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Signings, Loans and Injuries
Lewis Clarkson on a free transfer from non-league Scarborough Athletic
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Final whistle - match report
Phil Parkinson praises Bantams resilience
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24985633
The Moaning Scot
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Wells hat-trick offsets slack Bradford City defending
6:30am Monday 18th November 2013
By Simon Parker
City 3, Coventry 3
Fat chance of keeping Nahki Wells under the radar then!
The Bermudian sure-shot did more than rescue a late, late point for the Bantams at Valley Parade yesterday with his second City hat-trick.
He also reminded the watching TV audience of his deadly knack in front of goal.
An afternoon that looked like it might belong to Coventry's rising talent Callum Wilson ended with the name Wells once again on everybody's lips.
He remained the calmest man on the pitch to thump in a stoppage-time penalty and complete a memorable treble.
His masterful marksmanship doesn't put everything right. The slackness of City's defending, which allowed Coventry to make such a fast start, will lead to more sky blue thinking behind the scenes.
Fingers could be pointed at the Bantams backline for all three of the visiting goals. While Andrew Davies made a welcome return to Valley Parade in the press box, now down to one crutch after his knee injury, his team-mates continue to struggle to fill the hole he has left.
But you cannot knock the character of this City team for refusing to give it up, even if it is now seven games since the last win at Walsall. It was a very good point in the end from a pulsating match.
For two sides who dropped out the Premier League together in 2001, recent meetings have been surprisingly sporadic. City's spiral through the divisions meant it was a decade since their last encounter, when Dean Windass scored the only goal in a Christmas encounter at Valley Parade.
Phil Parkinson used his programme notes to apologise once again for the "very poor" display at Rotherham the week before. The message for his players was crystal clear.
Having considered swinging the axe, he made just one change to the starting line-up as Garry Thompson returned to the right wing in place of Raffaele De Vita. Caleb Folan and Alan Connell were back on the bench.
Parkinson had planned an immediate response – but it could not have started any worse.
There were barely 65 seconds on the clock when Jon McLaughlin and Rory McArdle both went for Carl Baker's free-kick by the penalty spot. The keeper came to collect but McArdle appeared to head the ball out of his grasp and Coventry centre half Andy Webster gleefully accepted the gift from 15 yards.
If that was not bad enough, City's afternoon quickly plummeted. McArdle was outpaced by Wilson cutting in from the Coventry left and although McLaughlin managed to block the youngster's shot, his partner-in-crime Leon Clarke was on hand to make no mistake with the rebound.
McArdle had sat on the Northern Ireland bench in Turkey on Friday night but came through a pre-match work-out to play. But he was having a game to forget and Wilson skipped past him once more to reach a Blair Adams pass and home in on goal.
McLaughlin got something on his shot and watched anxiously as the ball bounced a yard wide of his near post.
As Valley Parade looked on in dismay, City finally snapped out of it. Wells chipped an angled pass into the box, where Kyel Reid stretched to volley over the bar.
The fans, to their credit, stayed onside and would have been celebrating a City opener but for a wonderful save from Joe Murphy. James Hanson did everything right with a far-post header from Stephen Darby's cross but Murphy plunged low to superbly keep it out.
But City's momentum found its reward on 17 minutes – and this time Coventry's keeper was the villain.
Coming five yards outside his penalty area to deal with Reid's long ball, Murphy found himself in no man's land under pressure from Hanson. Jordan Clarke then swung and missed and Wells showed great composure to commit covering defender Blair Adams before scoring.
It was the Bermudian's first goal for two months since a double against Colchester.
The chances continued thick and fast and Coventry could have restored their advantage within seconds. John Fleck twice saw thumping shots charged down by a claret and amber pack as referee Kevin Friend – the same one who sent off Matt Duke in the Capital One Cup final – ignored loud shouts for a penalty.
Then Darby won a huge ovation for a diving header to clear at the far post when Coventry came knocking once more.
You could not take your eyes off the action as City responded once more and the equaliser came before we had even reached the half-hour mark.
James Meredith pumped a free-kick forwards, Hanson won the flick and Wells, who else, latched on to it with an acrobatic volley to finish.
The striker might have been marginally offside when the Australian had sent the ball upfield but City could say the same about Clarke in the build-up to Coventry's opener.
It was becoming a football feast – unless you were a defender. But that should not come as a surprise, with Coventry's games averaging more goals each week than anyone else in League One.
Gary Jones rattled the advertising board from City's first corner but there was another sting in the tail before the break.
Coventry had screamed danger every time they got forward, especially when the ball was at the elusive feet of Wilson.
And the highly-rated youngster restored the Sky Blues' advantage when he latched on to Carl Baker's long pass. Wilson held off Matthew Bates to beat McLaughlin from a tight angle with a thumping effort, though the keeper should have done much better.
McArdle tried to make amends for his earlier mistakes with two headers over before the half-time whistle brought temporary respite.
Normal service quickly resumed as Cyrus Christie roared forward from right back before slicing wide, while McLaughlin pushed away a drive from Franck Moussa.
The shoot-out continued. Wells clipped the Coventry bar with a free-kick from the edge of the D, before Wilson stole in behind the home back four once more but skied his shot.
Parkinson switched things around at the three-quarter point, replacing Thompson with Mark Yeates. But Coventry showed no sign of shutting up shop as Moussa, Adams and Clarke all went hunting a fourth.
Yeates set up Hanson for a great chance to level again but the big man was unable to keep his close-range header down. The City sub then turned his creative attentions to Wells but the shot lacked power to stretch Murphy.
It was slipping away from the Bantams as added time went into the fourth minute. But then Jordan Clarke threw a panicky hand at Darby's cross, Friend pointed to the spot after an agonising wait – and Wells did the rest with a thumping penalty.
Attendance: 14,322
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When the dust settled - match report
Wells helps Bradford City see the light
12:00am Monday 18th November 2013
By Simon Parker
Phil Parkinson defended City against accusations of playing "dark-age football" after a dramatic draw with Coventry.
Nahki Wells completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot to salvage a last-gasp point against League One's great entertainers in front of the TV cameras.
Parkinson then hit back at a jibe from Coventry boss Steven Pressley criticising City's style of play.
The managers were involved in a heated dispute after the final whistle and Pressley said: "It's not easy playing against long-ball football; dark-age football. It was very difficult but that's how they play."
But Parkinson responded: "That's an amazing comment from someone who has just arrived in English football.
"We play with a balance and I felt we got that right in the first half, passing the ball well and getting it out wide and delivering crosses.
"There were times in the second half when we could have got that extra pass in the midfield when there was more space to play in. We didn't and we've said that to the boys.
"But he's obviously not watched our progress over the last 18 months.
"It was a great game and a feisty old affair on and off the pitch. The crowd must have got their money's worth.
"Tempers were running high. He (Pressley) came into our box in the first half to have a go at us and we had a few words."
Parkinson was unhappy with the slack defending that allowed Coventry to surge into an early two-goal lead.
City recovered to draw level and then responded again to a half-time deficit with the spot-kick in the last minute of stoppage-time.
The City boss said: "Individual mistakes cost us and that's disappointing. Coventry are a good side on a great run and their confidence is high, so to give them a two-goal start made it very difficult.
"After getting beaten at Rotherham with a very poor performance, to find ourselves 2-0 down so quickly on live TV is probably as big a test of character as they come.
"So I thought we played terrifically well if you take all those circumstances into account."
Wells lifted his season's goal haul to 12 with the second hat-trick of his City career. It ended a two-month wait after being sidelined with an ankle ligament injury.
Parkinson said: "Sometimes when you miss football, you can get a bit of rustiness in your game – especially when you're a player like Nahki who relies on his sharpness.
"But he's got it back. You could sense it in training this week and that performance is what Nahki Wells is all about – he was superb.
"Steven Pressley must be delighted he's inherited those two strikers (Callum Wilson and Leon Clarke). The same as me, I was fortunate to inherit two good strikers in (James) Hanson and Nahki.
"When you've got players who can score goals, it can take the pressure off the rest of your side.
"Despite going 2-0 down and the way the game was going, I felt we'd score because we caused them problems.
"The wide players were doing what we wanted, attacking down the sides and getting crosses in, and I didn't feel the Coventry back four could handle our front two at times.
"We can't be happy with the goals we conceded, certainly the first two. We gave ourselves a lot to do against a good side.
"But in terms of the way we kept going, we've got to give this group of players so much credit."
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City fans film gets movie screen slots
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/10813855.Bradford_City_fans_film_gets_movie_screen_slots/
Wells plus Hanson equals must-see TV
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/10816720.Bradford_City__Wells_plus_Hanson_equals_must_see_TV
Parkinson and Steven Pressley bury the hatchet
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/10816845.Bradford_City__Parkinson_and_Pressley_bury_the_hatchet/
Beeb boss's letter encourages hopes Bantams could be short-listed for Sports Personality Team of the Year prize
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/10819810.Beeb_boss___s_letter_encourages_hopes_Bantams_could_be_short_listed_for_Sports_Personality_Team_of_the_Year_prize/
City youths book date with Millwall
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/10823176.Bantams_youths_book_date_with_Millwall
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25038058
Bradford City sign Scarborough striker Lewis Clarkson
Bradford City have signed striker Lewis Clarkson on a free transfer from non-league Scarborough Athletic.
The 19-year-old, who has agreed an 18-month deal, was released by Premier League side Hull City in the summer.
Bantams assistant Steve Parkin told BBC Radio Leeds: "He is one for the future. We felt, as a long-term project, he was worth the investment.
"He can become a very dangerous player. He certainly has an eye for goal and that's why we took him."
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