Fixtures: Bantams entertain Coventry in season opener

BRADFORD City will open their League One campaign with a home match against Coventry, who they famously drew with 3-3 in a feisty clash last November.

By The Newsroom

Published 18th Jun 2014, 10:20 BST

The Bantams then travel to Morecambe in the Capital One Cup before facing away league games at Walsall and Crawley and then a home clash with Peterborough on August 23.

City face two derbieis in October, visiting Barnsley on October 11 before hosting Sheffield United seven days later.

Phil Parkinson’s side welcome Doncaster Rovers on November 1 and their Christmas fixtures see them host Scunthorpe United on December 20 and visit Fleetwood on Boxing Day. They end 2014 at home to Notts County on December 28.

Bradford start the new year with a trip to Leyton Orient on January 3. Their Easter fixtures are at Doncaster Rovers on Easter Saturday and at home to Preston on Easter Monday.

April also fits in derbies at Bramall Lane against Sheffield United on April 18 and at home to Barnsley seven days later.

The season closes with a final away game at Crewe on May 2.