2009–10 Bradford City A.F.C. season
| 2009–10 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Mark Lawn Julian Rhodes | ||
| Manager | Stuart McCall (until 8 February 2010)[1] Peter Taylor (from 17 February 2010) | ||
| League Two | 14th | ||
| FA Cup | 1st round | ||
| League Cup | 1st round | ||
| JPT Trophy | Semi-final (Northern Section) | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: James Hanson (12) All: James Hanson (13) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 12,403 vs Northampton Town (1 May 2010) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 3,701 vs Notts County (6 October 2009) | ||
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The 2009–10 season was the 107th season in Bradford City A.F.C.'s history, their 95th in The Football League and 97th in the league system of English football. Their ninth-place finish in 2008–09 meant this season would be their third successive season in League Two.
This article covers the period from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010.
League data
[edit]League table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 63 |
| 13 | Burton Albion | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 71 | 71 | 0 | 62 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 62 |
| 15 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 18 | 7 | 21 | 62 | 74 | −12 | 61 |
| 16 | Hereford United | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 54 | 65 | −11 | 59 |
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: football-league.co.uk
Results summary
[edit]| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 59 | 62 | −3 | 62 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 35 | −4 |
Last updated: 13 June 2010.
Source: Bradford City F.C.
Results by round
[edit]Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2010. Source: Season Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Season results
[edit]League Two
[edit]| 8 August 2009 | Notts County | 5–0 | Bradford City | Meadow Lane |
| 15:00 | Davies  17' Hughes 39' Hughes 43' Hughes 55' (pen.) Maloney 86' |
Attendance: 9,396 |
| 15 August 2009 | Bradford City | 0–0 | Port Vale | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Attendance: 11,333 |
| 18 August 2009 | Bradford City | 0–2 | Lincoln City | Valley Parade |
| 19:45 | Howe 62' (pen.) Fagan 63' |
Attendance: 11,242 |
| 22 August 2009 | Cheltenham Town | 4–5 | Bradford City | Whaddon Road |
| 15:00 | Hammond 4' Townsend 12' Richards 43' Richards 89' |
J.O'Brien 2' Evans 7' Hanson 20' Williams 50' Ramsden 71' |
Attendance: 3,073 |
| 29 August 2009 | Bradford City | 2–0 | Torquay United | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Hanson 45+1' Brandon 90+1' |
Attendance: 11,123 |
| 5 September 2009 | Shrewsbury Town | 1–2 | Bradford City | Greenhous Meadow |
| 15:00 | Hibbert 70' |
Evans 16' Flynn 35' |
Attendance: 5,525 |
| 12 September 2009 | Bradford City | 1–1 | Burton Albion | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Evans 24' |
Boertien 74' |
Attendance: 11,439 |
| 19 September 2009 | Barnet | 2–2 | Bradford City | Underhill |
| 15:00 | O'Flynn 56' Hughes 81' |
Hanson 14' Rehman 70' |
Attendance: 2,282 |
| 26 September 2009 | Bradford City | 3–0 | Chesterfield | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Flynn 23' Neilson 55' Brandon 86' |
Attendance: 11,664 |
| 29 September 2009 | Morecambe | 0–0 | Bradford City | Christie Park |
| 19:45 | Attendance: 3,116 |
| 3 October 2009 | Northampton Town | 2–2 | Bradford City | Sixfields |
| 15:00 | Dyer 77' Johnson 90' |
Ramsden 54' M.Boulding 54' |
Attendance: 4,391 |
| 10 October 2009 | Bradford City | 2–3 | Crewe | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | M.Boulding 44' Hanson 69' |
Zola 8' Zola 23' Schumacher 65' |
Attendance: 11,757 |
| 17 October 2009 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2–1 | Bradford City | Victoria Road |
| 15:00 | Benson 8' Ogogo 72' |
Flynn 18' |
Attendance: 2,446 |
| 24 October 2009 | Bradford City | 1–0 | Hereford United | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Evans 41' |
Attendance: 11,107 |
| 31 October 2009 | Macclesfield Town | 2–2 | Bradford City | Moss Rose |
| 15:00 | Daniel 4' Bencherif 41' |
Hanson 58' Williams 66' |
Attendance: 1,578 |
| 14 November 2009 | Bradford City | 1–1 | AFC Bournemouth | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Evans 42' |
Pitman 33' |
Attendance: 11,732 |
| 21 November 2009 | Bradford City | 1–1 | Accrington Stanley | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Edwards 21' (o.g.) |
Symes 56' |
Attendance: 11,176 |
| 24 November 2009 | Grimsby Town | 0–3 | Bradford City | Blundell Park |
| 19:45 | Whaley 24' Williams 60' Hanson 83' |
Attendance: 3,646 |
| 1 December 2009 | Bradford City | 0–3 | Rochdale | Valley Parade |
| 19:45 | Dagnall 12' Dagnall 28' O'Grady 58' |
Attendance: 11,472 |
| 5 December 2009 | Darlington | 0–1 | Bradford City | Darlington Arena |
| 15:00 | Williams 23' |
Attendance: 2,744 |
| 12 December 2009 | Bradford City | 2–4 | Rotherham United | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Bullock 19' Flynn 46' |
Ellison 30' Ellison 37' Roberts 78' Broughton 88' |
Attendance: 11,578 |
| 28 December 2009 | Bradford City | 1–3 | Shrewsbury Town | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Hanson 20' |
Dunfield 11' McIntyre 45' (pen.) Hibbert 79' |
Attendance: 11,522 |
| 2 January 2010 | Bradford City | 1–1 | Cheltenham Town | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | J.O'Brien 35' |
Richards 45' (pen.) |
Attendance: 11,522 |
| 19 January 2010 | Bury | 1–2 | Bradford City | Gigg Lane |
| 19:45 | Jones 17' Lowe 32' (pen.) |
Boulding 23' |
Attendance: 2,930 |
| 23 January 2010 | Lincoln City | 2–1 | Bradford City | Sincil Bank |
| 15:00 | Herd 31' (pen.) Gilmour 37' |
Boulding 62' |
Attendance: 3,803 |
| 23 January 2010 | Torquay United | 1–2 | Bradford City | Plainmoor |
| 15:00 | Robertson 15' |
Evans 82' Evans 90+3' |
Attendance: 2,592 |
| 6 February 2010 | Bradford City | 0–1 | Bury | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Morrell 52' |
Attendance: 11,965 |
| 13 February 2010 | Bradford City | 0–0 | Grimsby Town | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Attendance: 11,321 |
| 20 February 2010 | Accrington Stanley | 2–0 | Bradford City | Crown Ground |
| 15:00 | Miles 54' Miles 86' |
Attendance: 3,396 |
| 23 February 2010 | Rochdale | 1–3 | Bradford City | Spotland |
| 19:45 | Dagnall 45' |
Clarke 10' Threlfall 80' Evans 87' |
| 27 February 2010 | Bradford City | 1–0 | Darlington | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Hanson 26' |
Attendance: 11,532 |
| 2 March 2010 | Aldershot Town | 1–0 | Bradford City | The EBB Stadium |
| 19:45 | Charles 54' |
Attendance: 2,311 |
| 6 March 2010 | Rotherham United | 1–2 | Bradford City | Don Valley Stadium |
| 15:00 | Le Fondre 90+2' (pen.) |
Flynn 60' Hanson 90+5' |
Attendance: 4,185 |
| 9 March 2010 | Port Vale | 2–1 | Bradford City | Vale Park |
| 19:45 | Richards 50' Taylor 78' |
Threlfall 12' |
Attendance: 3,728 |
| 13 March 2010 | Bradford City | 2–1 | Aldershot Town | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Hanson 14' Daley 22' |
Straker 12' |
Attendance: 11,272 |
| 20 March 2010 | Hereford United | 2–0 | Bradford City | Edgar Street |
| 15:00 | Mansett 33' Jervis 81' |
Attendance: 1,926 |
| 23 March 2010 | Bradford City | 0–0 | Notts County | Valley Parade |
| 19:45 | Attendance: 11,630 |
| 27 March 2010 | Bradford City | 3–3 | Dagenham & Redbridge | Valley Parade |
| 19:45 | Hanson 2' Hanson 67' Kendall 82' |
Nurse 69' Williams 75' (o.g.) Oliver 90+1' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 11,064 |
| 3 April 2010 | AFC Bournemouth | 1–0 | Bradford City | Dean Court |
| 15:00 | Pitman 41' |
Attendance: 6,239 |
| 5 April 2010 | Bradford City | 1–2 | Macclesfield Town | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Oliver 47' |
Sinclair 40' Wright 61' |
Attendance: 11,395 |
| 10 April 2010 | Burton Albion | 1–1 | Bradford City | Pirelli Stadium |
| 15:00 | Harrad 82' |
Oliver 59' |
Attendance: 2,648 |
| 13 April 2010 | Bradford City | 2–0 | Morecambe | Valley Parade |
| 19:45 | Rehman 69' Bolder 90+2' |
Attendance: 11,027 |
| 17 April 2010 | Bradford City | 2–1 | Barnet | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | O'Brien 79' Flynn 90+3' |
Adomah 28' |
Attendance: 11,138 |
| 24 April 2010 | Chesterfield | 1–1 | Bradford City | Saltergate |
| 15:00 | Demontagnac 79' |
Evans 75' |
Attendance: 4,109 |
| 1 May 2010 | Bradford City | 2–0 | Northampton Town | Valley Parade |
| 15:00 | Evans 12' Evans 81' |
Attendance: 12,403 |
| 8 May 2010 | Crewe | 0–1 | Bradford City | Alexandra Stadium |
| 15:00 | Kendall 67' |
Attendance: 5,172 |
FA Cup
[edit]| 6 November 2009 Round 1 | Notts County | 2–1 | Bradford City | Meadow Lane |
| 19:45 | Hawley 45+2' Jackson 46' |
Boulding 81' |
Attendance: 4,213 |
League Cup
[edit]| 12 August 2009 Round 1 | Nottingham Forest | 3–0 | Bradford City | City Ground |
| 19:45 | Anderson 46' Blackstock 60' McGugan 82' |
Attendance: 4,639 |
JPT Trophy
[edit]| 1 September 2009 Round 1 | Rochdale | 1–2 | Bradford City | Spotland |
| 19:15 | Dawson 59' |
Flynn 74' Neilson 79' |
Attendance: 1,800 |
| 6 October 2009 Round 2 | Bradford City | 2–2 (3–2 p) | Notts County | Valley Parade |
| 19:45 | Boulding 20' Brandon 90' |
Westcarr 10' Facey 85' |
Attendance: 3,701 | |
| Penalties | ||||
Boulding  Thorne  Ramsden J.O'Brien |
Westcarr Ritchie Facey Bishop Schmeichel |
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| 10 November 2009 Quarter-Final | Bradford City | 2–2 (5–4 p) | Port Vale | Valley Parade |
| 19:45 | Flynn 49' Hanson 70' |
McCombe 27' R.Taylor 75' |
Attendance: 5,096 | |
| Penalties | ||||
| Flynn J.O'Brien Brandon Hanson L.O'Brien Rehman Williams |
Richards Dodds K.Taylor Haldane Fraser R.Taylor Yates |
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| 15 December 2009 Semi-Final | Carlisle United | 3–0 | Bradford City | Brunton Park |
| 19:30 | Keogh 44' Dobie 68' Robson 74' |
Attendance: 3,176 |
Season summary
[edit]Stuart McCall resigned as manager during the season, leaving Peter Taylor to take over the team. Taylor produced good results, notably wins away to Rochdale and Rotherham United.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Stuart McCall leaves Bradford City". Bradford City A.F.C. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-08.