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Bradford City
2022–23 season
ChairmanStefan Rupp
ManagerMark Hughes
StadiumValley Parade
League Two4th
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupSecond Round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andy Cook (12)
All:
Andy Cook (15)
Highest home attendance19,368 vs. Doncaster Rovers (League Two)
Lowest home attendance5,394 vs. Hull City (EFL Cup)
Biggest win3-0 vs. Stevenage (17 September 2022)
Biggest defeat2-3 vs. Barrow (6 August 2022)
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The 2022–23 season is the 120th season in the existence of Bradford City Association Football Club and the club's fourth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy.

Pre-season and friendlies

On June 8, Bradford City announced their pre-season schedule, which included a six-day training camp in Murcia.[1] A sixth addition to the calendar was later confirmed, against Derby County.[2]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
1 July 2022 Bradford Park Avenue A 2–0 Chapman 34', Harratt 64' 2,583
9 July 2022 Derby County H 0–2 — 4,218
16 July 2022 York City A 4–1 Scales 13', Cook 24', Angol 47', Harratt 80' 2,411
19 July 2022 Sunderland H 2–0 Osadebe 51', Walker 74' (pen.) 4,022
23 July 2022 Chesterfield A 0–3 — 2,408
26 July 2022 Eccleshill United A 2–3 Roberts (2) 6', 32' —

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
League Two 30 July 2022 May 2023 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
FA Cup TBC TBC First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup TBC TBC First round 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Trophy TBC TBC Group stage 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Last updated: pre-season
Source: [ Soccerway]

League Two

Main article: 2022–23 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Northampton Town (P) 46 23 14 9 62 42 +20 83 Promotion to EFL League One
4 Stockport County 46 22 13 11 65 37 +28 79 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Carlisle United (O, P) 46 20 16 10 66 43 +23 76
6 Bradford City 46 20 16 10 61 43 +18 76
7 Salford City 46 22 9 15 72 54 +18 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 21 12 13 72 55 +17 75
9 Barrow 46 18 8 20 47 53 −6 62
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[3]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
19 9 6 4 26 17  +9 33 3 5 2 12 9  +3 6 1 2 14 8  +6

Last updated: 19 November 2022.
Source: [ Soccerway]

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819
GroundHAHAAHHAHHAHAAHHAAH
ResultDLWLWDWWWDWLWDDDWWL
Position1315111411108657465676545
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2022. Source: [ Soccerway]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.[4]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
30 July 2022 Doncaster Rovers H 0–0 — 19,368
6 August 2022 Barrow A 2–3 Young 65', Cook 90+5' 4,012
13 August 2022 Newport County H 2–0 Smallwood 7', Chapman 53' 16,704
16 August 2022 Colchester United A 0–1 — 3,011
20 August 2022 Hartlepool United A 3–1 Banks 6', Cook (2) 65', 90+2' 5,103
27 August 2022 Crewe Alexandra H 0–0 — 16,541
3 September 2022 Walsall H 2–1 Cook 41', Young 45' 16,433
10 September 2022 Mansfield Town A Postponed[5]
13 September 2022 Tranmere Rovers A 2–1 Cook (2) 3', 75' 5,864
17 September 2022 Stevenage H 3–0 Cook (2) 6', 56', Wright 62' 16,917
24 September 2022 AFC Wimbledon H 2–2 Banks 4', Oliver 90+5' 17,186
1 October 2022 Harrogate Town A 2–1 Cook 15' (pen.), Wright 73' 2,505
8 October 2022 Stockport County H 0–1 — 18,615
15 October 2022 Salford City A 1–0 Cook 13' 3,924
22 October 2022 Grimsby Town A 0–0 — 8,020
25 October 2022 Swindon Town H 1–1 Wright 31' 16,728
29 October 2022 Crawley Town H 1–1 Pereira 55' 16,510
8 November 2022 Mansfield Town A 2–1 Smallwood 30', Cook 53' 7,650
12 November 2022 Sutton United A 2–0 Cook 37', Banks 51' 3,323
19 November 2022 Northampton Town H 1–3 Cook 90+2' (pen.) 18,666

FA Cup

Main article: 2022–23 FA Cup

Bradford were drawn at home to Harrogate Town in the first round.[6]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
5 November 2022 Round 1 Harrogate Town H 0–1 — 6,837

EFL Cup

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Bradford were drawn at home to Hull City in the first round and to Blackburn Rovers in the second round.[7][8]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
9 August 2022 Round 1 Hull City H 2–1 Cook (2) 39', 44' 5,394
23 August 2022 Round 2 Blackburn Rovers H 1–2 Cook 18' 7,821

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2022–23 EFL Trophy

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Bradford City with Burton Albion and Sheffield Wednesday.[9]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Burton Albion 3 3 0 0 0 11 4 +7 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Bradford City 3 1 0 1 1 5 7 −2 4
3 L1 Sheffield Wednesday 3 1 0 0 2 5 6 −1 3
4 ACA Leicester City U21 3 0 1 0 2 4 8 −4 2
Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
30 August 2022 Group game 1 Sheffield Wednesday H 3–1 Young (2) 36', 75', Harratt 83' 6,092
4 October 2022 Group game 2 Leicester City U21 H 2–2 (2–4(p.) Oliver 11', Sutton 49' 2,564
18 October 2022 Group game 3 Burton Albion A 0–4 — 549
22 November 2022 Second round Salford City A 0–1 — 578

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Harry Lewis 18 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 24 0 0 0
2 DF England Brad Halliday 17 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 21 0 5 1
3 DF England Liam Ridehalgh 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 2 0
4 MF Cameroon Yann Songo'o 1(9) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 3 0 4(10) 0 1 0
5 DF England Matthew Platt 17 0 1 0 2 0 0(1) 0 20(1) 0 3 1
6 MF England Richard Smallwood (c) 18 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 22 2 4 0
7 FW England Lee Angol 5(8) 0 1 0 0(2) 0 1(2) 0 7(12) 0 5 0
8 MF Republic of Ireland Emmanuel Osadebe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW England Andy Cook 15(3) 12 0(1) 0 2 3 0 0 17(4) 15 3 0
10 FW Scotland Jamie Walker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
11 MF England Alex Gilliead 14 0 1 0 2 0 1(1) 0 18(1) 0 3 0
12 MF Scotland Scott Banks 9(1) 3 0(1) 0 2 0 1 0 12(2) 3 4 0
13 GK Republic of Ireland Colin Doyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF England Matty Foulds 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 0 0 0
15 DF England Timi Odusina 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0 0
16 MF England Ryan East 4(3) 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 0 2(1) 0 6(7) 0 0 0
17 DF England Luke Hendrie 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 0
18 MF England Levi Sutton 1(11) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 3 1 4(12) 1 1 0
19 FW England Vadaine Oliver 3(13) 1 0(1) 0 0(2) 0 3 1 6(16) 2 0 0
20 MF England Harry Chapman 17(1) 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 21(1) 1 1 0
21 FW England Jake Young 3(4) 2 0 0 1(1) 0 3 2 7(5) 4 2 0
23 FW England Kian Harratt 0(5) 0 0 0 1 0 2(1) 1 3(6) 1 0 1
24 DF England Romoney Crichlow 15 0 1 0 2 0 1(1) 0 19(1) 0 2 0
25 MF England Kian Scales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Republic of Ireland Reece Staunton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW England Dion Pereira 8(3) 1 1 0 0 0 0(2) 0 9(5) 1 1 0
29 GK England Heath Richardson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 FW Sudan Abo Eisa 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 1(3) 0 0 0
32 FW Republic of Ireland Tyreik Wright 8(2) 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9(2) 3 1 0
n/a DF England Bobby Pointon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players out on loan for rest of the season
22 DF England Oscar Threlkeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF England Finn Cousin-Dawson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 FW England Charlie Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
n/a DF Republic of Ireland Fiacre Kelleher 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players left during the season
- – Own goals – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – –

As of 12 November 2022.

Transfers

In

Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref
10 June 2022 RM Republic of Ireland Emmanuel Osadebe England Walsall Undisclosed [10]
10 June 2022[a] CF England Jake Young England Forest Green Rovers Undisclosed [11]
28 June 2022 CB England Timi Odusina England Hartlepool United Undisclosed [12]
1 July 2022[b] RW England Harry Chapman England Blackburn Rovers Free transfer [13]
1 July 2022[c] DM England Ryan East England Swindon Town Free transfer [14]
1 July 2022[d] GK England Harry Lewis England Southampton Free transfer [15]
1 July 2022[e] CB England Matthew Platt England Barrow Free transfer [16]
1 July 2022[f] CM England Richard Smallwood England Hull City Free transfer [17]
1 July 2022[g] LW Scotland Jamie Walker Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free transfer [18]
10 July 2022 RB England Brad Halliday England Fleetwood Town Free transfer [19]
10 July 2022 CF England Vadaine Oliver England Gillingham Free transfer [20]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 20 May, and would become official on June 10 once the transfer window opened
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Blackburn Rovers contract expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 27 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Swindon Town contract expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 16 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Southampton contract expired
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 23 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Barrow contract expired
  6. ^ The transfer was announced on 22 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Hull City contract expired
  7. ^ The transfer was announced on 8 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Heart of Midlothian contract expired

Out

Date Pos Player Transferred to Fee Ref
28 June 2022 GK England Sam Hornby England Colchester United Undisclosed [21]
28 June 2022 CM Scotland Elliot Watt England Salford City Undisclosed [22]
30 June 2022 CM England Callum Cooke England Hartlepool United Released [23][24]
30 June 2022 RM England Gareth Evans England Radcliffe Released [23][25]
30 June 2022 CF Northern Ireland Caolan Lavery England Scunthorpe United Released [23][26]
30 June 2022[a] CB Republic of Ireland Paudie O'Connor England Lincoln City Free transfer [27]
30 June 2022 GK England Richard O'Donnell England Rochdale Released [23][28]
30 June 2022 CF Jamaica Theo Robinson England Hartlepool United Released [23][29]
30 June 2022 CM Poland Olivier Sukiennicki Unattached Released [23]
30 June 2022[b] LW England Charles Vernam England Lincoln City Free transfer [30]
12 August 2022 CB Republic of Ireland Reece Staunton England Bradford (Park Avenue) Undisclosed [31]
15 August 2022 RB England Louie Chorlton England Hull City Undisclosed [32]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 13 June, and would become official once his contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official once his contract expired

Loans in

Date Pos Player Loaned from On loan until Ref
10 June 2022[a] CF England Kian Harratt England Huddersfield Town 4 November 2022[b] [33][34]
21 June 2022 CB England Romoney Crichlow England Huddersfield Town End of Season [35]
8 August 2022 RW Scotland Scott Banks England Crystal Palace End of Season [36]
19 August 2022 GK Republic of Ireland Joe O'Shaughnessy England Wolverhampton Wanderers End of Season [37]
1 September 2022 LW England Dion Pereira England Luton Town End of Season [38]
1 September 2022 RW Republic of Ireland Tyreik Wright England Aston Villa End of Season [39]
  1. ^ The loan agreement was announced on 2 June, and would become active on June 10, once the transfer window opened
  2. ^ On 4 November, Harratt returned to his parent club, Huddersfield Town with immediate effect.

Loans out

Date Pos Player Loaned to On loan until Ref
12 July 2022 CB Republic of Ireland Fiacre Kelleher England Solihull Moors End of Season [40]
29 July 2022 RB Northern Ireland Finn Cousin-Dawson England Spennymoor Town End of Season [41]
29 July 2022 CM England Charlie Wood England Guiseley 3 January 2023 [42]
15 August 2022 AM England Kian Scales England Farsley Celtic 1 January 2023 [43][a]
25 August 2022 RB England Oscar Threlkeld England Oldham Athletic 1 January 2023 [45]
  1. ^ On 30 Auguet, Scales' loan at Farsley Celtic was extened.[44]

References

  1. ^ "Pre-Season Schedule Confirmed". Bradford City AFC. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Bantams To Host Derby In Pre-Season Friendly". Bradford City AFC. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  4. ^ "2022/23 Fixtures Released". Bradford City AFC. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Fixtures Postponed As Mark Of Respect". Bradford City AFC. 9 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Harrogate At Home In FA Cup First Round". Bradford City AFC. 17 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  7. ^ "First-Round Opponents Confired". Bradford City AFC. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Carabao Cup Round Two draw confirmed". English Football League. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Carabao Cup And Papa John;s Trophy First Round Details". Bradford City AFC. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Osadebe Lands As Latest Summer Signing". Bradford City AFC. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Bantams Bag Title-Winning Young". Bradford City AFC. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Odusina Becomes A Bantam". Bradford City AFC. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  13. ^ "City Complete Chapman Capture". Bradford City AFC. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  14. ^ "East Moves North To Join Bantams". Bradford City AFC. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  15. ^ "City Snap Up Saints Stopper". Bradford City AFC. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  16. ^ "City Secure Platt Signing". Bradford City AFC. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  17. ^ "City Swoop For Smallwood". Bradford City AFC. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  18. ^ "Walker Agrees Permanent Contract". Bradford City AFC. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Brad To Bradford". Bradford City AFC. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  20. ^ "City Capture Frontman Oliver". Bradford City AFC. 10 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  21. ^ "Hornby In Permanent Colchester Move". Bradford City AFC. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Watt Signs For Salford". Bradford City AFC. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  23. ^ a b c d e f "Six Bantams To Depart". Bradford City AFC. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  24. ^ "Pools sign Callum Cooke". Hartlepool United FC. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  25. ^ "Gareth Evans signs for Radcliffe". Radcliffe FC. 10 September 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  26. ^ "Caolan Lavery signs for the Iron". Scunthorpe United FC. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  27. ^ "Imps Secure O'Connor Signing". Lincoln City FC. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  28. ^ "Dale Sign Goalkeeper Richard O'Donnell". Rochdale AFC. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  29. ^ "Pools sign Theo Robinson". Hartlepool United FC. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  30. ^ "Imps Secure Vernam Signing". Lincoln City FC. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  31. ^ "Staunton In Permanent BPA Switch". Bradford City AFC. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  32. ^ "Chorlton joins Hull City Academy". Bradford City AFC. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  33. ^ "City Secure Promotion-Winning Harratt". Bradford City AFC. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  34. ^ "Harratt Returns To Huddersfield". Bradford City AFC. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  35. ^ "City Complete Crichlow Loan Capture". Bradford City AFC. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  36. ^ "City Secure Banks". Bradford City. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  37. ^ "O'Shaughnessy Added To Goalkeeping Ranks". Bradford City AFC. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  38. ^ "Pereira Returns On Loan". Bradford City AFC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  39. ^ "City The Wright Move For Tyreik". Bradford City AFC. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  40. ^ "Kelleher Heads Out On Loan". Bradford City AFC. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  41. ^ "COUSIN-DAWSON DEPARTS ON LOAN". Bradford City AFC. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  42. ^ "WOOD LOANED TO GUISELEY". Bradford City AFC. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  43. ^ "Scales In Farsley Loan Move". Bradford City AFC. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  44. ^ "Scales Extends Farsley Stay". Bradford City AFC. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  45. ^ "Threlkeld Loaned To Oldham". Bradford City AFC. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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