L2 v Torquay (h) Sat October 8th Ko 3pm W1-0

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Stats: Bradford C - Torquay
Possession: 53 - 47%
Shots on target: 4 - 7
Shots off target: 6 - 3
Fouls: 6 - 15
Corners: 3 - 4

Ref: Carl Boyeson (East Yorkshire).
Red card: Davies (Bradford C) 24 min.
Yellow cards:
Bradford C: Flynn (41 min), Reid (67).
Torquay: Oastler (32), Howe (45), Macklin (67), O'Kane (68).

BRADFORD C: 34. Matt Duke, 24. Liam Moore, 38. Andrew Davies, 6. Luke
Oliver, 28. Robbie Threlfall, 11. Jack Compton (27), 8. Ritchie Jones, 4.
Michael Flynn, 32. Kyel Reid, 39. Craig Fagan (79), 7. Mark Stewart (74).
SUBS: 1. Jon McLaughlin (GK), 3. Luke O'Brien (74), 5. Guy Branston (27),
19. Nialle Rodney (79), 35. Jamie Devitt.

TORQUAY: 1. Robert Olejnik, 18. Joe Oastler (45), 5. Chris Robertson, 6.
Brian Saah, 3. Kevin Nicholson, 22. Damon Lathrope (45), 7. Lee Mansell, 10.
Eunan O'Kane, 19. Danny Stevens, 9. Rene Howe, 23. Taiwo Atieno (70).
SUBS: 2. Lathanial Rowe-Turner, 4. Mark Ellis, 12. Daniel Leadbitter (45),
14. Lloyd Macklin (45), 16. Chris McPhee (70).

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Saturday evening match report

NPower League Two
Bradford C (1) 1 Fagan 38
Torquay Utd (0) 0
Att: 11,738

By Simon Parker (T&A)

Craig Fagan's first goal for 19 months clinched Phil Parkinson's first win
as City's ten men claimed a gutsy success against Torquay.

The Bantams played three quarters of the game a man short after Andrew
Davies was harshly sent off.

But Fagan scored for the first time since March 2010 and a rock-solid team
effort saw them through to three hard-earned and fully-deserved points.

Fagan should have scored with the game's first chance after 14 minutes,
blazing over the bar when unmarked from 15 yards out.

But referee Colin Boyeson threw a huge spanner in the works when he showed
Davies a straight red card for his challenge on Danny Stevens.

The defender's dismissal and the sense of frustration sparked the crowd, who
appealed for a card with every Torquay foul.

The injustice lifted City's performance and they grabbed the lead seven
minutes before the break, Fagan making up for his earlier miss by turning
home Luke Oliver's knockdown.

The home side were worth the advantage although Matt Duke twice had to deny
Kevin Nicholson.

With Mark Stewart dropping back into midfield, Fagan was left in the lone
role up front.

But the woodwork denied him an audacious second ten minutes after the break.
Fagan latched on to Liam Moore's long clearance, lobbing keeper Robert
Olejnik from 30 yards as he rushed out - only to watch the ball bounce back
off the bar.

City were fuming with the official again when Eunan O'Kane was only
yellow-carded when he fouled Kyel Reid on the edge of the box as the winger
looked to go clear. Robbie Threlfall's free-kick was tipped behind by
Olejnik.

Torquay threw men forward in the closing stages - including Olejnik for two
corners in stoppage time - but City battled hard to see the job through with
their first clean sheet in 19 league games.

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Bradford City: Davies' punishment does not fit the crime, says Parkinson
7:30am Tuesday 11th October 2011
By Simon Parker

Phil Parkinson called on the Football Association to review their disciplinary system after reluctantly accepting Andrew Davies' three-match ban.

City decided against appealing over the defender's dismissal in Saturday's win over Torquay in case it was extended.

Parkinson admitted that referee Carl Boyeson was technically within his right to send Davies off because both his feet were raised in a tackle on Danny Stevens. But he felt the centre half's punishment will far outweigh the crime.

The City boss reckons Davies should not be hit with the same blanket ban for an instant red card as a player going into a challenge with malicious intent.

Parkinson said: "I've been saying this for a while but I really disagree with the ruling.

"You can elbow somebody in the face, break their jaw and be done for three games. Or you can go in for an honest challenge like that one, make contact with the ball and still get the same ban.

"I just feel there is a massive discrepancy which the FA need to be looking at. There should be some way of looking at different instances – for Andrew to be missing three games for that is too much."



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No more Cleverley cash

City will not receive a bonus payment from Tom Cleverley's new contract at Manchester United.

The clubs recently came to an undisclosed agreement over the Bradford-raised midfielder's loan moves.