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Bradford City

Bradford City Association Football Club are an English football team based at Valley Parade (otherwise known as The Bradford & Bingley Stadium, due to stadium sponsorship) in Bradford. Bradford & Bingley will also be the club's official shirt sponsor for the 2006/2007 season. more...

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Bradford's only major trophy to date is the FA Cup, which they won in 1911.

Their stadium, Valley Parade, was the scene of a fierce inferno on 11 May 1985 which claimed the lives of 56 spectators on the last day of their Third Division campaign, when they finished champions of that division. They ground-shared with Leeds United and Huddersfield Town over the next 6 months before finding a semi-permanent home at Odsal Stadium, home of Bradford Bulls (Then Bradford Northern) Rugby League side, and ultimately returning to a rebuilt Valley Parade. Further developments at the ground have seen it reach an all-seated capacity of 25,136.

Bradford reached the Premiership in 1999 - ending a 77-year absence from the top flight - and stayed up on the final day of the season thanks to a shock 1-0 win over Liverpool. They went down a year later after a terrible season, and a financial crisis later pushed the club to the brink of closure. They survived this financial nightmare, but were unable to avoid another relegation in 2004.

The Bantams remain in League One, the third tier of the English league, and their current manager is Colin Todd. Permission was given five years ago to increase Valley Parade's capacity to 30,000, but this seems unlikely to proceed unless the club returns to the Premiership. Significant former managers of Bradford include Chris Kamara, Paul Jewell, Frank Stapleton and Trevor Cherry. Significant players (current & former) include David Wetherall (Current Club Captain), Gary Walsh, John Hendrie, Stuart McCall, Benito Carbone and Dean Windass.

History

Early Years

The club was originally known as Manningham, a rugby club and a founding member of the Northern Rugby Union. Manningham RFC left that code at the end of the 1902-03 season to switch to association football and the club changed its name to Bradford City AFC. The invitation in 1903 to join the Football League was an attempt to introduce the sport to the rugby-dominated region, and the club was accepted into the League even before it had a team. Bradford City and Chelsea share the distinction of being the only clubs to join the League without having played a competitive fixture.

Cup Glory

Bradford City have won the FA Cup once, on April 28, 1911 beating Newcastle United 1-0 at Old Trafford after a goalless draw at Crystal Palace four days earlier. The goal, scored by Jimmy Spiers, ensured that they were the first winners of the new FA Cup trophy made by Bradford company Messrs Fattorini and Sons.