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    Come on you Bantams, CTID!"
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Connell joins Bradford City

6:00pm Friday 20th July 2012 in Bantams Photograph of the Author By Simon Parker , Bradford City Reporter

Alan Connell challenges City's Ben Muirhead in 2005 Alan Connell challenges City's Ben Muirhead in 2005

City have snapped up Swindon striker Alan Connell on a two-year deal.

The 29-year-old becomes Phil Parkinson’s eighth summer signing and links up with his new team-mates in time for their week-long trip to Ireland.

Parkinson said: "I'm obviously delighted to get Alan on board. He's an intelligent striker with a good goalscoring record in recent years and will add something different to our attack."

Connell finished top scorer with 13 goals in Paulo Di Canio’s title-winning side but was deemed surplus to requirements by the Italian for League One.

The former Bournemouth, Brentford and Hereford hitman joined Swindon a year ago from Grimsby for a fee believed to be over £100,000.

City swooped after Swindon came to an agreement with London-born Connell, who had another 12 months on his County Ground contract to run. He passed a medical before putting pen to paper.

Scunthorpe and Stevenage were among several clubs who had also been linked with him.

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