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| Full name | Bradford City Association Football Club | |||
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| Nicknames | The Bantams The Paraders The Citizens | |||
| Founded | 1903; 122 years ago (1903) | |||
| Ground | Valley Parade | |||
| Capacity | 24,840[1] | |||
| Coordinates | 53°48′15″N001°45′32″W / 53.80417°N 1.75889°W /53.80417; -1.75889 | |||
| Chairman | Stefan Rupp | |||
| Manager | Graham Alexander | |||
| League | EFL League One | |||
| 2024–25 | EFL League Two, 3rd of 24 (promoted) | |||
| Website | bradfordcityafc | |||
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Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professionalfootball club inBradford,West Yorkshire. The club competes inEFL League One, the third tier ofEnglish football, and is managed byGraham Alexander.
The club was founded in 1903 and immediately elected into theFootball League Second Division. Promotion to the top tier followed as they won the 1907–08 Second Division title and then they went on to win the1911 FA Cup final, which remains the club's only major honour. They were relegated in 1922 and again in 1927, before winning theThird Division North title in 1928–29. Another relegation in 1937 did allow the club to go on to win theThird Division North Cup in 1939, however a further relegation followed in 1962 to leave the club in the newly createdFourth Division. They secured promotions back into the third tier in 1969 and 1977, but were relegated in 1972 and 1978. They found success in the 1980s under the stewardship of firstRoy McFarland and thenTrevor Cherry, winning promotion in 1981–82 and following this up with theThird Division title in 1984–85, though they were relegated out of the Second Division in 1990.
Bradford were promoted back into the second tier via the play-offs in1996, before securing another promotion in 1998–99 to reach thePremier League, marking a return to the top-flight after a 77-year absence. They entered Europe and reached the semi-finals of theUEFA Intertoto Cup in 2000–01 but ended the campaign with relegation from the Premier League. A succession of financial crises followed as the club enteredadministration twice in two years and further relegations followed in 2004 and 2007 to leave the club back in the fourth tier. They found success under the management ofPhil Parkinson by reaching the2013 League Cup final and then going on to win that year'sLeague Two play-off final but were relegated fromLeague One in 2019.
The club's home ground is the 24,840-capacityValley Parade, which was the site of theBradford City stadium fire on 11 May 1985, which took the lives of 56 supporters. They are the only professional football club in England to wearclaret andamber, and have worn these colours throughout their history. They have though been known by various nicknames, with the "Bantams" being the most commonly used nickname as it appears on the current club crest. Supporters holdWest Yorkshire derby rivalries withHuddersfield Town andLeeds United, as well as a historicBradford derby rivalry with the now non-league sideBradford (Park Avenue).
Bradford City were formed in 1903 as a result of a series of meetings called by James Whyte, a sub-editor of theBradford Observer, withFootball Association representatives and officials atManningham F.C., arugby league side.[2] TheFootball League saw the invitation as a chance to promote association football in the rugby league-dominated county of theWest Riding of Yorkshire. It duly elected the new club into theSecond Division, in place ofDoncaster Rovers. Four days later, at the 23rd annual meeting of Manningham FC, the committee decided to change codes from rugby league to association football. Bradford City Association Football Club were formed without having played a game, taking over Manningham's colours of claret and amber, and theirValley Parade ground.[3]
Robert Campbell was appointed the club's first manager and with the help of the new committee, he assembled a playing squad at the cost of£917 10s 0d.[4][5] City's first game was a 2–0 defeat atGrimsby Town on 1 September 1903,[6] six days before their first home game attracted 11,000 fans.[7] The club finished 10th in their first season.[5]Peter O'Rourke took over as manager in November 1905, and he led City to the Second Division title in1907–08 and with itpromotion to theFirst Division.[8] Having narrowly avoided relegation in their first season in the top flight, City recorded their highest finish of 5th in1910–11.[9] The same season they won theFA Cup, when a goal from captainJimmy Speirs won thefinal replay againstNewcastle United.[10] City's defence of the cup, which included the firstBradford derby againstBradford Park Avenue, was stopped byBarnsley after a run of 12 consecutive clean sheets.[11][12]
City remained in the top flight in the period up to the First World War and for three seasons afterwards, but were relegated in1921–22 along withManchester United.[13][14] Back in the Second Division, attendances dropped and City struggled for form,[15] with five consecutive finishes in the bottom half of the table. They suffered a second relegation to theThird Division (North) in1926–27.[13] Two seasons later, O'Rourke, who had initially retired in 1921 following the death of his son, returned and guided City to promotion with a record haul of 128 goals.[8][16] O'Rourke left for a second time after one more season, and although City spent a total of eight seasons back in the Second Division, they rarely looked like earning promotion back to the top flight. Instead in1936–37, the club were relegated back to the Third Division (North).[17] City won their third piece of silverware two seasons later, when they lifted theThird Division North Challenge Cup, but they were unable to defend the trophy because competitive football was suspended for the Second World War.[18]
After the war, City went through two managers in the first two seasons,[19] and were consistently in the bottom half of the Third Division (North) table until1955–56. After three successive top half finishes,[20] City were placed in the new nationalThird Division in1958–59. Bradford spent just three seasons in the Third Division, but during their relegation season in1960–61,[21] they upset First Division side Manchester United in the inaugural season of theLeague Cup.[22] With 34 goals fromDavid Layne, City nearly earned promotion the following season1961–62, but did also suffer a record 9–1 defeat toColchester United.[21] Layne left forSheffield Wednesday,[23] and without him City finished second from bottom of the league and had to apply for re-election.[21] Bradford City just failed to win promotion in1963–64, winning more games than any other team in the division that season, twenty five, withRodney Green top scoring with 29 league goals. There followed three difficult seasons during which time managerGrenville Hair died following a heart attack in training, City returned to the Third Division after getting promoted in1968–69. City's stay in the Third Division lasted just three years, when they finished bottom in1971–72.[24] Promotion via fourth spot was won again in1976–77 but it was instantly followed by a relegation season.[25]
City failed to win promotion for three successive seasons, until the board appointed formerEnglandcentre backRoy McFarland as manager in May 1981. McFarland won promotion in his first season, but was poached by his former clubDerby County just six months later.[25] City won compensation from Derby and installed another England internationalTrevor Cherry as McFarland's replacement.[26] Cherry, with former teammateTerry Yorath as his assistant manager, failed to win for two months, but eventually the pair guided City to safety from relegation.[27] During the summer, however, the club chairman Bob Martin had to call in theofficial receivers. The club was saved by former chairmanStafford Heginbotham and former board member Jack Tordoff, but to ensure the club could start the new season, prize asset, strikerBobby Campbell was sold to Derby. City struggled but so did Campbell, and when he returned, the club went on a record run of ten successive victories. Although they missed out on promotion, City won the league the following season1984–85, to return to the second tier of the Football League. However, City's triumph was overshadowed when the main stand at Valley Paradecaught fire during the final game of the season, killing 56 people.[28]
City played games away from Valley Parade for 19 months.[29] But just ten days after the new £2.6 million ground was opened, Cherry was sacked.[30] His replacement,Terry Dolan, steered City away from possible relegation,[31] before he mounted a promotion challenge the following season. City went top of the table in September 1987, but fell away during Christmas and missed out on promotion on the final day of the season. Instead, they entered theplay-offs but were defeated in the semi-finals byMiddlesbrough.[32] Two years later City were relegated back to the Third Division. For three seasons, City finished mid-table in the third tier, which was renamed Division Two following the formation of thePremier League in 1992.
In January 1994,Geoffrey Richmond came fromScarborough to take over as chairman,[33] and promised to guide City to the Premier League within five years. He cleared the debts and after four months sacked managerFrank Stapleton to appoint his own manager,Lennie Lawrence.[33] Lawrence left after little more than a year to joinLuton Town but his successor,Chris Kamara, took City to theplay-offs and their first game atWembley Stadium. They defeatedNotts County 2–0 in thefinal to earn promotion to Division One.[33] City avoided relegation the following season by winning their last two league games, 1–0 againstCharlton Athletic and then beatingQueens Park Rangers 3–0 on the final day of the season, but Kamara was sacked in January 1998.[34][35]Paul Jewell took over, initially on a temporary basis, before he was given a permanent contract. He bought the club's first £1 million signings and guided the club to the Premier League — the first time they had been in the top flight for 77 years — with a second-place finish.[36][37] The following season, Jewell continued to defy the critics, who labelled his teamDad's Army, by avoiding relegation again on the last day with a 1–0 victory overLiverpool, with a goal fromDavid Wetherall.[38]
However, Jewell left shortly afterwards. His assistantChris Hutchings was promoted to the manager's position,[39] and despite a series of new expensive signings,[40][41] he was sacked by November 2000, with City second from bottom of the league.[42]Jim Jefferies took over but could not save the club from relegation.[43][44] At the end of the first season back in Division One, City were placed inadministration with debts of nearly £13 million.[45] Two years later, the club suffered a second spell in administration and a second relegation.[46] Two top-half finishes followed, but the club were relegated for a third time in seven seasons in2006–07 meaning the following season would be their first in the bottom tier for 26 seasons.[47] Former playerStuart McCall was appointed the new manager,[48] and although he said anything less than promotion would be a failure,[49] he finally led the team to a 10th-place finish.[50][51] McCall eventually left Bradford City on 8 February 2010 following a board meeting after a run of poor results.[52]
In September 2011, the club became linked with American amateur sideSC United Bantams.[53]
In January 2013, City became the first club from the fourth tier of English football sinceRochdale in1962 to reach theLeague Cup final, and the first fourth tier club ever to reach a major Wembley Cup final. They defeated threePremier League sides en route to the final –Wigan Athletic 4–2 on penalties in the fourth round,Arsenal 3–2 on penalties in the quarter-finals andAston Villa 4–3 on aggregate over the two legs of the semi-final. They met Premier League sideSwansea City in thefinal atWembley but lost 5–0.[54]The run to the final is thought to have been worth at least £1.3 million to the club, with joint chairman Mark Lawn stating that the final itself could be worth an additional £1 million, taking the club's total earnings to £2.3 million during theircup campaign.[55] On 18 May 2013, the club returned toWembley where they defeatedNorthampton Town 3–0 in the League Twoplay-off final to secure a place inLeague One for 2013–14.[56]
On 24 January 2015, Bradford City caused an upset by beating Premiership leadersChelsea 4–2 away in the FA Cup. The victory sent Bradford through to the fifth round for the first time in eighteen years.[57] They beatSunderland, another Premier League club, 2–0 at home in the next round on 15 February 2015.[58] In the quarter-finals, the Bantams facedReading at home, in a game that ended in a goalless draw. The replay was played on 16 March 2015 at the Madejski Stadium, where Reading won 3–0.[59][60]
The club was relegated to League Two at the end of the 2018–19 season.[61]
In December 2021, the club was approached by American investors known as WAGMI United (who use cryptocurrency and NFTs) about a possible buyout.[62] The offer was rejected.[63]
On 24 February 2022,Mark Hughes was appointed manager of the club on a contract until the summer of 2024.[64][65] He was sacked on 4 October 2023, with playerKevin McDonald becoming player-caretaker manager.[66] Later that month, assistant managerMark Trueman replaced McDonald as caretaker manager.[67] On 6 November,Graham Alexander was signed as manager until the end of the 2026–27 season, withChris Lucketti as assistant manager.[68]
Bradford City were promoted toLeague One on the last day of the2024–25 EFL season after their victory overFleetwood Town which secured the third-place promotion place.[69]
Bradford City is the only professional football club in England to wear claret and amber. The club colours were inherited fromManningham FC, when the club converted to football upon Bradford City's foundation in 1903. However, whereas Manningham played in hoops, the new football club adopted claret and amber stripes.[70] Manningham RFC adopted the colours in 1884 before the move to Valley Parade in 1886. Having originally worn black shirts with white shorts, the club's first game in claret and amber was against Hull on 20 September 1884, at Carlisle Road.
The reason Manningham chose claret and amber is not documented but the colours were the same as those ofThe Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regiment, which was based at Belle Vue Barracks on nearby Manningham Lane. Both Manningham, from 1886, and Bradford City, from 1903 to 1908, used the barracks as changing and club rooms.
Bradford City has worn claret and amber, with either white or black, since it was founded. Since the fire in 1985, the club has used black on the kit as a memorial to the 56 supporters who died.[71] The club's away shirt has traditionally been white and to a lesser extent also blue, but there has been a profusion of other colours and designs particularly in more recent years. The away kit for the 2008–09 season was all white.[71] For the 2009–10 season, the away kit was all black with a thin claret and amber stripe down the centre-left.
City scarves have also sold in large numbers in recent years to fans ofHarry Potter, because the colours are the same as Harry's house scarf atHogwarts School.[72]
A number of other clubs across the world wear claret and amber. They include Scottish clubMotherwell, who originally wore blue and white until they wore claret and amber for the first time on 23 August 1913, against Celtic. It is erroneously believed that Motherwell chose the claret and amber colours because they were the racing colours of Lord Hamilton; it is more likely that Motherwell were influenced by Bradford City's English FA cup win in 1911.[73]
The club's crest combines a series of logos from over the years. In 1974, City adopted a contemporary style crest incorporating the club's initials, with a B-C logo. At the time, the new logo maintained the previous nickname of the Paraders. By December 1981, the club relaunched the Bantams as the official identity with a bantam on the new crest. The crest maintains the club colours and also includes the words The Bantams.
Bradford City have had a number of nicknames during their history. In their early years, they were referred to as the "Robins" or "Wasps", taking over the nickname of Manningham FC, as a result of Manningham's claret and amber hoops.[5] Other nicknames have been the "Citizens" or "Paraders", but the club is better known as the "Bantams".[citation needed]
The "Bantams" nickname is thought to have become popular during the First World War, when the club's stadium Valley Parade was used as a recruiting station for the West Yorkshire Regiment which was raising Pals Battalions, with some of them called "Bantams Battalions" due to the short height of many of the recruits being, between 5 ft (1.5m) tall and no more than 5 ft 3in (1.6m).The Bradford Pals had Bantam soldiers within its ranks.[74]
Valley Parade was the site of aquarry on the hillside belowManningham, Bradford, owned by Midland Railway Company, in 1886, when Manningham RFC bought one-third of the land and leased the remainder, because they had been forced to find a new home. They spent£1,400 erecting a ground with a capacity of 20,000, club facilities and levelling the land.[75] When Bradford City were formed in 1903, they took over the ground at Valley Parade, which was also at this time the headquarters ofThe 2nd West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force), playing their first home game on 5 September 1903 againstGainsborough Trinity, drawing a crowd of 11,000.[7][76] Five years later, the club won promotion to theFirst Division, and so commissioned football architectArchibald Leitch to redevelop the ground. The capacity was increased to 40,000 by December 1908 with a 5,300-seater main stand, aterraced paddock in front, aSpion Kop, and an 8,000-capacity Midland Road stand.[77] Its first game againstBristol City on Christmas Day attracted a crowd of 36,000.[78] On 11 March 1911, Valley Parade attracted its highest attendance 39,146, for anFA Cup game between Bradford City andBurnley during Bradford'sFA Cup winning run.[79]
Until 1952, by which time Bradford City had bought the remaining two-thirds of the ground to own it outright,[80] the ground remained virtually unchanged.[78][81] However, twice during the next decade, the club's Midland Road stand had to be demolished. Club officials first closed part of the stand in 1952, as a result of theBurnden Park disaster six years earlier. Its frame was sold toBerwick Rangers and a replacement stand built in 1954.[80] Six years later, the new stand was itself demolished, and Valley Parade remained a three-sided ground until 1966, when the pitch was moved, and a new stand built.[82]
On 11 May 1985, Valley Parade was the scene of afatal fire, during which 56 supporters were killed and at least 265 were injured. The game was the final match of the1984–85 season, before which City were presented with theThird Division championship trophy. The fire destroyed the wooden main stand in just nine minutes.[75][83] The club played its home games atOdsal Stadium, a rugby league ground in Bradford,Elland Road, Leeds, andLeeds Road, the former home of Huddersfield Town, until December 1986, while Valley Parade was redeveloped.[84] The club spent £2.6 million building a new main stand and improving the Kop and reopened the new ground on 14 December 1986 for an exhibition match against an England international XI.[85]
In 1991, the Bradford end of the ground was the next to be redeveloped and was converted into a two-tier stand with a scoreboard. In 1996, following City's promotion toDivision One, club chairmanGeoffrey Richmond announced the construction of a 4,500 seater stand on the Midland Road side. Ahead of promotion to thePremiership in 1999, Richmond spent another £6.5 million to convert the Kop into a two-tier 7,500-seat capacity stand.[86] A corner stand between the Kop and main stand was opened in December 2000, taking the capacity to 20,000 for the first time since 1970.[87] The following summer, the main stand was also converted into a two-tier stand, taking the capacity to 24,840. Further projects were planned until the club went intoadministration in May 2002 so none have taken place.[86] The following year, Valley Parade was sold to Gibb's pension fund for £5 million, with the club's offices, the shop and car park sold to London-based Development Securities for £2.5 million,[88] but these (club offices, shop and car park) were bought back by the club's joint chairmen in the summer of 2011.[citation needed] The club's annual rent and maintenance costs to Gibb's pension fund is £1.2m, and so as of February 2009, the club is considering a return to Odsal. The club and Bradford Bulls would share the new £50m complex, which would also featurecricket, cycling andathletics facilities.[89] Valley Parade has had several other names under sponsorship naming deals. In July 2016 it became the Northern Commercials Stadium,[90] and in July 2019 it became theUtilita Energy Stadium.[91] This partnership came to an end in July 2022.[92] TheUniversity of Bradford subsequently became title sponsor of Valley Parade.[93]
The club spearheaded an initiative in 2007 to slash the price of watching professional football for the2007–08 season.[94] As a result, season tickets to watch Bradford City were the cheapest in England at £138, the equivalent of £6 per match.[95] When the offer finished, the club confirmed the amount of season tickets sold was 12,019.[96] The scheme enabled the club to top the average league attendances forFootball League Two during the 2007–08 season, attracting more than three times more than any other club. The club won the Perform Best Fan Marketing campaign category inThe Football League Awards for the scheme and earned them an invitation to theHouses of Parliament.[97][98] The club aimed to attract 20,000 fans for the2008–09 by offering a free season ticket to anyone buying a season ticket as long as 9,000 adults sign up, but they fell 704 short of the target.[99] Joint-chairman Mark Lawn announced in November 2008 that season tickets in the Bradford End for the2009–10 season would be available for just £99 and £138 for the rest of the ground if bought in December 2008.[citation needed]
For the2015–16 season, the club announced its latest season ticket scheme aimed at continuing to make football affordable for fans. Season ticket prices were set at £149 for adults, senior citizens and students, while admission for under-11s was free when purchased with an adult ticket. An initial campaign target of 15,000 was set.[100] On 6 July, the club announced a record-breaking 18,000 tickets had been sold following a successful campaign.[101] The campaign was repeated for the2016–17 season, where the club sold in excess of 17,000 tickets.[citation needed]
Bradford City have one officialmascot, Billy Bantam.[citation needed]
Bradford City announced 'Own The Moment' 2022–23 season ticket sales of 14,190 in September 2022. The figure was a League Two record for the club. It surpassed the previous fourth-tier season-ticket sales record of 13,614 in 2019–20.[102]
On 4 March 2023, Bradford City set a new attendance record for Football League Two at a 2–0 victory againstColchester United, with an attendance of 20,383, including 345 away fans.[103] The Bantams then broke this record again in a home fixture on 8 May 2023 againstLeyton Orient, with 22,576 supporters in attendance, including 1,902 Leyton Orient fans.[104]
Bradford City have participated in theBradford derby with city rivalsBradford Park Avenue.[105] TheWest Yorkshire derby is held between City and local rivalsLeeds United andHuddersfield Town.[106][107] A "friendly" rivalry also existed with now-defunct clubHalifax Town.[108]
According to a survey conducted in August 2019, Bradford City fans also seeBurnley,Barnsley andOldham Athletic as rivals.[109]
Bradford City's only participation in European football to date came in the2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup.[110][111][112]
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponents | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
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| 2000 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | Second round |  FK Atlantas | 3–1 | 4–1 | 7–2[113] |
| Third round |  RKC Waalwijk | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0[114] | ||
| Semi–finals |  FC Zenit Saint Petersburg | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4[115][116] |
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Captains[edit]
The following is a list of the officially appointedcaptains of the Bradford City first-team.
Former players[edit]Main articles:List of Bradford City A.F.C. players andList of Bradford City A.F.C. players with fewer than 50 league appearances In 2007 formerTelegraph & Argus sports journalist David Markham released the bookThe Legends of Bradford City, initially written to mark the club's centenary in 2003. It featured biographies of 100 players and staff members from the history of the club. The players were:
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| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| Chairman | Stefan Rupp |  German |
| Head of Football Operations | David Sharpe[194] |  English |
| Manager | Graham Alexander |  Scottish |
| Assistant Manager | Chris Lucketti | English |
| Assistant Manager | Mark Trueman[195] | English |
| Lead professional development phase coach | Luke Hendrie[196] | English |
| Professional development phase link coach | Patrick McGuire[196] | English |
| Academy head of coaching | Tom Butcher[197] | English |
| Head of recruitment | Stephen Gent[198] | English |
| Foundation phase lead coach | Jack Fairbrother[196] | English |
| Scout | Ray Mathias[199] | English |
| Scout | Stan Martin[199] | English |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Colin Doyle[200] |  Irish |
| Performance Coach | Ben Nicholson[201] | English |
| Academy Manager | Tom Calvert[202] | English |
| Academy Lead Youth Development | Jordan Broadbent[203] | English |
| Head of Academy Analysis | Jordan Davison[203] | English |
| Under-16 coach | Gary Jones[204] | English |
| Head of Medical | Bobby Scarborough[205] | English |
| Head of Performance | Tom Eastwood[206] | English |
| First-Team Therapist | Nick Akerman[206] | English |
| Head of Physical Performance | Vacant[207] | English |
| First-Team Analyst and Player Welfare Officer | Robbie Bloodworth[206] | English |
| First-Team Analyst | Scott Dyer[206] | English |
Robert Campbell (1903–1905)Peter O'Rourke (1905–1921)David Menzies (1921–1926)Colin Veitch (1926–1928)Jack Foster (Caretaker manager) (Jan–May 1928)Peter O'Rourke (1928–1930)Jack Peart (1930–1935)Dick Ray (1935–1937)Fred Westgarth (1938–1943)Bob Sharp (1943–1946)Jack Barker (1946–1947)Jack Milburn (1947–1948)David Steele (1948–1952)Albert Harris (Feb–May 1952) (interim manager)
Ivor Powell (1952–1955)Peter Jackson (1955–1961)Bob Brocklebank (1961–1964)Bill Harris (1965–1966)Willie Watson (1966–1967)Grenville Hair (1967–1968)Jim McAnearney &Tom Hallett (Joint caretaker managers) (Mar–May 1968)Jimmy Wheeler (1968–1971)Ray Wilson (Player/caretaker manager) (Sep–November 1971)Bryan Edwards (1971–1975)Bobby Kennedy (1975–1978)
John Napier (Feb–October 1978)George Mulhall (1978–1981)Roy McFarland (1981–1982)Trevor Cherry (1982–1987)Terry Dolan (1987–1989)Terry Yorath (1989–1990)John Docherty (1990–1991)Frank Stapleton (1991–1994)Lennie Lawrence (1994–1995)Chris Kamara (1995–1998)Paul Jewell (1998–2000)Chris Hutchings (June–Nov 2000)Stuart McCall (Player/caretaker manager) (Nov 2000)Jim Jefferies (2000–2001)Steve Smith (Caretaker manager) (December 2001)Nicky Law (2002–2003)Peter Atherton,Wayne Jacobs,David Wetherall andDean Windass (player/caretaker managers) (November 2003)Bryan Robson (2003–2004)Colin Todd (2004–2007)David Wetherall (Player/caretaker manager) (Feb–May 2007)Stuart McCall (2007–2010)Wayne Jacobs (Caretaker manager) (February 2010)Peter Taylor (February 2010 – February 2011)Peter Jackson (March 2011 – August 2011)Colin Cooper (Caretaker manager) (August 2011)Phil Parkinson (August 2011 – June 2016)Stuart McCall (June 2016 – February 2018)Greg Abbott (Caretaker manager) (February 2018)Simon Grayson (February 2018 – May 2018)Michael Collins (June 2018 – September 2018)David Hopkin (September 2018 – February 2019)Martin Drury (Caretaker manager) (February 2019 – March 2019)Gary Bowyer (March 2019 – February 2020)Stuart McCall (February 2020 – December 2020)Mark Trueman andConnor Sellars (caretaker managers; December 2020–February 2021)Mark Trueman andConnor Sellars (February 2021 – May 2021)Derek Adams (June 2021 - February 2022)Mark Trueman (caretaker manager; February 2022)Mark Hughes (February 2022 – October 2023)Kevin McDonald (caretaker manager; October 2023)Mark Trueman (caretaker manager; October 2023 – November 2023)Graham Alexander (November 2023 to present)League
Cup
All records from Bradford City F.C. official website.[211]
Tables of kit suppliers and shirt sponsors appear below:[212]
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 1982–1983 | Patrick | National Breakdown |
| 1983–1984 | Toy City | |
| 1984–1985 | None | |
| 1985–1987 | Admiral | Bradford Mythbreakers |
| 1987–1988 | Bradford 'Great' City (Bradford City Council) | |
| 1988–1991 | Bukta | Grattan |
| 1991–1992 | Front Runner | None |
| 1992–1993 | Freemans | |
| 1993–1994 | Admiral | |
| 1994–1997 | Beaver | Diamond Seal |
| 1997–1999 | JCT600[213] | |
| 1999–2001 | Asics | |
| 2001–2003 | BCFC Leisure | |
| 2003–2004 | Diadora | |
| 2004–2006 | Surridge Sport | |
| 2006–2009 | Bradford & Bingley | |
| 2009–2011 | Map Group (UK) | |
| 2011–2013 | Nike[214] | |
| 2013–2016 | JCT600[213][215] | |
| 2016–2022 | Avec Sportt[216] | |
| 2022–present | Macron[217] |
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