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|fullname    = Bradford City Association Football Club
|nickname    = [[Bantam (chicken)|The Bantams]]<br />The Paraders<br />The Citizens
|founded     = {{Start date and age|df=y|1903}}
|ground      = [[Valley Parade]]
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|chairman    = Stefan Rupp
|manager     = [[Graham Alexander]] 
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'''Bradford City Association Football Club''' is an English professional [[Association football|football]] club in [[Bradford]], [[West Yorkshire]]. The club competes in {{English football updater|BradforC}}, the third tier of [[English football league system|English football]], and is managed by [[Graham Alexander]].

The club was founded in 1903 and immediately elected into the [[Football 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 the [[1911 FA Cup final]], which remains the club's only major honour. They were relegated in 1922 and again in 1927, before winning the [[Football League Third Division North|Third Division North]] title in 1928–29. Another relegation in 1937 did allow the club to go on to win the [[Football League Third Division North Cup|Third Division North Cup]] in 1939, however a further relegation followed in 1962 to leave the club in the newly created [[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth 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 first [[Roy McFarland]] and then [[Trevor Cherry]], winning promotion in 1981–82 and following this up with the [[Football League Third Division|Third 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 in [[1996 Football League Second Division play-off final|1996]], before securing another promotion in 1998–99 to reach the [[Premier League]], marking a return to the top-flight after a 77-year absence. They entered Europe and reached the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]] in 2000–01 but ended the campaign with relegation from the Premier League. A succession of financial crises followed as the club entered [[Administration (British football)|administration]] 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 of [[Phil Parkinson]] by reaching the [[2013 Football League Cup final|2013 League Cup final]] and then going on to win that year's [[2013 Football League Two play-off final|League Two play-off final]] but were relegated from [[EFL League One|League One]] in 2019.

The club's home ground is the 24,840-capacity [[Valley Parade]], which was the site of the [[Bradford City stadium fire]] on 11 May 1985, which took the lives of 56 supporters. They are the only professional football club in England to wear [[Wine (color)|claret]] and [[amber (color)|amber]], and have worn these colours throughout their history. They have though been known by various nicknames, with the "[[Bantam (poultry)|Bantams]]" being the most commonly used nickname as it appears on the current club crest. Supporters hold [[West Yorkshire derby]] rivalries with [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]] and [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]], as well as a historic [[Bradford derby]] rivalry with the now non-league side [[Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C.|Bradford (Park Avenue)]].

==History==
{{Main|History of Bradford City A.F.C.}}
{{See also|List of Bradford City A.F.C. seasons}}
[[File:Bradford1911.jpg|thumb|right|The Bradford City team which won the [[1911 FA Cup Final|1911 FA Cup]]]]
Bradford City were formed in 1903 as a result of a series of meetings called by James Whyte, a sub-editor of the ''Bradford Observer'', with [[The Football Association|Football Association]] representatives and officials at [[Manningham F.C.]], a [[rugby league]] side.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|first=Terry
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|publisher=Breedon Books Sport
|year=1988
|page=11
|isbn=0-907969-38-0}}</ref> The [[English Football League|Football League]] saw the invitation as a chance to promote association football in the rugby league-dominated county of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]]. It duly elected the new club into the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]], in place of [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster 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 their [[Valley Parade]] ground.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=13}}</ref>

[[Robert Campbell (football manager)|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 [[pound sterling|£]]917&nbsp;10[[shilling|s]]&nbsp;0[[penny|d]].<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=65}}</ref><ref name="f14">{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=14}}</ref> City's first game was a 2–0 defeat at [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] on 1 September 1903,<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=149}}</ref> six days before their first home game attracted 11,000&nbsp;fans.<ref name="f54">{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=54}}</ref> The club finished 10th in their first season.<ref name="f14"/> [[Peter O'Rourke (footballer)|Peter O'Rourke]] took over as manager in November 1905, and he led City to the Second Division title in [[1907–08 in English football|1907–08]] and with it [[promotion and relegation|promotion]] to the [[Football League First Division|First Division]].<ref name="orourke">{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|pages=65–66}}</ref> Having narrowly avoided relegation in their first season in the top flight, City recorded their highest finish of 5th in [[1910–11 in English football|1910–11]].<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=16}}</ref> The same season they won the [[FA Cup]], when a goal from captain [[Jimmy Speirs]] won the [[1911 FA Cup final|final]] replay against [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]].<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=49}}</ref> City's defence of the cup, which included the first [[Bradford derby]] against [[Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.|Bradford Park Avenue]], was stopped by [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]] after a run of 12&nbsp;consecutive clean sheets.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=17}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
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|page=159}}</ref>
[[File:Bradford City FC League Performance.svg|thumb|right|A graph showing Bradford City's league history]]

City remained in the top flight in the period up to the First World War and for three seasons afterwards, but were relegated in [[1921–22 in English football|1921–22]] along with [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]].<ref name="f21">{{cite book
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|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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 |title        = 1920–1929
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}}</ref> Back in the Second Division, attendances dropped and City struggled for form,<ref>{{cite book
|last=Dewhirst
|first=John
|title=City Memories&nbsp;– An Illustrated Record of Bradford City A.F.C.
|publisher=True North Books
|year=1998
|at=ch.&nbsp;2
|isbn=1-900463-57-1}}</ref> with five consecutive finishes in the bottom half of the table. They suffered a second relegation to the [[Football League Third Division North|Third Division (North)]] in [[1926–27 in English football|1926–27]].<ref name="f21"/> 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.<ref name="orourke"/><ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|pages=34–35}}</ref> 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 in [[1936–37 in English football|1936–37]], the club were relegated back to the Third Division (North).<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=22}}</ref> City won their third piece of silverware two seasons later, when they lifted the [[Football League Third Division North Cup|Third Division North Challenge Cup]], but they were unable to defend the trophy because competitive football was suspended for the Second World War.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=356}}</ref>

After the war, City went through two managers in the first two seasons,<ref>{{cite book
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|page=23}}</ref> and were consistently in the bottom half of the Third Division (North) table until [[1955–56 in English football|1955–56]]. After three successive top half finishes,<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=168}}</ref> City were placed in the new national [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] in [[1958–59 in English football|1958–59]]. Bradford spent just three seasons in the Third Division, but during their relegation season in [[1960–61 in English football|1960–61]],<ref name="f24">{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=24}}</ref> they upset First Division side Manchester United in the inaugural season of the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]].<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=152}}</ref> With 34&nbsp;goals from [[David Layne]], City nearly earned promotion the following season [[1961–62 in English football|1961–62]], but did also suffer a record 9–1 defeat to [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]].<ref name="f24"/> Layne left for [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]],<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=113}}</ref> and without him City finished second from bottom of the league and had to apply for re-election.<ref name="f24"/> Bradford City just failed to win promotion in [[1963–64 in English football|1963–64]], winning more games than any other team in the division that season, twenty five, with [[Rodney Green (footballer)|Rodney Green]] top scoring with 29 league goals. There followed three difficult seasons during which time manager [[Grenville Hair]] died following a heart attack in training, City returned to the Third Division after getting promoted in [[1968–69 in English football|1968–69]]. City's stay in the Third Division lasted just three years, when they finished bottom in [[1971–72 in English football|1971–72]].<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=26}}</ref> Promotion via fourth spot was won again in [[1976–77 in English football|1976–77]] but it was instantly followed by a relegation season.<ref name="f27">{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=27}}</ref>

[[Image:Valley Parade Memorial.PNG|left|upright|thumb|A memorial, erected on the club's new main stand at [[Valley Parade]], to the victims of the [[Bradford City stadium fire|fire]] in 1985]]
City failed to win promotion for three successive seasons, until the board appointed former [[England national football team|England]] [[centre back]] [[Roy McFarland]] as manager in May 1981. McFarland won promotion in his first season, but was poached by his former club [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] just six months later.<ref name="f27"/> City won compensation from Derby and installed another England international [[Trevor Cherry]] as McFarland's replacement.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=81}}</ref> Cherry, with former teammate [[Terry Yorath]] as his assistant manager, failed to win for two months, but eventually the pair guided City to safety from relegation.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=306}}</ref> During the summer, however, the club chairman Bob Martin had to call in the [[official receiver]]s. The club was saved by former chairman [[Stafford Heginbotham]] and former board member Jack Tordoff, but to ensure the club could start the new season, prize asset, striker [[Bobby Campbell (Northern Irish footballer)|Bobby 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 season [[1984–85 in English football|1984–85]], to return to the second tier of the Football League. However, City's triumph was overshadowed when the main stand at Valley Parade [[Bradford City stadium fire|caught fire]] during the final game of the season, killing 56 people.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=28}}</ref>

City played games away from Valley Parade for 19 months.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=59}}</ref> But just ten days after the new £2.6&nbsp;million ground was opened, Cherry was sacked.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|pages=28–29}}</ref> His replacement, [[Terry Dolan (footballer)|Terry Dolan]], steered City away from possible relegation,<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=29}}</ref> 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 the [[Football League Championship play-offs|play-offs]] but were defeated in the semi-finals by [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]].<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=30}}</ref> 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 the [[Premier League]] in 1992.

[[Image:Valley Parade 1990s.jpg|thumb|right|Bradford City against [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] at [[Valley Parade]] during the early 1990s]]
In January 1994, [[Geoffrey Richmond]] came from [[Scarborough F.C.|Scarborough]] to take over as chairman,<ref name="m165">{{cite book
|last=Markham
|first=David
|title=The legends of Bradford City
|publisher=Breedon Books Sport
|year=2007
|page=165
|isbn=978-1-85983-572-2}}</ref> and promised to guide City to the Premier League within five years. He cleared the debts and after four months sacked manager [[Frank Stapleton]] to appoint his own manager, [[Lennie Lawrence]].<ref name="m165"/> Lawrence left after little more than a year to join [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] but his successor, [[Chris Kamara]], took City to the [[Football League One play-offs|play-offs]] and their first game at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]]. They defeated [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] 2–0 in the [[1996 Football League Second Division play-off final|final]] to earn promotion to Division One.<ref name="m165"/> City avoided relegation the following season by winning their last two league games, 1–0 against [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] and then beating [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] 3–0 on the final day of the season, but Kamara was sacked in January 1998.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Markham
|title=The legends of Bradford City
|page=103}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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|url-status    = dead
}}</ref> [[Paul Jewell]] took over, initially on a temporary basis, before he was given a permanent contract. He bought the club's first £1&nbsp;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.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Markham
|title=The legends of Bradford City
|page=99}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
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|last=Sutcliffe
}}{{Dead link|date=June 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The following season, Jewell continued to defy the critics, who labelled his team ''[[Dad's Army]]'', by avoiding relegation again on the last day with a 1–0 victory over [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], with a goal from [[David Wetherall]].<ref>{{cite news
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However, Jewell left shortly afterwards. His assistant [[Chris Hutchings]] was promoted to the manager's position,<ref>{{cite news
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|access-date  = 13 May 2008
|work         = BBC Sport
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}}</ref> and despite a series of new expensive signings,<ref>{{cite news
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/991922.stm
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|access-date  = 13 May 2008
|work         = BBC Sport
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|url-status     = live
}}</ref> he was sacked by November 2000, with City second from bottom of the league.<ref>{{cite news
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 |title        = Bradford sack Hutchings
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|access-date  = 13 May 2008
|work         = BBC Sport
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 |archive-date  = 13 January 2016
|url-status     = live
}}</ref> [[Jim Jefferies (footballer)|Jim Jefferies]] took over but could not save the club from relegation.<ref>{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/1027129.stm
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|access-date  = 13 May 2008
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
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|access-date  = 13 May 2008
|work         = BBC Sport
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}}</ref> At the end of the first season back in Division One, City were placed in [[administration (insolvency)|administration]] with debts of nearly £13&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news
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|url-status     = live
}}</ref> Two years later, the club suffered a second spell in administration and a second relegation.<ref>{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/3513575.stm
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}}</ref> Two top-half finishes followed, but the club were relegated for a third time in seven seasons in [[2006–07 in English football|2006–07]] meaning the following season would be their first in the bottom tier for 26&nbsp;seasons.<ref name="2007 relegation">{{cite news
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}}</ref> Former player [[Stuart McCall]] was appointed the new manager,<ref>{{cite news
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}}</ref> and although he said anything less than promotion would be a failure,<ref>{{cite news
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}}</ref> he finally led the team to a 10th-place finish.<ref>{{cite news
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 |title       = Final 2007/2008 Football League Two Table
 |access-date  = 13 May 2008
|publisher   = Soccerbase
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120515153721/http://www.soccerbase.com/tournaments/tournament.sd?comp_id=4
 |archive-date = 15 May 2012
|url-status    = dead
}}</ref> McCall eventually left Bradford City on 8 February 2010 following a board meeting after a run of poor results.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1958761,00.html |title=Stuart McCall leaves Bradford City |date=8 February 2010 |access-date=8 February 2010 |publisher=Bradford City A.F.C. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211102631/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1958761%2C00.html |archive-date=11 February 2010 }}</ref>

In September 2011, the club became linked with American amateur side [[SC United Bantams]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/home/560948.html|title=Palmetto FC Bantams Join PDL|date=8 September 2011|publisher=United Soccer Leagues|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104082855/http://pdl.uslsoccer.com/home/560948.html|archive-date=4 November 2013}}</ref>

In January 2013, City became the first club from the fourth tier of English football since [[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]] in [[1961–62 Football League Cup|1962]] to reach the [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] final, and the first fourth tier club ever to reach a major Wembley Cup final. They defeated three [[Premier League]] sides en route to the final&nbsp;– [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] 4–2 on penalties in the fourth round, [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] 3–2 on penalties in the quarter-finals and [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] 4–3 on aggregate over the two legs of the semi-final. They met Premier League side [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]] in the [[2013 Football League Cup final|final]] at [[Wembley Stadium|Wembley]] but lost 5–0.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/359954/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5739|title=Bantams battered by Swans|date=25 February 2013|work=ESPN|access-date=26 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227021112/http://espnfc.com/uk/en/report/359954/report.html?soccernet=true&cc=5739|archive-date=27 February 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
The run to the final is thought to have been worth at least £1.3&nbsp;million to the club, with joint chairman Mark Lawn stating that the final itself could be worth an additional £1&nbsp;million, taking the club's total earnings to £2.3&nbsp;million during their [[2012–13 Football League Cup|cup campaign]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-21156787|title=Bradford City's historic win 'worth £1m'|work=BBC News|date=23 January 2013|access-date=30 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125235838/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-21156787|archive-date=25 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> On 18 May 2013, the club returned to [[Wembley Stadium|Wembley]] where they defeated [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]] 3–0 in the League Two [[2013 Football League Two play-off final|play-off final]] to secure a place in [[EFL League One|League One]] for 2013–14.<ref>{{cite news|last=Doyle|first=Paul|title=Bradford City smash Northampton Town in half an hour in play-off final|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/18/bradford-city-northampton-town-league-two|access-date=18 May 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019182925/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/18/bradford-city-northampton-town-league-two|archive-date=19 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 24 January 2015, Bradford City caused an upset by beating Premiership leaders [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] 4–2 away in the FA Cup. The victory sent Bradford through to the fifth round for the first time in eighteen years.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30860394 Chelsea 2 – Bradford City 4] , ''BBC Sport'' 24 January 2015</ref> They beat [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], another Premier League club, 2–0 at home in the next round on 15 February 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31423096|title=Bradford 2–0 Sunderland|work=BBC Sport|access-date=13 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123062546/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31423096|archive-date=23 January 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In the quarter-finals, the Bantams faced [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] 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.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/31914525 FA Cup: Reading 3–0 Bradford City highlights] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822225913/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/31914525 |date=22 August 2016 }}, ''BBC Sport'', 16 March 2015</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/31791998 Reading 3 – Bradford 0] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510013528/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/31791998 |date=10 May 2017 }}, ''BBC Sport'', 16 March 2015</ref>

The club was relegated to League Two at the end of the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47904235|title=Coventry City 2–0 Bradford City: Bantams relegated from League One|date=19 April 2019|access-date=21 April 2019|work=BBC Sport}}</ref>

In December 2021, the club was approached by American investors known as WAGMI United (who use cryptocurrency and NFTs) about a possible buyout.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/59696837|title=US crypto group offers to buy Bradford|work=BBC Sport}}</ref> The offer was rejected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/19794697.rupp-rejects-wagmi-united-offer-buy-bradford-city/|title=No deal! Rupp underlines commitment after rejecting American offer to buy Bradford City|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=18 December 2021 }}</ref>

On 24 February 2022, [[Mark Hughes]] was appointed manager of the club on a contract until the summer of 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mark Hughes: Bradford City name former Wales boss as new manager |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60506546 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bower |first1=Aaron |title=Mark Hughes makes shock return to management at League Two Bradford |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/24/mark-hughes-bradford-manager-shock-return |website=www.theguardian.com |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref> He was sacked on 4 October 2023, with player [[Kevin McDonald (footballer, born 1988)|Kevin McDonald]] becoming player-caretaker manager.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2023/october/bantams-part-company-with-hughes/|title=BANTAMS PART COMPANY WITH HUGHES|website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk}}</ref> Later that month, assistant manager [[Mark Trueman]] replaced McDonald as caretaker manager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/23892839.bantams-issue-caretaker-manager-update-fa-cup-tie/|title=City manager update: Trueman put in charge for FA Cup|date=31 October 2023|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref> On 6 November, [[Graham Alexander]] was signed as manager until the end of the 2026–27 season, with [[Chris Lucketti]] as assistant manager.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2023 |title=ALEXANDER APPOINTED CITY MANAGER |url=https://www.bradfordcityafc.com/news/2023/november/alexander-appointed-city-manager/ |access-date=4 March 2025 |website=Bradford City AFC}}</ref>

Bradford City were promoted to [[EFL League One|League One]] on the last day of the [[2024–25 EFL League Two|2024–25 EFL season]] after their victory over [[Fleetwood Town F.C.|Fleetwood Town]] which secured the third-place promotion place.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://talksport.com/football/3174350/bradford-league-two-promotion-stoppage-time-winner-efl/ | title=Bradford steal promotion from EFL rivals with stunning stoppage-time winner | date=3 May 2025 }}</ref>

==Colours and club crest==
Bradford City is the only professional football club in England to wear claret and amber. The club colours were inherited from [[Manningham 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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dewhirst |first=John
|title=City Memories&nbsp;– An Illustrated Record of Bradford City A.F.C.
|year=1998
|publisher=True North Books
|at=ch.&nbsp;1 |isbn = 1-900463-57-1}}</ref> 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 of [[West Yorkshire Regiment|The 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.<ref name="All white change strip for next season">{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1295874,00.html|title=All white change strip for next season|access-date=13 October 2008|date=22 April 2008|publisher=Bradford City official website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216082853/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1295874%2C00.html|archive-date=16 February 2012}}</ref> 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.<ref name = "All white change strip for next season"/> 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 of ''[[Harry Potter]]'', because the colours are the same as Harry's house scarf at [[Hogwarts|Hogwarts School]].<ref>{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2557000/2557569.stm
 |title        = Potter magic sells footie scarves
 |access-date  = 30 December 2007
|date         = 9 December 2002
|publisher    = CBBC Newsround
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071228203006/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2557000/2557569.stm
 |archive-date  = 28 December 2007
|url-status     = live
}}</ref>

A number of other clubs across the world wear claret and amber. They include Scottish club [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]], 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/the-club/history/club-history/1886-1917/ |title=Motherwell FC&nbsp;– 1886–1917 |publisher=Motherwellfc.co.uk |access-date=13 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326173830/http://www.motherwellfc.co.uk/the-club/history/club-history/1886-1917/ |archive-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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.

==Nickname==
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.<ref name="f14"/> Other nicknames have been the "Citizens" or "Paraders", but the club is better known as the "Bantams".{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

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&nbsp;ft (1.5m) tall and no more than 5&nbsp;ft 3in (1.6m).The Bradford Pals had Bantam soldiers within its ranks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.2872|title=IWM Portal > Your History > Facts + Information : Bantam Battalions|date=10 July 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060710020253/http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.2872 |archive-date=10 July 2006 }}</ref>

==Stadium==
{{Main|Valley Parade}}
{{See also|Bradford City stadium fire}}
[[File:Valley Parade, Bradford.jpg|thumb|left|Valley Parade]]
[[File:UniversityOfBradfordStadium-2.jpg|thumb|Valley Parade]]
[[Valley Parade]] was the site of a [[quarry]] on the hillside below [[Manningham, 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 [[pound sterling|£]]1,400 erecting a ground with a capacity of 20,000, club facilities and levelling the land.<ref name="f53">{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=53}}</ref> When Bradford City were formed in 1903, they took over the ground at Valley Parade, which was also at this time the headquarters of [[West Riding Artillery|The 2nd West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force)]], playing their first home game on 5 September 1903 against [[Gainsborough Trinity F.C.|Gainsborough Trinity]], drawing a crowd of 11,000.<ref name="f54"/><ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=170}}</ref> Five years later, the club won promotion to the [[Football League First Division|First Division]], and so commissioned football architect [[Archibald Leitch]] to redevelop the ground. The capacity was increased to 40,000 by December 1908 with a 5,300-seater main stand, a [[terrace (stadium)|terraced]] paddock in front, a [[Spion Kop (stadia)|Spion Kop]], and an 8,000-capacity Midland Road stand.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Inglis
|first=Simon
|title=The football grounds of Great Britain
|publisher=Willow Books
|year=1987
|page=117
|isbn=0-00-218249-1}}</ref> Its first game against [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] on Christmas Day attracted a crowd of 36,000.<ref name="d1">{{cite book
|last=Dewhirst
|first=John
|title=City Memories&nbsp;– An Illustrated Record of Bradford City A.F.C.
|publisher=True North Books
|year=1998
|at=ch.&nbsp;1
|isbn=1-900463-57-1}}</ref> On 11 March 1911, Valley Parade attracted its highest attendance 39,146, for an [[FA Cup]] game between Bradford City and [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] during Bradford's [[1911 FA Cup Final|FA Cup winning run]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10266~91531,00.html
|title=Facts
|access-date=13 October 2008
|publisher=Bradford City official website
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011164852/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10266~91531%2C00.html
|archive-date=11 October 2008
}}</ref>

Until 1952, by which time Bradford City had bought the remaining two-thirds of the ground to own it outright,<ref name="f56">{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=56}}</ref> the ground remained virtually unchanged.<ref name="d1"/><ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=55}}</ref> 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 the [[Burnden Park disaster]] six years earlier. Its frame was sold to [[Berwick Rangers F.C.|Berwick Rangers]] and a replacement stand built in 1954.<ref name="f56"/> 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.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|page=57}}</ref>

[[Image:Valley Parade Away Stand.PNG|left|thumb|The Bradford End of [[Valley Parade]], which was the first to be redeveloped after the ground reopened in 1986]]
On 11 May 1985, Valley Parade was the scene of a [[Bradford City stadium fire|fatal fire]], during which 56&nbsp;supporters were killed and at least 265&nbsp;were injured. The game was the final match of the [[1984–85 in English football|1984–85]] season, before which City were presented with the [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] championship trophy. The fire destroyed the wooden main stand in just nine minutes.<ref name="f53"/><ref>{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/11/newsid_2523000/2523561.stm
 |title        = BBC on this day&nbsp;– 1985: Fans killed in Bradford stadium fire
 |access-date  = 16 March 2008
|work         = BBC Sport
 |date         = 11 May 1985
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120525070438/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/11/newsid_2523000/2523561.stm
 |archive-date  = 25 May 2012
|url-status     = live
}}</ref> The club played its home games at [[Odsal Stadium]], a rugby league ground in Bradford, [[Elland Road]], Leeds, and [[Leeds Road, Huddersfield|Leeds Road]], the former home of Huddersfield Town, until December 1986, while Valley Parade was redeveloped.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|pages=60–61}}</ref> The club spent £2.6&nbsp;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.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Frost
|title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988
|pages=59–60}}</ref>

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 to [[Football League First Division|Division One]], club chairman [[Geoffrey Richmond]] announced the construction of a 4,500 seater stand on the Midland Road side. Ahead of promotion to the [[Premier League|Premiership]] in 1999, Richmond spent another £6.5&nbsp;million to convert the Kop into a two-tier 7,500-seat capacity stand.<ref name="vp history">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/History/0,,10266~400739,00.html
 |title=Transformation of Valley Parade
 |access-date=13 October 2008
|publisher=Bradford City official website
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009040144/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/History/0%2C%2C10266~400739%2C00.html
 |archive-date=9 October 2008
}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2000/12/16/146052.html
|title=City to break crowd record
|date=16 December 2000
|access-date=16 March 2008
|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111225505/http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2000/12/16/146052.html
|archive-date=11 January 2009
}}</ref> 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 into [[administration (insolvency)|administration]] in May 2002 so none have taken place.<ref name="vp history"/> The following year, Valley Parade was sold to Gibb's pension fund for £5&nbsp;million, with the club's offices, the shop and car park sold to London-based Development Securities for £2.5&nbsp;million,<ref>{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/3135993.stm
 |title        = Valley Parade sold for £5m
 |date         = 8 August 2003
|access-date  = 16 April 2008
|work         = BBC Sport
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160113004554/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/3135993.stm
 |archive-date = 13 January 2016
|url-status   = live
}}</ref> but these (club offices, shop and car park) were bought back by the club's joint chairmen in the summer of 2011.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}} 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 feature [[cricket]], cycling and [[sport of athletics|athletics]] facilities.<ref>{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7886405.stm
 |title        = Bantams ponder Bulls groundshare
 |date         = 12 February 2009
|access-date  = 13 February 2009
|work         = BBC Sport
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090215173040/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/7886405.stm
 |archive-date = 15 February 2009
|url-status   = live
}}</ref> Valley Parade has had several other names under sponsorship naming deals. In July 2016 it became the Northern Commercials Stadium,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/bradford-city-announce-northern-commercials-as-new-stadium-sponsors-in-landmark-deal-3200837.aspx|title=BRADFORD CITY ANNOUNCE NORTHERN COMMERCIALS AS NEW STADIUM SPONSORS IN LANDMARK DEAL|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005063200/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/bradford-city-announce-northern-commercials-as-new-stadium-sponsors-in-landmark-deal-3200837.aspx|archive-date=5 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and in July 2019 it became the [[Utilita Energy]] Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17764481.bradford-city-39-s-valley-parade-becomes-utilita-energy-stadium/|title=Valley Parade becomes Utilita Energy Stadium with new power partnership|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=11 July 2019 }}</ref> This partnership came to an end in July 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THANK YOU: UTILITA ENERGY |url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2022/july/thank-you-utilitaenergy/ |access-date=26 July 2022 |website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref> The [[University of Bradford]] subsequently became title sponsor of Valley Parade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=INTRODUCING: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD STADIUM |url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2022/july/introducing-the-university-of-bradford-stadium/ |access-date=27 July 2022 |website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk |language=en-gb }}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Supporters==
The club spearheaded an initiative in 2007 to slash the price of watching professional football for the [[2007–08 in English football|2007–08]] season.<ref>{{cite news
 |url          = http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/1359276.bradford_city_will_slash_ticket_prices/
 |title        = Bradford City WILL slash ticket prices
 |access-date   = 13 October 2008
|date         = 27 April 2007
|newspaper    = Telegraph & Argus
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090111225102/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/1359276.bradford_city_will_slash_ticket_prices/
 |archive-date  = 11 January 2009
|url-status     = live
}}</ref> As a result, season tickets to watch Bradford City were the cheapest in England at £138, the equivalent of £6 per match.<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://flc.theoffside.com/league-two/bradford-city-set-to-offer-cheapest-season-tickets-in-the-uk.html
 |title=Bradford City Set to Offer Cheapest Season Tickets in the UK
 |access-date=30 December 2007
|date=24 May 2007
|publisher=TheOffside.com
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109004807/http://flc.theoffside.com/league-two/bradford-city-set-to-offer-cheapest-season-tickets-in-the-uk.html
 |archive-date=9 January 2008
}}</ref> When the offer finished, the club confirmed the amount of season tickets sold was 12,019.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1082906,00.html
|title=City break 12,000 Season Ticket barrier
|access-date=13 October 2008
|date=1 August 2007
|publisher=Bradford City official website
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212234321/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1082906%2C00.html
|archive-date=12 February 2010
}}</ref> The scheme enabled the club to top the average league attendances for [[Football 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 in [[The Football League Awards]] for the scheme and earned them an invitation to the [[Houses of Parliament]].<ref>{{cite news
 |url          = http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2087772./
 |title        = Bantams land prestigious award
 |date         = 3 March 2008
|access-date   = 13 October 2008
|newspaper    = Telegraph & Argus
 |first        = Simon
 |last         = Parker
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090111223825/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2087772./
 |archive-date  = 11 January 2009
|url-status     = live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sportbcfc/sportbcfcheadlines/3972895.Pioneering_City_honoured_with_trip_to_parliament/ |title=Pioneering City honoured with trip to parliament |date=13 December 2008 |access-date=14 December 2008 |newspaper=Telegraph & Argus |first=Simon |last=Parker |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216032132/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sportbcfc/sportbcfcheadlines/3972895.Pioneering_City_honoured_with_trip_to_parliament/ |archive-date=16 December 2008 }}</ref> The club aimed to attract 20,000&nbsp;fans for the [[2008–09 in English football|2008–09]] by offering a free season ticket to anyone buying a season ticket as long as 9,000&nbsp;adults sign up, but they fell 704 short of the target.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sportbcfc/sportbcfcheadlines/3166954.City_fail_to_hit_magic_9_000_mark/ |title=City fail to hit magic 9,000&nbsp;mark |date=16 June 2008 |access-date=16 June 2008 |newspaper=Telegraph & Argus |first=Simon |last=Parker |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011002402/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sportbcfc/sportbcfcheadlines/3166954.City_fail_to_hit_magic_9_000_mark/ |archive-date=11 October 2008 }}</ref> Joint-chairman Mark Lawn announced in November 2008 that season tickets in the Bradford End for the [[2009–10 in English football|2009–10]] season would be available for just £99 and £138 for the rest of the ground if bought in December 2008.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

For the [[2015–16 in English football|2015–16]] 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=BANTAMS SET SEASON TICKET TARGET!|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/season-ticket-prices-confirmed-2444707.aspx|website=Bradford City Official Website|access-date=12 August 2015|date=7 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923220837/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/season-ticket-prices-confirmed-2444707.aspx|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> On 6 July, the club announced a record-breaking 18,000 tickets had been sold following a successful campaign.<ref>{{cite web|title=CITY BREAK SEASON TICKET RECORD|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/city-break-season-ticket-record-2528899.aspx|website=Bradford City Official Website|access-date=12 August 2015|date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708191835/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/city-break-season-ticket-record-2528899.aspx|archive-date=8 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The campaign was repeated for the [[2016-17 Bradford City A.F.C. season|2016–17 season]], where the club sold in excess of 17,000 tickets.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

Bradford City have one official [[mascot]], Billy Bantam.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RECORD FOURTH-TIER SEASON-TICKET SALES |url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2022/september/record-fourth-tier-season-ticket-sales/ |access-date=29 September 2022 |website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref>

On 4 March 2023, Bradford City set a new attendance record for Football League Two at a 2–0 victory against [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]], with an attendance of 20,383, including 345 away fans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/bradford-city-vs-colchester-united/report/468786|title=Bradford 2–0 Colchester: Andy Cook scores again as Bantams gain momentum in promotion push|website=Sky Sports}}</ref> The Bantams then broke this record again in a home fixture on 8 May 2023 against [[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]], with 22,576 supporters in attendance, including 1,902 Leyton Orient fans.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65445731#:~:text=Bradford%20secured%20a%20League%20Two%20play-off%20place%20with,in%20front%20of%20a%20club%20record%2022%2C576%20crowd| title=Bradford City 1–1 Leyton Orient: Bantams safely into League Two Play-Offs| work=BBC Sport}}</ref>

==Rivalry==
{{See also|Bradford derby|West Yorkshire derby}}
Bradford City have participated in the [[Bradford derby]] with city rivals [[Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.|Bradford Park Avenue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bradfordsporthistory.com/2018/05/24/the-wool-city-rivalry-class-tensions/|title=The Wool City Rivalry: Class tensions?|date=24 May 2018|access-date=22 October 2019}}</ref> The [[West Yorkshire derby]] is held between City and local rivals [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] and [[Huddersfield Town A.F.C.|Huddersfield Town]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sport_opinion/sportparker/11413145.Jamie_Lawrence__I_know_what_beating_Leeds_would_mean_to_Bradford_City_fans/|title=Jamie Lawrence: I know what beating Leeds would mean to Bradford City fans|date=16 August 2014|access-date=6 November 2014|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205183446/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sport_opinion/sportparker/11413145.Jamie_Lawrence__I_know_what_beating_Leeds_would_mean_to_Bradford_City_fans/|archive-date=5 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.examiner.co.uk/sport/football/news/huddersfield-town-bradford-city-manager-4965286|title=Huddersfield Town: Bradford City manager Phil Parkinson gears up for derby|date=1 October 2011|access-date=6 November 2014|first=Doug|last=Thomson|newspaper=Huddersfield Examiner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106215813/http://www.examiner.co.uk/sport/football/news/huddersfield-town-bradford-city-manager-4965286|archive-date=6 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> A "friendly" rivalry also existed with now-defunct club [[Halifax Town A.F.C.|Halifax Town]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/11583498.Shay_me_but_friends_will_be_foes_this_Sunday_____Jacobs_on_Halifax_v_Bantams_FA_Cup_clash/|title=Shay-me that friends will be foes this Sunday&nbsp;– Wayne Jacobs on Halifax v Bantams FA Cup clash|date=6 November 2014|access-date=6 November 2014|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205183230/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/11583498.Shay_me_but_friends_will_be_foes_this_Sunday_____Jacobs_on_Halifax_v_Bantams_FA_Cup_clash/|archive-date=5 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to a survey conducted in August 2019, Bradford City fans also see [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]], [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]] and [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] as rivals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.givemesport.com/1500300-the-top-five-rivals-of-english-footballs-top-92-clubs-revealed|title=The top five rivals of English football's top 92 clubs have been revealed|date=27 August 2019|website=GiveMeSport}}</ref>

==European football==
Bradford City's only participation in European football to date came in the [[2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Paul |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jan/23/from-the-vault-bradford-intertoto-cup |title=From the Vault: Bradford City's adventure in the 2000 Intertoto Cup |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 January 2013 |access-date=1 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716195029/http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/jan/23/from-the-vault-bradford-intertoto-cup |archive-date=16 July 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://widthofapost.com/2014/05/30/a-potted-history-of-bradford-city-1-the-intertoto-cup/|title=A potted history of Bradford City #1: The Intertoto Cup|access-date=15 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315060334/https://widthofapost.com/2014/05/30/a-potted-history-of-bradford-city-1-the-intertoto-cup/|archive-date=15 March 2016|url-status=live|date=30 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18497548.richmond-years-bradford-citys-run-intertoto-cup/|title=The Richmond Years: Unchartered territory for City with European adventure|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=5 June 2020 |access-date=5 June 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Opponents
! 1st leg
! 2nd leg
! Aggregate
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup|2000]]
| rowspan="3"| [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]
| [[2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup#Second round|Second round]]
| {{flagicon|Lithuania}} [[FK Atlantas]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–1
| style="text-align:center;"| '''7–2'''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/815597.stm|title=Bradford gain Intertoto advantage|work=BBC Sport |date=2 July 2000}}</ref>
|-
| [[2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup#Third round|Third round]]
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[RKC Waalwijk]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–0
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
| style="text-align:center;"| '''3–0'''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/jul/24/newsstory.bradford|title=Football: Intertoto Cup: RKC Waalwijk 0 Bradford City 1|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509014724/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/jul/24/newsstory.bradford|archive-date=9 May 2014|url-status=live|date=24 July 2000|last1=Harling|first1=Nicholas}}</ref>
|-
| [[2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup#Semi–finals|Semi–finals]]
| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–1
| style="text-align:center;"| 0–3
| style="text-align:center;"| '''0–4'''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/4763923/InterToto-Cup-Bradford-adventure-ends-with-tame-defeat.html|title=InterToto Cup: Bradford adventure ends with tame defeat|first=Peter|last=Gardner|date=3 August 2000|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318054341/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/4763923/InterToto-Cup-Bradford-adventure-ends-with-tame-defeat.html|archive-date=18 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/19359100.bantams-nostalgia-recalling-intertoto-cup-21-years-ago/|title=Bantams Nostalgia: Remembering when Bradford City went on a European tour|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=13 June 2021 }}</ref>
|}

==Players==

===Current squad===
{{updated|6 November 2025}}<ref>https://www.bradfordcityafc.com/news/2025/july/11/2025-26-squad-numbers-announced/</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/25307675.bradford-city-reveal-squad-numbers-2025-26-season/|title=Revealed: Bradford City squad numbers for 2025/26 season|date=11 July 2025|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>
{{fs start}}
{{fs player|no=1|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Sam Walker (footballer)|Sam Walker]]}}
{{fs player|no=2|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Brad Halliday]]}}
{{fs player|no=3|nat=GAM|pos=DF|name=[[Ibou Touray]]}}
{{fs player|no=4|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=[[Joe Wright (footballer, born 1995)|Joe Wright]]}}
{{fs player|no=5|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=[[Neill Byrne]]}}
{{fs player|no=6|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Max Power (footballer)|Max Power]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{fs player|no=7|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Josh Neufville]]}}
{{fs player|no=8|nat=IRL|pos=FW|name=[[Calum Kavanagh]]}}
{{fs player|no=9|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Andy Cook (footballer, born 1990)|Andy Cook]]}}
{{fs player|no=10|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Antoni Sarcevic]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|vice captain]]}}
{{fs player|no=11|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Stephen Humphrys]]}}
{{fs player|no=14|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=[[Tom McIntyre]]|other=on loan from [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]}}
{{fs player|no=15|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Aden Baldwin]]}}
{{fs mid}}
{{fs player|no=16|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Alex Pattison]]}}
{{fs player|no=17|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=[[Tyreik Wright]]}}
{{fs player|no=18|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=[[Ciarán Kelly (footballer, born 1998)|Ciarán Kelly]]}}
{{fs player|no=19|nat=IRL|pos=DF|name=[[Lewis Richards (footballer, born 2001)|Lewis Richards]]}}
{{fs player|no=20|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Tommy Leigh (footballer, born 2000)|Tommy Leigh]]}}
{{fs player|no=21|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Jenson Metcalfe]]}}
{{fs player|no=22|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Nick Powell]]}}
{{fs player|no=23|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Bobby Pointon]]}}
{{fs player|no=24|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Will Swan (footballer)|Will Swan]]}}
{{fs player|no=25|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Joe Hilton (footballer, born 1999)|Joe Hilton]]}}
{{fs player|no=26|nat=JAM|pos=DF|name=[[Curtis Tilt]]}}
{{fs player|no=28|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Matthew Pennington]]}}
{{fs player|no=32|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[George Lapslie]]}}
{{fs end}}

====Out on loan====
{{fs start}}
{{fs player|no=12|nat=KEN|pos=MF|name=[[Clarke Oduor]]|other=on loan at [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]]}}
{{fs player|no=29|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Harry Ibbitson|other=on loan at [[Chorley F.C.|Chorley]]}}
{{fs mid}}
{{fs player|no=31|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Zac Hadi|other=on loan at [[Clitheroe F.C.|Clitheroe]]}}
{{fs player|no=35|nat=NIR|pos=DF|name=George Goodman|other=on loan at [[Guiseley A.F.C.|Guiseley]]}}
{{fs end}}

===Player of the Year===
{{Expand section|date=January 2011}}
{|
|-
|valign="top"|
{| class="toccolours"
|-
! style="background:silver;"|Year!! style="background:silver;"|Winner
|-
|1984–85||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Evans (footballer)|Dave Evans]]<ref>Bradford City official website&nbsp;– [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhFoxkr83uo&t=5910s Wolves 1999: The History Of Bradford City F.C. 1903–1991] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311044833/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhFoxkr83uo&t=5910s |date=11 March 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|1994–95||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wayne Jacobs]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003793/19951110/038/0038|title=|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
|-
|1996–97||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wayne Jacobs]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003600/19980314/060/0060|title=|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>
|-
|1997–98||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Walsh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8069178.walsh-can-take-the-heat/|title=Walsh can take the heat|date=22 January 1999|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>
|-
|1998–99||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Stuart McCall]]<ref>Bradford City official website&nbsp;– [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1686556,00.html Wolves 1999: Where are they now?]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185540/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1686556%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|2001–02||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Myers]]<ref>Bradford City official website&nbsp;– [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~207369,00.html Andy Myers wipes board at Player-of-the-Year Awards]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185600/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~207369%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|2002–03||{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Andy Gray (footballer born 1977)|Andy Gray]]<ref>Bradford City official website&nbsp;– [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~379142,00.html Andy Gray named Player-of-the-Year]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185618/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~379142%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|2003–04||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Heckingbottom]]<ref>Bradford City official website&nbsp;– [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~517969,00.html Paul Heckingbottom gets Player-of-the-Year Award]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185627/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~517969%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|2004–05||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Bower]]<ref>Bradford City official website&nbsp;– [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~815103,00.html 2006 Player-of-the-Year Voting]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185637/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~815103%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|2005–06||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Wetherall]]<ref>Bradford City official website&nbsp;– [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~821746,00.html David Wetherall named Player-of-the-Year]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185646/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~821746%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|2006–07||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nathan Doyle]]<ref>Bradford City official website&nbsp;– [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1016580,00.html Nathan Doyle named Player of the Year]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905185654/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1016580%2C00.html |date=5 September 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|2007–08||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Joe Colbeck]]<ref>Bradford City official website&nbsp;– [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10266~30977,00.html Joe Colbeck profile]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814042740/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10266~30977%2C00.html |date=14 August 2012 }}</ref>
|-
|2008–09||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Luke O'Brien]]<ref>Bradford City official website&nbsp;– [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1635187,00.html Luke O'Brien lands Player of the Year] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004034800/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1635187%2C00.html |date=4 October 2011 }}</ref>
|-
|2009–10||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[James Hanson (footballer born 1987)|James Hanson]]<ref>Bradford City official website&nbsp;– [http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2034560,00.html James Hanson lands Player of the Year title]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501084214/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~2034560%2C00.html |date=1 May 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|2010–11||No award<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/8980245.Bradford_City_bin_awards_night_after_rubbish_season/|title=Bradford City bin awards night after rubbish season|access-date=19 April 2011|date=19 April 2011|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007051034/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/8980245.Bradford_City_bin_awards_night_after_rubbish_season/|archive-date=7 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2011–12||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Luke Oliver]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2745387,00.html|title=Oliver crowned Player of the Year|date=25 April 2012|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630224824/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2745387,00.html|archive-date=30 June 2012}}</ref>
|-
|2012–13||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Jones (footballer born 1977)|Gary Jones]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/jones-win-player-of-the-year-810214.aspx|title=Jones wins Player of the Year title|date=8 May 2013|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|access-date=8 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513130635/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/jones-win-player-of-the-year-810214.aspx|archive-date=13 May 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2013–14||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Stephen Darby]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/darby-dominates-player-of-the-year-awards-1539746.aspx|title=DARBY DOMINATES PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS|date=7 May 2014|access-date=7 May 2014|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508042916/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/darby-dominates-player-of-the-year-awards-1539746.aspx|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2014–15||{{flagicon|NIR}} [[Rory McArdle]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/mcardle-dominates-player-of-the-year-awards-2429727.aspx|title=McARDLE DOMINATES PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS|date=29 April 2015|access-date=29 April 2015|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019034554/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/mcardle-dominates-player-of-the-year-awards-2429727.aspx|archive-date=19 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2015–16||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Reece Burke]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/burke-named-player-of-the-year-3081320.aspx|title=BURKE NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR|date=26 April 2016|access-date=27 April 2016|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629175724/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/burke-named-player-of-the-year-3081320.aspx|archive-date=29 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2016–17||{{flagicon|JAM}} [[Mark Marshall]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/player-of-the-year-3691390.aspx|title=MARSHALL NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR|date=24 April 2017|access-date=25 April 2017|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426055542/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/player-of-the-year-3691390.aspx|archive-date=26 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2017–18||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Matthew Kilgallon]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2018/may/player-of-the-year-awards-2018/|title=KILGALLON DOMINATES PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS EVENING|date=2 May 2018|access-date=3 May 2018|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504010936/https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2018/may/player-of-the-year-awards-2018/|archive-date=4 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|2018–19||No award
|-
|2019–20||No award
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|2020–21||{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Paudie O'Connor]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/19286777.paudie-oconnor-lee-novak-claim-well-established-city-awards/|title=Paudie O'Connor in four-trophy haul at City's Player of the Year awards|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=7 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2021/may/oconnor-in-four-trophy-poty-award-haul/|title=O'CONNOR IN FOUR-TROPHY POTY AWARD HAUL|website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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|2021–22||{{flagicon|IRL}} [[Paudie O'Connor]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/20123795.bradford-city-captain-oconnor-wins-big-club-awards/|title=Captain O'Connor the big winner at City dinner|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=9 May 2022 }}</ref>
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|2022–23||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andy Cook (footballer, born 1990)|Andy Cook]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/cook-in-five-award-haul-at-end-of-season-dinner/|title=COOK IN FIVE-AWARD HAUL AT END OF SEASON DINNER|website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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|2023–24||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Brad Halliday]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/24277094.brad-halliday-named-bradford-citys-player-year/|title=No surprises as Halliday dominates City club awards night|date=25 April 2024|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>
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|2024–25||{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Richard Smallwood (footballer)|Richard Smallwood]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/25129531.richie-smallwood-collects-five-awards-bradford-city/?ref=rss|title=Smallwood dominates with City's end-of-season awards|date=1 May 2025|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>
|-
|}

===Captains===
{{Expand section|date=June 2011}}

The following is a list of the officially appointed [[Captain (association football)|captains]] of the Bradford City first-team.

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! Name!! Nation!! Years!! Notes!! Ref
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|[[Dicky Bond]]||{{fb|ENG}}||1919–1922||||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18491736.city-team-mates-maverick-winger-bond-missed-1911-cup-final/|title=CITY TEAM-MATES: The 1911 FA Cup winners – and the maverick winger banned for the final|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=3 June 2020 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Charlie Bicknell (footballer)|Charlie Bicknell]]||{{fb|ENG}}||1934–1936||||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/BantamsGreats/0,,10266~125741,00.html|title=Charlie Bicknell profile|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205162202/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/BantamsGreats/0,,10266~125741,00.html|archive-date=5 December 2008}}</ref>
|-
|[[Tommy Flockett]]||{{fb|ENG}}||c. 1955–1960||||<ref>Frost, p. 24</ref>
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|[[Bruce Stowell]]||{{fb|ENG}}||1967–1972||||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boyfrombrazil.co.uk/2011/06/bruce-stowell-an-amateur-turned-professional/|title=Bruce Stowell, an amateur turned professional|date=20 June 2011|first=Paul|last=Firth|publisher=Boy From Brazil|access-date=26 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929083124/http://www.boyfrombrazil.co.uk/2011/06/bruce-stowell-an-amateur-turned-professional/|archive-date=29 September 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Rod Johnson (footballer)|Rod Johnson]]||{{fb|ENG}}||1970s||||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18115393.former-bradford-city-captain-rodney-johnson-dies-aged-74/|title=Former Bradford City captain dies, aged 74|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=20 December 2019 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Peter Jackson (footballer born 1961)|Peter Jackson]]||{{fb|ENG}}||1982–1986||City's youngest captain (started at 21 years old)||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/Manager/0,,10266~579803,00.html|title=Peter Jackson profile|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908093636/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/Manager/0%2C%2C10266~579803%2C00.html|archive-date=8 September 2012}}</ref>
|-
|[[Stuart McCall]]||{{fb|SCO}}||1998–2002||||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/Manager/0,,10266~579803,00.html|title=Stuart McCall profile|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207203332/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/Manager/0,,10266~579803,00.html|archive-date=7 February 2009}}</ref>
|-
|[[David Wetherall]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2002–2008||||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10266~5531,00.html|title=David Wetherall profile|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004034424/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10266~5531%2C00.html|archive-date=4 October 2011}}</ref>
|-
|[[Graeme Lee (footballer, born 1978)|Graeme Lee]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2008–2009||||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1359252,00.html|title=Graeme Lee&nbsp;– Captain Marvel|date=6 August 2008|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908093731/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1359252%2C00.html|archive-date=8 September 2012}}</ref>
|-
|[[Peter Thorne (English footballer)|Peter Thorne]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2009–2010||||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1745620,00.html|title=Thorne named as new captain|date=6 August 2009|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908093751/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1745620%2C00.html|archive-date=8 September 2012}}</ref>
|-
|[[Zesh Rehman]]||{{fb|PAK}}||2009–2010||Club captain||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/oct/13/zesh-rehman-football-asian-community|title=Footballer gives Asian youths a helping hand|date=13 October 2010|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/9251198.stm|title=Rehman transfer listed by Bantams|date=2 December 2010|work=BBC Sport}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18467437.former-bradford-city-captain-rehman-first-managerial-role/|title=What former Bantams skipper will take into management from Stuart McCall|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=22 May 2020 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Simon Ramsden]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2010–2011||||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2112270,00.html|title=Ramsden confirmed as captain|date=5 August 2010|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908093809/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~2112270%2C00.html|archive-date=8 September 2012}}</ref>
|-
|[[Lee Bullock]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2010–2011||Club captain||<ref name="auto1"/>
|-
|[[Guy Branston]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2011||||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2394178,00.html|title=Branston named as captain|date=16 July 2011|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908093825/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~2394178%2C00.html|archive-date=8 September 2012}}</ref>
|-
|[[Michael Flynn (footballer)|Michael Flynn]]||{{fb|WAL}}||2011–2012||||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2531613,00.html|title=Revenge not on Flynn's mind|date=29 November 2011|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201112504/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~2531613%2C00.html|archive-date=1 December 2011 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Ricky Ravenhill]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2012||||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/9915254.Bradford_City_midfield_pair_close_to_timely_return/|title=Ricky Ravenhill and Ritchie Jones close to Bradford City return|date=7 September 2012|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|access-date=7 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620184831/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/9915254.Bradford_City_midfield_pair_close_to_timely_return/|archive-date=20 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Gary Jones (footballer born 1977)|Gary Jones]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2012–2014||||<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/dec/12/torquay-arsenal-bradford-captain-jones|title=Torquay were tougher opponents than Arsenal, says Bradford captain|date=12 December 2012|first=David|last=Hytner|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=11 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404212226/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/dec/12/torquay-arsenal-bradford-captain-jones|archive-date=4 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Stephen Darby]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2014–2016||||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/11266093.New_Bradford_City_captain_Darby_signs_for_three_more_years/|title=New Bradford City captain Stephen Darby signs for three more years|date=9 June 2014|access-date=9 June 2014|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219084615/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/11266093.New_Bradford_City_captain_Darby_signs_for_three_more_years/|archive-date=19 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Romain Vincelot]]||{{fb|FRA}}||2016–2018||||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/14799260.Remain_Vincelot__Bradford_City_skipper_stays_put_at_back/|title=Remain Vincelot: Bradford City skipper stays put at back|date=13 October 2016|access-date=14 October 2016|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018210558/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/14799260.Remain_Vincelot__Bradford_City_skipper_stays_put_at_back/|archive-date=18 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/14800794.Darby_is_keen_to_give_Bradford_City_boss_more_headaches/|title=Darby aiming to give Bradford City boss more headaches|date=14 October 2016|access-date=14 October 2016|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018234929/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/14800794.Darby_is_keen_to_give_Bradford_City_boss_more_headaches/|archive-date=18 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Josh Wright]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2018||||<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2018/august/josh-wright-captaincy/|title=WRIGHT TO CAPTAIN BANTAMS|date=1 August 2018|access-date=1 August 2018|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190135/https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2018/august/josh-wright-captaincy/|archive-date=1 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Anthony O'Connor (footballer)|Anthony O'Connor]]||{{fb|IRL}}||2018–2019||||<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17000483.bradford-city-oconnor-admits-some-games-were-better-off-not-being-there/|title=Bradford City: O'Connor admits "some games we're better off not being there"|date=23 October 2018|access-date=23 October 2018|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023161449/https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17000483.bradford-city-oconnor-admits-some-games-were-better-off-not-being-there/|archive-date=23 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Paul Caddis]]||{{fb|SCO}}||2019||||<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17466920.caddis-named-bradford-city-captain/|title=Caddis named Bradford City captain|date=28 February 2019|access-date=28 February 2019|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus}}</ref>
|-
|[[Hope Akpan]]||{{fb|NGA}}||2019||||<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17492840.bradford-city-akpan-out-to-lead-by-example-in-survival-bid/|title=Bradford City: Akpan out to lead by example in survival bid|date=11 March 2019|access-date=12 March 2019|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus}}</ref>
|-
|[[Paudie O'Connor]]||{{fb|IRL}}||2019||||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/latest-leeds-united-news/leeds-united-confirm-first-summer-departure-paudie-oconnor-joins-bradford-city-479907|title=Leeds United confirm first summer departure as Paudie O'Connor joins Bradford City|website=www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk|date=18 June 2019 }}</ref>
|-
|[[James Vaughan (footballer, born 1988)|James Vaughan]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2019–2020||||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/17795690.james-vaughan-39-s-pride-named-new-bradford-city-skipper/|title=Vaughan named new City skipper|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=25 July 2019 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Clayton Donaldson]]||{{fb|Jamaica}}||2020||Became captain after Vaughan left the club on loan in January 2020<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51302519|title=James Vaughan: Bradford City loan top scorer to Tranmere Rovers|date=29 January 2020|work=BBC Sport}}</ref>||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2020/february/city-fall-to-oldham-defeat/|title=CITY FALL TO OLDHAM DEFEAT|website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk|access-date=10 February 2020|archive-date=2 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202130653/https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2020/february/city-fall-to-oldham-defeat/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[Richard O'Donnell (footballer)|Richard O'Donnell]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2020–2021||||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18698475.bradford-city-name-goalkeeper-richard-odonnell-captain/|title=Bradford City name O'Donnell as captain|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=4 September 2020 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Lee Novak]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2021||Announced as temporary captain in January 2021 whilst O'Donnell was injured (for 3 months)||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18989685.novak-sees-benefits-bantams-since-clear-the-air-meeting/|title=Novak: Why it was important for Bradford City to speak their minds|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=8 January 2021 }}</ref>
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|[[Paudie O'Connor]]||{{fb|IRL}}||2021||Announced as temporary captain following an injury to Novak||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3RkxKiKUTs| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/x3RkxKiKUTs| archive-date=30 October 2021|title=Paudie O'Connor Revels in his Pride of Captaining Bradford City for the First Time| date=25 January 2021|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/19153319.bantams-skipper-oconnor-tells-sutton-ignore-twitter-abuse/|title=Bantams won't let Twitter trolls affect Sutton, says skipper O'Connor|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=11 March 2021 }}</ref>
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|[[Richard O'Donnell (footballer)|Richard O'Donnell]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2021||O'Donnell returned to first-team action - and as captain - on 20 March 2021||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/19175667.odonnell-back-goal-bradford-city-oldham/|title=TEAM NEWS: O'Donnell back in goal for Bradford City|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=20 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2021/march/team-news-city-v-oldham-athletic/|title=TEAM NEWS: CITY v OLDHAM ATHLETIC|website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/19190574.bradford-city-insist-odonnell-will-remain-captain/|title=Captaincy not up for debate as bosses defend O'Donnell decision|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=27 March 2021 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Niall Canavan]]|||{{fb|IRL}}||2021–2022||||<ref>{{cite web|title=CANAVAN NAMED CLUB CAPTAIN|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2021/august/canavan-named-club-captain/|access-date=6 August 2021|website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk|language=en-gb}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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|[[Paudie O'Connor]]||{{fb|IRL}}||2022||Captain following Canavan's departure mid-season||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/19868092.rochdale-v-bantams-match-stats-player-ratings/|title=ROCHDALE v BANTAMS: Match stats and player ratings|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=23 January 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/19891712.live-blog-bradford-city-1-leyton-orient-1/|title=LIVE BLOG: Bradford City 1 Leyton Orient 1|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=February 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/19902283.match-recap-harrogate-town-2-bradford-city-0/|title=LIVE BLOG: Harrogate Town 2 Bradford City 0|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=5 February 2022 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Richard Smallwood (footballer)|Richie Smallwood]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2022–2025||Left the club at the end of the 2024–25 season, following promotion<ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/25207327.bradford-city-captain-richie-smallwood-leaving-club/|title=City skipper Smallwood leaving club after not being offered new deal|date=2 June 2025|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>||<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/20585467.smallwood-ready-set-example-bradford-city-captain/|title=Smallwood: "Hopefully I can lead this great club up a division and then up again"|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=28 July 2022|accessdate=28 July 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Max Power (footballer)|Max Power]]||{{fb|ENG}}||2025–present||||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/25342600.bradford-city-announce-midfielder-max-power-new-captain/|title='Great example': Power named Bantams skipper ahead of new season|date=25 July 2025|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>
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|}

===Former players===
{{Main|List of Bradford City A.F.C. players|List of Bradford City A.F.C. players with fewer than 50 league appearances}}
{{See also|Category:Bradford City A.F.C. players}}
In 2007 former ''[[Bradford Telegraph and Argus|Telegraph & Argus]]'' sports journalist David Markham released the book ''The 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:

{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Greg Abbott (footballer)|Greg Abbott]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bruce Bannister]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Sam Barkas]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bobby Bauld]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Beagrie]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Charlie Bicknell (footballer)|Charlie Bicknell]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Robbie Blake]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dicky Bond]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Irvine Boocock]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Tommy Cairns]]
* {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Bobby Campbell (Northern Irish footballer)|Bobby Campbell]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Robert Campbell (footballer born 1882)|Robert Campbell]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Eddie Carr]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trevor Cherry]]
* {{flagicon|DMA}} [[Joe Cooke (footballer)|Joe Cooke]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ian Cooper (English footballer)|Ian Cooper]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Terry Dolan (footballer)|Terry Dolan]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Downsborough]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Donald Duckett]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Duxbury]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Roy Ellam]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Ellis (footballer born 1962)|Mark Ellis]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Evans (footballer)|Dave Evans]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jock Ewart]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Tommy Flockett]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Oscar Fox (footballer born 1889)|Oscar Fox]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Fretwell]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Allan Gilliver]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[David Gray (footballer born 1923)|David Gray]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Hall (footballer, born 1944)|John Hall]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Tom Hallett]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Hallows]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Ham]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Joe Hargreaves (footballer, fl. 1912–1924)|Joe Hargreaves]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Derek Hawksworth]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Hendrie (Scottish footballer)|John Hendrie]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[George Hinsley]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Don Hutchins]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gerry Ingram]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Jackson (footballer, born 1937)|David Jackson]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Jackson (footballer, born 1937)|Peter Jackson]] (born 1937)
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Peter Jackson (footballer, born 1961)|Peter Jackson]] (born 1961)
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Wayne Jacobs]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Jewell]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rod Johnson (footballer)|Rod Johnson]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chris Kamara]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Jimmy Lawlor]]
* {{flagicon|JAM}} [[Jamie Lawrence (footballer, born 1970)|Jamie Lawrence]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Layne]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ken Leek]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Peter Logan (footballer, born 1889)|Peter Logan]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Stuart McCall]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Sean McCarthy (Welsh footballer)|Sean McCarthy]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[John McCole]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jimmy McDonald (footballer, born 1883)|Jimmy McDonald]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Roy McFarland]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Andy McGill]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jimmy McLaren]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[David McNiven (footballer born 1955)|David McNiven]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Middleton (footballer born 1955)|John Middleton]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Brian Mitchell (footballer)|Brian Mitchell]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Charlie Moore (footballer born 1905)|Charlie Moore]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[George Mulholland (footballer)|George Mulholland]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[George Murphy (footballer)|George Murphy]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Graham Oates (footballer born 1949)|Graham Oates]]
* {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Andy O'Brien (footballer)|Andy O'Brien]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gavin Oliver]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ian Ormondroyd]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Frank O'Rourke (footballer, born 1878)|Frank O'Rourke]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Peter O'Rourke (footballer)|Peter O'Rourke]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Harry Peel (footballer)|Harold Peel]]
* {{flagicon|SKN}} [[Ces Podd]]
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ivor Powell]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[John Reid (Scottish footballer, born 1932)|John Reid]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dean Richards (footballer)|Dean Richards]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Arthur Rigby (footballer)|Arthur Rigby]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[George Robinson (footballer born 1878)|George Robinson]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Abe Rosenthal]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Sinnott]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Geoff Smith (footballer, born 1928)|Geoff Smith]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Jimmy Speirs]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Derek Stokes]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Charlie Storer]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bruce Stowell]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Tomlinson]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Bob Torrance]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Whelan Ward]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dickie Watmough]]
* {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Billy Watson (Scottish footballer)|Billy Watson]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Garry Watson]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Bobby Webb (footballer)|Bobby Webb]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Wetherall]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jock Whyte]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[George Williamson (footballer, born 1925)|George Williamson]]
* {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dean Windass]]
{{Div col end}}
|}

==Staff==

===Current staff===
:{{Updated|12 September 2025}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/WhosWho/0,,10266,00.html|title=Who's Who at Bradford City|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902150519/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/WhosWho/0%2C%2C10266%2C00.html|archive-date=2 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2017/july/city-recruit-coaching-trio/|title=BANTAMS RECRUIT COACHING TRIO|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811060032/https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2017/july/city-recruit-coaching-trio/|archive-date=11 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bradfordcityacademy.co.uk/academy-staff/ |title={title} |access-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710171709/http://www.bradfordcityacademy.co.uk/academy-staff/ |archive-date=10 July 2018 |url-status=live |date=7 August 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/14806162.bradford-city-peter-horne-was-thinking-football-to-the-very-end/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710165653/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/14806162.Bradford_City__Peter_Horne_was_thinking_football_to_the_very_end/|url-status=dead|title=Bradford City: Peter Horne was thinking football to the very end|archive-date=10 July 2018|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
! Nationality
|-
| Chairman
| Stefan Rupp
| {{flag|Germany|name=German}}
|-
| Head of Football Operations
| [[David Sharpe (football club chairman)|David Sharpe]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/24227451.bantams-announce-david-sharpe-head-football-operations/|title=New football head Sharpe wants to be "part of something special" at City|date=3 April 2024|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Manager
| [[Graham Alexander]]
| {{flag|Scotland|name=Scottish}} 
|-
| Assistant Manager
| [[Chris Lucketti]]
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Assistant Manager
| [[Mark Trueman]]<ref name="auto5">{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/19953959.hodges-back-hughes-bradford-city-assistant-manager/|title=Bradford City announce Hodges as new assistant manager|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=25 February 2022 }}</ref>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Lead professional development phase coach
| [[Luke Hendrie]]<ref name="auto6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/25460168.luke-hendrie-appointed-bradford-city-academy-role/|title=Hendrie returns to Bantams in academy role|date=11 September 2025|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Professional development phase link coach
| [[Patrick McGuire (footballer)|Patrick McGuire]]<ref name="auto6"/>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Academy head of coaching
| Tom Butcher<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/25336309.bradford-city-promote-tom-butcher-head-academy-coaching/|title=Butcher steps up in Bantams academy role after Farrell Premier League exit|date=23 July 2025|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Head of recruitment
| Stephen Gent<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/20108029.bradford-city-appoint-gent-head-recruitment/|title=Meet the City Gent who will head the club's recruitment|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=2 May 2022 |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Foundation phase lead coach
| Jack Fairbrother<ref name="auto6"/>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Scout
| [[Ray Mathias]]<ref name="auto4">{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityafc.com/club/whos-who/|title=Bradford City announce new scouting trio in recruitment restructure|website=Bradford www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk}}</ref>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Scout
| Stan Martin<ref name="auto4"/>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Goalkeeping Coach
| [[Colin Doyle (footballer)|Colin Doyle]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/20186975.doyle-returns-bradford-city-player-coaching-role/|title=Doyle returns to Bradford City in player/coaching role|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus| date=4 June 2022|access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref>
| {{flag|Ireland|name=Irish}}
|-
| Performance Coach
| Ben Nicholson<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/16607678.bradford-city-nicholson-is-new-performance-coach/ |title={title} |date=30 August 2018 |access-date=30 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830210414/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/16607678.bradford-city-nicholson-is-new-performance-coach/ |archive-date=30 August 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Academy Manager
| Tom Calvert<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/24863839.bradford-city-tom-calvert-appointed-head-academy/?ref=rss|title=Bantams announce Calvert as permanent head of academy|date=17 January 2025|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Academy Lead Youth Development
| Jordan Broadbent<ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/19489513.broadbent-davison-given-academy-roles-bradford-city/|title=Two new Bradford City coaches named in academy restructure|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=4 August 2021 }}</ref>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Head of Academy Analysis
| Jordan Davison<ref name="auto3"/>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Under-16 coach
| [[Gary Jones (footballer, born 1977)|Gary Jones]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/20597445.former-bradford-city-skipper-jones-coach-under-16s/|title=City legend Jones returns to club in coaching role|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=3 August 2022 |accessdate=3 August 2022}}</ref>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Head of Medical
| Bobby Scarborough<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/24960553.bobby-scarborough-named-head-medical-bradford-city/?ref=rss|title=City announce new head of medical department|date=25 February 2025|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Head of Performance
| Tom Eastwood<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/24471882.bradford-city-add-former-england-physio-stockport-ace/|title=Former England man and double promotion-winner with Stockport join City|date=23 July 2024|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| First-Team Therapist
| Nick Akerman<ref name="auto2"/>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| Head of Physical Performance
| ''Vacant''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportlatest/24342165.bradford-city-look-new-head-physical-performance/|title=Bantams make change behind the scenes after Stebbings exit|date=25 May 2024|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus}}</ref>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| First-Team Analyst and Player Welfare Officer
| Robbie Bloodworth<ref name="auto2"/>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|-
| First-Team Analyst
| Scott Dyer<ref name="auto2"/>
| {{flag|England|name=English}}
|}

===Former managers===
{{Main|List of Bradford City A.F.C. managers}}
{{Div col}}
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Robert Campbell (football manager)|Robert Campbell]] (1903–1905)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Peter O'Rourke (footballer)|Peter O'Rourke]] (1905–1921)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[David Menzies (football manager)|David Menzies]] (1921–1926)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Colin Veitch]] (1926–1928)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Jack Foster (football manager)|Jack Foster]] (Caretaker manager) (Jan–May 1928)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Peter O'Rourke (footballer)|Peter O'Rourke]] (1928–1930)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Jack Peart]] (1930–1935)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Dick Ray]] (1935–1937)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Fred Westgarth]] (1938–1943)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Bob Sharp (football manager)|Bob Sharp]] (1943–1946)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Jack Barker]] (1946–1947)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Jack Milburn (footballer born 1908)|Jack Milburn]] (1947–1948)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[David Steele (footballer)|David Steele]] (1948–1952)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Albert Harris (football manager)|Albert Harris]] (Feb–May 1952) (interim manager)
* {{flagicon|Wales}} [[Ivor Powell]] (1952–1955)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Peter Jackson (footballer, born 1905)|Peter Jackson]] (1955–1961)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Bob Brocklebank]] (1961–1964)
* {{flagicon|Wales}} [[Bill Harris (Welsh footballer)|Bill Harris]] (1965–1966)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Willie Watson (England cricketer)|Willie Watson]] (1966–1967)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Grenville Hair]] (1967–1968)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}}{{flagicon|Wales}}[[Jim McAnearney]] & [[Tom Hallett]] (Joint caretaker managers) (Mar–May 1968)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Jimmy Wheeler (footballer)|Jimmy Wheeler]] (1968–1971)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Ray Wilson (English footballer)|Ray Wilson]] (Player/caretaker manager) (Sep–November 1971)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Bryan Edwards (footballer, born 1930)|Bryan Edwards]] (1971–1975)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Bobby Kennedy (footballer)|Bobby Kennedy]] (1975–1978)
* {{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[John Napier (footballer)|John Napier]] (Feb–October 1978)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[George Mulhall]] (1978–1981)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Roy McFarland]] (1981–1982)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Trevor Cherry]] (1982–1987)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Terry Dolan (footballer)|Terry Dolan]] (1987–1989)
* {{flagicon|Wales}} [[Terry Yorath]] (1989–1990)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[John Docherty (footballer, born 1940)|John Docherty]] (1990–1991)
* {{flagicon|Republic of Ireland}} [[Frank Stapleton]] (1991–1994)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Lennie Lawrence]] (1994–1995)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Chris Kamara]] (1995–1998)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Paul Jewell]] (1998–2000)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Chris Hutchings]] (June–Nov 2000)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Stuart McCall]] (Player/caretaker manager) (Nov 2000)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Jim Jefferies (footballer)|Jim Jefferies]] (2000–2001)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Steve Smith (footballer, born 1946)|Steve Smith]] (Caretaker manager) (December 2001)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Nicky Law (footballer, born 1961)|Nicky Law]] (2002–2003)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Peter Atherton (footballer)|Peter Atherton]], [[Wayne Jacobs]], [[David Wetherall]] and [[Dean Windass]] (player/caretaker managers) (November 2003)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Bryan Robson]] (2003–2004)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Colin Todd]] (2004–2007)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[David Wetherall]] (Player/caretaker manager) (Feb–May 2007)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Stuart McCall]] (2007–2010)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Wayne Jacobs]] (Caretaker manager) (February 2010)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1953)|Peter Taylor]] (February 2010 – February 2011)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Peter Jackson (footballer, born 1961)|Peter Jackson]] (March 2011&nbsp;– August 2011)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Colin Cooper]] (Caretaker manager) (August 2011)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Phil Parkinson]] (August 2011&nbsp;– June 2016)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Stuart McCall]] (June 2016&nbsp;– February 2018)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Greg Abbott (footballer)|Greg Abbott]] (Caretaker manager) (February 2018)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Simon Grayson]] (February 2018&nbsp;– May 2018)
* {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Michael Collins (footballer, born 1986)|Michael Collins]] (June 2018&nbsp;– September 2018)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[David Hopkin]] (September 2018&nbsp;– February 2019)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Martin Drury]] (Caretaker manager) (February 2019&nbsp;– March 2019)
* {{flagicon|England}} [[Gary Bowyer]] (March 2019&nbsp;– February 2020)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Stuart McCall]] (February 2020&nbsp;– December 2020)
* {{flagicon|England}}  [[Mark Trueman]] and [[Connor Sellars]] (caretaker managers; December 2020–February 2021)
* {{flagicon|England}}  [[Mark Trueman]] and [[Connor Sellars]] (February 2021 – May 2021)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Derek Adams]] (June 2021 - February 2022)
* {{flagicon|England}}  [[Mark Trueman]] (caretaker manager; February 2022)
* {{flagicon|Wales}}  [[Mark Hughes]] (February 2022 – October 2023)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}}  [[Kevin McDonald (footballer, born 1988)|Kevin McDonald]] (caretaker manager; October 2023)
* {{flagicon|England}}  [[Mark Trueman]] (caretaker manager; October 2023 – November 2023)
* {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Graham Alexander]] (November 2023 to present)
{{Div col end}}

==Honours and records==

{{Main|Bradford City A.F.C. records}}

'''League'''
*[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] / [[Football League First Division|First Division]] (level 2)
**Champions: [[1907–08 Football League|1907–08]]
**Runners-up: [[1998–99 Football League|1998–99]]<ref>The divisions were renamed in 1992 with the formation of the Premier League meaning the Second Division became the new Division One</ref>
[[Image:Jimmy Speirs.jpg|right|upright|thumb|Bradford City's [[1911 FA Cup final]] winning goalscorer [[Jimmy Speirs]]]]
*[[Football League Third Division North|Third Division North]] / [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] / Second Division (level 3)<ref>The divisions were renamed in 1992 with the formation of the Premier League, meaning the Third Division became the new Division Two</ref>
**Champions: [[1928–29 Football League|1928–29]], [[1984–85 Football League|1984–85]]
**Play-off winners: [[1996 Football League Second Division play-off final|1996]]
*[[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]] / [[Football League Two|League Two]] (level 4)
**Runners-up: [[1981–82 Football League|1981–82]]
**Promoted: [[1968–69 Football League|1968–69]], [[1976–77 Football League|1976–77]], [[2024–25_EFL_League_Two|2024–25]]
**Play-off winners: [[2013 Football League Two play-off final|2013]]

'''Cup'''
*[[FA Cup]]
**Winners: [[1910–11 FA Cup|1910–11]]
*[[Football League Cup]]
**Runners-up: [[2012–13 Football League Cup|2012–13]]
*[[Football League Third Division North Cup|Third Division North Challenge Cup]]
**Winners: [[1938–39 in English football|1938–39]]
*[[West Riding County FA]] Challenge Cup
**Winners: 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909<ref>{{cite web|title=West Riding County Football Association Ltd Official Handbook 2011–12|url=http://www.westridingfa.com/governance/~/media/countysites/wrfa/documents/county-fa-handbook/west-riding-county-fa-handbook-201112.ashx|website=West Riding County FA|access-date=26 September 2015|pages=95|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927214954/http://www.westridingfa.com/governance/~/media/countysites/wrfa/documents/county-fa-handbook/west-riding-county-fa-handbook-201112.ashx|archive-date=27 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Records===
* Record league victory: '''11–1''' v [[Rotherham United F.C.|Rotherham United]], Third Division (North), 25 August 1928
* Record FA Cup victory: '''11–3''' v Walker Celtic, first round replay, 1 December 1937
* Record League Cup victory: '''7–2''' v [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]], Second Round Second Leg, 25 September 2000
* Record league defeat: '''0–8''' v [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]], Second Division, 7 May 1927 / '''1–9''' v [[Colchester United F.C.|Colchester United]], Fourth Division, 30 December 1961
* Record FA Cup defeat: '''1–6''' v [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], third round, 7 March 1963 / '''0–5''' v [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]], fifth round replay, 3 February 1960 / '''0–5''' v [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], third round, 7 January 1970
* Record home attendance: '''39,146''' v [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]], FA Cup fourth round, 11 March 1911
* Record gate receipts: '''£300,000''' v [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], Football League Cup quarter-final, 11 December 2012
* Longest unbeaten run : '''21''' 1968 to 1969
* Longest run of wins: '''10''' 1983 to 1984
* Most appearances : '''574''' [[Ces Podd]]
* Most league appearances: '''502'''&nbsp;– [[Ces Podd]]
* Most goals scored : '''143'''&nbsp;– [[Bobby Campbell (Northern Irish footballer)|Bobby Campbell]]
* Most league goals: '''121'''&nbsp;– [[Bobby Campbell (Northern Irish footballer)|Bobby Campbell]]
* Most goals in a season: '''36'''&nbsp;– [[David Layne]], [[1961–62 in English football|1961–62]]
* Most goals scored in a match: '''7'''&nbsp;– [[Albert Whitehurst]] v [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]], Third Division (North), 6 March 1929
* Highest transfer fee paid: '''£2.5&nbsp;million'''&nbsp;– [[David Hopkin]], from [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]], July 2000
* Highest transfer fee received: '''£2&nbsp;million'''&nbsp;– [[Des Hamilton]], to [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], March 1997 / [[Andy O'Brien (footballer)|Andy O'Brien]], to [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], March 2001
* Most team league goals in a season: '''128'''&nbsp;– Third Division (North), [[1928–29 in English football|1928–29]]
* Most points (three points for a win): '''94'''&nbsp;– Third Division, [[1984–85 in English football|1984–85]]
* Most points (two points for a win): '''63'''&nbsp;– Third Division (North), [[1928–29 in English football|1928–29]]

''All records from Bradford City F.C. official website''.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1032184,00.html
|title=Facts
|access-date=13 October 2008
|publisher=Bradford City official website
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908093839/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~1032184%2C00.html
|archive-date=8 September 2012
}}</ref>

==Sponsors==

===Kit and main sponsors===

Tables of kit suppliers and shirt sponsors appear below:<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Bradford_City/Bradford_City.htm |title=Bradford City AFC |publisher=Historical Football Kits |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em"
!Period
!Kit manufacturer
!Shirt sponsor
|-
|1982–1983
|rowspan=3|[[Patrick (sportswear company)|Patrick]]
|National Breakdown
|-
|1983–1984
|Toy City
|-
|1984–1985
|<small>None</small>
|-
|1985–1987
|rowspan=2|[[Admiral (sportswear)|Admiral]]
|Bradford Mythbreakers
([[City of Bradford|Bradford City Council]])
|-
|1987–1988
|Bradford 'Great' City
(Bradford City Council)
|-
|1988–1991
|[[Bukta]]
|[[Grattan plc|Grattan]]
|-
|1991–1992
|rowspan=2|Front Runner
|<small>None</small>
|-
|1992–1993
|rowspan=2|[[Freemans]]
|-
|1993–1994
|Admiral
|-
|1994–1997
|rowspan=2|Beaver
|Diamond Seal
|-
|1997–1999
|rowspan=5|[[JCT600]]<ref name = "JCT600"/>
|-
|1999–2001
|[[ASICS|Asics]]
|-
|2001–2003
|BCFC Leisure
|-
|2003–2004
|[[Diadora]]
|-
|2004–2006
|rowspan=3|Surridge Sport
|-
|2006–2009
|[[Bradford & Bingley]]
|-
|2009–2011
|rowspan=2|Map Group (UK)
|-
|2011–2013
|rowspan=2|[[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~2275398,00.html|title=Club confirm Nike deal|access-date=27 January 2011|date=27 January 2011|publisher=Bradford City A.F.C.|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129081353/http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/page/News/0%2C%2C10266~2275398%2C00.html|archive-date=29 January 2011}}</ref>
|-
|2013–2016
| rowspan="3" |[[JCT600]]<ref name="JCT600">{{cite news|url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/10416191.Bradford_City_stalwart_Jack_happy_to_be_back/|title=Bradford City stalwart Jack Tordoff happy to be back as kit sponsor|date=14 May 2013|first=Simon|last=Parker|newspaper=Telegraph & Argus|access-date=14 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112141217/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/sportbcfc/10416191.Bradford_City_stalwart_Jack_happy_to_be_back/|archive-date=12 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/18521374.bradford-city-sign-six-figure-sponsorship-deal-jct600/|title=Bradford motor firm JCT600 sign up for three more years with the Bantams|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=17 June 2020 |access-date=17 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2016–2022
|Avec Sportt<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2016/may/bradford-city-and-avec-sport-unveil-new-kits/|title=BRADFORD CITY AND AVEC SPORT UNVEIL NEW KITS|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906090746/https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2016/may/bradford-city-and-avec-sport-unveil-new-kits/|archive-date=6 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2022–present
|[[Macron (sportswear)|Macron]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=BANTAMS SECURE LUCRATIVE MACRON DEAL |url=https://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/news/2022/may/bantams-secure-lucrative-macron-deal/ |access-date=9 June 2022 |website=www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk |language=en-gb}}</ref>
|}

===Stadium===
* 1995–1999 [[The Pulse of West Yorkshire|The Pulse]]
* 2005–2007 [[Bradford & Bingley]]
* 2007 Intersonic
* 2007–2016 Coral Windows
* 2016–2019 Northern Commercials
* 2019–2022 [[Utilita Energy]]
* 2022–present [[University of Bradford]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/20582800.valley-parade-known-university-bradford-stadium/|title=Welcome to the University of Bradford Stadium, home of the Bantams|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=27 July 2022 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Football in Yorkshire]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{official website|http://www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk/}}
* [https://www.bantamspast.co.uk/ Site of Bradford City's bantamspast museum]
* [http://www.answers-to-questions.info/England-Football-Play-Offs.aspx?team=Bradford-City Play-off record]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926214459/http://www.answers-to-questions.info/England-Football-Play-Offs.aspx?team=Bradford-City |date=26 September 2013 }}.

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