies will have stopped taking bets on such a home banker.
But, as they had done against Torquay when Davies was first red-carded, the ten men seemed to grow in stature. They fought the mounting odds with
a tenacity that stifled and frustrated their hosts.
The team who had conceded in every away game blanked the one who always scored at home. Helenio Herrera, the Godfather of the catenaccio – or
door bolt – plan with Inter Milan would have been proud.
Swindon kept hammering away at City's back door but, for all the pressure, rarely caught a glimpse of light.
Their closest chance was virtually the last one as substitute Cristian Montano's cross-shot zipped a foot or so past the far post at the end of
normal time. To have been opened up at that stage would have been heart-breaking for a City side that had given their all protecting the goal.
Marcel Seip, one of those defensive heavyweights, said: "It feels like a win. They put everyone in the box and there were loads of crosses coming
in but we defended very well as a team.
"We thought we could nick the three points at half-time but it was a case of hanging in there when we went down to ten. We had to adapt and we
all worked so hard."
A back four that has been questioned on several occasions this season could not be faulted. Bodies were thrown in the way of everything – Seip,
Luke Oliver, Luke O'Brien and substitute Liam Moore all took at least one for the team.
Ironically, Davies had stood out above the rest. He had not put a foot wrong until his mistimed clip on Jake Jervis brought the harshest of
punishments from referee Oliver Langford.
Without descending into yet more official-bashing, on first glance it looked worthy of a yellow card and nothing more.
Davies was caught out by a deflection as he came across to cover O'Brien just inside City territory. The left back's slight touch changed the
direction of the ball and Davies, already committed to the tackle, could not check himself as he caught the on-loan Birmingham man.
The totting-up procedure means he will now miss four games for a second red.
City were toying over an appeal and you could argue they have nothing to lose other than the fee. If the FA rule it "frivolous" and tack another
game on, there's little difference given the length of the defender's absence anyway.
But the DVD, which Phil Parkinson watched on the coach home, offered an inconclusive view. If the freeze frame isn't clear, then it's hard to see
an independent panel overturning the referee's ruling.
Parkinson argued once again that the suspension is excessive for the foul and feels tackling is being driven out of the game.
He said: "I thought the ref did all right. The Swindon players went to ground too easily to try and con him a little bit.
"But referees are so quick to get the red card out these days. Twenty years ago it was more of a warzone out there but players are honest in
their challenges now.
"Is it a sending off? Not for me. Referees are given these directives and it's taking tackling out of it. If people are getting sent off like
that for one late challenge, then the bans can't be as much."
City had been very much in the contest up to that point. Matt Duke had made only one save to tip over a wind-assisted free-kick by Swindon
skipper Paul Caddis.
Parkinson had gone with two up front, accommodating the return of Davies by moving Seip to right back to end Moore's ever-present run. Craig
Fagan partnered James Hanson and, for an early spell, the visitors tested their hosts without getting close enough to keeper Wes Foderingham.
Their one, probably only, opportunity came courtesy of Foderingham's daft decision to pick up Aden Flint's backpass after four minutes. But with
the whole Swindon team massed on the goalline, Michael Flynn's shot cannoned off the advancing Matt Ritchie.
Right winger Ritchie has given City trouble before in Notts County colours and he carried the chief threat from an otherwise listless home
attack.
Once Davies departed, Swindon concentrated all their efforts on supplying Ritchie and the impressive Caddis down that flank.
Duke saved well with his legs from Caddis after the right back had tricked his way past O'Brien and Mehdi Kerrouche summed up his disinterested
afternoon by scooping a free header wide during a rare dip in City's defensive diligence.
As Swindon's temperature rose, Caddis gave Jonathan Smith an earful for shooting wildly over when the skipper was standing on his own. And Di
Canio had an animated discussion with Steve Parkin as the City bench made their point about the number of free-kicks going against them.
But City had done their job to get the reward that Parkinson and his assistant, if not many others, had anticipated.
Parkinson said: "Everyone wrote Bradford off coming here but Steve and I didn't feel that. We told the team that if we play with commitment and
discipline, we'll get a result.
"After being unlucky on Tuesday, I didn't want another hard-luck story even after the sending-off.
"We were down to ten men away from home and it's very tough. But the lads pushed themselves and there were some magnificent performances."
Attendance: 7,701
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Adam Reed returns to Sunderland
Phil Parkinson confirmed after the Swindon game that loanee midfielder Adam Reed has returned back to Premier League side Sunderland. This
weekend's Swindon fixture was scheduled to be the last match for the young midfielder before his one month deal expired but the 20-year-old
missed the County Ground match due to a dead leg.
Reed made four appearances during his loan period with the Bantams but his time at Valley Parade was injury-affected, with the midfielder missing
two weeks with a groin strain in particular.He also battled through Tuesday's match at Macclesfield Town with the same leg injury that ruled him
out of the date with Paolo Di Canio's Robins.
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Julian Rhodes frustrated as Andrew Davies sits out Bradford City ban
7:40am Tuesday 1st November 2011
By Simon Parker
City were today facing up to four more games without Andrew Davies after a late change of mind over appealing his red card.
The club had planned a bid to get referee Oliver Langford's decision at Swindon overturned. But having taken advice, they decided against it because video footage of the incident was not conclusive.
It was thought that Swindon striker Jake Jervis, who Davies brought down, was prepared to back up the defender's claim that he had slipped while making the challenge.
And joint-chairman Julian Rhodes believes that the on-loan Stoke centre half has been very harshly treated to be stuck with such a lengthy ban for his second sending-off in as many appearances. Davies has already missed three games after his dismissal against Torquay.
Rhodes said: "We don't understand why the ref was so quick to pull out his red card when the linesman (assistant referee) standing right next to the incident didn't even raise his flag.
"We came up with a magnificent point at the end of the game. But that back four in the first half was probably the best defensive performance of the season and we didn't want to lose Davies again."
Phil Parkinson gave his players an extra day off as a reward for their County Ground heroics.
He said: "It was a hell of a journey going down to Swindon and a few of the boys have gone Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday. I'm giving them a bit of a chance to recharge the batteries."
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Closed Door Friendly:
Tranmere R (0) 0
Bradford C (0) 1 Hannah
Att: 0
City defender Simon Ramsden took the next significant step on his road to
recovery this Tuesday afternoon by making a return to playing action in a
behind closed doors friendly with Tranmere Rovers.
Ramsden, who has been plagued by calf and groin problems in the past year or
so, seemingly came through the match unscathed after playing around 60
minutes of the match.
City won the fixture held at Prenton Park 1-0 thanks to a late second half
Ross Hannah goal.
The defender's involvement in the match comes after two successive weeks
training with the development squad following recent visits to see
specialists at Lilleshall's Sport Rehab Clinic.
Along with Ramsden and Hannah, the likes of Steve Williams, Chris Mitchell,
Nahki Wells and Jack Compton also featured in the match against Rovers.
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Bradford City progress in FA Youth Cup after extra-time victory over Marine
10:25pm Tuesday 1st November 2011
By Sports Desk
Two goals from Forrayah Bass helped Bradford City's Under-18s squeeze through their FA Youth Cup first-round game against Marine after a nail-biting period of extra-time.
Thomas Marshall and Bass netted in the 104th and 113th minutes respectively to put City 3-1 up before a Matthew Devine strike three minutes from time ensured a nervous climax.
Bass had fired City into a seventh-minute lead with a low curling effort but Michael Monaghan lashed home an equaliser for the visitors midway through the first half.
Steve Thornber's side face a trip to Boston United in the second round.
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Bradford City's Simon Ramsden takes first steps to recovery
7:00am Wednesday 2nd November 2011
By Simon Parker
Phil Parkinson praised Simon Ramsden's first outing of the season but warned him: It's only the start.
Ramsden played an hour in yesterday's private friendly at Tranmere – the right back's first game since the pre-season clash with Bolton in July.
Ross Hannah scored on his return to action as City won 1-0 at Prenton Park but the chief focus was on Ramsden.
Parkinson was delighted to see him emerge unscathed but also preached caution.
"Simon looked fine and he did some great delivery into the front players. He got 60 minutes under his belt and did well.
"But we're not going to get carried away. He knows it's only the start of a long road."
The next reserve game against Middlesbrough is not for a fortnight and City may try to squeeze another behind-closed-doors outing into next week to aid the defender's recovery.
Parkinson added: "We've been building Simon up the right way so he was ready for the game. He's done two weeks of full training and worked hard while we were away down at Swindon, doing high-intensity three v threes, two v twos and one against one stuff."
Chris Mitchell, Steve Williams and Jack Compton also featured yesterday and Nahki Wells impressed after coming on at half-time. Tranmere fielded a strong team, including former Leeds winger Andy Robinson, and Parkinson said: "It was a good work-out for the boys played at a decent pace. It was worth doing."
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