Stadium Capacity: 25,136.
[The Co-operative Main Stand - 9,004; Betrescue Stand - 4,500; Carlsberg Kop - 7,492; North West Corner Stand - 2,300; T L Dallas Stand - 1,840].
Pitch Size: 113yds x 70yds.
Year formed: 1903.
Nickname: The Bantams.
Record Attendance: 39,146 vs Burnley. FA Cup 4th Round. 11/03/11
(This is the country’s longest surviving attendance record – 92 years).
Record Receipts: £181,990 vs Manchester United. FA Carling Premiership. 13/01/01.
Biggest Victory:
League -11-1 vs Rotherham United. D3(N). 25/08/28
FA Cup – 11-3 vs Walker Celtic. FAC1R. 01/12/37
League Cup – 7-2 vs Darlington. LC2-2. 25/09/00.
Biggest Defeat:
League – 0-8 vs Manchester City. D2. 07/05/27; 1-9 vs Colchester United. D4. 30/12/61
FA Cup – 1-6 vs Newcastle United. FAC3. 07/03/63; 0-5 vs Burnley. FAC5R 23/02/60; 0-5 vs Tottenham Hotspur. FAC3. 07/01/70.
Most points:
3 points for a win – 94. D3. 1984/85.
2 points for a win – 63. D3N. 1928/29.
Most players used in a season: 42 in season 1996/97. D1.
Most appearances: Cecil Podd. 565+9. 1970-84. [League 494+8, FAC 30, LC 33+1, others 8].
Most goals scored in a season: 128. 1928/29. D3(N).
Most goals scored in a season: 36. David Layne (1961/62).
Most goals scored in a match: Albert Whitehurst: 7 vs Tranmere Rovers. D3N. 06/03/29.
Most goals in a career: Bobby Campbell. 143 (League 121, FAC 5, LC 11, others 6) 1979-86.
Fastest goal scored at Valley Parade Stadium: 09/12/00 Ledley King (for Tottenham Hotspur) 10 seconds. (FA Carling Premiership record).
Record transfer fee received: £2m from Newcastle United for Des Hamilton (March 1997);£2m from Newcastle United for Andrew O’Brien (March 2001).
Record transfer fee paid: £2.5m to Leeds United for David Hopkin (July 2000).
Oldest player: Neville Southall. 41 years 178 days. vs Leeds United 12/03/00.
Youngest player: Robert Cullingford. 16 years 141 days. vs Mansfield Town 22/04/70.
Most capped player (whilst playing for Bradford City)
Omar Daley (Jamaica) 53
Harry Hampton (Northern Ireland) 9
Evelyn Lintott (England) 4
Dean Saunders (Wales) 7
Andy Gray (Scotland) 1
League Runs…………….
of undefeated matches – 21 (1968/69).
of matches without a win – 16 (1948/49).
of undefeated home matches – 25 (1976/77).
of undefeated away matches – 10 (1968/69).
without a home win – 10 (1962/63).
without an away win – 29 (1925/26).
of wins – 10 (1983/84).
of home wins – 9 (1952/53 and 1961/62).
of defeats – 8 (1932/33).
of away wins – 5 (1928/29, 1981/82 and 1984/85).
Club Honours:
Division 2 Champions: 1907/08.
Division 3 Champions: 1984/85.
Division 3(N) Champions: 1928/29.
FA Cup Winners: 1911.
Promotion from Division 1 as Runners-Up: 1998/99.
Promotion from Division 2 via Wembley Play-Offs: 1995/96.
Promotion from Division 4: 1968/69; 1976/77; 1981/82.
Football League Cup: Best season – fifth round, 1965, 1989.
European Competitions: Intertoto Cup, 2000.
Managers:
Robert Campbell 1903-05, Peter O’Rourke 1905-21, David Menzies 1921-26, Colin Veitch 1926-28, Peter O’Rourke 1928-30, Jack Peart 1930-35, Dick Ray 1935-37, Fred Westgarth 1938-43, Bob Sharp 1943-46, Jack Barker 1946-47, John Milburn 1947-48, David Steele 1948-52, Albert Harris 1952, Ivor Powell 1952-55, Peter Jackson 1955-61, Bob Brocklebank 1961-64, Bill Harris 1965-66, Willie Watson 1966-69, Grenville Hair 1967-68, Jimmy Wheeler 1968-71, Bryan Edwards 1971-75, Bobby Kennedy 1975-78, John Napier 1978, George Mulhall 1978-81, Roy McFarland 1981-82, Trevor Cherry 1982-87, Terry Dolan 1987-89, Terry Yorath 1989-90, John Docherty 1990-91, Frank Stapleton 1991-94, Lennie Lawrence 1994-95, Chris Kamara 1995-98, Paul Jewell 1998-2000, Chris Hutchings 2000, Jim Jefferies 2000-01, Nicky Law 2002-03, Bryan Robson 2003-04, Colin Todd 2004-2007, Stuart McCall 2007-2010, Peter Taylor 2010-2011, Peter Jackson 2011, Phil Parkinson 2011,,,,,,,