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[edit] Comments and queries

• Was the first match at Valley Parade a reserve fixture, as implied by the next sentence?
  • I'm not sure. No source says what the game was. I presume it was a friendly or exhibition game, but it's only an assumption. The best source definitely says the first, 1st team game was against Leeds St John's though. Peanut4 (talk) 22:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
• Was the West Yorkshire v Sheffield United match a celebration of BCAFC attaining League status?
  • Basically yes. A 'promotional' fixture according to Frost. Peanut4 (talk) 22:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
    • Found a better answer. It was a promotional fixture to spur interest in football in Bradford. It happened one month before City's election to the league. Peanut4 (talk) 22:57, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
• Originally, City players changed in a shed behind one end of the ground, and visiting teams used the old rugby club dressing rooms at the back of the nearby Belle Vue Hotel. - What happened to the changing rooms below the stepped enclosure mentioned earlier?
  • Good question. Frost doesn't say. Peanut4 (talk) 22:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
• I was going to rewrite the paragraph about the Leitch rebuilding, but am a little confused by the existing wording. Was the 5,300 seat main stand a Leitch design, or had it been built earlier in 1908?
  • Another good question. It looks like I pretty much copied Frost. Peanut4 (talk) 22:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC) Oldelpaso (talk) 19:01, 10 April 2008 (UTC)