Bradford City A.F.C. records

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These are a list of player and club records for Bradford City Association Football Club.

Contents 1 Honours 1.1 League 1.2 Cup 2 Player records 2.1 Youngest and oldest 2.2 Most appearances 2.3 Goalscorers 2.4 Top goalscorers 2.5 Transfers 2.5.1 Record transfer fees paid 3 Managerial records 4 Club records 4.1 Goals 4.2 Points 4.3 Matches 4.3.1 Firsts 4.3.2 Record victories 4.3.3 Record defeats 4.4 Record consecutive results 4.5 Attendances 5 References

[edit] Honours

[edit] League Division One[1] Runners-up (1): 1998–99[2] Division Two[1] Winners (1): 1907–08 Play-off winners (1): 1995–96[3] Division Three[1] Winners (1): 1984–85 Division Three (North)[1] Winners (1): 1928–29 Division Four[1] Runners-up (1): 1981–82

[edit] Cup FA Cup[1] Winners (1): 1911 Third Division North Challenge Cup[4] Winners (1): 1939 Runners-up (1): 1938

[edit] Player records

See also: List of Bradford City A.F.C. players

[edit] Youngest and oldest

• Youngest player: 16 years 141 days – Bob Cullingford v Mansfield Town, 22 April 1970.^[1]
• Oldest player: 41 years 178 days – Neville Southall v Leeds United, 12 March 2000.^[1]

[edit] Most appearances

The following players have played more than 300 league appearances for Bradford City.

	Name	Nation	Apps	Career	Notes
1	Ces Podd	Saint Kitts and Nevis	502	1970–1984	[5]
2	Ian Cooper	England	443	1965–1977	[6]
3	John Hall	England	430	1962–1974	[7]
4	Bruce Stowell	England	401	1960–1972	[8]
5	Stuart McCall	Scotland	395	1982–1988, 1998–2002	[9]
6	George Robinson	England	343	1903–1915	[10]
7	Charlie Moore	England	339	1926–1939	[11]
8	Peter Jackson	England	336	1979–1986, 1988–1990	[12]
9	Billy Watson	Scotland	330	1921–1930	[13]
10	Wayne Jacobs	England	318	1994–2005	[14]
11	Gavin Oliver	England	330	1985–1994	[15]
12	David Wetherall	England	304	1999–2008	[16]
13	Dicky Bond	England	301	1909–1922	[17]

• Most appearances : 574 – Ces Podd.^[1]

[edit] Goalscorers

• Most goals in a season: 36 – David Layne, 1961–62.^[1]
• Most league goals in a season: 34 – David Layne, 1961–62.^[18]
• Most goals scored in a match: 7 – Albert Whitehurst v Tranmere Rovers, Division Three (North), 6 March 1929.^[1]
• Most goals scored : 143 – Bobby Campbell.^[1]

[edit] Top goalscorers

The following players have scored more than 60 league goals for Bradford City.

	Name	Nation	Goals	Apps	Avge[19]	Career	Notes
1	Bobby Campbell	Northern Ireland	121	274	0.44	1979–1983, 1983–1986	[20]
2	Frank O'Rourke	Scotland	88	192	0.46	1907–1914	[21]
3	Dean Windass	England	76	216	0.35	1999–2001, 2003–2007	[22]
4	John Hallows	England	74	164	0.45	1930–1936	[23]
5	Joe Cooke	Dominica	68	271	0.25	1971–1979, 1981–1984	[24]
6=	Gerry Ingram	England	64	174	0.37	1971–1977	[25]
6=	Bobby Ham	England	64	188	0.34	1967–1971, 1973–1975	[26]
6=	David McNiven	Scotland	64	212	0.30	1978–1983	[27]
9=	Sean McCarthy	Wales	63	131	0.48	1990–1994	[28]
9=	John Hall	England	63	430	0.15	1962–1974	[7]
11	David Jackson	England	61	250	0.24	1955–1961	[29]
12=	Bruce Bannister	England	60	208	0.29	1965–1971	[30]
12=	Dicky Bond	England	60	301	0.20	1909–1922	[17]

[edit] Transfers

[edit] Record transfer fees paid

The following players are all the players for whom Bradford City have paid at least £1 million.

#	Name	Fee	Paid to	Date	Notes
1	Hopkin, DavidDavid Hopkin	£2.5m	Leeds United	02000-07-06 6 July 2000	[31]
2	Ward, AshleyAshley Ward	£1.5m	Blackburn Rovers	02000-08-18 18 August 2000	[32]
3	Wetherall, DavidDavid Wetherall	£1.4m	Leeds United	01999-07-01 1 July 1999	[33]
4	Rankin, IsaiahIsaiah Rankin	£1.3m	Arsenal	01998-08-14 14 August 1998	[34]
5	Mills, LeeLee Mills	£1m	Port Vale	01998-08-07 7 August 1998	[34]
5	Windass, DeanDean Windass	£1m	Oxford United	01999-03-04 4 March 1999	[35]

• Highest transfer fee received: £2 million – Des Hamilton, to Newcastle United, March 1997.^[1]
• Highest transfer fee received: £2 million – Andy O'Brien, to Newcastle United, March 2001.^[1]

[edit] Managerial records

See also: List of Bradford City A.F.C. managers

• First manager: Robert Campbell (managed the club for 79 matches from June 1903 to October 1905).^[36][37]
• Longest serving manager: Peter O'Rourke (managed the club for 497 matches from November 1905 to June 1921).^[38][39][40]

[edit] Club records

[edit] Goals

• Most league goals scored in a season: 128 in 42 matches – Division Three (North), 1928–29.^[1][41]
• Fewest league goals scored in a season: 30 in 38 matches – Premiership, 2000–01.^[42]
• Most league goals conceded in a season: 94 in 42 matches – Division Two, 1936–37.^[42]
• Most league goals conceded in a season: 94 in 46 matches – Division Four, 1965–66.^[42]
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 40 in 38 matches – Division One, 1913–14.^[42]

[edit] Points

• Most points in a season
  • Two points for a win: 63 in 42 matches – Division Three (North), 1928–29.^[1][41]
  • Three points for a win: 94 in 46 matches – Division Three, 1984–85.^[1][43]
• Fewest points in a season
  • Two points for a win: 23 in 42 matches – Division Two, 1926–27.^[44][45]
  • Three points for a win: 26 in 38 matches – Premiership, 2000–01.^[42]

[edit] Matches

[edit] Firsts

• First league match: Grimsby Town 2–0 Bradford City, Division Two at Blundell Park, 1 September 1903.^[46]
• First FA Cup match: Bradford City 6–1 Rockingham Colliery, first round qualifying at Valley Parade, 3 October 1903.^[47]
• First League Cup match: Bradford City 2–1 Manchester United, second round at Valley Parade, 2 November 1960.^[48]
• First European match: FK Atlantas 1–3 Bradford City, Intertoto Cup second round at Žalgiris Stadium, 3 July 2000.^[49]

[edit] Record victories

• Record league victory: 11–1 v Rotherham United, Division Three (North), 25 August 1928.^[1]
• Record FA Cup victory: 11–3 v Walker Celtic, first round replay, 1 December 1937.^[1]
• Record League Cup victoy: 7–2 v Darlington, second round second leg, 25 September 2000.^[1]

[edit] Record defeats

• Record league defeat: 0–8 v Manchester City, Division Two, 7 May 1927.^[1]
• Record league defeat: 1–9 v Colchester United, Division Four, 30 December 1961.^[1]
• Record FA Cup defeat: 1–6 v Newcastle United, third round, 7 March 1963.^[1]
• Record FA Cup defeat: 0–5 v Burnley, fifth round replay, 3 February 1960.^[1]
• Record FA Cup defeat: 0–5 v Tottenham Hotspur, third round, 7 January 1970.^[1]

[edit] Record consecutive results

• Record consecutive wins: 10 – (from 26 November 1983 to 3 February 1984.^[1][50]
• Record consecutive defeats: 8 – (21 January 1933 to 11 March 1933.^[44][51]
• Record consecutive games without a defeat: 21 – (from 11 January 1969 to 2 May 1969).^[1][52]
• Record consecutive games without a win: 16 – (from 28 August 1948 to 20 November 1948).^[44][53]

[edit] Attendances

• Highest attendance at home match (Valley Parade): 39,146 v Burnley, FA Cup fourth round, 11 March 1911.^[1]
• Lowest attendance at home match (Valley Parade): 1,249 v Hereford United, Division Four, 15 May 1981.^[54]
• Record gate receipts: £181,990 v Manchester United, Premiership, 13 January 2001.^[1]

[edit] References

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