All posts tagged Bradford

At What Cost Nahki Wells?

Nahki Wells - prized asset of the Bradford City strike force - is the subject of much rumour and attention as the January 2014 transfer window opens but in these days before the start of business I’m given to ponder forthcoming events and the wisdom around them.

First on Wells, while he is a lively player capable - when confident - of scoring plentiful and exciting goals I would …

We Are Going Up! Interview: Podcasting the Football League

Having made a number of appearances on podcasts in recent years including Two Footed Tackle and The Tilehurst End, our founder writers Lloyd and Lanterne Rouge are perhaps inclined to go in the corner and hide, such are the demands of stationing oneself behind the microphone. Hence, we are in admiration of anyone who has stuck at it, let alone done it really well indeed.

The recent FSF …

Eye Witness Assessment: Leyton Orient and Preston’s Summit Meeting

At the start of the 2012-13 season, blogger Chris Lines posited the theory that that year’s League One title might be there for the taking and a shot shy Sheffield United, a Doncaster which bounced back far more easily than one might have expected and a Tranmere team that simply fell off a cliff did help the division live up to that billing. A year on, however, and the …

TTU Go Predicting: Teams to Watch

After a 25-year absence, Newport County returned to the Football League in May with an extraordinary play-off final win over Wrexham. For a club who were wound up, reformed and exiled to Gloucestershire in the intervening years, it is a phenomenal and heart-warming achievement. What’s more, they actually look half-decent, and we certainly wouldn’t bet against them to carry last season’s winning form into League 2 and trouble the …

TTU Go Predicting: a Club-by-Club League 1 Preview

Following yesterday’s start to pre-season, in which we looked at all 24 League 2 clubs, our intensive schedule continues as we move on to League 1. Tomorrow, attention will turn to the Championship.

Bradford City

Fairytale Bradford City have added a little sheen to their well built squad as they look to attack League 1 at a canter – Rochdale’s Jason Kennedy and experienced winger Mark Yeates join …