2014–15 Bradford City A.F.C. season
2014–15 season | |||
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Co-chairmen | Dartford (FA Cup) | ||
Average home league attendance | 15,639 | ||
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The 2014–15 season was League One after finishing 11th in the previous year.
Pre-season news
After finishing 11th in the
were all released along with youth players Jack Stockdill, Louie Swain and Jack Bentley.Bradford signed midfielder
Sunderland, who is described as a 'high-intensity' and 'high-energy' styled player.[2] Bradford made their 3rd summer signing ahead of the new campaign by signing midfielder Gary Liddle, after he was released by Notts County.[3] Defender Stephen Darby signed a new 3-year deal with the club, who was also appointed as the club's new captain for the 2014–15 season.[4]
It was announced that
Blackburn Rovers would visit the Bantams in a pre-season friendly. A day after this news was announced the annual match against Guiseley was revealed to be played on 15 July. Bradford will also travel to Northern Ireland for a pre-season tour as they did in the previous year. There they will face University College Dublin and Shelbourne
.
Another pre-season friendly match was confirmed on 29 May, it was announced the club would travel to
Globe Arena
.
Pre-season and friendlies
Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 July 2014 | Guiseley
|
A | 3–0 | Clarkson (2) 13', 44', Dolan 27' | — |
15 July 2014 | U.C.D | A | 2–3 | Clarkson (2) 41', 54' | — |
19 July 2014 | Shelbourne | A | 4–0 | Sheehan 22' (pen.), Clarke (2) 29', 53', De Vita 76' | — |
26 July 2014 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 0–0 | — | — |
2 August 2014 | Hartlepool United | A | 1–1 | Clarke 72' | — |
League One
Matches
The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.[5]
The first game of the season saw City host
Peterborough United came away with a 1–0 victory with City unable to score. Bradford's final game in August was a 2–0 win over Rochdale. Rochdale went close early on but former player Jason Kennedy
slotted home a scrappy goal to give the Bantams the lead, 6 minutes later Hanson scored his 4th league goal of the season to ensure that City came away with the points.
Date | Opponents | H/A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance | League position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 August 2014 | Coventry City | H | 3–2 | ) | 14,621 | 4th |
16 August 2014 | Walsall | A | 0–0 | 4,520 | 8th | |
19 August 2014 | Crawley Town | A | 3–1 | 77' | 2,225 | 2nd |
23 August 2014 | Peterborough United | H | 0–1 | 13,546 | 8th | |
30 August 2014 | Rochdale | A | 2–0 | Hanson 66'
|
4,758 | 4th |
6 September 2014 | Yeovil Town | H | 1–3 | McArdle 26' | 12,601 | 5th |
13 September 2014 | Swindon Town | H | 1–2 | Thompson 10' (o.g.) | 12,486 | 8th |
16 September 2014 | Milton Keynes Dons | A | 2–1 | McLean 24', Clarke 26' | 7,139 | 5th |
20 September 2014 | Colchester United | A | 0–0 | 3,524 | 6th | |
27 September 2014 | Port Vale | H | 1–1 | Yeates 45' | 12,703 | 9th |
4 October 2014 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 2–0 | McLean 72', Liddle 74' | 12,386 | 7th |
12 October 2014 | Barnsley | A | 1–3 | Kennedy 1' | 10,499 | 7th |
18 October 2014 | Sheffield United | H | 0–2 | 14,784 | 11th | |
21 October 2014 | Bristol City | A | 2–2 | Clarke 20', Routis 85' | 12,548 | 12th |
25 October 2014 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–2 | Halliday 45' | 5,832 | 12th |
1 November 2014 | Doncaster Rovers | H | 1–2 | Stead 45' | 13,348 | 14th |
15 November 2014 | Preston North End | A | 2–1 | McArdle 26', Yeates 86' | 10,302 | 13th |
22 November 2014 | Gillingham | H | 1–1 | Legge 56' (o.g.) | 12,434 | 12th |
29 November 2014 | Leyton Orient | H | 3–1 | Knott 42', Clarke 79', Stead 81' | 12,489 | 10th |
13 December 2014 | Chesterfield | A | 1–0 | Clarke 57' | 6,809 | 10th |
20 December 2014 | Scunthorpe United | H | 1–1 | McArdle 32' | 12,831 | 8th |
26 December 2014 | Fleetwood Town | A | 2–0 | Hanson 42', Morais 81' | 4,278 | 5th |
28 December 2014 | Notts County | H | 1–0 | Knott 41' | 14,518 | 5th |
10 January 2015 | Rochdale | H | 1–2 | Stead 32' | 13,571 | 5th |
17 January 2015 | Yeovil Town | A | 0–1 | 4,009 | 6th | |
31 January 2015 | Colchester United | H | 1–1 | Morais 77' | 13,917 | 8th |
7 February 2015 | Port Vale | A | 2–2 | Hanson 41', Morais 65' | 5,205 | 9th |
9 February 2015 | Milton Keynes Dons | H | 2–1 | Clarke 57', Hanson 70' | 11,948 | 6th |
18 February 2015 | Leyton Orient | A | 2–0 | Hanson (2) 21', 32' | 4,760 | 7th |
21 February 2015 | Walsall | H | 1–1 | Clarke 51' | 13,534 | 6th |
24 February 2015 | Swindon Town | A | 1–2 | Clarke 54' | 6,812 | 6th |
28 February 2015 | Peterborough United | A | 0–2 | 6,494 | 8th | |
3 March 2015 | Crawley Town | H | 1–0 | Zoko 9'
|
11,683 | 8th |
10 March 2015 | Coventry City | A | 1–1 | Yeates 69' | 8,566 | 9th |
14 March 2015 | Notts County | A | 1–1 | Stead 45' | 5,166 | 9th |
21 March 2015 | Fleetwood Town | H | 2–2 | Stead 10', Routis 50' | 12,963 | 12th |
28 March 2015 | Oldham Athletic | H | 2–0 | Clarke (2) 71', 90' | 14,010 | 10th |
31 March 2015 | Chesterfield | H | 0–1 | 12,551 | 10th | |
3 April 2015 | Doncaster Rovers | A | 3–0 | MacKenzie 55', Clarke 64', McMahon 90' | 8,592 | 7th |
6 April 2015 | Preston North End | H | 0–3 | 16,032 | 9th | |
11 April 2015 | Gillingham | A | 0–1 | 5,221 | 9th | |
14 April 2015 | Bristol City | H | 0–6 | 12,609 | 11th | |
18 April 2015 | Sheffield United | A | 1–1 | Clarke 83' | 21,879 | 12th |
21 April 2015 | Scunthorpe United | A | 1–1 | Clarke 63' | 3,176 | 10th |
25 April 2015 | Barnsley | H | 1–0 | Stead 17' | 15,560 | 8th |
3 May 2015 | Crewe Alexandra | A | 1–0 | Clarke 23' | 7,608 | 7th |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Sheffield United | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 71 | Qualification for League One play-offs[a] |
6 | Chesterfield | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 69 | |
7 | Bradford City | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 55 | 55 | 0 | 65 | |
8 | Rochdale | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 72 | 66 | +6 | 63 | |
9 | Peterborough United | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 53 | 56 | −3 | 63 |
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
- ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to Football League Championship.
FA Cup
Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 November 2014 | Round 1 | Halifax Town | A | 2–1 | Stead 50', Morais 53' | 8,042 |
7 December 2014 | Round 2 | Dartford | H | 4–1 | Clarke 10', Stead 31', Morais 58', Yeates 59' | 5,373 |
3 January 2015 | Round 3 | Millwall | A | 3–3 | Knott (2) 6', 76', Nelson 70' (o.g.) | 5,470 |
14 January 2015 | Replay | Millwall | H | 4–0 | Hanson 8', Stead 17', Halliday 39', Knott 57' | 11,859 |
24 January 2015 | Round 4 | Chelsea | A | 4–2 | Stead 41', Morais 75', Halliday 82', Yeates 90+4' | 41,014 |
15 February 2015 | Round 5 | Sunderland
|
H | 2–0 | O'Shea 3' (o.g.), Stead 61' | 24,021 |
7 March 2015 | Round 6 | Reading | H | 0–0 | 24,321 | |
16 March 2015 | Replay | Reading | A | 0–3 | 22,908 |
League Cup
The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Bradford City were drawn at away to Morecambe.[6]
Round 1 saw the Bantams take on
James Hanson
score the winner another 2 minutes later.
Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 August 2014 | Round 1 | Morecambe | A | 1–0 | McLean 83' | 2,395 |
27 August 2014 | Round 2 | Leeds United | H | 2–1 | Hanson 86'
|
18,750 |
23 September 2014 | Round 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | A | 0–2 | 5,707 |
Football League Trophy
Bradford were drawn against
Football League Trophy. Bradford fielded a changed side from recent weeks and were unable to overcome the League One side eventually going out of the cup thanks to a late winner from substitute Jordan Bove
.
Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A |
Scorers | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 September 2014 | Round 1 | Oldham Athletic | A | 0–1 | 2,535 |
Squad statistics
No. | Pos. | Name | League | FA Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | Total | Discipline | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||
1 | GK | Jak Alnwick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | DF | Stephen Darby | 45 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
3 | DF | James Meredith | 38(2) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50(2) | 0 | 5 | 0 |
4 | MF | Matthew Dolan | 3(10) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5(13) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
5 | DF | Andrew Davies | 28 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
6 | DF | Alan Sheehan | 13(10) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19(10) | 1 | 4 | 1 |
7 | FW | Aaron McLean | 7(6) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9(8) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
8 | MF | Gary Liddle | 39(2) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48(2) | 1 | 11 | 0 |
9 | FW | James Hanson
|
31(7) | 9 | 6(1) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 39(9) | 11 | 2 | 0 |
10 | FW | Billy Clarke | 32(4) | 13 | 3(3) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 38(8) | 14 | 7 | 0 |
11 | MF | Billy Knott | 31(9) | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41(10) | 7 | 4 | 0 |
12 | GK | Ben Williams | 12(2) | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | FW | Francois Zoko
|
3(13) | 1 | 0(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(18) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
14 | MF | Mark Yeates | 26(14) | 3 | 2(5) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30(19) | 5 | 4 | 0 |
15 | DF | Gary MacKenzie | 9(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
16 | FW | Jon Stead | 27(5) | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35(5) | 11 | 2 | 0 |
17 | MF | Jason Kennedy | 17(3) | 2 | 1(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22(4) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
18 | DF | Christopher Routis | 16(2) | 2 | 0(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18(5) | 2 | 3 | 1 |
19 | FW | Oli McBurnie | 0(7) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2(9) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | MF | Filipe Morais | 22(8) | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32(8) | 6 | 5 | 1 |
22 | GK | Matthew Urwin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | DF | Rory McArdle | 43 | 3 | 7(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 54(1) | 3 | 8 | 2 |
24 | MF | Oliver Burke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | MF | Andy Halliday | 20(5) | 1 | 5(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25(7) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
28 | FW | Mason Bennett | 5(6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 6(7) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
29 | DF | Tony McMahon | 4(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(4) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
34 | FW | Reece Webb-Foster | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
36 | MF | Dylan Mottley-Henry | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | FW | Mo Shariff | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- | GK | Jordan Pickford | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
- | – | Own goals | – | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 4 | – | – |
Statistics accurate as of 3 May 2015
Transfers
In
Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 May 2014 | MF | Matthew Dolan | Middlesbrough | Free | [1] |
30 May 2014 | MF | Billy Knott | Sunderland
|
Free | [2] |
9 June 2014 | MF | Gary Liddle | Notts County | Free | [7] |
19 June 2014 | DF | Alan Sheehan | Notts County | Free | [8] |
27 June 2014 | FW | Billy Clarke | Crawley Town | Free | [9] |
5 August 2014 | GK | Ben Williams | Hibernian | Free | [10] |
5 August 2014 | FW | Mo Shariff | Queens Park Rangers | Free | [10] |
5 August 2014 | GK | Matthew Urwin | Blackburn Rovers | Free | [11] |
8 August 2014 | MF | Filipe Morais | Stevenage | Free | [12] |
8 August 2014 | DF | Christopher Routis | Servette | Free | [13] |
26 January 2015 | MF | Andy Halliday | Middlesbrough | Undisclosed | [14] |
Loan In
Date | Pos. | Name | From | Until |
---|---|---|---|---|
21 July 2014 | GK | Jordan Pickford | Sunderland | 30 June 2015[15] |
12 August 2014 | FW | Mason Bennett | Derby County | 14 October 2014[16][17] |
17 October 2014 | FW | Jon Stead | Huddersfield Town | 30 June 2015[18][19] |
17 October 2014 | MF | Andy Halliday | Middlesbrough | 26 January 2015[14][20][21] |
22 November 2014 | FW | Francois Zoko |
Blackpool | 30 June 2015[21][22] |
2 February 2015 | DF | Gary MacKenzie | Blackpool | 30 June 2015[23] |
24 February 2015 | MF | Oliver Burke | Nottingham Forest | 24 March 2015[24] |
13 March 2015 | GK | Jak Alnwick | Newcastle United | 30 June 2015[25] |
Loan Out
Date | Pos. | Name | To | Until |
---|---|---|---|---|
18 November 2014 | FW | Aaron McLean | Peterborough United | 30 June 2015[26][27] |
27 November 2014 | MF | Matthew Dolan | Hartlepool United | 31 December 2014[28] |
22 January 2015 | FW | Oli McBurnie | Chester | 19 February 2015[29] |
12 March 2015 | MF | Jason Kennedy | Carlisle United | 11 April 2015[30] |
26 March 2015 | DF | Alan Sheehan | Peterborough United | 30 June 2015[31] |
Out
Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
7 May 2014 | MF | Garry Thompson
|
Notts County | Free | [32] |
7 May 2014 | DF | Matthew Bates | Hartlepool United | Free | [33] |
7 May 2014 | FW | Louie Swain | Released | Free | |
7 May 2014 | GK | Jack Stockdill | Guiseley | Free | [34] |
7 May 2014 | GK | Jack Bentley | Released | Free | |
7 May 2014 | DF | Nathan Curtis | Ossett Town
|
Free | [35] |
9 May 2014 | MF | Gary Jones
|
Notts County | Free | [36] |
9 June 2014 | MF | Nathan Doyle | Luton Town | Free | [37][38] |
16 June 2014 | DF | Carl McHugh | Plymouth Argyle | Free | [39] |
24 June 2014 | MF | Kyel Reid | Preston North End | Free | [40] |
22 July 2014 | GK | Jon McLaughlin | Burton Albion | Free | [41] |
25 July 2014 | DF | Matt Taylor | Cheltenham Town | Free | [42] |
See also
References
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- ^ "Stockdill signs up". Guiseley A.F.C. 20 July 2014.
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