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Season Database

August 10, 2022 Aaron Bower Leave a comment

Below is a record of every season in Bradford City history. Over time, every season will have its own unique page linking to every game played in all competitive, domestic football throughout that season.

Season	Div	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	EFL Cup
1903-04	Div 2	31	10th	4Q
1904-05	Div 2	32	8th	IR
1905-06	Div 2	34	11th	R3
1906-07	Div 2	47	5th	R3
1907-08	Div 2	54	1st (P)	R1
1908-09	Div 1	34	18th	R3
1909-10	Div 1	42	7th	R2
1910-11	Div 1	45	5th	W
1911-12	Div 1	38	11th	QF
1912-13	Div 1	35	13th	R1
1913-14	Div 1	38	9th	R2
1914-15	Div 1	40	10th	QF
1919-20	Div 1	39	15th	QF
1920-21	Div 1	39	15th	R2
1921-22	Div 1	32	21st	R2
1922-23	Div 2	37	15th	R1
1923-24	Div 2	37	18th	R1
1924-25	Div 2	38	16th	R3
1925-26	Div 2	36	16th	R3
1926-27	Div 2	23	22nd (R)	R3
1927-28	Div 3N	48	6th	R2
1928-29	Div 3N	63	1st (P)	R4
1929-30	Div 2	36	18th	R5
1930-31	Div 2	44	10th	R4
1931-32	Div 2	45	7th	R3
1932-33	Div 2	41	11th	R3
1933-34	Div 2	46	6th	R3
1934-35	Div 2	32	20th	R4
1935-36	Div 2	43	12th	R5
1936-37	Div 2	30	21st (R)	R3
1937-38	Div 3N	38	14th	R3
1938-39	Div 3N	52	3rd	R1
1939-40	Div 3N	1	21st	N/A
1945-46	Div 3N	N/A	N/A	R1
1946-47	Div 3N	50	5th	R1
1947-48	Div 3N	40	14th	R2
1948-49	Div 3N	29	22nd	R2
1949-50	Div 3N	32	19th	R2
1950-51	Div 3N	52	7th	R1
1951-52	Div 3N	42	15th	R2
1952-53	Div 3N	46	16th	R2
1953-54	Div 3N	53	5th	R1
1954-55	Div 3N	36	21st	R3
1955-56	Div 3N	49	8th	R2
1956-57	Div 3N	52	9th	R1
1957-58	Div 3N	57	3rd	R3
1958-59	Div 3*	47	11th	R4
1959-60	Div 3	42	19th	R5
1960-61	Div 3	36	22nd (R)	R2	R3
1961-62	Div 4	51	5th	R3	R1
1962-63	Div 4	32	23rd	R3	R1
1963-64	Div 4	56	5th	R1	R1
1964-65	Div 4	32	19th	R1	QF
1965-66	Div 4	37	23rd	R1	R1
1966-67	Div 4	48	11th	R1	R1
1967-68	Div 4	47	5th	R2	R1
1968-69	Div 4	56	4th (P)	R1	R2
1969-70	Div 3	46	10th	R3	R4
1970-71	Div 3	40	19th	R2	R1
1971-72	Div 3	32	24th (R)	R1	R1
1972-73	Div 4	43	16th	R4	R1
1973-74	Div 4	48	8tb	R4	R1
1974-75	Div 4	47	10th	R1	R2
1975-76	Div 4	41	17th	QF	R1
1976-77	Div 4	59	4th (P)	R1	R2
1977-78	Div 3	34	22nd (R)	R1	R1
1978-79	Div 4	43	15th	R2	R2
1979-80	Div 4	60	5th	R3	R2
1980-81	Div 4	44	14th	R1	R2
1981-82	Div 4	91	2nd (P)	R1	R3
1982-83	Div 3	61	12th	R3	R3
1983-84	Div 3	71	7th	R1	R1
1984-85	Div 3	94	1st (P)	R3	R2
1985-86	Div 2	54	13th	R3	R2
1986-87	Div 2	55	10th	R4	R4
1987-88	Div 2	77	4th	R5	QF
1988-89	Div 2	56	14th	R4	QF
1989-90	Div 2	41	23rd (R)	R3	R2
1990-91	Div 3	70	8th	R1	R3
1991-92	Div 3	58	16th	R2	R2
1992-93	Div 2**	68	10th	R2	R1
1993-94	Div 2	70	7th	R1	R2
1994-95	Div 2	60	14th	R1	R2
1995-96	Div 2	73	6th (P)	R3	R3
1996-97	Div 1	48	21st	R5	R1
1997-98	Div 1	57	13th	R3	R1
1998-99	Div 1	87	2nd (P)	R4	R3
1999-00	Prem	36	17th	R4	R3
2000-01	Prem	26	20th (R)	R3	R3
2001-02	Div 1	55	15th	R3	R3
2002-03	Div 1	52	19th	R3	R1
2003-04	Div 1	36	23rd (R)	R3	R1
2004-05	L1***	65	11th	R1	R1
2005-06	L1	61	11th	R2	R2
2006-07	L1	47	22nd (R)	R2	R1
2007-08	L2	62	10th	R2	R1
2008-09	L2	67	9th	R2	R1
2009-10	L2	62	14th	R1	R1
2010-11	L2	52	18th	R1	R2
2011-12	L2	50	18th	R1	R1
2012-13	L2	69	7th (P)	R2	F
2013-14	L1	59	11th	R1	R1
2014-15	L1	65	7th	QF	R3
2015-16	L1	80	5th	R3	R1
2016-17	L1	79	5th	R1	R1
2017-18	L1	63	11th	R3	R1
2018-19	L1	41	24th (R)	R2	R1
2019-20	L2	54	9th	R1	R1
2020-21	L2	59	15th	R2	R2
2021-22	L2	58	15th	R1	R1

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How many players have scored on their City debut?

July 25, 2018 Aaron Bower 1 Comment

A debut goal is an incredibly special moment – and while some of the greatest players in City’s history have achieved that particular feat, some of the more unheralded – and dare we say, forgotten – players of the past have managed to do it, too.

In all, at the time of writing, 96 players have scored on their official, competitive Bradford City debut – the most recent of which is Luca Colville during the League Cup game with Macclesfield Town in 14/8/2018.

You can see a full list by going to the official Heritage Number document and sorting the list’s notes column – but here is a closer look at some of the more famous ones who’ve done it – as well as those who have scored more than once on debut, too.

Players to have scored a hat-trick on debut:
Trevor Edmunds (#253) – City 11-1 Roherham United (25/8/1928)
Cornelius White (#254) – City 11-1 Roherham United (25/8/1928)
Fred Bedford (#259) City 8-2 Ashington (13/10/1928)

Amazingly, the three players who scored hat-tricks on their Bradford debut all did so in the same season! It came all the way back in 1928-29, when City won Division Three (North) for the one and only time. Two of those hat-tricks came in the same game; the opening match of that season, as City registered what is still their record victory, beating Rotherham United 11-1. Trevor Edmunds and Cornelius White both scored three times.

Then, less than two months later, Fred Bedford did exactly the same on his first appearance in claret and amber, when City beat Washington 8-2. It was a season not short on records; later that year, Albert Whitehurst became the first – and only – City player in history to score seven times in one game, as the Bantams beat Tranmere 8-0.

Players to have scored twice on debut:
Albert Whitehurst (#264) – City 4-3 Lincoln City (16/2/1929)
Reuben Woolhouse (#278) – City 3-2 Charlton Athletic (30/8/1930)
William Cooper (#385) – City 2-1 New Brighton (9/9/1946)
John Neilson (#407) – City 3-1 Hartlepool United (25/10/1947)
Alan Hampson (#512) – City 4-3 Mansfield Town (12/9/1956)

Incredibly, while five players have scored twice on their official City debut, nobody has achieved the feat for over 60 years now.

The aforementioned Albert Whitehurst, who has a special place in City history with another goal-scoring feat, did start his time in claret and amber with a two-gaol performance against Lincoln in February 1929. He would finish that season with 24 goals in 15 appearances, a remarkable number.

Reuben Woolhouse followed just over a year later, but it wasn’t until after the Second World War someone would do it again. And peculiarly, the next two men to achieve it – William Cooper in 1946 and John Neilson the following year – made only 13 league appearances for City between them (seven and six respectively).

Alan Hampson was the final man to score twice on his debut in City’s 4-3 win over Mansfield in 1956 – but nobody has done it since.

Notable players to have scored on their City debut
John Hallows (#280) – 22/11/1930 v Burnley
Sean McCarthy (#789) – 25/8/1990 v Tranmere Rovers
Des Hamilton (#826) – 3/5/1994 v Barnet
Stan Collymore (#925) – 29/10/2000 v Leeds United
Eoin Jess (#928) – 1/1/2001 v Leicester City
Danny Cadamarteri (#940) – 23/2/2002 v Gillingham
Charlie Wyke (#1221) – 4/2/2017 v Gillingham

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Explaining the Bantams Heritage Project

July 18, 2018 Aaron Bower Leave a comment

Welcome to BantamsHeritage.com.

We are a groundbreaking project for professional football in the United Kingdom, strictly dedicated to Bradford City FC. Many other clubs, and indeed countries, in other professional sports track and record their history via the hugely-popular heritage number system. Every player who has represented that team throughout history is given a number in chronological order of their debut appearance.

No English professional football side has adopted that system. Until now.

We have collated, compiled and tirelessly checked every single game of professional football Bradford City have played since their formation in 1903, through to the present day. Up until the end of the 2017/18 season, we have recorded 1,247 players who have worn the famous claret and amber shirt. Bantams Heritage has, therefore, helped to establish a unique identity for Bradford City – and given every player their rightful place in the club’s history. In time, we hope to liaise with the club to have each player who wears the shirt have their heritage number represented on the kit and unveil a number of heritage-based projects to solidify Bradford City’s place at the heart of the city’s culture for over a century.

Naturally, with such an exhaustive project, we have had to be clear and concise about who does, and does not, receive a heritage number. Therefore, the following five competitions are what we have regarded as competitive, first-team football:

League football (Premier League and Football League)
FA Cup
Football League Cup
Football League Trophy
European competition (in Bradford’s case, the 2000 Intertoto Cup)

One difficult, and noteworthy, exemption from our records are war-time football. A glance at the records for war-time football revealed an extraordinary amount of ‘guest’ appearances – players who were either serving in the area or simply filled the numbers during the war-time leagues of the Second World War. Given the exceptional circumstances of the wider world, we opted against including those.

But our goal and aim is not strictly limited to the heritage number project, even if that is our defining piece of work. We are aiming to become the absolute definitive place for statistics and records relating to Bradford City. Whether it be the standard list of the club’s all-time goal-scorers or appearance-makers, or more left-field articles such as players to have scored on their debut, or managerial records – we are aiming to cover it all.

Via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts we aim to provide plenty of content for Bradford fans to enjoy and share. What, however, is not in our mandate is to have ANY sort of public opinion on matters such as the club’s ownership. We are completely independent and are dedicated to celebrating the wonderful history of a wonderful club.

It has taken well over a year to compile and collate this data. We hope you appreciate the results of the project, and we endeavour to hopefully back-date and award certificates to as many players on the list (as well as descendants of those players no longer with us) over time.

So, after reading that, we think you’ll want to see the list in full, right? If the answer to that question is yes – simply click here.