2023–24 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Bradford City
2023–24 season
Chairman	Stefan Rupp
Manager	Mark Hughes; (until 4 October); Kevin McDonald; (caretaker - 4 Oct until 31 Oct); Mark Trueman; (caretaker - 31 Oct until 6 Nov); Graham Alexander; (from 6 November)
Stadium	Valley Parade
League Two	9th
FA Cup	First round
EFL Cup	Third round
EFL Trophy	Semi Final
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 121st season in the existence of Bradford City and their fifth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the league the club are also participating in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Current squad[edit]

As of 21 February 2024

No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Sam Walker	GK	Gravesend	(1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 32)	Charlton Athletic	11 January 2024	Free	30 June 2025
13	Colin Doyle	GK	Cork	(1985-06-12) 12 June 1985 (age 39)	Kilmarnock	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
29	Heath Richardson	GK	Norfolk	(2004-01-26) 26 January 2004 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2024
40	Zachariah Hadi	GK			Academy	21 February 2024	Trainee	30 June 2024
Defenders
2	Brad Halliday	RB	Redcar	(1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 (age 28)	Fleetwood Town	10 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
3	Liam Ridehalgh	LB	Halifax	(1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 33)	Tranmere Rovers	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
4	Ash Taylor	CB	Bromborough	(1990-09-02) 2 September 1990 (age 33)	Kilmarnock	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
5	Matthew Platt	CB	Knowsley	(1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 26)	Barrow	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
15	Sam Stubbs	CB	Liverpool	(1998-11-20) 20 November 1998 (age 25)	Exeter City	31 January 2023	Free	30 June 2024
18	Ciaran Kelly	CB	Lucan	(1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 (age 25)	Bohemian	1 January 2023	Free	30 June 2025
22	Daniel Oyegoke	RB	Barnet	(2003-01-03) 3 January 2003 (age 21)	Brentford	1 July 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
31	Jonathan Tomkinson	CB	Plano	(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22)	Norwich City	6 September 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
32	Lewis Richards	LB	Liverpool	(2001-10-15) 15 October 2001 (age 22)	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18 August 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
Midfielders
6	Richard Smallwood	CM	Redcar	(1990-12-29) 29 December 1990 (age 33)	Hull City	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
7	Jamie Walker	AM	Edinburgh	(1993-06-25) 25 June 1993 (age 30)	Heart of Midlothian	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
10	Alex Pattison	CM	Darlington	(1997-09-06) 6 September 1997 (age 26)	Harrogate Town	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2026
11	Alex Gilliead	CM	Shotley Bridge	(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 28)	Scunthorpe United	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2025
23	Bobby Pointon	AM	Bradford	(2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
26	Kevin McDonald	DM	Carnoustie	(1988-11-04) 4 November 1988 (age 35)	Exeter City	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
39	Gabriel Wadsworth	CM			Academy	21 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Forwards
8	Calum Kavanagh	CF	Cardiff	(2003-09-05) 5 September 2003 (age 20)	Middlesbrough	1 February 2024	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
9	Andy Cook	CF	Bishop Auckland	(1990-10-18) 18 October 1990 (age 33)	Mansfield Town	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2026
12	Clarke Oduor	LW	Siaya	(1999-06-25) 25 June 1999 (age 24)	Barnsley	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2026
14	Tyler Smith	CF	Sheffield	(1998-12-04) 4 December 1998 (age 25)	Hull City	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2026
20	Harry Chapman	LW	Hartlepool	(1997-11-05) 5 November 1997 (age 26)	Blackburn Rovers	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
27	Matt Derbyshire	CF	Great Harwood	(1986-04-14) 14 April 1986 (age 38)	NorthEast United	9 January 2023	Free	30 June 2024
28	Jake Young	CF	Huddersfield	(2001-07-22) 22 July 2001 (age 22)	Forest Green Rovers	1 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
33	Adam Wilson	LW	Ashington	(2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 (age 24)	The New Saints	28 August 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2026
36	Tyreik Wright	RW	Ovens	(2001-09-22) 22 September 2001 (age 22)	Plymouth Argyle	15 January 2024	Loan	31 May 2024
Out on Loan
17	Luke Hendrie	RB	Leeds	(1994-08-27) 27 August 1994 (age 29)	Hartlepool United	31 January 2022	Free	30 June 2024
19	Vadaine Oliver	CF	Sheffield	(1991-10-21) 21 October 1991 (age 32)	Gillingham	10 July 2022	Free	30 June 2025
21	Timi Odusina	CB	Croydon	(1999-10-28) 28 October 1999 (age 24)	Hartlepool United	1 July 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
25	Harvey Rowe	CM		(2003-10-04) 4 October 2003 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
38	Freddy Jeffreys	CM	Leeds	(2005-08-25) 25 August 2005 (age 18)	Academy	9 October 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
	Finn Cousin-Dawson	RB	Stockton-on-Tees	(2002-07-04) 4 July 2002 (age 21)	Academy	1 July 2020	Trainee	30 June 2024

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
1 July 2023	DM	Kevin McDonald	Exeter City	Free Transfer	^[4]
1 July 2023	LW	Clarke Oduor	Barnsley	Free Transfer	^[5]
1 July 2023	CM	Alex Pattison	Harrogate Town	Free Transfer	^[6]
1 July 2023	CF	Tyler Smith	Hull City	Free Transfer	^[7]
1 July 2023	CB	Ash Taylor	Kilmarnock	Free Transfer	^[8]
18 August 2023	LB	Lewis Richards	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Undisclosed	^[9]
28 August 2023	LW	Adam Wilson	The New Saints	Undisclosed	^[10]
11 January 2024	GK	Sam Walker	Charlton Athletic	Free Transfer	^[11]
1 February 2024	CF	Calum Kavanagh	Middlesbrough	Undisclosed	^[12]

Out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
14 June 2023	LB	Matty Foulds	Harrogate Town	Undisclosed	^[13]
30 June 2023	CM	Adam Clayton	Rochdale	Released	^[14]^[15]
30 June 2023	LW	Abo Eisa	Grimsby Town	Released	^[14]^[16]
30 June 2023	CF	Cole Roberts	Free agent	Released	^[14]
30 June 2023	AM	Kian Scales	Scunthorpe United	Released	^[14]^[17]
30 June 2023	DM	Yann Songo'o	Morecambe	Released	^[14]^[18]
30 June 2023	RB	Oscar Threlkeld	Morecambe	Released	^[14]
30 June 2023	CM	Jack Wilson	Brighouse Town	Released	^[14]^[19]
30 June 2023	AM	Charlie Wood	Free agent	Released	^[14]
11 September 2023	CM	Jay Tinsdale	Sheffield United	Free Transfer	^[20]
1 January 2024	DM	Ryan East	Rochdale	Free Transfer	^[21]
11 January 2024	GK	Harry Lewis	Carlisle United	Undisclosed	^[22]
18 January 2024	RM	Emmanuel Osadebe	Forest Green Rovers	Undisclosed	^[23]

Loaned in[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Fee	Ref
1 July 2023	RB	Daniel Oyegoke	Brentford	End of Season	^[24]
1 September 2023	LW	Chisom Afoka	Aston Villa	3 January 2024^[a]	^[25]^[26]
1 September 2023	SS	Rayhaan Tulloch	West Bromwich Albion	1 February 2024^[b]	^[27]^[28]
6 September 2023	CB	Jonathan Tomkinson	Norwich City	End of Season	^[29]
15 January 2024	RW	Tyreik Wright	Plymouth Argyle	End of Season	^[30]

^ Afoka returned to parent club Aston Villa early from his season-long loan.
^ Tulloch returned to parent club West Brom early from his season-long loan.

Loaned out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Date until	Ref
7 July 2023	RB	Finn Cousin-Dawson	Blyth Spartans	End of Season	^[31]
2 August 2023	CF	Jake Young	Swindon Town	2 January 2024^[a]	^[32]^[33]
4 August 2023	CF	Isaac Robinson	Farsley Celtic	End of Season	^[34]
14 August 2023	DM	Ryan East	Rochdale	1 January 2024^[b]	^[35]^[21]
1 September 2023	RB	Luke Hendrie	Hartlepool United	End of Season	^[36]
15 September 2023	CB	Timi Odusina	Woking	End of Season^[c]	^[37]^[38]
25 October 2023	CF	Dylan Youmbi	Farsley Celtic	End of Season
12 January 2024	DM	Harvey Rowe	Farsley Celtic	End of Season
17 January 2024	CF	Vadaine Oliver	Stevenage	End of Season	^[39]
15 February 2024	CF	Dylan Youmbi	Scunthorpe United	End of Season	^[40]

^ On 2 January, Young was recalled back from his season-long loan at Swindon early.
^ On 22 December, it was announced East would join Rochdale permanently in January.
^ On 5 January, Odusina's loan at Woking was extended until the end of season.

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

On 15 June, Bradford City announced their pre-season schedule, with matches against Bury, Eldense, Bradford (Park Avenue), Hull City, Middlesbrough and Rochdale.^[41] In July, it was confirmed that Getafe replaced Eldense as pre-season opposition.^[42]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 July 2023 Friendly	Bury	0–6	Bradford City	Bury
15:00 BST		Report	Pattison 7' Cook 12' Osadebe 27' Ridehalgh 28' Derbyshire 53' Walker 88'	Stadium: Gigg Lane

14 July 2023 Friendly	Getafe	3–0	Bradford City	Oliva, Spain
17:00 BST	Mayoral 3' Iglesias 37' Altimira 71'	Report		Stadium: Oliva Nova Sports Center

18 July 2023 Friendly	Bolton Wanderers	5–2	Bradford City	Bolton, England
12:00 BST				Stadium: Eddie Davies Academy (Behind Closed Doors)

19 July 2023 Friendly	Bradford (Park Avenue)	1–1	Bradford City	Bradford
19:30 BST	Longbottom 58'	Report	Youmbi 44'	Stadium: Horsfall Stadium Attendance: 2,354

22 July 2023 Friendly	Bradford City	1–1	Hull City	Bradford
15:00 BST	Stubbs 90'	Report	Slater 22'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3,411

26 July 2023 Friendly	Bradford City	3–3	Middlesbrough	Bradford
19:30 BST	Cook 12', 41', 58'	Report	Silvera 4' Gilbert 29' (pen.) Nkrumah 90'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 4,378 (1,413 Middlesbrough supporters)

29 July 2023 Friendly	Rochdale	1–0	Bradford City	Rochdale
15:00 BST	Rodney 46'	Report		Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,971 (697 away supporters)

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League Two	5 Aug 2023		Matchday 1		45	18	12	15	57	58	−1	040.00
FA Cup	4 Nov 2023	4 November 2023	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
EFL Cup	8 Aug 2023	28 September 2023	First round	Third round	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	000.00
EFL Trophy	10 Oct 2023		Group stage		6	6	0	0	16	2	+14	100.00
Total					55	24	14	17	76	66	+10	043.64

Last updated: 17 February 2024
Source: Soccerway

League Two[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
6	Crewe Alexandra	46	19	14	13	69	65	+4	71	Qualified for League Two play-offs
7	Crawley Town (O, P)	46	21	7	18	73	67	+6	70	Qualified for League Two play-offs
8	Barrow	46	18	15	13	62	56	+6	69
9	Bradford City	46	19	12	15	61	59	+2	69
10	AFC Wimbledon	46	17	14	15	64	51	+13	65
11	Walsall	46	18	11	17	69	73	−4	65
12	Gillingham	46	18	10	18	46	57	−11	64

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^[43]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	19	12	15	61	59	+2	69	9	8	6	29	28	+1	10	4	9	32	31	+1

Last updated: 23 April 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	21¹	30	30	32	33	34	29²	37	38	39	36⁴	40	41	42	43	44	45	35³	46
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	18	11	13	18	12	15	16	17	11	14	18	14	11	11	15	16	18	18	14	14	14	10	10	11	13	14	15	16	18	18	14	13	13	16	13	13	15	17	17	14	14	14	13	10	9	9

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

¹ Matchday 21 (vs Salford City) was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
² Matchday 29 (vs Doncaster Rovers) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.
³ Matchday 35 (vs Barrow) was postponed after the referee deemed the pitch to be unplayable.
⁴ Matchday 36 (vs Notts County) was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

Matches[edit]

On 22 June, the EFL League Two fixtures were released.^[44]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

5 August 2023 1	Crawley Town	1–0	Bradford City	Crawley
15:00 BST	Gordon 11' Wright 14' Kelly 15' Darcy 30' Conroy 72' Orsi 90' Henry 90+3'	Report	Kelly 12' Oyegoke 31' 41' Halliday 64' Walker 82'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,883 Referee: Thomas Parsons

12 August 2023 2	Bradford City	2–1	Colchester United	Bradford
15:00 BST	Walker 7' Oduor 45' Platt 45+5' Pattison 58'	Report	Taylor 9' 57' Dallison 40'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,177 Referee: Marc Edwards

15 August 2023 3	Stockport County	1–1	Bradford City	Edgeley
19:45 BST	Knoyle 20' Olaofe 80' Croasdale 87'	Report	Gilliead 20' Pattison 47' Oyegoke 52' Platt 52'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 9,296 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

19 August 2023 4	Morecambe	3–0	Bradford City	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Songo'o 12' Mellon 22', 86' (pen.) 90+6' Mayor 31' McKiernan 68'	Report	Smallwood 22' Pattison 25' Stubbs 88'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 4,713 Referee: Lewis Smith

26 August 2023 5	Bradford City	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Bradford
15:00 BST	Walker 43' Kelly 45+1' Richards 71'	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 16,736 Referee: Darren Drysdale

2 September 2023 6	Mansfield Town	0–0	Bradford City	Mansfield
15:00 BST	Macdonald 68' Gale 75'	Report	Smallwood 23' Walker 55' Platt 81' Oyegoke 90+4'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 8,525 Referee: Leigh Doughty

9 September 2023 7	Bradford City	1–1	Grimsby Town	Bradford
12:30 BST	Kelly 6' Gilliead 89' Afoka 90+3'	Report	Eisa 8' Rodgers 32' Amos 34' Rose 43' Conteh 53'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 18,879 Referee: Sam Purkiss

16 September 2023 8	Bradford City	1–1	Harrogate Town	Bradford
15:00 BST	Walker 90+5'	Report	Odoh 33' Daly 78' Oxley 90+2'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,283 Referee: Sunny Gill

23 September 2023 9	Newport County	1–4	Bradford City	Newport
15:00 BST	Bogle 35' Evans 72' Drysdale 85'	Report	Cook 14', 29', 90+2' Tulloch 26' Ridehalgh 84'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,087 Referee: Andy Davies

30 September 2023 10	Bradford City	1–3	Walsall	Bradford
15:00 BST	Cook 23' (pen.) Tulloch 55'	Report	Riley 22' Gordon 26' 43' Oteh 45+3' Draper 56' Tierney 76' Williams 79'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,038 Referee: Scott Jackson

3 October 2023 11	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Bradford City	Birkenhead
19:45 BST	Hendry 24' Saunders 32' O'Connor 39' Walker 49' Hawkes 66' Morris 83'	Report	Platt 14' Cook 55' McDonald 64' Ridehalgh 78'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,672 Referee: Scott Oldham

7 October 2023 12	Bradford City	1–0	Swindon Town	Bradford
15:00 BST	Pointon 50' Walker 60' Halliday 76' Smallwood 89'	Report	Khan 42' Hutton 65' Austin 76'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 16,788 Referee: Christopher Pollard

14 October 2023 13	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Bradford City	Wimbledon
10:00 BST	Davison 17' Lewis 58' Ogundere 70'	Report	Platt 7' Smallwood 31' Osadebe 62'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 8,270 Referee: Scott Simpson

21 October 2023 14	Bradford City	1–1	Wrexham	Bradford
15:00 BST	Smallwood 6' Walker 26' Pointon 37' Wilson 85'	Report	Mullin 2' 68' (Barnett) Jones 29'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 21,552 Referee: Ross Joyce

24 October 2023 15	Milton Keynes Dons	4–1	Bradford City	Milton Keynes
10:00 BST	Tomlinson 4' Payne 31' Dean 59' Gilbey 90'	Report	Gilliead 17' Taylor 30' McDonald 39' Ridehalgh 52' Stubbs 70'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 5,510 Referee: Matthew Corlett

28 October 2023 16	Sutton United	2–1	Bradford City	Sutton
15:00 GMT	Coley 4' Goodliffe 73' Smith 81' Beautyman 87'	Report	Cook 57' 66'	Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 2,866 Referee: Oliver Langford

11 November 2023 17	Bradford City	1–2	Barrow	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Smith 33' Halliday 50' Cook 77'	Report	Telford 1' Spence 38' White 45+5' Ray 77'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,247 Referee: David Webb

18 November 2023 18	Notts County	4–2	Bradford City	Nottingham
12:30 GMT	McGoldrick 5' 69' Langstaff 36', 42' Crowley 45+2' Adebayo-Rowling 77' Baldwin 90+3'	Report	Brindley 57' (o.g.) Walker 75'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 11,909 Referee: Tom Reeves

25 November 2023 19	Bradford City	1–0	Accrington Stanley	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Smith 58' 66' Taylor 80' Chapman 90+5'	Report	Hills 32' Rich-Baghuelou 47' Shipley 57' Whalley 76'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 16,548 Referee: Keith Stroud

28 November 2023 20	Forest Green Rovers	0–3	Bradford City	Nailsworth
19:45 GMT			Matthew Platt Andy Cook pen Jamie Walker	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,462 Referee: Simon Mather

16 December 2023 22	Gillingham	0–2	Bradford City	Gillingham
15:00 GMT	Bonne 55' Ehmer 57' Masterson 59'	Report	Walker 31' Platt 50' Gilliead 51' Kelly 55' Halliday 60' Cook 75' Richards 86'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,874 Referee: Scott Jackson

22 December 2023^[45] 23	Doncaster Rovers	1–3	Bradford City	Doncaster
19:45 GMT	Ironside 7' Senior 65'	Report	Cook 27', 85' Smith 43' Richards 90+5'	Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 8,695 Referee: Edward Duckworth

26 December 2023 24	Bradford City	2–2	Morecambe	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Cook 56' Oduor 59' Tomkinson 80' Halliday 83'	Report	Connolly 3' Mckiernan 18', 58' Slew 78' Tutonda 80'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 18,540 Referee: Darren Drysdale

29 December 2023 25	Bradford City	0–0	Stockport County	Bradford
19:45 GMT	Gilliead 50' Oduor 70'	Report	Touray 45+1' Wright 76'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 9,657 Referee: Lewis Smith

1 January 2024 26	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Bradford City	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Long 13' (pen.) Rowe 39' Booth 69' Billington 77' Demetriou 87' Baker-Richardson 90+5'	Report	Smallwood 38' Halliday 90+1'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 5,529 Referee: Peter Wright

6 January 2024 27	Bradford City	2–4	Crawley Town	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Ridehalgh 61' Cook 79' Addai 79' (o.g.) Derbyshire 90+7'	Report	Orsi 12', 90+7' (pen.) Tsaroulla 16' Maguire 19' Campbell 85' Lolos 90+10'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 16,699 Referee: Neil Hair

13 January 2024 28	Colchester United	1-1	Bradford City	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Hopper 59'	Report	Cook 35'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,625 Referee: Scott Simpson

23 January 2024 21^[46]	Bradford City	1–1	Salford City	Bradford
19:45 GMT	Halliday 20'	Report	Watt 13' Watson 14'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 16,549 Referee: Martin Woods
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 9 December, but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.^[47]

27 January 2024 30	Swindon Town	2–0	Bradford City	Swindon
15:00 GMT	Austin 17' (pen.) Devoy 45+2' Kokolo 45+4' Khan 58'	Report	Stubbs 49' Smallwood 55'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,878 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

3 February 2024 31	Bradford City	0–0	AFC Wimbledon	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Smallwood 38' McDonald 80' Kavanagh 90+1'	Report	Brown 24' Ogundere 45' Chaaban 45+2' Little 77'	Stadium: Valley Parade Referee: Ross Joyce

10 February 2024 32	Wrexham	0–1	Bradford City	Wrexham
15:00 BST		Report	Platt 25' Gilliead 45+2' Tomkinson 64' Cook 83, 90'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 12,447 Referee: Ben Speedie

13 February 2024 33	Bradford City	4–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Bradford
19:45 GMT	Platt 14' Kavanagh 36' McDonald 44' Gilliead 45+3' Cook 49' 76' Oduor 51' Smallwood 59' Tomkinson 71'	Report	Robson 90'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 16,234 Referee: Ollie Yates

17 February 2024 34	Bradford City	1–0	Sutton United	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Tomkinson 46' Kavanagh 54'	Report	Angol 40' Bouzanis 89'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 16,697 Referee: Marc Edwards

5 March 2024 29^[48]	Bradford City	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Bradford
19:45 GMT	Oduor 17' Stubbs 28' McDonald 32' Tomkinson 61' Smith 84' Wilson 90+2'	Report	Maxwell 30' Bailey 41' Biggins 42' Molyneux 45' Lo-Tutala 90+4'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,138 Referee: Leigh Doughty
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 20 January, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[49]

9 March 2024 37	Accrington Stanley	0–3	Bradford City	Accrington
15:00 GMT	O'Brien 79'	Report	Wright 5' 12', 23' Cook 38'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 4,099 Referee: Paul Howard

12 March 2024 38	Bradford City	0–2	Forest Green Rovers	Bradford
19:45 GMT	Kelly 90+2'	Report	Doidge 2', 90+3' (pen.) Robson 56'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 15,418 Referee: Simon Mather

16 March 2024 39	Bradford City	1–5	Mansfield Town	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Walker 8' Cook 72' Tomkinson 90+1'	Report	Cargill 10' Akins 14' Keillor-Dunn 18', 20' Swan 45+2' Lewis 86' Reed 90+2'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 16,496 Referee: Martin Coy

19 March 2024 36^[50]	Bradford City	0–3	Notts County	Bradford
19:45 GMT	Gilliead 36' Halliday 56' Smallwood 82' Wright 90' McDonald 90+3'	Report	Langstaff 12' Jatta 57' 90+4' Nemane 90+1'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 17,983 Referee: Ben Toner
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 2 March, but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.^[51]

23 March 2024 40	Harrogate Town	3–0	Bradford City	Harrogate
13:00 GMT	March 21' Dooley 57' Thomson 73' (pen.) Oyegoke 79' (o.g.)	Report	Wright 74'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 3,905 Referee: Sam Purkiss

29 March 2024 41	Bradford City	2–0	Tranmere Rovers	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Platt 48' Smallwood 53' Kavanagh 64' Pointon 69'	Report	Pike 26' Norris 50' Apter 63'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 18,009 Referee: Richie Watkins

1 April 2024 42	Grimsby Town	1–1	Bradford City	Cleethorpes
13:00 BST	Hume 37' 90+1' Thompson 55' Andrews 85' Rodgers 90+2'	Report	Oyegoke 53' Kavanagh 56' Platt 67' Wright 80' Kelly 84' Smallwood 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,711 Referee: Matthew Corlett

6 April 2024 43	Bradford City	1–0	Gillingham	Bradford
15:00 BST	Halliday 43' Oyegoke 67'	Report	Lapslie 66' Ehmer 68'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 16,735 Referee: Edward Duckworth

13 April 2024 44	Salford City	1–2	Bradford City	Kersal
15:00 BST	Hendry 18' Chesters 33' Lund 36' Smith 87'	Report	Platt 22' Kavanagh 45+3', 77' Tomkinson 83' Halliday 86'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,517 Referee: Jacob Miles

20 April 2024 45	Walsall	2–3	Bradford City	Bescot
15:00 BST	Stirk 7' Faal 16' Allen 32' Knowles 90+5'	Report	Cook 19' Walker 40', 53', 59' 68' Kelly 45+1' Wright 67' Smallwood 90+5'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 6,656 Referee: Adam Herczeg

23 April 2024 35^[52]^[53]	Barrow	1–2	Bradford City	Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 BST	Stockton 32' Spence 59' Stephenson 66' Farman 90+3'	Report	Pointon 29', 50' Oyegoke 54' Smith 90' Chapman 90+3'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4,527 Referee: Ross Joyce
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 24 February, but was postponed due to the referee deeming the playing surface to be unplayable.^[54] Fixture was later postponed for a second time due to a waterlogged pitch.^[55]

27 April 2024 46	Bradford City	4–1	Newport County	Bradford
15:00 BST	Kavanagh 44' Cook 45+1' Pointon 44' Walker 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 18,842 Referee: Thomas Kirk

FA Cup[edit]

Bradford were drawn at home to Wycombe Wanderers in the first round.^[56]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 November 2023 First Round	Bradford City	1–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Bradford
15:00 GMT	Ridehalgh 22' Stubbs 38' Walker 64' 80'	Report	Phillips 18' 80' Leahy 24' Stubbs 35' (o.g.) Stryjek 85' Hanlan 90+1' De Barr 90+3'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3,642 Referee: Declan Bourne

EFL Cup[edit]

The Bantams were drawn away to Accrington Stanley in the first round,^[57] to Wrexham in the second round^[58] and at home against Middlesbrough in the third round.^[59]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

8 August 2023 First round	Accrington Stanley	1–1 (1–4 p)	Bradford City	Accrington
19:45 BST	Coyle 32' Whalley 39' Andrews 66' Hills 87'	Report	Pattison 45+1' Halliday 60' Stubbs 86'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 2,368 Referee: Martin Coy
	Penalties
	Leigh Nolan Adedoyin		Cook Gilliead Walker Oduor

29 August 2023 Second round	Wrexham	1–1 (3–4 p)	Bradford City	Wrexham
19:45 BST	McClean 67' Boyle 72'	Report	Smith 3' (pen.) Pattison 45+4' Platt 90+2'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 9,816 Referee: Ben Speedie
	Penalties
	Young Lee Palmer McClean Jones		Derbyshire Smallwood Wilson Halliday Oyegoke

26 September 2023 Third round	Bradford City	0–2	Middlesbrough	Bradford
19:45 BST	Walker 38' Pattison 89'	Report	Latte Lath 21' Rogers 54' Smith 85'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 15,754 Referee: Tom Nield

EFL Trophy[edit]

The Group stage draw was finalised on 22 June 2023.^[60] After topping the group, they were drawn at home to Liverpool U21 in the second round,^[61]^[62] away to Derby County in the third round,^[63]^[64] then at home to Doncaster Rovers in the quarter-finals,^[65] and finally at home to Wycombe Wanderers in the semi-finals.^[66]^[67] If Bradford Beat Wycombe, they will face Peterborough United at Wembley Stadium.

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Bradford City	3	3	0	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Barnsley	3	2	0	0	1	6	6	0	6	Advance to Round 2
3	ACA	Manchester City U21	3	0	1	0	2	3	8	−5	2
4	L2	Grimsby Town	3	0	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2023. Source: EFL.com

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

10 October 2023 Group stage	Grimsby Town	1–2	Bradford City	Cleethorpes
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[25] Afoka returned to parent club Aston Villa early from his season-long loan.

[28] Tulloch returned to parent club West Brom early from his season-long loan.

[34] On 2 January, Young was recalled back from his season-long loan at Swindon early.

[38] On 22 December, it was announced East would join Rochdale permanently in January.

[41] On 5 January, Odusina's loan at Woking was extended until the end of season.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	19	12	15	61	59	+2	69	9	8	6	29	28	+1	10	4	9	32	31	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	19	12	15	61	59	+2	69	9	8	6	29	28	+1	10	4	9	32	31	+1

2023–24 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Current squad[edit]

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Out[edit]

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Loaned out[edit]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Overall record[edit]

League Two[edit]

League table[edit]

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Results by round[edit]

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FA Cup[edit]

EFL Cup[edit]

EFL Trophy[edit]

€4.95

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	19	12	15	61	59	+2	69	9	8	6	29	28	+1	10	4	9	32	31	+1