Hanson stunner seals Bantams victory (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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James Hanson bags brilliant winner for Bradford City
5:30pm Saturday 11th August 2012 in Bantams
By Ross Heppenstall, Bradford Bulls Reporter
City match-winner James Hanson in action at Notts County
Notts County 0, City 1
James Hanson claimed a spectacular extra-time winner as new-look City kicked off their campaign by claiming the scalp of Notts County in the Capital One Cup.
The big striker hit a delightful curling left-foot shot into the top corner from 20 yards in the 95th minute after good work from Kyel Reid and Nahki Wells.
Reid, who enjoyed a fine game and tormented Carl Regan throughout, could have made the game safe soon after but he blazed over.
Nevertheless, the Bantams held on for victory against their League One hosts to give much cause for optimism heading into next week’s League Two opener at Gillingham.
City boss Phil Parkinson handed debuts to six players in Stephen Darby, James Meredith, Rory McArdle, Gary Jones, Alan Connell and Garry Thompson.
All impressed as Notts County striker Lee Hughes was kept quiet throughout, but his strike partner Yoann Arquin was guilty of a horrendous miss in the closing stages of normal time.
Hughes saw his shot pushed away by Matt Duke and the rebound fell to Arquin, who could only fire the ball against the bar with the goal at his mercy.
That ensured another 30 minutes and, after Hanson’s stunning strike, Wells almost made the game safe in the second period of extra-time when he saw his shot parried by Magpies stopper Bartosz Bialkowski.
Hughes then fired over when well placed in the closing stages as City held on for a famous victory.
Comments(50)
Cityman23
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5:40pm Sat 11 Aug 12
chin up
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5:57pm Sat 11 Aug 12
What is more encouraging is that the starting 11 appears to be a little weaker without Davies, Jones and Ravenhill, with Doyle on the bench, alongside Wells. So on todays evidence can we believe not only our 1st 11 will be strong but also the fringe/squad players will be able to make an impact? It is too early to make an accurate assessment but the signs are encouraging. Maybe another right winger and another centre midfielder and I think we would have the necessary cover for further injuries.
Starting to look forward to the Fleetwood game already.
theviking62
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6:00pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Mumby was the best
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6:06pm Sat 11 Aug 12
jamiejoe
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6:23pm Sat 11 Aug 12
that is the spirit to play - attacking football.
The stats don't say we bossed it but we had the better chances and we did the two most important things in football, a clean sheet and scored.
bantamcougar
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6:59pm Sat 11 Aug 12
theviking62 wrote:Well said, about time the squabling stopped, and that from a City & Cougars fan, looking forward to this season more than in a long time
Well done, the bantams. Here's hoping you have a great season. From a bull. Mind some of your more enlightened on here may not accept it for what it is. Once again good look for the season ahead.
Spenvalleyspartan
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7:06pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Mumby was the best wrote:Again your giving the p****k air time and he hasn't even posted! Ignore it!
Wait for the clown Correctness to come on then he`ll come out with his pearls of wisdom, just like he does on Bulls site
settler07
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7:08pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Agree with poster above re city. Still think we need another quality central midfield signing. Other than that this is an excellent squad. Still hoping the Taiwo deal might get sorted. If we could get him i'd be putting my tenner on City going up.
mickyoi
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7:24pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Pablo
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7:26pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Bikenshaw Illy
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9:09pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Norfolk Bantam
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10:00pm Sat 11 Aug 12
ynotdunne
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10:20pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Danstarr69
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11:29pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Bikenshaw Illy wrote:There's about 3 on Facebook that do coaches to BCAFC games
Thinking of driving to gills game but don't city have a supporters club anymore with coaches going to games?
bradford321
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11:52pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Sadly I had to leave at the end of the 90 as I needed to pick my daughter up from a week away, but the guys on BBC Radio Notts where absolutely full of praise for City and their support!
ormandroyd
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11:55pm Sat 11 Aug 12
ormandroyd
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11:59pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Clamber
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1:13am Sun 12 Aug 12
dannbradfc
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1:16am Sun 12 Aug 12
Very very early days and we are too short on numbers. but a nice start. We reasonably well in the cups last year but PP will feel that our squad may not cope with too many.
Radioo said today that this current squad is the highest budget spent on wages since we entered division four. PP has thus been supported by the chairman, lets see if he can deliver......looking forward to finding out......
usher dave
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7:01am Sun 12 Aug 12
prince35
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7:49am Sun 12 Aug 12
Its always good to win on your first competative match of the season.
Will atkinson certainly gave a very good account of himself yesterday and in gary jones we have a player in midfield thats been lacking at cty.
mickyoi
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8:16am Sun 12 Aug 12
huggy b
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8:29am Sun 12 Aug 12
Clamber wrote:Yes, the Pulse said they would be covering games from next Saturday. I think they had other shows/adverts scheduled due to this match being moved to yesterday at relatively short notice. Excellent result City! Keep it up!
Fantastic result, Well done! Had to listen to it on Radio Leeds. Does anyone know if the Pulse will be covering the games this season? I so love the undisguised biased commentary/views of Tim & Sticks.
bahamianbantam
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8:50am Sun 12 Aug 12
What a difference to games at Anderson & Dagenham! Team looked to have balance and carry ed threat. Just wait when we have Davies and Ritchie Jones in airfield. Loved Connell he looked very tricky and intelligent.
.Congratulations to PP
Truth77
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10:33am Sun 12 Aug 12
Bikenshaw Illy wrote:Shipley Bantams run coaches to every away game. Try this link for more info
Thinking of driving to gills game but don't city have a supporters club anymore with coaches going to games?
http://www.theshippe
rs.co.uk/
Truth77
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10:34am Sun 12 Aug 12
www.theshippers.co.u
k/
1 bingley bantam
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10:38am Sun 12 Aug 12
My only concerns remain about right wing if Thompson is playing there under sufference then we have a problem there and with all due respect Atkinson is not a first choice right winger,also slightly shy on numbers.
That besides its looking bloody good come on city!!!
lonniejockstrap
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11:52am Sun 12 Aug 12
A win against a higher league team who just missed out on promotion last season and who have added players to that team with the intention of strengthening it and achieving promotion. This was no friendly in aid of giving players a steady work-out, this was about winning, and we won.
Dave2610
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12:09pm Sun 12 Aug 12
A top display by Will Atkinson in the middle of the park you have set the standard Will keep it up.
Also a cracking goal to be worthy of any match winner well done Jimbo
Banjaxed
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12:25pm Sun 12 Aug 12
lonniejockstrap
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12:57pm Sun 12 Aug 12
Dave2610 wrote:Glad the 'luck' went our way. It can make a massive difference to a season's outcome and i'll accept being lucky and winning as opposed to being unlucky and loosing. I'm with Stuart McCall and Neil Warnock when they said 'it's better to be a lucky manager than a good one'. Winning 1st entertaining 2nd in our position and at professional level for me.
Just like to say it was a solid performance against a quality team luck was defiantly on our side!
A top display by Will Atkinson in the middle of the park you have set the standard Will keep it up.
Also a cracking goal to be worthy of any match winner well done Jimbo
And well done the much underrated -by some- Jimmy Hanson for continuing to prove you are a natural goal scorer.
Billyboyarnold
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1:34pm Sun 12 Aug 12
Thee Voice of Reason
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1:45pm Sun 12 Aug 12
Roll on Saturday.
Bikenshaw Illy
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3:27pm Sun 12 Aug 12
Truth77 wrote:Thank you for that.
Bikenshaw Illy wrote:Shipley Bantams run coaches to every away game. Try this link for more info
Thinking of driving to gills game but don't city have a supporters club anymore with coaches going to games?
http://www.theshippe
rs.co.uk/
Bikenshaw Illy
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3:27pm Sun 12 Aug 12
Truth77 wrote:Thank you for that.
Bikenshaw Illy wrote:Shipley Bantams run coaches to every away game. Try this link for more info
Thinking of driving to gills game but don't city have a supporters club anymore with coaches going to games?
http://www.theshippe
rs.co.uk/
seasonticketholder
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5:03pm Sun 12 Aug 12
Yesterday is such a pleasant result. Lets hope we can get a result next Saturday, as Fleetood will be out to turn us over.
audal
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5:52pm Sun 12 Aug 12
LuvFootball
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6:02pm Sun 12 Aug 12
Well done lads, here's to a good season.
Just a question, how come when we win we only get 38 comments, if we had lost by 3 goals or so I am sure there would have been double asking for everyone to be sacked after 1 game. I would have liked to have posted earlier myself but been out all weekend.
LuvFootball
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6:22pm Sun 12 Aug 12
ormandroyd wrote:First game of the season against a higher division club, what do you expect? None of our players to give any balls away? Why not criticise for Hanson not scoring in normal time or criticise Connel, well he must be poor and needs to work on scoring too because he didn't yesterday. Does it matter if someone gives a couple of balls away, believe it or not, every single player will and does. I watched Brazil in the pub yesterday and saw world class players doing the same. I saw them in the flesh against Belarus and believe it or not, some of the players lost the ball.
Atkinson gave the ball away at least a dozen times. Best position for him is outside when a winger is taken off. Certainly not central midfield although I do realise we were short in that department today. Well done Will but your ball distribution needs to be worked on.
This is not a direct go at you, but fans in the country, the mentality is amazing really. We win a game and you single out ONE player that he did not give a robotic text book perfect performance. We expect strikers to score every match, we expect the play to be attacking all the time. When I saw Brazil go down a goal to Belarus, they had their game plan and it wasn't always going forward. They passed back constantly, passed the ball to and fro, and then struck when they had half a chance. If that was England, we would have panicked and thrown everything forward opening up the back.
He is a young lad thrown into the deep end yesterday against higher league opposition and he walked away with 3 points, and played out of position in doing so. You could have just said "Well done Will" and leave it at that instead of coming up with "...BUT....." This isn't a go at you specifically, it is just the general mentality some fans have in this country.
Well done Will, well done to all the lads.
Dave2610
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6:35pm Sun 12 Aug 12
I was there and Will had a great game
only the nutters who know nothing about the game will always get on his case!!!!!!!
But Will has shown he can do a job lets hope he can carry it in to the next game.
This was his best game by far in a City shirt.
city down south
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7:58pm Sun 12 Aug 12
LuvFootball wrote:Premiership clubs, except those involved in Europa League, are in the 2nd round draw this year, so it does matter who we get in this weeks draw!
I will hold my hands up when I saw the draw I thought, Jesus a first round exit. When I saw the match preview, Notts Co full strength, we have injuries I thought, Jesus Christ a first round exit. I will hold my hands up and will admit I didn't believe we would get through to the next round, but boy am I glad Iam wrong. I am not bothered who we get next round, just as long we we can sneak through and get that long awaited big Premiership club away from home later in the cup.
Well done lads, here's to a good season.
Just a question, how come when we win we only get 38 comments, if we had lost by 3 goals or so I am sure there would have been double asking for everyone to be sacked after 1 game. I would have liked to have posted earlier myself but been out all weekend.
eebygum
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8:12pm Sun 12 Aug 12
Billyboyarnold
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8:43pm Sun 12 Aug 12
eebygum wrote:Certainly heard them on tv when you scored. Brighton Bill Yorkshire Seagull.
As I was saying all last season that Hanson will get goals with the right service, the goal on Saturday proves that. Well done to the 800 or so fans that went to Notts county and got behind the team could hear ever one of them on the radio. Bradford City should make the Cold Play song our theme tune Para-Para-Paradise.
dannbradfc
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9:01am Mon 13 Aug 12
LuvFootball
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9:49am Mon 13 Aug 12
city down south wrote:I said as long as we get through I it doesn't matter who we get. We could get a team like Burton Albion at home and lose or a relatively small Premiership club like Wigan away and win. I just long for a big money making draw like Chelsea or Man U, a game that will see a huge attendance and add to City's coffers. That could be more beneficial than getting a smaller club at that stage, progessing and then getting another smaller club the following round and losing.
LuvFootball wrote:Premiership clubs, except those involved in Europa League, are in the 2nd round draw this year, so it does matter who we get in this weeks draw!
I will hold my hands up when I saw the draw I thought, Jesus a first round exit. When I saw the match preview, Notts Co full strength, we have injuries I thought, Jesus Christ a first round exit. I will hold my hands up and will admit I didn't believe we would get through to the next round, but boy am I glad Iam wrong. I am not bothered who we get next round, just as long we we can sneak through and get that long awaited big Premiership club away from home later in the cup.
Well done lads, here's to a good season.
Just a question, how come when we win we only get 38 comments, if we had lost by 3 goals or so I am sure there would have been double asking for everyone to be sacked after 1 game. I would have liked to have posted earlier myself but been out all weekend.
I just want us to progess, I am not bothered who against, home or away, a 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th division club, but just as long as we sneak through and finally get that big draw we have not had for well over a decade. So my point of view, I don't think it matters who we get, we normally up our game against much better opposition and always have a club lower than us in the football league ladder knocking us out.
That big draw could get us another quality player or 2 in itself come January or for the following season.
Prisoner Cell Block A
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11:29am Mon 13 Aug 12
Dave2610 wrote:Don't often disagree with you Dave but afraid I have to on this one. Overall a great team performance and Will did have a better than usual input this week. His second half performance eclipsed his first half but I think you will find that the reason for this was more in the other CMs performance and drive. Gary Jones played like two men for the whole match. WA has now had two half decent performances in ye many games, certainly not enough to convince me he is the answer to any of our problems and certainly not good enough to keep any of the regular CMs out of the starting 11.
Luvfootball
I was there and Will had a great game
only the nutters who know nothing about the game will always get on his case!!!!!!!
But Will has shown he can do a job lets hope he can carry it in to the next game.
This was his best game by far in a City shirt.
I thought we just edged it overall but Notts had a couple of better chances than us. Duke making a couple of good saves and the glaring miss in the 89th minute. My MoM if you couldn't have guessed would go to GJ, maybe I am wrong and it was Will's influence on him that brought about this sterling performance.
Bright points, we looked like a solid unit from front to back, the debutants all had good to very good games, the stalwarts matched this(Hanson, Reid and Oliver) The full backs look like they want to or have been told to push on more than last season.
Low points, Wells looks like he needs a couple more games to find his shooting boots/form from last season, we still do not get round our man enough on either flank and deliver balls for the forwards to come onto, if this continues we will get found out and our one style system will be negated by other teams closing down our outlets.
eebygum
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6:08pm Mon 13 Aug 12
Prisoner Cell Block A
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6:50pm Mon 13 Aug 12
We are sharing opinions, mine is that although Will had a better game we had and have more capable players than he in any of the positions he can play. Others may have a different view and are welcome to it. 45 minutes of average game time don't justify a starting place if we have a choice. We did in Scott Brown. He may have had no better a game but he'd have gained invaluable 1st team competitive gametime.
PP made the call and we won, so in the end his opinion is the vital one, his differs from mine. So even talking in hindsight I'm sort of proving myself wrong but hold that belief.
Shadrach Dingle
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1:06am Thu 16 Aug 12
Dave2610 wrote:Listen mate, I was there as well and the boy Atkinson DID NOT have a 'great game'. Nobody that I've spoken to thought he had a 'great game'. You're comparing Saturdays performance with what he gave us last season and to be honest a blind penguin with a club foot could have done a better job.
Luvfootball
I was there and Will had a great game
only the nutters who know nothing about the game will always get on his case!!!!!!!
But Will has shown he can do a job lets hope he can carry it in to the next game.
This was his best game by far in a City shirt.
It's stupid, ott comments like yours that causes confrontation and gets honest, fair minded supporters like PCBA, ormanroyd and myself into trouble because it looks like we're having a pop at individual players and in my case emphasising any shortcomings with a sarky comment, when in fact all we are trying to do is inject a little realism into proceedings.
It was a good win and it looks like there's something to build on. But let's keep it real shall we? Atkinson and a couple of others were just about OK, nothing more, nothing less.
CC!
Bikenshaw Illy says...
5:39pm Sat 11 Aug 12
Shame it went to extra time but will have given the lads a good run out and the gills have to travel down to Bristol Tuesday night. Let's hope theirs goes to extra time. Have the tickets for Gillingham been put on sale yet?