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Next Game
MK Dons cup prices confirmed - MILTON KEYNES DONS CUP TIE DETAILS CONFIRMED http://t.co/pZPG6J7aRj
Tuesday 23 September 2014 7.45pm
(see below)
RAFFAELE De Vita has confirmed that he will not be coming back to City
Ticket office closed Monday Sep 1st
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/jen-lamb-1884218.aspx
Signings, Loans and Injuries
GOALKEEPER Ben Williams has signed a deal with City until the end of 2014
(see below)
Injuries
Andrew Davies, broken left arm (Aug 23)
City fans can send their messages onto Andrew via @Andrew_Davies84
https://twitter.com/officialbantams/status/504949744322756608/photo/1
With view to a potential cash windfall due to the sell on clause...
Aston Villa secure services of Manchester United midfielder Tom Cleverley on loan with option to complete a £7.5m permanent transfer if he impresses
It is understood United have the option to take him back in January, or Villa could complete a full transfer during that windo
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Preview
Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's League One game between Rochdale and Bradford City.
BBC http://bbc.in/1qJJpP2
Game links
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/11442603.FT__Rochdale_0_Bradford_City_2/
http://m.espn.go.com/soccer/gamecast?gameId=393818&action=stats&lang=EN&wjb=
Highlight/ Goals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dayxWTunI0
Pictures
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/sport_bantams_pics2012/sport_bantams_pics2014_rochdaleaway/
The away stand at Rochdale is almost full. What a superb following again from the Bantams!
http://t.co/t7zjkF4OHR
Post Game Interview
Steve Parkin after away win at Rochdale - http://t.co/HkuhYFSvkx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Eu3Dt8HJEBQ
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Final whistle - match report
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/11442803.Parkin_salutes_happy_travellers_Bradford_City_at_end_of_memorable_week/
Parkin salutes happy travellers Bradford City at end of memorable week
7:46pm Saturday 30th August 2014
By Simon Parker
CITY'S 2-0 win at Rochdale this afternoon was a "massive" one according to assistant boss Steve Parkin.
Goals in the second half from Jason Kennedy and James Hanson lifted the Bantams into fourth spot – two points off leaders Peterborough.
Parkin saluted the performance which followed hot on the heels of Wednesday's dramatic Capital One Cup victory against Leeds.
He said: "It could have been a sticky fixture for us coming to a team that are full of energy and attacking prowess.
"But I thought the lads were resolute in the first half without creating a great deal. Defensively we looked sound and solid.
"Then we got the early goal in the second half and that changed the game. The lads felt ten feet tall after that while they were a bit despondent.
"It's a massive win that keeps us ticking over on the back of the efforts and emotions of Wednesday night."
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When the dust settled - match report
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/11443647.Bantams_spot_on_at_Spotland_for_a_change/
Bantams spot on at Spotland for a change
8:24am Monday 1st September 2014
By Simon Parker
Rochdale 0 Bradford City 2
FALSE dawns have been a common theme when City make this particularly short trek across the Pennine border.
The Bantam hordes descend in great numbers on Spotland – often outnumbering the home support – and then skulk away with nothing more than sore throats and furrowed brows as reward.
The biggest bubble to be punctured came three quarters of the way through Stuart McCall's "nearly" year when defeat at Dale sparked a spectacular collapse which saw City career from fourth to 11th and completely drop out of the promotion picture.
Even victories there can be deceiving. Remember the magnificent win in Peter Taylor's first week – and how that eventually panned out.
So it's understandable if Saturday's three points, City's first at the ground since that Taylor triumph four and a half years ago, were treated by some with a note of caution.
But that would be grossly unfair on a team who have already endeared themselves within that raucous support.
A first Valley Parade win over Leeds in 82 years tends to do that. Follow-up results like the weekend's just confirm that the current bunch seem to be made of stern stuff.
Away wins used to be an Achilles heel when judging Phil Parkinson. Not, it seems, any more after an opening month which brought three victories and a draw on the road.
And what was so notable about Saturday's was the short turn-around from that epic cup triumph in midweek.
City had given everything in grinding Leeds into the ground on Wednesday night. The effort to pick themselves up, as much emotionally as physically, to tackle a Dale side who had enjoyed a free week must have been considerable.
But how often have we raved about their recuperative powers under the expert eye of Nick Allamby. Surely there cannot be a single fan still sceptical about the effects of sports science.
That's not to say that City were at their sharpest; far from it. The first-half display looked leggy as Rochdale used the advantage of the wind to pin them in with their speed on the counter-attack.
But there is a stickability about this team – a resilience and resolve as Colin Todd used to say. While not at their best, City still refused to be flustered.
And Billy Clarke's introduction at the break for the ineffective Filipe Morais brought a cohesion going forward that had been lacking. Once Jason Kennedy made the vital breakthrough on the hour, there was only going to be one winner.
The diamond set-up is made for Clarke to operate at its tip. The role also suits Mark Yeates but the former Crawley man brings that little bit extra, taking up clever positions and manoeuvring the play between midfield and attack.
Around him, the ever-willing Billy Knott, Gary Liddle and Kennedy came to the fore as Rochdale wilted. It was a text-book away display, wear down the home side's attacking ambitions in the first half and then pick them off in the second.
And how the travelling army lapped it up, cruelly taunting their hosts by singing the names of the sizeable Dale "ex-pats" in the City ranks and giving their own interpretation of why those players had moved on.
Even Gary Jones, who still has a wall in his honour at the pub nearest the ground, got a stirring mention.
This was further evidence of how City have evolved from the team he led so passionately for the previous two years.
It is the likes of the infectious Knott who have become firm favourites already – and what's not to like about a player who just never stops going? There was no wonder goal this time, despite the cries of "shoot" every time he got possession within striking range, but his all-round game once again crackled with energy and invention.
Knott is the darling of the fans – it also helps that his name fits so snugly into the old Nahki Wells chant – but there is much to admire right across this side.
The back four once again rode the absence of Andrew Davies to provide the base for a second straight win since their defensive main man broke his arm. That's already beaten the tally from 17 attempts last season.
Alan Sheehan has slipped effortlessly into the central role and showed that the move has not blunted his input at the other end by supplying the crosses for both goals.
James Hanson was also involved each time, cushioning the first down for Kennedy to lash home and then using his height advantage on marker Peter Vincenti to nod the second from a Sheehan corner.
That took his tally to an impressive five – equal top with Chesterfield's Eoin Doyle among League One strikers.
Wells won the division's player of the month for August last year and Hanson must be a short-priced favourite to follow suit.
The Tom Cleverley sell-on money should remove the need for any player departures to balance the books like Wells in January. But City fans will understandably breathe a sigh of relief come 11.01 tonight and Hanson is still in claret and amber as the transfer window is locked shut.
He should have had a goal in the first half but fluffed a header from Morais' cross. Kennedy also connected with a decent volley but the general pattern was played out in City territory.
Not that Jordan Pickford was ever really stretched. Dale's closest effort was their first one as Matty Done's shot flicked off James Meredith and pinged the side-netting.
Other than a Vincenti curler that passed the far post, that was as scary as it got.
City bucked up after the break and made it count when Kennedy reinforced football's "law of the ex" by drilling past Conrad Logan from ten yards.
The former Dale man kept the celebrations in check but it was another significant step on his personal road to redemption. What a change in fortunes it has been for him.
Rochdale reeled and it was no surprise when City quickly followed up to settle the contest, Hanson cashing in on the marking mismatch from another spot-on Sheehan set-piece.
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'You can't ask much more from first month', says delighted Bantams No 2 Steve Parkin
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/11443136._You_can_t_ask_much_more_from_first_month___says_delighted_Bantams_No_2_Parkin/
Ben Williams signs deal for Bradford City
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/11444306.Ben_Williams_signs_deal_for_Bradford_City/
Stuart McCall and Co from premiership team of 1999 are back for a reunion match
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/class-of-99-game-1893734.aspx#2
Sunday 14th September 2014, 3pm
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MILTON KEYNES DONS CUP TIE DETAILS CONFIRMED
http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/mk-dons-cup-tie-dated-1884159.aspx
City's forthcoming Capital One Cup Third Round tie at fellow Sky Bet League 1 side Milton Keynes Dons has now been confirmed for Tuesday 23 September 2014.
The tie at Stadium:mk will kick off at 7:45pm.
Tickets for the tie will be priced at:
Adults: £15.00
Senior Citizens (over 65): £12.00
Juniors (under 18)*: £1.00
Juniors (under 16)**: £1.00
* Must be born on or after 1 September 1996 to qualify for an under 18 ticket.
** Must be purchased in conjunction with at least one adult or senior citizen ticket.
There will be no student discount for this match.
Bradford City Season Ticket and FlexiCard holders will receive a £2.00 discount per person if they purchase their match ticket(s) before the day of the game. This only applies, however, to adult and senior citizen tickets.
Tickets for this tie will be on sale shortly from the Bantams Ticket Office.
Read more at http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/mk-dons-cup-tie-dated-1884159.aspx#fQMSKL5pJXk8gL18.99
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DE VITA DEPARTS
By Simon Parker (T&A)
RAFFAELE De Vita has confirmed that he will not be coming back to City,
admitting his injury-ravaged stay had been "a nightmare from start to
finish."
The Italian came back to the club for pre-season, hoping to earn a new deal
after a first year when he spent most of the time stuck on the sidelines.
But the thigh problem that dogged him before flared up again and he returned
to Rome to undergo two weeks of intensive treatment.
City decided against taking up their option of a second season on the
contract he signed in the summer of 2013.
De Vita was restricted to only nine starts, scoring once against Wolves.
His latest injury blow, suffered in the friendly against Blackburn,
effectively ended the midfielder's hopes of forcing a rethink.
De Vita released an open letter to the fans on Twitter to say goodbye.
He said: "I won't be back at Bradford so I wanted to say thank you to the
fans.
"Even though it's been a nightmare from start to finish, I am thankful I've
had the chance to be part of such a big club.
"I've met some great people, played with a great group of lads and enjoyed
the brilliant atmosphere of Valley Parade.
"I'm upset it didn't work out but that's football. The injury I suffered
last season was a strange one and no one was able to tell me what was really
wrong with it.
"I wish the fans all the best for the future. I'm sure the club are destined
for great things."
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