There have been many schemes to link between Bradford's railway terminals. There are also lesser rivalries with Barnsley, Burnley, Hull City, Oldham Athletic, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday and York City. Among Bradford born people who made significant contributions to the arts were David Hockney, painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, who was born in the city and educated at Bradford Grammar School. Club officials first closed part of the stand in 1952, as a result of the Burnden Park disaster six years earlier. The buildings belonging to the model village are individually listed, with the highest level of protection given to the Congregational church (since 1972 known as the United Reformed Church) which is listed grade I. season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The 2020–21 season is the 118th season of Bradford City and the second consecutive season in EFL League Two, Along with League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. When the three battalions were taken over by the British Army they were officially named the 16th (1st Bradford), 18th (2nd Bradford), and 20th (Reserve) Battalions, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment). [8] The same season they won the FA Cup, when a goal from captain Jimmy Speirs won the final replay against Newcastle United. Source: Updated to match(es) played on 19 September 2020. [59], The election results for Bradford in the European Parliament election in June 2009 were: Conservative 19.2%, Labour 29.3%, UKIP 31.1%, Lib Dem 6.25%, Green 7.9%. The original Bradford Coat of Arms had the Latin words Labor omnia vincit below it, meaning "Work conquers all". [4] Peter O'Rourke took over as manager in November 1905, and he led City to the Division Two title in 1907–08 and with it promotion to the Division One. The Bradford derby is a football derby match played between Bradford City and Bradford. [26] During the summer, however, the club chairman Bob Martin had to call in the official receivers. Valley Parade, known as the Utilita Energy Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is an all-seater football stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. id:Bradford City A.F.C. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway opened a station at Drake Street on 9 May 1850, between Manchester and Leeds. Four days later, at the 23rd annual meeting of Manningham FC, the committee decided to change codes from rugby league to association football. At Leeds High Court in October 1998 he succeeded in becoming only the second player in the history of football to prove negligence by another player and was later awarded in excess of £900,000 in damages,[81][82] making it "the most expensive tackle in British football and legal history". [27] During the summer, however, the club chairman Bob Martin had to call in the official receivers. The Bradford Dragons are the city's basketball team, competing in the second tier English Basketball League Division 1. [2], Robert Campbell was appointed the club's first manager and with the help of the new committee, he assembled a playing squad at the cost of £917 10s 0d. [102] Bradford also has a number of architecturally historic hotels that date back to the establishment of the two railway lines into the city centre, back in Victorian times. 11.8% of Bradford residents were born outside the United Kingdom, higher than the England average of 9.2%. The city was granted the right on 18 September 1907 to elect a Lord Mayor.[33]. [32] City avoided relegation the following season by winning their last two league games 1–0 against Charlton and then beating Queens Park Rangers 3–0 on the final day of the season, but Kamara was sacked in January 1998. [7] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb. [3] [4] City's first game was a 2–0 defeat at Grimsby Town on 1 September 1903, [5] six days before their first home game attracted 11,000 fans. [91] [92] A "friendly" rivalry also existed with now-defunct club Halifax Town. [66] The club spent £2.6 million building a new main stand and improving the Kop, and reopened the new ground on 14 December 1986 for an exhibition match against an England international XI. They found success under the management of Phil Parkinson by reaching the 2013 League Cup final and then going on to win that year's League Two play-off final, but were relegated out of League One in 2019. [165] Professor Robert Turner (1923–1990) was a pathologist who came to Bradford from Belfast, and pioneered the use of chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer at the Bradford Royal Infirmary. It duly elected the new club into Division Two of the league, in place of Doncaster Rovers. Jelenleg az angol labdarúgás harmadik legmagasabb osztályában, a League One -ban szerepel. To support the textile mills, a large manufacturing base grew up in the town providing textile machinery, and this led to diversification with different industries thriving side by side.