2009–10 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Bradford City
2009–10 season
Chairman Mark Lawn
Julian Rhodes
Manager Stuart McCall (until 8 February 2010)
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)

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

League table

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

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

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Ground A H H A H A H A H A A H A H A H H A H A H H H A A A H H A A H A A A H A H H A H A H H A H A
Result L D L W W W D D W D D L L W D D D W L W L L D L L W L D L W W L W L W L D D L L D W W D W W
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2010. Source: Season Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Season results

League Two

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

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

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

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 soccer ball with red X
Thorne soccer ball with check mark
Ramsden soccer ball with check mark
J.O'Brien soccer ball with check mark 		Westcarr soccer ball with check mark
Ritchie soccer ball with check mark
Facey soccer ball with red X
Bishop soccer ball with red X
Schmeichel soccer ball with red X
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 soccer ball with check mark
J.O'Brien soccer ball with red X
Brandon soccer ball with red X
Hanson soccer ball with check mark
L.O'Brien soccer ball with check mark
Rehman soccer ball with check mark
Williams soccer ball with check mark 		Richards soccer ball with check mark
Dodds soccer ball with red X
K.Taylor soccer ball with red X
Haldane soccer ball with check mark
Fraser soccer ball with check mark
R.Taylor soccer ball with check mark
Yates soccer ball with red X
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

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