Bradford City handed Gillingham road trip (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Bradford City handed Gillingham road trip

9:00am Monday 18th June 2012 in Sport By Simon Parker , Bradford City Reporter

City will take the long road to kick off the new season after being handed an opening-day trip to Gillingham.

The first home game promises to be a tasty affair with the arrival of ambitious league new boys Fleetwood.

City make an early visit to Rotherham’s New York Stadium on September 1 before another popular trip to Accrington.

They will renew acquaintances with Yorkshire neighbours York at Valley Parade on October 13.

After December treks to Southend and Wycombe, Christmas week is kind on the Bantams with home games with Accrington and Rochdale and a New Year’s Day trip to Morecambe.

But the fixture machine has put a real sting in the tail with all three West Country visits crammed into a three-week spell.

Plymouth away is scheduled for a Tuesday night - just four days before City are back in Devon to face Exeter. And the Easter Monday trip to Torquay is no April Fool's joke.

Once again Cheltenham provide the final away opposition on the last day.

AUGUST

Sat 18 Gillingham A

Tue 21 FLEETWOOD H

Sat 25 WIMBLEDON H

SEPTEMBER

Sat 1 Rotherham A

Sat 8 Accrington A

Sat 15 BARNET H

Tue 18 MORECAMBE H

Sat 22 Oxford A

Sat 29 PORT VALE H

OCTOBER

Tue 2 Rochdale A

Sat 6 Dagenham A

Sat 13 YORK H

Sat 20 CHELTENHAM H

Tue 23 Northampton A

Sat 27 Burton A

NOVEMBER

Tue 6 CHESTERFIELD H

Sat 10 Aldershot A

Sat 17 EXETER H

Tue 20 PLYMOUTH H

Sat 24 Bristol Rovers A

DECEMBER

Sat 8 TORQUAY H

Sat 15 Southend A

Sat 22 Wycombe A

Wed 26 ACCRINGTON H

Sat 29 ROCHDALE H

JANUARY

Tue 1 Morecambe A

Sat 5 Barnet A

Sat 12 OXFORD H

Sat 19 Port Vale A

Sat 26 WYCOMBE H

FEBRUARY

Sat 2 Fleetwood A

Sat 9 GILLINGHAM H

Sat 16 Wimbledon A

Sat 23 ROTHERHAM H

Tue 26 DAGENHAM H

MARCH

Sat 2 York A

Sat 9 ALDERSHOT H

Tue 12 Plymouth A

Sat 16 Exeter A

Sat 23 BRISTOL ROVERS H

Sat 30 SOUTHEND H

APRIL

Mon 1 Torquay A

Sat 6 NORTHAMPTON H

Sat 13 Chesterfield A

Sat 20 BURTON H

Sat 27 Cheltenham A

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