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Club information, honours and records
9:16am Wednesday 23rd January 2008
Club information
Address: Bradford & Bingley Stadium, Valley Parade, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD8 7DY.
Telephone: 0870 822 0000.
Fax: (01274) 773356.
Ticket Office: 0870 822 1911.
Website: www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk
Ground capacity: 25,136.
Pitch Measurement: 113yd x 70yd.
Joint Chairmen: Julian Rhodes/Mark Lawn.
Manager: Stuart McCall.
Assistant Manager: Wayne Jacobs.
Head therapist: Karen May.
Sports therapist: Adam Cook.
Colours: Claret and amber.
Change Colours: Blue.
Year Formed: 1903.
Turned Professional: 1903.
Club Nickname: The Bantams.
Club honours
Football League: Division One - Runners-up 1998-99; Division Two - Champions 1907-08; Promoted from Division Two 1995-96 (play-offs); Division Three - Champions 1984-85; Division Three (N) - Champions 1928-29; Division Four - Runners-up 1981-82.
FA Cup: Winners 1911.
Football League Cup: Best season - fifth round, 1965, 1989.
European Competitions: Intertoto Cup, 2000.
Club records
Record Attendance: 39,146 v Burnley, FA Cup fourth round, March 11, 1911.
Record win: 11-1 v Rotherham, Division 3 (N), 25 August, 1928.
Record defeat: 1-9 v Colchester, Division 4, 30 DEecember 1961.
Highest League Goals in Season: David Layne, 34, Division 4, 1961-62.
Record Goalscorer: Bobby Campbell, 121, 1981-84, 1984-86.
Most Capped Player: Jamie Lawrence, Jamaica.
Most League Appearances: Cec Podd, 502, 1970-84.
Record Transfer Fee Paid: £2,500,000 to Leeds United for David Hopkins, July 2000.
Record Transfer Fee Received: £2million, from Newcastle for Des Hamilton, March 1997, and £2million from Newcastle for Andy O'Brien, March 2001.
Managers
Robert Campbell 1903-05, Peter O'Rourke 1905-21, David Menzies 1921-26, Colin Veitch 1926-28, Peter O'Rourke 1928-30, Jack Peart 1930-35, Dick Ray 1935-37, Fred Westgarth 1938-43, Bob Sharp 1943-46, Jack Barker 1946-47, John Milburn 1947-48, David Steele 1948-52, Albert Harris 1952, Ivor Powell 1952-55, Peter Jackson 1955-61, Bob Brocklebank 1961-64, Bill Harris 1965-66, Willie Watson 1966-69, Grenville Hair 1967-68, Jimmy Wheeler 1968-71, Bryan Edwards 1971-75, Bobby Kennedy 1975-78, John Napier 1978, George Mulhall 1978-81, Roy McFarland 1981-82, Trevor Cherry 1982-87, Terry Dolan 1987-89, Terry Yorath 1989-90, John Docherty 1990-91, Frank Stapleton 1991-94, Lennie Lawrence 1994-95, Chris Kamara 1995-98, Paul Jewell 1998-2000, Chris Hutchings 2000, Jim Jefferies 2000-01, Nicky Law 2002-03, Bryan Robson 2003-04, Colin Todd 2004-2007, Stuart McCall 2007-...
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