Bradford City get calendar removed (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Bradford City get calendar removed
1:09pm Monday 14th November 2011 in Sport
By Simon Parker, Bradford City Reporter
Former City loan striker Dele Adebola
A Bradford City calendar mistakenly featuring Hull striker Dele Adebola on the cover has been withdrawn at the club’s request.
The calendar was designed by Just Sport Pro Club, who have the licence to run all Nike shops including the City one at Valley Parade.
City provided images for the cover but were not part of the proofing. The pictures included a pre-season shot of Guy Branston challenging one-time Bantams loanee Adebola in a friendly at the KC Stadium.
But when the picture was used in the front-cover montage, Branston had been cropped off. The embarrassing blunder came to light at Saturday’s game against Rochdale.
City director of operations David Baldwin said: "We were just asked for some imagery by the printers which we sent over. We didn’t get to see it afterwards because it wasn’t our calendar.
"It wasn’t sent back to retail for proofing so the calendar went straight on sale with that wrong cover. But we’ve had it taken off sale now and they are sorting it.
"We haven’t incurred any costs in production because it was nothing to do with us really. It was down to the shop licensee - we didn’t make any money from sales.
"But obviously as soon as we realised the error, we insisted that it was removed.
"I’d like to thank the fans who brought it to my attention in a constructive manner. For those who had already bought the calendar, I suppose they have a collector's item now!"
Comments(16)
audal
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6:37pm Mon 14 Nov 11
Zionism is terrorism
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6:39pm Mon 14 Nov 11
rugger-tyke
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8:05pm Mon 14 Nov 11
audal wrote:Was quite a decent player. . one of our better back in the heyday of Division 1 . .
Who is this fella?
Wakeywakey
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8:50pm Mon 14 Nov 11
BigFigure
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10:48pm Mon 14 Nov 11
Wakeywakey wrote:Aye lad, and what's wrong with that pic of Jimmy Hanson as Chelsea's Mr January? Fuss about nowt,tha's reet theer lad. Gerron wi'it!
Lot of fuss about Nowt!
Cityman23
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11:34pm Mon 14 Nov 11
'The Bantams Supporters' Dream Calendar:!!!
Mr January: Gordon Gibb
Mr February: Peter Taylor
Mr March: Geoffrey Richmond
Mr April: David Richmond
Mr May: Colin Todd
Mr June: A referee from this season!
Mr June: A referee from last season!
Mr August: Rodney Marsh
Mr September: Simon Grayson
Mr October: A referee's assistant from this season!
Mr November: (penny for the..Guy Branston!!)
Mr December: (Father Xmas!!) Mark Lawn (only kidding Mr L!!)
Cityman23
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11:38pm Mon 14 Nov 11
casper1994
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6:54am Tue 15 Nov 11
audal wrote:i thought you new everything about city brian ( and you dont even know a ex city player )lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
Who is this fella?
tyker2
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8:58am Tue 15 Nov 11
Dannyp1892
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9:49am Tue 15 Nov 11
Wakeywakey
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5:03pm Tue 15 Nov 11
BigFigure wrote:Tha,s Reet, ave heard ducks **** in long grass before.
Wakeywakey wrote:Aye lad, and what's wrong with that pic of Jimmy Hanson as Chelsea's Mr January? Fuss about nowt,tha's reet theer lad. Gerron wi'it!
Lot of fuss about Nowt!
Wakeywakey
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5:05pm Tue 15 Nov 11
Wakeywakey wrote:Fxrx
BigFigure wrote:Tha,s Reet, ave heard ducks **** in long grass before.
Wakeywakey wrote:Aye lad, and what's wrong with that pic of Jimmy Hanson as Chelsea's Mr January? Fuss about nowt,tha's reet theer lad. Gerron wi'it!
Lot of fuss about Nowt!
Prisoner Cell Block A
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6:23pm Tue 15 Nov 11
Nice one cityman, can always rely on 'access all areas' to raise a smile.
casper1994
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8:32pm Tue 15 Nov 11
Prisoner Cell Block A wrote:AUDAL KNOWS NAWT ALL REET BLOCK ED LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
Audal! Shame on you. Dele Adebola has played pro football for years and in every division if I'm not mistaken. Although he was only a loanee for us. Nice one cityman, can always rely on 'access all areas' to raise a smile.
casper1994
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8:35pm Tue 15 Nov 11
Dannyp1892 wrote:REALLY HOW INTERESTING DUMMYP1892 LOL LOL LOL LOL
This is hilarious, a bit of fun for a change, Surely the City hierarchy must have realised that if they send a picture of Guy Branston, in a NON City Strip, tackling a former loanee, IN a CITY strip, they would use the player in a City shirt!! It went to the printers, not the Football League, not everybody knows everything about Bradford City, and I think this was an honest mistake. Made me chuckle though
dannbradfc says...
5:51pm Mon 14 Nov 11