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Bradford City Association Football Club (also known as The Bantams, and previously The Paraders or The Citizens) is an English football club based in Bradford, Yorkshire, currently playing in League Two. The club plays home games at Valley Parade, currently named as the Coral Windows stadium under sponsorship naming rights. The ground was the victim of a vicious fire on May 11, 1985, which took the lives of 56 supporters.
The club was founded in 1903. It was instantly elected into Division Two of the Football League despite not having played a previous game. Promotion to the top tier followed in 1908 and the club won the FA Cup in 1911, its only major honour. After relegation in 1922 from Division One, the club spent 77 years outside the top flight until promotion to the Premiership in 1999. City stayed up, with a then record low of 36 points, in the first season in the Premiership.
Relegation followed the following season, since then a series of financial crises have pushed the club to the brink of closure. The financial pressures have resulted in two more relegations to its current position in League Two.
The club colours are claret and amber. Bradford & Bingley are the club's official shirt sponsors.
The current manager is Stuart McCall, who enjoyed two playing spells at the club. Current club captain is David Wetherall. The club has two chairmen, Julian Rhodes and Mark Lawn, who are also Bantams fans.
City enjoys rivalries with Leeds United and Huddersfield Town. It also used to have a strong rivalry with cross-town club Bradford A.F.C.
The club spearheaded an initiative in 2007 to slash the price of watching professional football 2007-08 season. As a result season tickets to watch Bradford City will be the cheapest in England at £138, the equivalent of £6 per match. When the offer finished at 7pm on Tuesday, July 31, 2007, the club confirmed the amount of season tickets sold was 12,019.
The club was founded in 1903. It was instantly elected into Division Two of the Football League despite not having played a previous game. Promotion to the top tier followed in 1908 and the club won the FA Cup in 1911, its only major honour. After relegation in 1922 from Division One, the club spent 77 years outside the top flight until promotion to the Premiership in 1999. City stayed up, with a then record low of 36 points, in the first season in the Premiership.
Relegation followed the following season, since then a series of financial crises have pushed the club to the brink of closure. The financial pressures have resulted in two more relegations to its current position in League Two.
The club colours are claret and amber. Bradford & Bingley are the club's official shirt sponsors.
The current manager is Stuart McCall, who enjoyed two playing spells at the club. Current club captain is David Wetherall. The club has two chairmen, Julian Rhodes and Mark Lawn, who are also Bantams fans.
City enjoys rivalries with Leeds United and Huddersfield Town. It also used to have a strong rivalry with cross-town club Bradford A.F.C.
The club spearheaded an initiative in 2007 to slash the price of watching professional football 2007-08 season. As a result season tickets to watch Bradford City will be the cheapest in England at £138, the equivalent of £6 per match. When the offer finished at 7pm on Tuesday, July 31, 2007, the club confirmed the amount of season tickets sold was 12,019.
Source: Wikipedia.
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