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Final whistle - match report
CITY 2 COLCHESTER 2
Nahki Wells added another two goals to his prolific run – but City dropped their first points of the season at Valley
Parade.
Wells took his tally to nine with a double strike that topped and tailed a testing encounter with Colchester this
afternoon.
Phil Parkinson had warned that his old club would pose a difficult test for the Bantams and he was not wrong as they became
the first visiting side to avoid defeat.
Wells gave City a 14th-minute lead after a miscue from David Wright. The ball appeared to get stuck under the Bermudian's
feet but he pivoted superbly to drill into the bottom corner.
But Colchester were a threat going forward. Jabo Ibehre should have equalised straight away before Jeffrey Monakana crowned
his debut on loan from Preston with a superb finish into the top corner.
It was the first goal City had let in at home in nearly five hours of football – but within four minutes there was another
as Ibehre turned Rory McArdle to confidently convert Monakana's through ball.
City had lost their way since the equaliser and the crowd were quiet. But normal service resumed seven minutes after the
break as Wells looped a header home from James Meredith's cross.
City pushed for a winner although there was a scare when Gavin Massey hit the post.
But the game finished on a sour note when Yeates was taken out by sub Daniel Pappoe, who was sent off just four minutes
after coming on the pitch.
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Parkinson feared Yeates had broken his leg
7:59pm Saturday 14th September 2013
By Simon Parker
City will check on Mark Yeates tomorrow morning after the stoppage-time incident that saw Colchester sub Daniel Pappoe
red-carded.
Pappoe, who had been on for less than five minutes, was sent off for a late tackle on the Irishman at the end of today's 2
-2 draw.
City boss Phil Parkinson admitted: "I thought Yeatesy had broken his leg. The sheer ferocity of the challenge shook Mark
up.
"I thought the whistle had gone and the game had stopped before the lad launched himself in. That's what annoyed me.
"It was needless because it was a great game. I don't know what the lad was thinking."
"If we'd have lost a key player like Mark Yeates we'd have been livid. "
===========================
When the dust settled - match report
Wells double allows Bradford City to pass unfamiliar test
6:40am Monday 16th September 2013
By Simon Parker
City 2, Colchester 2
Don't say you hadn't been warned. At the fourth attempt, Colchester became the first visiting side to leave Valley Parade
with more than their tails between their legs.
The U's gave City a real run for their money – just as Phil Parkinson had predicted they would.
The pre-match bookies may have been firmly in the home side's corner. But for someone who had cut his managerial teeth
upsetting those odds with the "little old Colchester" approach, the City boss wasn't being sucked in.
Parkinson had studied every game of his old club's season and was not fooled by what he had witnessed at first hand against
Coventry the week before.
The side beaten at a near-deserted Northampton were a shadow of the one that turned up at Valley Parade on Saturday.
Joe Dunne, Parkinson's former youth-team coach, had key players back from suspension and injury. He'd also brought in two
loans – including the outstanding Jeffrey Monakana from Preston, whose quick feet and acceleration posed constant problems.
When Colchester last came to City, Parkinson was in the opposite dugout – and a dour 1-1 draw ended with a final-whistle
spat with Colin Todd, the then-Bantams boss calling his sterile tactics the "death of football".
There was no such policy of containment on view from Dunne's youthful side. The holding midfielder may have sat so deep he
was effectively a third centre half, but with the full backs bombing on, there was plenty of attacking movement on the
counter to keep the hosts on full alert.
"You can see that the standard is a notch up from last year," said Parkinson afterwards. "Colchester have got some
dangerous players and I told the lads they won't get it all their own way.
"But it was a good game of football with two teams contributing. You'd take a point after being 2-1 down at half-time – it
was a good test for us."
City had started as they finished against Brentford and swept into the lead when Nahki Wells seized on a miscue from David
Wright.
Wells pivoted and drove into the bottom corner – it was the 100th goal in total for him and James Hanson.
All bar four of the Bermudian's goals for City have come when Hanson has been on the field and the big man's presence had
pressured the Colchester midfielder into his panicky slice.
At that stage we were all guilty of thinking it was the cue for another boot-filling exercise. After all, the opposition
never score at Valley Parade these days...
But the alarm bells started ringing within a minute of the Wells strike. Jabo Ibehre should have hit the target but blazed
over from ten yards.
The clock was just about to reach its fifth hour without an away goal when Colchester came up with a spectacular equaliser.
Monakana teased Stephen Darby and then rifled an unstoppable shot into the top corner.
It was the first time Jon McLaughlin had been beaten at home since Burton's Robbie Weir had scored in the same net beneath
the Kop four months ago to seemingly bury the play-off dream.
City had famously bounced back from that but the immediate reaction to Monakana's rocket was one of being rocked on their
heels.
The first goal against may have taken 298 minutes – the second arrived four minutes later.
Craig Eastmond, the excellent 'quarterback' in the Colchester midfield, threaded through a low pass. Rory McArdle, back
from Northern Ireland duty, gambled and lost and Ibehre was left in the clear to apply a confident finish.
So for the first time since promotion, the Bantams found themselves in the strange position of having to chase the game at
Valley Parade.
It was an uncomfortable feeling for a while. Certainly the bounce went out of the home crowd, who became very muted as
half-time approached.
The odd cat call became more audible and it was the 189 travelling Colchester fans making the noise. "Parky, give us a
wave," came their cheeky chirp from the TL Dallas Stand.
The City boss has delivered a few pick-me-up addresses at the interval recently – all on their travels. But the home
dressing room knew exactly what was required.
Parkinson said: "The lads did all my talking. They couldn't wait to get back out there.
"We had times here last season, like when we were 2-0 down against Southend after 12 minutes, when we had to respond.
"It's part of football. The top teams in Europe have games when they go behind and you've got to find something in you to
come back. You couldn't fault the lads for the response."
City required only seven minutes to restore the equilibrium. James Meredith, having another fine game cruising up and down
the left flank, delivered the cross and Wells looped a header over his shoulder.
It was almost slow motion as the game stopped and watched the ball loop high over keeper Sam Walker before dropping under
his crossbar.
So Wells stretched his prolific start to nine goals – already almost a third of the way towards the ambitious 30 target he
set during City's pre-season training camp outside Dublin.
Take in his run down the home straight last term and it is now 17 goals in 16 games – a frightening strike rate.
With so much time left to play with, Valley Parade sensed a fourth City win. The fans were noisily behind them again as
more and more amber shirts were thrown forward.
Garry Thompson fizzed just wide from 25 yards, Nathan Doyle should have done much better with a close-range effort that he
skied over. Then Hanson flashed a header past the near post.
But it was not completely one-way traffic as Gavin Massey's curler struck the City woodwork on the break.
Mark Yeates was denied a goal against his old club thanks to a fine save by Walker. But the Irishman was on the wrong end
of a hideous challenge in stoppage time as Chelsea loanee Daniel Pappoe launched into him by the touchline.
Colchester felt that Yeates over-reacted as he rolled on the floor; City were furious that Pappoe had gone in so late after
the whistle had blown.
It was an ugly and sour note to end an enthralling afternoon. Maybe no home win this time but once again plenty to enjoy.
Attendance: 13,570
===========================
Bradford City: Ever the competitor, McCall rues loss to celebs
9:40am Tuesday 17th September 2013
By Simon Parker
The shirt sizes might have been a little more generous than back in their City pomp. But old habits die hard.
Stuart McCall cherished the opportunity to grace the Valley Parade pitch once again with the heroes of 1999 – apart from
one thing.
"The only downer was the result," he said. "It was good fun to be playing but you still want to win."
The Motherwell boss had travelled down from Scotland on the morning of the game through heavy rain and strong winds. But
the competitive edge had not diminished.
So losing 4-3 to a celebrity XI, including the likes of cricketers Steve Harmison and Anthony McGrath, will have rankled a
little.
"When Beags (Peter Beagrie) went down the line in the first minute, big Harmy tripped up and I was thinking 'this is going
to be too easy'. That happens sometimes in these games.
"You want it to be competitive and, to be fair, it was. All right, we're all a lot older and have put a few more pounds on,
but the camaraderie was great.
"There were still some flashes on the pitch. You might lose a yard of pace but the ability is still there.
"The '85 team have had a few reunions over the years, likewise the successful side I was in at Rangers. But this is the
first time we've got back together."
Considering the dodgy weather, McCall was impressed to see just over 2,000 fans support Sunday's event, which was set up by
Wayne Jacobs in aid of the One in a Million free school.
He added: "It was a far better turn-out than I thought. Fair play to anybody who comes out to see a bunch of old guys like
us in those weather conditions.
"We had a great group of players and it was a fantastic achievement that year to get promoted to the top flight after the
dismal start we had to that season.
"It's a shame one or two couldn't make it on Sunday, like Blakey (Robbie Blake) and Sharpey (Lee Sharpe), but I think it
was quite easy for Wayne to get it together.
"Although he had to put a lot of hours into organising everything, I think everyone was more than willing to meet up again
and share the pitch and some great stories."
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Signed Play-Off flag to bid for
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Gillingham ticket details
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Parkin heals Reid's mental scars
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Tranmere game brought forward a day
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Final whistle - match report
CITY 2 COLCHESTER 2
Nahki Wells added another two goals to his prolific run – but City dropped their first points of the season at Valley
Parade.
Wells took his tally to nine with a double strike that topped and tailed a testing encounter with Colchester this
afternoon.
Phil Parkinson had warned that his old club would pose a difficult test for the Bantams and he was not wrong as they became
the first visiting side to avoid defeat.
Wells gave City a 14th-minute lead after a miscue from David Wright. The ball appeared to get stuck under the Bermudian's
feet but he pivoted superbly to drill into the bottom corner.
But Colchester were a threat going forward. Jabo Ibehre should have equalised straight away before Jeffrey Monakana crowned
his debut on loan from Preston with a superb finish into the top corner.
It was the first goal City had let in at home in nearly five hours of football – but within four minutes there was another
as Ibehre turned Rory McArdle to confidently convert Monakana's through ball.
City had lost their way since the equaliser and the crowd were quiet. But normal service resumed seven minutes after the
break as Wells looped a header home from James Meredith's cross.
City pushed for a winner although there was a scare when Gavin Massey hit the post.
But the game finished on a sour note when Yeates was taken out by sub Daniel Pappoe, who was sent off just four minutes
after coming on the pitch.
---
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/10676027.Parkinson_feared_Yeates_had_broken_his_leg/
Parkinson feared Yeates had broken his leg
7:59pm Saturday 14th September 2013
By Simon Parker
City will check on Mark Yeates tomorrow morning after the stoppage-time incident that saw Colchester sub Daniel Pappoe
red-carded.
Pappoe, who had been on for less than five minutes, was sent off for a late tackle on the Irishman at the end of today's 2
-2 draw.
City boss Phil Parkinson admitted: "I thought Yeatesy had broken his leg. The sheer ferocity of the challenge shook Mark
up.
"I thought the whistle had gone and the game had stopped before the lad launched himself in. That's what annoyed me.
"It was needless because it was a great game. I don't know what the lad was thinking."
"If we'd have lost a key player like Mark Yeates we'd have been livid. "
===========================
When the dust settled - match report
Wells double allows Bradford City to pass unfamiliar test
6:40am Monday 16th September 2013
By Simon Parker
City 2, Colchester 2
Don't say you hadn't been warned. At the fourth attempt, Colchester became the first visiting side to leave Valley Parade
with more than their tails between their legs.
The U's gave City a real run for their money – just as Phil Parkinson had predicted they would.
The pre-match bookies may have been firmly in the home side's corner. But for someone who had cut his managerial teeth
upsetting those odds with the "little old Colchester" approach, the City boss wasn't being sucked in.
Parkinson had studied every game of his old club's season and was not fooled by what he had witnessed at first hand against
Coventry the week before.
The side beaten at a near-deserted Northampton were a shadow of the one that turned up at Valley Parade on Saturday.
Joe Dunne, Parkinson's former youth-team coach, had key players back from suspension and injury. He'd also brought in two
loans – including the outstanding Jeffrey Monakana from Preston, whose quick feet and acceleration posed constant problems.
When Colchester last came to City, Parkinson was in the opposite dugout – and a dour 1-1 draw ended with a final-whistle
spat with Colin Todd, the then-Bantams boss calling his sterile tactics the "death of football".
There was no such policy of containment on view from Dunne's youthful side. The holding midfielder may have sat so deep he
was effectively a third centre half, but with the full backs bombing on, there was plenty of attacking movement on the
counter to keep the hosts on full alert.
"You can see that the standard is a notch up from last year," said Parkinson afterwards. "Colchester have got some
dangerous players and I told the lads they won't get it all their own way.
"But it was a good game of football with two teams contributing. You'd take a point after being 2-1 down at half-time – it
was a good test for us."
City had started as they finished against Brentford and swept into the lead when Nahki Wells seized on a miscue from David
Wright.
Wells pivoted and drove into the bottom corner – it was the 100th goal in total for him and James Hanson.
All bar four of the Bermudian's goals for City have come when Hanson has been on the field and the big man's presence had
pressured the Colchester midfielder into his panicky slice.
At that stage we were all guilty of thinking it was the cue for another boot-filling exercise. After all, the opposition
never score at Valley Parade these days...
But the alarm bells started ringing within a minute of the Wells strike. Jabo Ibehre should have hit the target but blazed
over from ten yards.
The clock was just about to reach its fifth hour without an away goal when Colchester came up with a spectacular equaliser.
Monakana teased Stephen Darby and then rifled an unstoppable shot into the top corner.
It was the first time Jon McLaughlin had been beaten at home since Burton's Robbie Weir had scored in the same net beneath
the Kop four months ago to seemingly bury the play-off dream.
City had famously bounced back from that but the immediate reaction to Monakana's rocket was one of being rocked on their
heels.
The first goal against may have taken 298 minutes – the second arrived four minutes later.
Craig Eastmond, the excellent 'quarterback' in the Colchester midfield, threaded through a low pass. Rory McArdle, back
from Northern Ireland duty, gambled and lost and Ibehre was left in the clear to apply a confident finish.
So for the first time since promotion, the Bantams found themselves in the strange position of having to chase the game at
Valley Parade.
It was an uncomfortable feeling for a while. Certainly the bounce went out of the home crowd, who became very muted as
half-time approached.
The odd cat call became more audible and it was the 189 travelling Colchester fans making the noise. "Parky, give us a
wave," came their cheeky chirp from the TL Dallas Stand.
The City boss has delivered a few pick-me-up addresses at the interval recently – all on their travels. But the home
dressing room knew exactly what was required.
Parkinson said: "The lads did all my talking. They couldn't wait to get back out there.
"We had times here last season, like when we were 2-0 down against Southend after 12 minutes, when we had to respond.
"It's part of football. The top teams in Europe have games when they go behind and you've got to find something in you to
come back. You couldn't fault the lads for the response."
City required only seven minutes to restore the equilibrium. James Meredith, having another fine game cruising up and down
the left flank, delivered the cross and Wells looped a header over his shoulder.
It was almost slow motion as the game stopped and watched the ball loop high over keeper Sam Walker before dropping under
his crossbar.
So Wells stretched his prolific start to nine goals – already almost a third of the way towards the ambitious 30 target he
set during City's pre-season training camp outside Dublin.
Take in his run down the home straight last term and it is now 17 goals in 16 games – a frightening strike rate.
With so much time left to play with, Valley Parade sensed a fourth City win. The fans were noisily behind them again as
more and more amber shirts were thrown forward.
Garry Thompson fizzed just wide from 25 yards, Nathan Doyle should have done much better with a close-range effort that he
skied over. Then Hanson flashed a header past the near post.
But it was not completely one-way traffic as Gavin Massey's curler struck the City woodwork on the break.
Mark Yeates was denied a goal against his old club thanks to a fine save by Walker. But the Irishman was on the wrong end
of a hideous challenge in stoppage time as Chelsea loanee Daniel Pappoe launched into him by the touchline.
Colchester felt that Yeates over-reacted as he rolled on the floor; City were furious that Pappoe had gone in so late after
the whistle had blown.
It was an ugly and sour note to end an enthralling afternoon. Maybe no home win this time but once again plenty to enjoy.
Attendance: 13,570
===========================
Bradford City: Ever the competitor, McCall rues loss to celebs
9:40am Tuesday 17th September 2013
By Simon Parker
The shirt sizes might have been a little more generous than back in their City pomp. But old habits die hard.
Stuart McCall cherished the opportunity to grace the Valley Parade pitch once again with the heroes of 1999 – apart from
one thing.
"The only downer was the result," he said. "It was good fun to be playing but you still want to win."
The Motherwell boss had travelled down from Scotland on the morning of the game through heavy rain and strong winds. But
the competitive edge had not diminished.
So losing 4-3 to a celebrity XI, including the likes of cricketers Steve Harmison and Anthony McGrath, will have rankled a
little.
"When Beags (Peter Beagrie) went down the line in the first minute, big Harmy tripped up and I was thinking 'this is going
to be too easy'. That happens sometimes in these games.
"You want it to be competitive and, to be fair, it was. All right, we're all a lot older and have put a few more pounds on,
but the camaraderie was great.
"There were still some flashes on the pitch. You might lose a yard of pace but the ability is still there.
"The '85 team have had a few reunions over the years, likewise the successful side I was in at Rangers. But this is the
first time we've got back together."
Considering the dodgy weather, McCall was impressed to see just over 2,000 fans support Sunday's event, which was set up by
Wayne Jacobs in aid of the One in a Million free school.
He added: "It was a far better turn-out than I thought. Fair play to anybody who comes out to see a bunch of old guys like
us in those weather conditions.
"We had a great group of players and it was a fantastic achievement that year to get promoted to the top flight after the
dismal start we had to that season.
"It's a shame one or two couldn't make it on Sunday, like Blakey (Robbie Blake) and Sharpey (Lee Sharpe), but I think it
was quite easy for Wayne to get it together.
"Although he had to put a lot of hours into organising everything, I think everyone was more than willing to meet up again
and share the pitch and some great stories."
===========
Signed Play-Off flag to bid for
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/play-off-flag-1060778.aspx
Gillingham ticket details
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/gillingham-tickets-1061812.aspx
Parkin heals Reid's mental scars
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/10679911.Bradford_City__Parkin_heals_Reid___s_mental_scars/
Tranmere game brought forward a day
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/tranmere-moved-forward-1061821.aspx
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