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…
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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…
SAUNDERS IS LAST MINUTE HERO
(My match reports from our Premiership days – 1999-2000) Match 01 – Premier League – August 7th 1999 Middlesbrough 0 Bradford City 1 (Saunders 89) If Bradford City’s previous season was like a fairytale for their fans and management, then their first ever Premiership fixture – and first game in the top flight for 77 years…
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 10 – 365
Day 10 – 365 / January 10th 2015 Be afraid of the man on the right of this photo. Be very afraid. Well, if you are a fan of any football team in the professional leagues in England, be afraid. His name is Gavin Ward and he was the referee today at Valley Parade as…
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