Absolutely incredible for a game against Colchester, new club record apparently for a league game

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:33 pm

Absolutely incredible for a game against Colchester, new club record apparently for a league game

Haven't they done good deals on ticket prices for a few years now? Both season tickets and matchday?

Still a fantastic attendance though for what is fourth division in old money!

fidelcastro wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:49 pm

Haven't they done good deals on ticket prices for a few years now? Both season tickets and matchday?

Still a fantastic attendance though for what is fourth division in old money!

yep cheap tickets - proof it can be done. Tell you what, I bet the atmosphere was good

£5 tickets for this match.

756 for Colchester is also amazing! They only used to get a couple of thousand for a home match!

I was at Forster Square station at 1 pm, let's just say it was a little busy.

Couldnt get in Centenary Square Spoons.

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:55 pm

yep cheap tickets - proof it can be done. Tell you what, I bet the atmosphere was good

We'll have to ask them how they do it!

fidelcastro wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:59 pm

We'll have to ask them how they do it!

Football tourists for the current European City of Culture?

What's the population of Bradford?

mkmel wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 5:36 pm

What's the population of Bradford?

I think it's around 330,000.

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 5:05 pm

Football tourists for the current European City of Culture?

Is that particular title that much of an attraction to watch 4th tier football?

I think it's more down to the cheap pricing.

MDWat was there (he’s one of their five drummers). Said that it was incredible today. He absolutely loves what Grezza is doing for his Bantams.

fidelcastro wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 5:56 pm

Is that particular title that much of an attraction to watch 4th tier football?

I think it's more down to the cheap pricing.

Ah, you thought I was being serious. Sorry.

In all seriousness, great for Grandad, I'm really happy for him.

They sell shed loads of season tickets at ridiculous prices. I did some temporary work in Keighley a couple of years ago and met a guy who had moved up from the south. He'd bought season tickets for himself and his two young sons at Bradford for something like £250 and simply said it was the thing to do round where he lived (Bradford) because it was ridiculously cheap and almost an expectation. Consequently they have amazing crowds!

They’ve been doing those cheap season tickets for probably around 20 years now.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 6:31 pm

They’ve been doing those cheap season tickets for probably around 20 years now.

For about as long as they’ve been ****.

Sadly look like they’ll go up this time.

MDWat wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 6:32 pm

For about as long as they’ve been ****.

Sadly look like they’ll go up this time.

My mate lives in Bolton Woods (Bradford) that overlooks their white elephant of a ground. Last season, on match days, you couldn't even tell there was anyone in it.

I am genuinely pleased for Grandad though.

Ours is a B'ford postcode but B'ford is the 4th nearest ground ... Nearest is Burnley then Acc, B'tards then B'ford.

You BD23 BC?

I'm in BD22.

Who's bankrolling the cheap admission fees ?

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 8:04 pm

You BD23 BC?

I'm in BD22.

BD234

Forgot about 24, the outliers.

cbx750 wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:57 pm

£5 tickets for this match.

going for promotion, brilliant stuff

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 8:04 pm

You BD23 BC?

I'm in BD22.

What happened to the Shipley Dancing Dude? Not seen or heard anything about him for a long time.

Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 8:32 pm

What happened to the Shipley Dancing Dude? Not seen or heard anything about him for a long time.

Lost me there mate..

The Lakean Ballroom?

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 8:34 pm

Lost me there mate..

The Lakean Ballroom?

This guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpXhUoi1GLM

Clovius Boofus wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 8:46 pm

This guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpXhUoi1GLM

Not seen that before.

I was born in Shipley, but I spend as little time there as possible.

Shipley is one of the strangest places about. I’m originally from Baildon, which has a lovely upper bit and an…interesting…lower bit.

Bfd City's big crowds of recent years are solely down to cheap season tickets.

Quicknick wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 23, 2025 5:51 am

Bfd City's big crowds of recent years are solely down to cheap season tickets.

Solely?

It’s probably not the intent but it can sound a bit sneery when we say ‘yeah, but it’s just because it’s cheap’.

All it shows me is that there’s 23,000 people in Bradford who want to support their local 4th division side, and there will be similar numbers around the country, but we’re currently pricing them out.

Surely you’re not only a proper fan - or should only be counted as one - if you have a good level of disposable income and can pay £40 for a ticket? Well done to Bradford, hopefully everyone there had a good day at football.

Bradford City have said yesterday was "the largest league attendance ever for our club!"

Is that correct? Yesterday was the highest attendance in their entire history? Until yesterday Bradford City had never had more than 23,381 people watching them? Is that right? I find that a really low number.

Pickles wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:17 am

Bradford City have said yesterday was "the largest league attendance ever for our club!"

Is that correct? Yesterday was the highest attendance in their entire history? Until yesterday Bradford City had never had more than 23,381 people watching them? Is that right? I find that a really low number.

For a 4th tier game happen?

This could be correct for any league game.

I did find this though -

'The attendance record (for Valley Parade) of 39,146 was set in 1911 at an FA Cup tie against Burnley, making it the oldest-surviving attendance record at a Football League ground in England'

equinox wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 23, 2025 6:53 am

Solely?

One of the conditions of the cheep season tickets is that you have to walk to each game

Bradford City got marginally more for a league game against Sunderland in 1913. So it's not their highest attendance ever, as the club says. Just seems a weird thing to lie about. And I'm surprised Bradford City have never had more than 23,000 fans at a league game at any point in their history. Huge city, Premier League... It seems a low number.

NottsClaret wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:14 am

It’s probably not the intent but it can sound a bit sneery when we say ‘yeah, but it’s just because it’s cheap’.

All it shows me is that there’s 23,000 people in Bradford who want to support their local 4th division side, and there will be similar numbers around the country, but we’re currently pricing them out.

Surely you’re not only a proper fan - or should only be counted as one - if you have a good level of disposable income and can pay £40 for a ticket? Well done to Bradford, hopefully everyone there had a good day at football.

Agree with your sentiments entirely but it would be interesting if Bradford were to be promoted once or twice what happens to their pricing.

They simple could not afford championship wages with those tickets prices. They’d need somebody bankrolling them.

wilks_bfc wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:38 am

One of the conditions of the cheep season tickets is that you have to walk to each game

Barefoot?

26k+ in 62 when we drew 2-2 in the cup
There were over 52k at the Turk when replayed
Won 5-0

mdd2 wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:49 am

26k+ in 62 when we drew 2-2 in the cup
There were over 52k at the Turk when replayed
Won 5-0

That's got to be fairly close to our home record attendance.

mdd2 wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 23, 2025 8:49 am

26k+ in 62 when we drew 2-2 in the cup
There were over 52k at the Turk when replayed
Won 5-0

Imagine all those curly swords.

equinox wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 23, 2025 9:47 am

Imagine all those curly swords.

What a delight.

There was an excellent Jamaican cafe next to Valley Parade when we last played there we got an excellent goat curry after the match to celebrate another away win.

equinox wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 23, 2025 6:53 am

Solely?

Yes... and a decent season this time. In previous seasons, just cheap season tickets.

equinox wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 23, 2025 9:47 am

Imagine all those curly swords.

Funny!

Bradford's seasons tickets aren't ridiculously cheap are they? It's £263 for OAPs whereas ours are from £242, and all our OAPs kicked off at that price.

Adults are £299 against our £352.

Vegas Claret wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 22, 2025 4:33 pm

Absolutely incredible for a game against Colchester, new club record apparently for a league game

The record is for a League Two fixture by the way

Is Michael Mellon on loan at Bradford or did we sell him to them?

Loan

I went to a pub in a nearby village for Sunday lunch today and was having a bit of banter with the owner about my favourite beer having run out.
A man sitting at the bar asked me where I came from, When I told him he said " I was playing golf yesterday with Roger Eli."
He said he was a former footballer and had played against Burnley in rhe Sherpa Van final. he is Micky Holmes (or Homes) and had been strechered off after a tackle from Paul Comstive.
He was in Bradford for a celebration of twenty years after winning some title and had been at the match.
He also played against us for Torquay in the playoffs.