Bradford City

BRADFORD CITY head coach David Hopkin believes the vast size of Yorkshire makes it a stretch to describe trips such as today’s to Doncaster Rovers as a genuine “derby”.

BRADFORD CITY striker Eoin Doyle believes wanting to win tomorrow’s Yorkshire derby at Doncaster Rovers for former captain Stephen Darby will bring added incentive.

FORMER Bradford City and current Bolton Wanderers defender Stephen Darby has announced his retirement, aged 29, after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.

LEE BOWYER could only smile at suggestions that he and counterpart David Hopkin would have loved to have been on the pitch during a feisty second half at Valley Parade.

David Hopkin received a rousing reception as he stepped onto the Valley Parade pitch five minutes before kick-off ahead of his first home game as head coach.

WITH a high-profile Premier League referee as an uncle, George Miller grew up listening to criticism from the terraces.

THE LAST time David Hopkin and Lee Bowyer were together at Valley Parade they helped Leeds United take all three points in the Premier League.

BRADFORD CITY chairman Edin Rahic has taken personal responsibility for the club’s poor start to the League One season – and has apologised to supporters for some of the decisions he has made.

As far as career paths go, moving from the lecture theatre to the football dugout is not the most well-trodden.

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DAVID HOPKIN admits returning to Bradford City has felt like “coming back home”.

BROCHURES advertising the splendours of the Fylde coast are likely to be lost upon anyone of a claret-and-amber persuasion.

A DISASTROUS finale saw Bradford City pluck defeat from the jaws of victory as the David Hopkin era started off with another crushing Bloomfield Road loss for the Bantams.

EVEN the most die-hard Bradford City fan would surely find sitting through a re-run of all this season’s six league games a step too far.

BRADFORD CITY joint chairman Edin Rahic last night insisted new head coach David Hopkin will have the final say on all football matters after refuting suggestions he has been too hands-on with previous regimes.

THE TRANSFER window is now closed until January and Yorkshire clubs are now taking stock.

League One and Two clubs up and down the country are reacting to last night's Checkatrade Trophy matches while Crawley Town move closer to appointing a new manager.

NEW head coach David Hopkin has hailed the ambitions of Bradford City after agreeing to become the club’s fourth manager of 2018.