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Dec 10, 2024 | 
widthofapost.com | Tim Penfold
Stockport County 2Norwood 26, Bailey 33Bradford City 3Kavanagh 13, 63, Cook 15By Tim PenfoldIt may only have been the Johnstone’s Paint AutoWindscreens Checkatrade Vertu Motors Trophy, but Bradford City produced arguably their best display of the season in seeing off League One Stockport to advance to the last sixteen. Graham Alexander got his big decisions right, and was rewarded with a vibrant attacking performance that could show the way forward in the league.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
widthofapost.com | Tim Penfold
By Tim PenfoldIt’s a tale as old as time for Bradford City – should the manager change his tactics? Graham Alexander’s squad was built around the 3-5-2 system that he used successfully at times last season, but a series of injuries to centre backs have led him to change to a 4-4-2. While that has led to one good performance in the EFL Trophy against Mansfield, it was in a competition that is not always taken seriously by teams, and the league results have not been anywhere near as good.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
widthofapost.com | Tim Penfold
Grimsby Town 1 (Wilson 36) Bradford City 1 (Cook 76)Grimsby win 9-8 on penalties By Tim PenfoldWell, we can just concentrate on the league. It was a mostly positive performance from Bradford City tonight, but a missed penalty in normal time and two in a shootout mean that they are out of the League Cup in round one. Graham Alexander switched personnel around but kept his usual 3-5-2 system.
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Aug 2, 2024 | 
widthofapost.com | Jason McKeown |Tim Penfold |Alex Scott
By Jason McKeown, Tim Penfold and Alex ScottSee the first, second, third, fourth and fifth parts of our Bradford City squad assessment. We’ve looked at the strength of City’s goalkeeping, wing back, central defender, defensive midfield and attacking midfield squad options. That just leaves us with the strikers. As we’ve established, how potent City’s frontline proves to be is likely to make all the difference.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
widthofapost.com | Jason McKeown |Tim Penfold |Alex Scott
By Jason McKeown, Tim Penfold and Alex ScottSee the first, second, third and fourth parts of our Bradford City squad assessment. We continue, with the attacking midfielders and the crucial role they must play. Bobby Pointon23/24 appsMins %GoalsAssists16 (8)34%43By TimBobby Pointon was the feel-good story of last season, bursting on to the scene in pre-season with some energetic displays, then making his first-team breakthrough with an assist live on Sky.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
widthofapost.com | Jason McKeown |Tim Penfold |Alex Scott
By Jason McKeown, Tim Penfold and Alex ScottSee the first, second and third parts of our Bradford City squad assessment. Onto midfield then. It was a small change but a significant one. Out of form in March, and as the protests played out at Valley Parade on Good Friday, City faced a crunch game with Tranmere, where Graham Alexander switched his midfield three from two holding and one number 10, to one holder and two attacking midfielders. He inverted the triangle.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
widthofapost.com | Jason McKeown |Tim Penfold |Alex Scott |Neill Byrne
By Jason McKeown, Tim Penfold and Alex ScottSee the first and second parts of our Bradford City squad assessment. We continue today with looking at the centre backs on the Bantams books, and whether the options are good enough to help the Bantams concede at least 10 fewer goals this season. Sam Stubbs23/24 appsMins %GoalsAssists22 (4)48%00By JasonIt didn’t quite go to plan for Sam Stubbs last season.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
widthofapost.com | Jason McKeown |Tim Penfold |Alex Scott
By Jason McKeown, Tim Penfold and Alex ScottIn yesterday’s first part of our assessment of the squad, we concluded City would need to concede around 10 goals fewer than they did last season, and score 11 more goals at the other end, if they are to achieve automatic promotion. If it’s the play offs, they’re not far off goals-wise – but still need to be better defensively. We’ve already established that in the goalkeeping department, things look pretty good. So what about the defence in front of him?
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Jan 30, 2024 | 
widthofapost.com | Tim Penfold
Bradford City 1ChapmanDoncaster Rovers 0By Tim PenfoldBradford City are, despite all of the chaos and mess of this season, 90 minutes away from Wembley in the Bristol Street Motors Trophy after a 1-0 win over Doncaster. It had already been a dramatic day to be a Bradford City fan, with the fanbase set abuzz by an article claiming that the club were already looking to sack Graham Alexander and were just haggling over the size of the payout.
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Dec 26, 2023 | 
widthofapost.com | Tim Penfold
Bradford City 2Oduor 59, Halliday 83Morecambe 2Connolly 3, McKiernan 18By Tim PenfoldIt was, in many ways, a classic League Two Boxing Day game. Bradford City and Morecambe put everything on the line for the points today, in a game that had more perspiration than inspiration, but was still good enough to send over 18,000 fans home entertained.
