Bradford City A.F.C. records

These are a list of player and club records for Bradford City Association Football Club.

Honours

League

*Division Onecite web
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title=Facts
accessdate=2008-01-18
publisher=Bradford City official website]
**Runners-up (1): 1998–99 [The divisions were renamed in 1992 with the formation of the Premier League meaning Division Two became the new Division One]

*Division Two
**Winners (1): 1907–08
**Play-off winners (1): 1995–96 [The divisions were renamed in 1992 with the formation of the Premier League meaning Division Three became the new Division Two]

*Division Three
**Winners (1): 1984–85

*Division Three (North)
**Winners (1): 1928–29

*Division Four
**Runners-up (1): 1981–82

Cup

*FA Cup
**Winners (1): 1911

*Third Division North Challenge Cup [cite book |last=Frost |first=Terry |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |publisher=Breedon Books Sport |year=1988 |isbn=0907969380 |pages=pp. 355–356]
**Winners (1): 1939
**Runners-up (1): 1938

Player records

Youngest and oldest

*Youngest player: 16 years 141 days – Bob Cullingford v Mansfield Town, 22 April 1970.
*Oldest player: 41 years 178 days – Neville Southall v Leeds United, 12 March 2000.

Most appearances

The following players have played more than 300 league appearances for Bradford City.

Record transfer fees received

*Highest transfer fee received: £2 million – Des Hamilton, to Newcastle United, March 1997.
*Highest transfer fee received: £2 million – Andy O'Brien, to Newcastle United, March 2001.

Managerial records

*First manager: Robert Campbell (managed the club for 79 matches from June 1903 to October 1905). [cite book|last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |pages=p. 65] [cite web
url=http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=1076
title=Robert Campbell's managerial career
accessdate=2008-02-29
publisher=Soccerbase]
*Longest serving manager: Peter O'Rourke (managed the club for 497 matches from November 1905 to June 1921). [cite web
url=http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=1029
title=Peter O'Rourke's managerial career
accessdate=2008-02-29
publisher=Soccerbase] [cite web
url=http://www.soccerbase.com/manager_history.sd?teamid=234
title=Manager history for Bradford City
accessdate=2008-02-29
publisher=Soccerbase] [O'Rourke also managed Bradford City for another 92 matches from May 1928 to May 1930]

Club records

Goals

*Most league goals scored in a season: 128 in 42 matches – Division Three (North), 1928–29.cite book|last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |pages=p. 212]
*Fewest league goals scored in a season: 30 in 38 matches – Premiership, 2000–01.cite web
url=http://www.fchd.info/BRADFORC.HTM
title=Bradford City
publisher=Football Club History Database
accessdate=2008-02-29]
*Most league goals conceded in a season: 94 in 42 matches – Division Two, 1936–37.
*Most league goals conceded in a season: 94 in 46 matches – Division Four, 1965–66.
*Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 40 in 38 matches – Division One, 1913–14.

Points

*Most points in a season
**Two points for a win: 63 in 42 matches – Division Three (North), 1928–29.
**Three points for a win: 94 in 46 matches – Division Three, 1984–85. [cite book|last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |pages=p. 310]
*Fewest points in a season
**Two points for a win: 23 in 42 matches – Division Two, 1926–27.cite book|last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |pages=p. 350] [cite book|last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |pages=p. 208]
**Three points for a win: 26 in 38 matches – Premiership, 2000–01.

Matches

Firsts

*First league match: Grimsby Town 2–0 Bradford City, Division Two at Blundell Park, 1 September 1903. [cite book|last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |pages=p. 149]
*First FA Cup match: Bradford City 6–1 Rockingham Colliery, first round qualifying at Valley Parade, 3 October 1903. [cite book|last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |pages=p. 170]
*First League Cup match: Bradford City 2–1 Manchester United, second round at Valley Parade, 2 November 1960. [cite book|last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |pages=p. 152]
*First European match: FK Atlantas 1–3 Bradford City, Intertoto Cup second round at Žalgiris Stadium, 3 July 2000. [cite news
url=http://archive.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/2000/7/3/152178.html
title=Euro stars want Nolan
date=2000-07-03
accessdate=2008-02-28
publisher=Telegraph & Argus]

Record victories

*Record league victory: 11–1 v Rotherham United, Division Three (North), 25 August 1928.
*Record FA Cup victory: 11–3 v Walker Celtic, first round replay, 1 December 1937.
*Record League Cup victoy: 7–2 v Darlington, second round second leg, 25 September 2000.

Record defeats

*Record league defeat: 0–8 v Manchester City, Division Two, 7 May 1927.
*Record league defeat: 1–9 v Colchester United, Division Four, 30 December 1961.
*Record FA Cup defeat: 1–6 v Newcastle United, third round, 7 March 1963.
*Record FA Cup defeat: 0–5 v Burnley, fifth round replay, 3 February, 1960.
*Record FA Cup defeat: 0–5 v Tottenham Hotspur, third round, 7 January 1970.

Record consecutive results

*Record consecutive wins: 10 – (from 26 November 1983 to 3 February 1984. [cite book|last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |pages=p. 308]
*Record consecutive defeats: 8 – (21 January 1933 to 11 March 1933. [cite book|last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |pages=p. 220]
*Record consecutive games without a defeat: 21 – (from 11 January 1969 to 2 May 1969). [cite book|last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |pages=p. 278]
*Record consecutive games without a win: 16 – (from 28 August 1948 to 20 November 1948). [cite book|last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |pages=p. 238]

Attendances

*Highest attendance at home match (Valley Parade): 39,146 v Burnley, FA Cup fourth round, 11 March 1911.
*Lowest attendance at home match (Valley Parade): 1,249 v Hereford United, Division Four, 15 May 1981. [cite book|last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |pages=p. 374]
*Record gate receipts: £181,990 v Manchester United, Premiership, 13 January 2001.

European record

Bradford City's record in European competitions is limited to the 2000 Intertoto Cup, for which they took England's second place.

References