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Signings, Loans and Injuries
Matt Taylor, 1 month loan to Colchester
Injuries
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General Links
Current table
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/fixtures-results/league-table/
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/league-one/table
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Fixtures
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The "Social media Corner"
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Head to Head stats
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T&A Reports & Pictures
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BBC headlines and highlights (video may be uk only)
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Match stats
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2013 suite
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2013 DVD trailer
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Preview
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24089664
Game links
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http://m.espn.go.com/soccer/gamecast?gameId=368145&action=stats&lang=EN
Goals
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-dwshNyfYQ (no sound)
Parky post match
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-GbO8RXs3A
Live Blog
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Final whistle - match report
Stats:
Report by Simon Parker (T&A).
There may be an argument over who scored the goal but there was no disputing
City's claim on a first away win of the season.
The Bantams heaped more pressure on struggling Gillingham with only their
second victory in Kent in nine attempts.
After slow starts in previous away games, City came bursting out the blocks
and were rewarded with an eighth-minute lead.
Gary Jones was credited with the goal as his curling corner went straight in
but Garry Thompson felt he had got a touch at the near post.
The visitors were well in charge and Nathan Doyle and James Hanson both went
close to increasing the lead. At the other end, Jon McLaughlin pulled off a
fine save from Adam Barrett's volley.
Gillingham spurned a glorious chance to level soon after the break when Cody
McDonald fired over from six yards out.
Nahki Wells almost celebrated his 100th City appearance with a tenth goal of
the season but home keeper Stuart Nelson finger-tipped his effort on to the
bar. Then Nelson blocked another shot with his legs.
But City had done enough to break their duck on the road, moving into the
top six in the process.
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Parkinson: Bradford City should have won by more
6:56pm Saturday 21st September 2013
By Simon Parker
Phil Parkinson felt City's first away win of the season should have been more emphatic.
The Bantams sent Gillingham to the bottom of League One with a 1-0 victory at the Priestfield Stadium, Garry Thompson
applying the decisive touch from a Gary Jones corner.
Parkinson said: "We should have scored more but missed chances. Another day we will take them.
"But when you don't take your chances, it's important that you stand strong as a team and I thought we did that.
"It was a dangerous game. Gillingham have not been losing 3-0 or 4-0 and Martin (Allen) did feel that a win was coming.
"We knew they would come at us and we had to withstand that. We did it by playing in a positive fashion and not sitting
back and soaking up pressure."
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When the dust settled - match report
Bradford City earn welcome win bonus for long trip home from Kent
6:20am Monday 23rd September 2013
By Simon Parker
Gillingham 0, City 1
It's quicker to get to Boulogne from Gillingham than Bingley. For City, it has more often than not felt like trekking back
from the moon.
The return journey from this distant Kent outpost is never usually a happy one. It's not just the mileage, those hours on
various motorways are usually accompanied by the memory of another pointless afternoon.
Before Saturday, City had won on only one of their previous eight visits, taking just four points from a possible 24
against these regular sparring partners. So the elation which greeted the first away win in League One was all the more for
its location.
The league table will say this result was nothing out the ordinary. Just four months after lifting the League Two title,
Martin Allen's hold on the Gills hot-seat is beginning to look less than secure as they grope blindly for a first victory
since promotion.
Bottom they may be but Gillingham remain a typical up-and-at-'em Allen side, revved up further for the weekend by a pre-
match rallying call from chairman Paul Scally.
So City were well briefed for an encounter of the 'kitchen sink' variety. Only they too had been geeing up the troops with
a Friday night pow-wow.
One defeat in three previous away games was hardly a major cause for concern but the form on the road had been patchy –
particularly the lethargic manner of their first halves.
The solution was obvious: play from the first whistle and get straight into the opposition as they do at Valley Parade.
Phil Parkinson had also spoken to the players individually, including one-to-ones with front pair Nahki Wells and James
Hanson.
You cannot fault their red-hot start to the new campaign but the manager still felt there was more in the locker,
particularly away from home. The message was taken on board; not just up top but everywhere.
"The whistle went and bang," beamed Parkinson afterwards. "There were eight out of tens across the board. You can go
through the whole team and everyone played really well."
Gillingham may have finished 14 points better off than the Bantams last season but it looks a very different picture now.
For long swathes of this game, you could be excused for thinking City were the home side.
The last win in these parts in February 2009, when we really thought that Stuart McCall was going to lead his beloved club
out of the forgotten land, had been inspired by the exciting wing play of Omar Daley.
While Parkinson was reluctant to single out individuals from such a solid team effort, once again it was the wide man who
was so instrumental in the result.
Like any winger, particularly those plying their trade in the lower divisions, Kyel Reid will have his critics. And often
the speed and taunting trickery to beat the full back are wasted by a poor cross.
But when everything clicks, as it did at Priestfield, he remains a huge weapon in City's attacking arsenal.
On-loan QPR defender Michael Harriman is no slouch himself. But the Gillingham right back will be mighty relieved he does
not have to come up against Reid every week.
The left winger picked up the baton in the first half more than anyone, surging into home territory whenever he got a hint
of open space. There was also a very healthy end product as he whipped several dangerous balls into the goal-mouth.
His impact was felt by others. Gillingham's fear of leaving Harriman too exposed saw right midfielder Charlie Lee dropping
back to offer more cover.
And that meant plenty of room for James Meredith to exploit going up the pitch – and the Aussie does not need any
encouragement to do that.
Wells too, on his 100th appearance for the club, enjoyed more space to run the channel as defenders were drawn to Reid like
bees round a honey pot.
The biggest surprise, then, was that neither Reid nor top scorer Wells were directly involved in City's eighth-minute
winner.
Both had a hand in the pressure leading up to the goal. Wells leathered a shot against keeper Stuart Nelson's knees and,
with Gillingham struggling to regain their composure, Reid saw an effort of his own deflected behind.
The goal – straight from the corner – will not feature on any end-of-season highlight reels. Not that City will give two
hoots about that.
Gary Jones curled the ball to the near post, where first Garry Thompson and then Andrew Davies ran across its path on its
route straight into the net.
There the confusion begins. Jones immediately celebrated and was credited as the scorer – both on the tannoy and in the
distant away end where strains of "he's magic, you know" drifted into the Kent sky.
But Thompson jogged back to the halfway line jabbing his own chest to indicate that he had applied the final touch. Just to
add to the uncertainty, some media sources even put it down to Davies.
Television replays – including the whole 15-second slot on the Football League show – failed to clear the smoke. So we'll
just have to go on the word of the players.
Thompson put forward the strongest case in the shadow of the team bus. He also said he would win any arm wrestle with the
skipper on the trip home to settle the dispute! But there was no argument about the authenticity of City's three points.
There were a couple of scares. Jon McLaughlin saved superbly from Adam Barrett and Cody McDonald somehow blazed over from
close range.
But otherwise this was as convincing an away performance as you will see. Certainly the final scoreline did no justice to
the way City had taken a grip on proceedings.
Wells could have had a hat-trick, fashioning a string of chances for himself. Hanson should have scored with a point-blank
header. But nothing could knock the smile off Parkinson's face as his side bounced straight back from a first home draw.
He said: "As the week went on after Colchester, I felt it was two points dropped. They were a team there for the taking.
"It was important that we made that point into a good one – and we certainly did that with this win.
Attendance: 4,965
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Bradford City v Tranmere match switched again to Sunday
4:41pm Friday 20th September 2013
By Sports Desk
City's home match against Tranmere next month has been switched for a second time.
The League One clash had originally been brought forward a day from Saturday, October 12 at the request of West Yorkshire
Police because of an English Defence League demonstration in the city centre scheduled for the same time.
But fans had expressed regret that the alternative Friday night kick off clashed with England's match against Montenegro in
their World Cup qualifying campaign.
So Valley Parade officials have had a rethink and the Tranmere game will now be played on Sunday, October 13 at 3pm.
A club statement read: "Bradford City have listened to fans' reaction by moving the home game against Tranmere Rovers to
Sunday.
"The game was originally switched to Friday night but this is the same date as England's World Cup qualifier against
Montenegro, which is being televised live on terrestrial TV.
"So to avoid Bradford and Tranmere fans having a club versus country dilemma, the game has now been rearranged for the
Sunday slot.
"The club, once again, apologises for any inconvenience caused to supporters for these changes and thanks Tranmere Rovers
for their help with this switch to Sunday afternoon."
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Walsall and Preston North End away tickets now on sale.
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/walsallpne-1074398.aspx
charity coffee morning at Valley Parade on Friday
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/10691626.Enjoy_a_cuppa_with_the_Bradford_City_big_wigs/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8bYC3AwJJqU
Loan players are rejecting the chance to join City – because they cannot get in the team.
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/10692485.No_play__no_way__Bradford_City_in_loan_market_dilemma
Mug shot of the day
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=469593606471241&set=a.184170168346921.38053.100002618170433&type=1&theater
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