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Stadium Capacity:
25136
[Sunwin Stand -
9004; East Stand - 4500; Carlsberg Stand -
7492; North West
Corner Stand - 2300; T L Dallas Stand - 1840]
Pitch Size - 113yds x 70yds
Year
formed: 1903
Nickname: The Bantams
Record Attendance: 39,146 vs
Burnley. FA Cup 4th Round. 11/03/11
(This is the country's longest surviving attendance record
- 92 years)
Record Receipts:
£181,990 vs Manchester United. FA Carling Premiership.
13/01/01
Biggest Victory:
League -11-1 vs Rotherham United.
D3(N). 25/08/28
FA Cup - 11-3 vs Walker Celtic.
FAC1R. 01/12/37
League Cup - 7-2 vs Darlington.
LC2-2. 25/09/00
Biggest Defeat:
League - 0-8 vs Manchester City. D2. 07/05/27; 1-9 vs
Colchester United. D4. 30/12/61
FA Cup - 1-6 vs Newcastle United.
FAC3. 07/03/63; 0-5 vs Burnley. FAC5R. 23/02/60;
0-5 vs Tottenham Hotspur. FAC3. 07/01/70
Most points:
3 points for a win - 94. D3. 1984/85
2 points for a win - 63. D3N.
1928/29
Most goals scored in a season:
128. 1928/29. D3(N)
Most players used in a season: 42
in season 1996/97. D1
Most appearances: Cecil Podd.
565+9. 1970-84. (League 494+8, FAC 30, LC 33+1, others 8)
Record transfer fee received:
£2m from Newcastle United for Des Hamilton (March 1997)
£2m from Newcastle United for Andrew O'Brien (March 2001)
Record transfer fee paid:
£2.5m to Leeds United for David Hopkin (July 2000)
Most goals scored in a season: 36.
David Layne (1961/62)
Most goals scored in a match:
Albert Whitehurst: 7 vs Tranmere Rovers. D3N. 06/03/29
Most goals in a career: Bobby
Campbell. 143 (League 121, FAC 5, LC 11, others 6) 1979-86
Oldest player: Neville Southall.
41 years 178 days. vs Leeds United 12/03/00
Youngest player: Robert
Cullingford. 16 years 141 days. vs Mansfield Town 22/04/70
Fastest goal scored at Valley
Parade Stadium: 09/12/00 Ledley King (for Tottenham
Hotspur) 10 seconds. (FA Carling Premiership record)
Most capped player (while playing for
Bradford City)
Omar Daley (Jamaica) 53
Harry Hampton (Northern Ireland) 9
Evelyn Lintott (England) 4
Dean Saunders (Wales) 7
Andy Gray (Scotland) 1
Longest League Runs................
of undefeated matches - 21 (1968/69)
of matches without a win - 16 (1948/49)
of undefeated home matches - 25 (1976/77)
of undefeated away matches - 10 (1968/69)
without a home win - 10 (1962/63)
without an away win - 29 (1925/26)
of wins - 10 (1983/84)
of home wins - 9 (1952/53 and 1961/62)
of defeats - 8 (1932/33)
of away wins - 5 (1928/29, 1981/82 and 1984/85)
Club Honours:
Division 2 Champions: 1907/08
Division 3 Champions: 1984/85
Division 3(N) Champions: 1928/29
FA Cup Winners: 1911
Promotion from Division 1 as Runners-Up:
1998/99
Promotion from Division 2 via Wembley
Play-Offs: 1995/96
Promotion from Division 4:
1968/69; 1976/77; 1981/82
Managers
Robert Campbell 1903-05, Peter O'Rourke 1905-21, David Menzies 1921-26,
Colin Veitch 1926-28, Peter O'Rourke 1928-30, Jack Peart 1930-35, Dick
Ray 1935-37, Fred Westgarth 1938-43, Bob Sharp 1943-46, Jack Barker
1946-47, John Milburn 1947-48, David Steele 1948-52, Albert Harris
1952, Ivor Powell 1952-55, Peter Jackson 1955-61, Bob Brocklebank
1961-64, Bill Harris 1965-66, Willie Watson 1966-69, Grenville Hair
1967-68, Jimmy Wheeler 1968-71, Bryan Edwards 1971-75, Bobby Kennedy
1975-78, John Napier 1978, George Mulhall 1978-81, Roy McFarland
1981-82, Trevor Cherry 1982-87, Terry Dolan 1987-89, Terry Yorath
1989-90, John Docherty 1990-91, Frank Stapleton 1991-94, Lennie
Lawrence 1994-95, Chris Kamara 1995-98, Paul Jewell 1998-2000, Chris
Hutchings 2000, Jim Jefferies 2000-01, Nicky Law 2002-03, Bryan Robson
2003-04, Colin Todd 2004-2007, Stuart McCall 2007-...
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