2010–11 Bradford City A.F.C. season

The 2010–11 Bradford City A.F.C. season was the 108th edition of the Bradford City A.F.C. history, their 96th in the Football League and 98th in the league system of English football. Their 2009–10 14th-place finish made the season their fourth successive season in League Two.

Bradford City

2010–11 season
Chairman	Mark Lawn Julian Rhodes
Manager	Peter Taylor (resigned 27 February) Peter Jackson (interim)
Football League Two	18th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Football League Trophy	2nd Round (Northern Section)
Top goalscorer	League: Dave Syers (8) All: Dave Syers (10)
Highest home attendance	15,332 (versus Stockport County)
Lowest home attendance	4,221 (versus Preston North End)
Average home league attendance	11,128
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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This article covers a period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.

They began their season with a defeat away at Shrewsbury Town. They then provided a shock during the League cup beating Championship side Nottingham Forest. They marked their first home league game of the season with a win over Stevenage F.C. The season then continued to be disappointing, eventually resulting in manager Peter Taylor leaving the club, with Peter Jackson taking charge as interim manager. The situation did not improve however, as the club slipped to its lowest league finish for many years. They ended the season with a 5–1 home defeat to Crewe. Interim manager Peter Jackson subsequently decided on a retained list, with 9 players released.

Results

League Two

Shrewsbury Town v Bradford City

7 August 2010 Game 1	Shrewsbury Town	3–1	Bradford City	Prostar Stadium
15:00	Robinson 33', 51', 55'		Adeyemi 24'	Attendance: 6,993

Bradford City v Stevenage

14 August 2010 Game 2	Bradford City	1–0	Stevenage	Valley Parade
15:00	Evans 32' (pen.)			Attendance: 10,967

Torquay United v Bradford City

21 August 2010 Game 3	Torquay United	2–0	Bradford City	Plainmoor
15:00	Stevens 2' Zebroski 66'			Attendance: 2,941

Bradford City v Southend United

27 August 2010 Game 4	Bradford City	0–2	Southend United	Valley Parade
19:45			Corr 16' Grant 54'	Attendance: 10,752

Bradford City v Port Vale

4 September 2010 Game 5	Bradford City	0–2	Port Vale	Valley Parade
15:00			M. Richards 32' J. Richards 75'	Attendance: 10,834

Stockport County v Bradford City

11 September 2010 Game 6	Stockport County	1–1	Bradford City	Edgeley Park
15:00	Donnelly 78'		Syers 56'	Attendance: 4,277

Bradford City v Gillingham

18 September 2010 Game 7	Bradford City	1–0	Gillingham	Valley Parade
15:00	Williams 90'			Attendance: 10,722

Northampton Town v Bradford City

25 September 2010 Game 8	Northampton Town	2–0	Bradford City	Sixfields Stadium
15:00	McKay 61' Tozer 81'			Attendance: 4,646

Rotherham United v Bradford City

28 September 2010 Game 9	Rotherham United	0–0	Bradford City	Don Valley Stadium
19:45				Attendance: 3,872

Bradford City v Morecambe

2 October 2010 Game 10	Bradford City	0–1	Morecambe	Valley Parade
15:00			Mullin 23'	Attendance: 10,640

Barnet v Bradford City

9 October 2010 Game 11	Barnet	0–2	Bradford City	Underhill Stadium
15:00			Osborne 65' Adeyemi 69'	Attendance: 2,435

Bradford City v Cheltenham Town

16 October 2010 Game 12	Bradford City	3–1	Cheltenham Town	Valley Parade
15:00	Syers 32' Hendrie 74' Hanson 87'		Low 7'	Attendance: 10,537

Burton Albion v Bradford City

23 October 2010 Game 13	Burton Albion	3–0	Bradford City	Pirelli Stadium
15:00	Harrad 31' (pen.) Collins 54' Penn 88'			Attendance: 3,143

Bradford City v Oxford United

30 October 2010 Game 14	Bradford City	5–0	Oxford United	Valley Parade
15:00	Daley 48', 57' Hendrie 66' (pen.) Syers 87' Moult 90'			Attendance: 11,376

Bury v Bradford City

2 November 2010 Game 15	Bury	0–1	Bradford City	Gigg Lane
19:45			Daley 30' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,521

Wycombe Wanderers v Bradford City

13 November 2010 Game 16	Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Bradford City	Adams Park
15:00	Betsy 82'			Attendance: 4,077

Bradford City v Macclesfield Town

20 November 2010 Game 17	Bradford City	0–1	Macclesfield Town	Valley Parade
15:00			Draper 23'	Attendance: 10,779

Bradford City v Accrington Stanley

23 November 2010 Game 18	Bradford City	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Valley Parade
19:45	Price 54'		Edwards 21' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,392

Bradford City v Hereford United

11 December 2010 Game 19	Bradford City	1–0	Hereford United	Valley Parade
15:00	Syers 8'			Attendance: 10,460

Cheltenham Town v Bradford City

28 December 2010 Game 20	Cheltenham Town	4–0	Bradford City	Whaddon Road
15:00	Goulding 31', 67' Pack 35' Thomas 76'			Attendance: 2,666

Lincoln City v Bradford City

1 January 2011 Game 21	Lincoln City	1–2	Bradford City	Sincil Bank
15:00	Grimes 25' (pen.)		Hanson 2' Evans 42'	Attendance: 3,225

Bradford City v Bury

3 January 2011 Game 22	Bradford City	1–0	Bury	Valley Parade
19:45	Daley 45'			Attendance: 11,384

Bradford City v Barnet

8 January 2011 Game 23	Bradford City	1–3	Barnet	Valley Parade
15:00	Oliver 45+3'		Kiernan 61' (o.g.) Uddin 64' Holmes 67'	Attendance: 10,514

Oxford United v Bradford City

15 January 2011 Game 24	Oxford United	2–1	Bradford City	Kassam Stadium
19:45	MacLean 77' Craddock 82'		Syers 9'	Attendance: 7,068

Aldershot Town v Bradford City

18 January 2011 Game 25	Aldershot Town	0–0	Bradford City	Recreation Ground
15:00	Charles 23'			Attendance: 2,160

Crewe Alexandra v Bradford City

25 January 2011 Game 26	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Bradford City	Alexandra Stadium
15:00	Donaldson 15' Moore 40'		Duff 39'	Attendance: 3,665

Chesterfield v Bradford City

29 January 2011 Game 27	Chesterfield	2–2	Bradford City	Proact Stadium
19:45	Whitaker 11' Bowery 90+3'		Syers 12' Hanson 53'	Attendance: 7,556

Bradford City v Lincoln City

1 February 2011 Game 28	Bradford City	1–2	Lincoln City	Valley Parade
15:00	Hanson 4'		Facey 42' McCallum 79'	Attendance: 10,543

Bradford City v Wycombe Wanderers

12 February 2011 Game 29	Bradford City	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Valley Parade
15:00	Ellison 69'			Attendance: 10,897

Port Vale v Bradford City

18 February 2011 Game 30	Port Vale	2–1	Bradford City	Vale Park
15:00	Pope 49', 64'		Adeyemi 84'	Attendance: 4,775

Bradford City v Chesterfield

22 February 2011 Game 31	Bradford City	0–1	Chesterfield	Valley Parade
19:45			Smalley 16'	Attendance: 10,782

Bradford City v Stockport County

26 February 2011 Game 32	Bradford City	3–2	Stockport County	Valley Parade
15:00	Williams 14', 74' Evans 90+4'		Turnbull 27' Doble 40'	Attendance: 15,332

Gillingham v Bradford City

5 March 2011 Game 33	Gillingham	2–0	Bradford City	Priestfield Stadium
15:00	Akinfenwa 43' Weston 46'			Attendance: 5,019

Bradford City v Rotherham United

8 March 2011 Game 34	Bradford City	2–1	Rotherham United	Valley Parade
19:45	Hunt 16' Adeyemi 90+1'		Marshall 38'	Attendance: 10,910

Morecambe v Bradford City

12 March 2011 Game 35	Morecambe	0–1	Bradford City	Globe Arena
15:00			Hanson 33'	Attendance: 3,521

Bradford City v Northampton Town

19 March 2011 Game 36	Bradford City	1–1	Northampton Town	Valley Parade
15:00	Speight 8' (pen.)		Harrad 60' (pen.)	Attendance: 10,684

Bradford City v Shrewsbury Town

26 March 2011 Game 37	Bradford City	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Valley Parade
15:00	Adeyemi 67'		Bradshaw 77', 87'	Attendance: 10,735

Stevenage v Bradford City

2 April 2011 Game 38	Stevenage	2–1	Bradford City	Broadhall Way
15:00	Mousinho 37' (pen.) Charles 77'		Syers 72'	Attendance: 3,079

Macclesfield Town v Bradford City

5 April 2011 Game 39	Macclesfield Town	0–1	Bradford City	Moss Rose
15:00			Hanson 24'	Attendance: 1,207

Bradford City v Torquay United

9 April 2011 Game 40	Bradford City	0–3	Torquay United	Valley Parade
15:00			Nicholson 32' Tomlin 48' Kee 83'	Attendance: 10,894

Southend United v Bradford City

15 April 2011 Game 41	Southend United	4–0	Bradford City	Roots Hall
15:00	Corr 13' (pen.) Ferdinand 35' Hall 25', 67'			Attendance: 5,217

Bradford City v Burton Albion

19 April 2011 Game 42	Bradford City	1–1	Burton Albion	Valley Parade
15:00	Speight 74'		McGrath 41'	Attendance: 13,814

Accrington Stanley v Bradford City

23 April 2011 Game 43	Accrington Stanley	3–0	Bradford City	Crown Ground
15:00	Joyce 9' Procter 16' McConville 45'			Attendance: 2,815

Bradford City v Aldershot Town

25 April 2011 Game 44	Bradford City	2–1	Aldershot Town	Valley Parade
15:00	Daley 4' Syers 90'		Vincenti 43'	Attendance: 10,965

Hereford United v Bradford City

30 April 2011 Game 45	Hereford United	1–1	Bradford City	Edgar Street
15:00	Fleetwood 87'		Speight 81' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,219

Bradford City v Crewe Alexandra

7 May 2011 Game 46	Bradford City	1–5	Crewe Alexandra	Valley Parade
15:00	Speight 23' (pen.)		Miller 12', 32' Donaldson 34' Shelley 45', 67'	Attendance: 11,030

League Cup

Bradford City v Nottingham Forest

10 August 2010 Round 1	Bradford City	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Nottingham Forest	Valley Parade
19:45	Syers 57' Hanson 100'		Thornhill 35'	Attendance: 5,175

Bradford City v Preston North End

24 August 2010 Round 2	Bradford City	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Preston North End	Valley Parade
19:45	Speight 83'		Coutts 45' Treacy 109'	Attendance: 4,221

FA Cup

Colchester United v Bradford City

6 November 2010 Round 1	Colchester United	4–3	Bradford City	Colchester Community Stadium
19:45	Bond 7' Mooney 20', 64' (pen.) Wilson 54'		Hanson 8', 79' Syers 32'	Attendance: 2,736

Football League Trophy

Hartlepool United v Bradford City

5 October 2010 Round 1	Hartlepool United	1–0	Bradford City	Victoria Park
19:45	McSweeney 69'			Attendance: 1,728

League data

League table

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Northampton Town	46	11	19	16	63	71	−8	52
17	Cheltenham Town	46	13	13	20	56	77	−21	52
18	Bradford City	46	15	7	24	43	68	−25	52
19	Burton Albion	46	12	15	19	56	70	−14	51
20	Morecambe	46	13	12	21	54	73	−19	51

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2011. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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	15	7	24	43	68	−25	52	10	3	10	27	30	−3	5	4	14	16	38	−22

Last updated: 6 May 2011.
Source: BBC Sport

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	L
Position			16	17	22	22	19	22	21	23	21	19	20	16	10	13	14	15	14	16	11	10	11	14	14	18	17	18	17	18	21	20	20	20	17	17	18	20	15	18	18	16	19	18	16	18

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2011. Source: Fixtures & Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Appearances and goals

As of 6 May 2011.

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Jon McLaughlin	25	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	28	0	1	0
2	DF	Simon Ramsden	2	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0
3	DF	Luke O'Brien	37 (5)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	41 (5)	0	4	0
4	MF	Michael Flynn	16 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	16 (4)	0	2	0
5	DF	Zesh Rehman	5 (3)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	9 (3)	0	2	0
6	DF	Luke Oliver	41 (1)	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	44 (1)	1	4	0
7	MF	Omar Daley	22 (4)	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	25 (4)	5	4	0
8	MF	Tommy Doherty	17 (1)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	20 (1)	0	2	1
9	FW	Gareth Evans	28 (8)	3	0 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	29 (9)	3	6	0
10	FW	Jake Speight	13 (15)	4	0	0	1 (1)	1	0 (1)	0	14 (17)	5	3	0
11	MF	Scott Neilson	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
11	MF	Lee Hendrie	8 (4)	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	10 (4)	2	2	0
11	FW	Scott Dobie	8 (5)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8 (5)	0	0	0
12	DF	Steve Williams	26 (2)	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	30 (2)	3	1	0
14	MF	Leon Osborne	10 (12)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10 (12)	1	1	0
15	DF	Lewis Hunt	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	1	6	0
16	MF	Shane Duff	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	1	1	0
17	FW	James Hanson	31 (5)	6	1	2	0 (2)	1	0	0	32 (7)	9	2	0
18	MF	Luke Dean	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
19	FW	Louis Moult	4 (7)	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	8 (7)	1	2	0
19	MF	Jon Worthington	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	2	1
20	MF	Tom Adeyemi	30 (4)	5	1	0	1	0	1	0	33 (4)	5	1	0
22	MF	Lee Bullock	22 (4)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	24 (4)	0	6	0
23	FW	Dave Syers	30 (7)	8	1	1	1 (1)	1	0	0	32 (8)	10	7	0
25	FW	Chib Chilaka	0 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (6)	0	1	0
26	DF	Oliver Gill	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
26	DF	Rob Kiernan	6 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (2)	0	0	0
26	MF	Kevin Ellison	6 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (1)	1	2	0
28	DF	Robbie Threlfall	16 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16 (4)	0	2	1
29	DF	Reece Brown	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
29	DF	Richard Eckersley	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0
29	FW	Darren Stephenson	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
30	FW	Jason Price	6 (4)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7 (4)	1	0	0
30	FW	Mark Cullen	1 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (3)	0	0	0
31	MF	Alex Flett	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
32	MF	Dominic Rowe	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0
40	GK	Lenny Pidgeley	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	1	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	FL Trophy	Total
1	MF	23	Dave Syers	8	1	1	0	10
2	FW	17	James Hanson	6	2	1	0	9
3	MF	20	Tom Adeyemi	5	0	0	0	5
=	MF	7	Omar Daley	5	0	0	0	5
=	FW	10	Jake Speight	4	0	1	0	5
4	FW	9	Gareth Evans	3	0	0	0	3
=	DF	12	Steve Williams	3	0	0	0	3
5	MF	11	Lee Hendrie	2	0	0	0	2
6	FW	14	Leon Osborne	1	0	0	0	1
=	FW	19	Louis Moult	1	0	0	0	1
=	FW	30	Jason Price	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF	6	Luke Oliver	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF	16	Shane Duff	1	0	0	0	1
=	MF	26	Kevin Ellison	1	0	0	0	1
=	DF	15	Lewis Hunt	1	0	0	0	1
7	–	–	–	Own Goals	0	0	0	0	0
				Totals	43	3	3	0	49

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
27 May 2010	DF	Luke Oliver	Wycombe Wanderers	Free	[1]
27 May 2010	DF	Robbie Threlfall	Liverpool	Free	[1]
27 May 2010	GK	Lloyd Saxton	Plymouth Argyle	Free	[1]
28 May 2010	MF	Tommy Doherty	Ferencváros	Free	[2]
30 June 2010	FW	Jake Speight	Mansfield Town	£25,000	[3]
2 July 2010	DF	Shane Duff	Cheltenham Town	Free (Bosman)	[4]
30 July 2010	DF	Lewis Hunt	Wycombe Wanderers	Free	[5]
9 August 2010	FW	Dave Syers	Guiseley	Free	[6]
31 August 2010	FW	Chib Chilaka	Leeds Carnegie	Free	[7]
17 September 2010	MF	Lee Hendrie	Derby County	Free	[8]
29 October 2010	GK	Lenny Pidgeley	Woking	Free	[9]
27 January 2011	MF	Jon Worthington	Oldham Athletic	Free	[10]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
14 July 2010	MF	Tom Adeyemi	Norwich City	End of season	[11][12]
30 July 2010	FW	Louis Moult	Stoke City	3 January 2011	[5]
29 September 2010	DF	Oliver Gill	Manchester United	25 October 2010	[13]
29 September 2010	DF	Reece Brown	Manchester United	25 October 2010	[13]
13 October 2010	FW	Jason Price	Carlisle United	3 January 2011	[14][15]
12 November 2010	DF	Rob Kiernan	Watford	5 January 2011	[16]
12 November 2010	DF	Richard Eckersley	Burnley	6 February 2011	[17][18]
6 January 2011	FW	Mark Cullen	Hull City	6 February 2011	[19]
25 January 2011	MF	Jon Worthington	Oldham Athletic	27 January 2011	[10][20]
31 January 2011	FW	Scott Dobie	St Johnstone	End of season	[21]
10 February 2011	MF	Kevin Ellison	Rotherham United	3 May 2011	[22][23]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
17 September 2010	GK	Chris Elliott	Harrogate Railway Athletic	17 October 2010	[24]
25 September 2010	MF	Ryan Harrison	Harrogate Railway Athletic	25 October 2010	[25]
21 October 2010	DF	Louis Horne	Fleetwood Town	26 November 2010	[26][27]
29 October 2010	FW	Jake Speight	Port Vale	4 January 2011	[28][29]
12 November 2010	FW	Chib Chilaka	Bradford Park Avenue	12 December 2010	[30]
26 November 2010	DF	Louis Horne	FC Halifax Town	27 December 2010	[27]
10 February 2011	MF	Omar Daley	Rotherham United	18 April 2011	[22][31]
18 February 2011	FW	Chib Chilaka	Harrogate Town	28 March 2011	[32][33]
18 February 2011	GK	Chris Elliott	Harrogate Town	18 March 2011	[34]
8 March 2011	FW	Oliver Forsyth	Harrogate Town	8 April 2011	[35]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
16 August 2010	MF	Scott Neilson	Crawley Town	£15,000	[36]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Date to	Ref.
1 July 2010	DF	Matt Convey	Thackley	?	[37]
1 July 2010	DF	Matt Clarke	Hibernians	2 July 2010	[37][38]
1 July 2010	MF	Luke Sharry	Guiseley	31 July 2010	[37][39]
1 July 2010	DF	Jonathan Bateson	Accrington Stanley	3 August 2010	[37][40]
1 July 2010	MF	Rory Carson	Ballymena United	13 August 2010	[37][41]
1 July 2010	MF	Stephen O'Leary	Kettering Town	14 August 2010	[37][42]
1 July 2010	GK	Matt Glennon	Stockport County	3 September 2010	[37][43]
26 July 2010	DF	Jamie O'Brien	St. Patrick's Athletic	27 July 2010	[44][45]
20 December 2010	DF	Zesh Rehman	Muangthong United	20 December 2010	[46]
31 December 2010	MF	Lee Hendrie	Bandung	27 January 2011	[47]
4 May 2011	MF	Tommy Doherty	Newport County	11 June 2011	[48]

See also

• 2010–11 in English football
• 2010–11 Football League