Young Mr. Dhand has a lot to answer for in my view. It is (almost) exclusively down to him that I have been distracted from my own shabby attempts at writing and, instead, have been absorbed in the world he has created in his debut novel. Despite being born abroad and spending my early years…
Tag: Bradford City
#TeamTwenty
When Saturday comes and the sun burns high From up in a pale blue Yorkshire sky. We leave our house, we lock our door Heading to that place where ‘oft before We’ve cheered and laughed, we’ve sworn and cried And played our part in the magic inside That place of steel and concrete, of wood…
Waddle was a Bantam.
***THIS PIECE WAS PROMPTED BY AN EXERCISE FROM MY CREATIVE WRITING CLASS. WE HAD TO USE SEVERAL RANDOM PHRASES AND WORDS TO INSPIRE US TO WRITE A PIECE. MY PHRASES AND WORDS FELL KINDLY FOR ME AND BROUGHT A DAY FROM TWENTY YEARS AGO BACK TO MY MIND.** Saturdays in January are very special for…
MOONEY MAGIC WORKS AGAIN
(My match reports from our Premiership days – 1999-2000) Match 03 – Premier League – August 21st 1999 Watford 1 (Mooney 71) Bradford 0 This was a revenge mission for Paul Jewell. The Bradford City boss was playing for the Bantams when they crashed 7-2 to Watford in December 1989; although the scoreline was not…
LATE BEAGRIE PENALTY RESCUES POINT FOR CITY
(My match reports from our Premiership days – 1999-2000) Match 02 – Premier League – August 14th 1999 Bradford 1 (Beagrie 89 pen) Sheffield Wednesday 1 (Dreyer 39 OG) A last minute Peter Beagrie penalty against Sheffield Wednesday gave Bradford a point in their first Premiership match at Valley Parade. City, still unbeaten, showed determination…
Day 230 – 365
Day 230 – 365 / August 18th 2015 Valley Parade features, yet again, in another “365 Project” image. Here we see the Bradford City team moments before kick off against Gillingham in the second league match at Valley Parade this season. Seven minutes later James Hanson put us 1-0 up with his first league goal of the…
Day 228 – 365
Day 228 – 365 / August 16th 2015 We were pleased to be able to collect the scarves from the weavers in time for Saturday’s first home game of the season. The folk who had kindly reserved the scarves and turned up to collect them seemed very pleased with them. That was especially gratifying as, with any…
Day 227 – 365
Day 227 – 365 / August 15th 2015 It’s always a special day when you attend the first home game of the season. A chance to revisit your spiritual home and to soak in the ambience and vibe of the place that the close season deprives you off between early May and the start of August. You…
Day 219 – 365
Day 219 – 365 / August 7th 2015 Bethany, my daughter, moves into her apartment today with Liam. In preparation for her moving out, I have taken all my football shirts from my crowded wardrobe in readiness for moving them into her, soon to be vacated, wardrobe. These are a selection of my shirts; I have rather…
Day 218 -365
Day 218 – 365 / August 6th 2015 Behold the badges that Jeremy and I have designed to go with the caps and trappers we are making. They are in the colour schemes of the fabrics we are having woven – blue and white and claret and blue – to appeal to the various football teams. The…
The Parader – a #bcafc logo or not a logo?
I have made a few tweaks and amendments to the logo I was asked to design for “The Parader”, the Bradford City AFC programme, for this coming season. I do not know if it is going to be used but it was on the cover of the programme for the recent pre-season friendly against Carlisle…
Day 177 – 365
Day 177 – 365 / June 26th 2015 My team is Bradford City. I think everyone who knows me knows that. If they don’t then they haven’t been taking an awful lot of interest in me have they? What folk may not know is that City have for several years now offered the lowest cost…
Day 146 – 365
Day 146 – 365 / May 26th 2015 We’ve been busy decorating. Firstly, we decided, rather I decided, to make a feature wall in my office A few days ago we were shopping for paint and paper for the dining room, conservatory and kitchen – yes, all of those rooms are are our “to do” list – when…
Day 27 – 365
Day 27 – 365 / January 27th 2015 Here we have repeated sets of the Twitter hashtag “#bethedifference“. One is already on my van, and it looks smashing too. This is the rallying call recently used to emphatic effect by my club, Bradford City, in the build up to our recent Third Round replay against…
Gavin Dimmock. Writer. 