2021–22 Bradford City A.F.C. season

Bradford City
2021–22 season
ChairmanStefan Rupp
ManagerDerek Adams
(until 15 February)[1]
Mark Hughes
(from 24 February)[2]
StadiumUtilita Energy Stadium
League Two14th
FA CupFirst round
EFL CupFirst round
EFL TrophyGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andy Cook (12)
All:
Andy Cook (12)
Highest home attendance18,283 vs. Carlisle United

The 2021–22 season is Bradford City's 119th year in existence and third consecutive season in League Two. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

During pre-season, Derek Adams was appointed as Bantams new manager.[3]

Pre-season friendlies

Bradford City revealed they would have pre-season friendlies against Bradford (Park Avenue),[4] Eccleshill United,[4] Doncaster Rovers,[4] Guiseley,[4] Brighouse Town,[4] Blackburn Rovers,[4] Chesterfield[4] and Accrington Stanley[5] as part of their preparations for the new season.

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
13 July 2021 Bradford Park Avenue A 5–0 Kelleher 6', Cook 63', Scales 71', Crankshaw 78' (pen.), Eisa 87' 1,106
14 July 2021 Eccleshill United A P–P[6]
17 July 2021 Doncaster Rovers H 2–0 Eisa 10' (pen.), Cook 55' 1,000+
20 July 2021 Guiseley A 2–1 Angol (2) 35', 38' (pen.)
21 July 2021 Brighouse Town A 3–1 Crankshaw 20', Evans 34', Scales 36'
24 July 2021 Blackburn Rovers H 2–0 Angol 19', Cooke 58'
27 July 2021 Chesterfield A 1–2 O'Connor 48'
31 July 2021 Accrington Stanley A 2–0 Cook (2) 4', 21’ 1,097

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2021–22 EFL League Two

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Newport County 46 19 12 15 67 58 +9 69
12 Crawley Town 46 17 10 19 56 66 −10 61
13 Leyton Orient 46 14 16 16 62 47 +15 58
14 Bradford City 46 14 16 16 53 55 −2 58
15 Colchester United 46 14 13 19 48 60 −12 55
16 Walsall 46 14 12 20 47 60 −13 54
17 Hartlepool United 46 14 12 20 44 64 −20 54
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[7]


Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 14 16 16 53 55  −2 58 6 10 7 29 29  0 8 6 9 24 26  −2

Last updated: 7 May 2022.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAAHHAAHAHHHAAHHAAHAHAH
ResultDWWWLDLDLWDDLWDDDLDDDWLWDWLDLWLLLLLWWLDLDDLWWW
Position126223369128121012111211101212131412141012111111121111131415151513151415151618161414
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2022. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The Bantams' fixtures were released on 24 June 2021.[8]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
7 August 2021 Exeter City A 0–0 — 5,609
14 August 2021 Oldham Athletic H 2–1 Angol (2) 32', 90+8' (pen.) 17,624
17 August 2021 Stevenage H 4–1 Cook (3) 1', 30', 38', Canavan 88' 14,257
21 August 2021 Mansfield Town A 3–2 O'Connor 19', Vernam 61', Cook 87' 6,058
28 August 2021 Leyton Orient A 0–2 — 4,901
4 September 2021 Walsall H 1–1 Watt 14' 15,822
11 September 2021 Salford City A 0–1 — 2,863
18 September 2021 Barrow H 1–1 Vernam 59' 15,403
25 September 2021 Crawley Town A 1–2 Cooke 81' 2,435
2 October 2021 Rochdale H 2–0 Gilliead 37', Cook 75' (pen.) 15,809
9 October 2021 Newport County A 0–0 — 4,089
16 October 2021 Bristol Rovers H 2–2 Vernam 42', Cook 50' 16,664
19 October 2021 Hartlepool United H 1–3 O'Connor 72' 14,334
23 October 2021 Swindon Town A 3–1 Lavery 16', Sutton 40', Robinson 75' 9,461
30 October 2021 Forest Green Rovers H 1–1 Cook 10' 14,873
13 November 2021 Port Vale A 1–1 Angol 74' 7,010
20 November 2021 Northampton Town H 1–1 Vernam 67' 15,372
23 November 2021 Tranmere Rovers A 1–2 Sutton 26' 5,962
27 November 2021 Scunthorpe United A 1–1 Songo'o 68' 3,823
8 December 2021 Colchester United H 0–0 — 14,658
11 December 2021 Sutton United H 2–2 Robinson 34', Angol 81' 14,658
1 January 2022 Barrow A 2–1 Angol 8', Cook 49' 3,463
8 January 2022 Carlisle United A 0–2 — 4,996
15 January 2022 Salford City H 2–1 Watson 57' (o.g.), O'Connor 85' 14,671
22 January 2022 Rochdale A 0–0 — 4,941
25 January 2022 Walsall A 2–1 Daly 37', Cook 88' (pen.) 4,097
29 January 2022 Crawley Town H 1–2 Cook 31' 14,623
1 February 2022 Leyton Orient H 1–1 Watt 83' 13,646
5 February 2022 Harrogate Town A 0–2 — 2,778
8 February 2022 Stevenage A 1–0 Walker 55' 1,953
12 February 2022 Exeter City H 0–1 — 15,058
19 February 2022 Oldham Athletic A 0–2 — 7,716
22 February 2022 Harrogate Town H 1–3 Foulds 12' 14,512
26 February 2022 Mansfield Town H 0–2 16,797
5 March 2022 Swindon Town H 1–2 Evans 18' 15,008
12 March 2022 Forest Green Rovers A 2–0 Cooke 64', Cook 90+5' 3,339
15 March 2022 Hartlepool United A 2–0 Foulds 70', Songo'o 76' 5,106
19 March 2022 Port Vale H 1–2 Vernam 70' 16,046
26 March 2022 Newport County H 0–0 — 14,716
2 April 2022 Bristol Rovers A 1–2 Pereira 46' 9,186
9 April 2022 Northampton Town A 0–0 — 5,548
15 April 2022 Tranmere Rovers H 1–1 Walker 19' 17,257
18 April 2022 Colchester United A 3–0 - 2,893
23 April 2022 Scunthorpe United H 2–1 Walker 1', Vernam 5' 15,248
30 April 2022 Sutton United A 4–1 Vernam (2) 16', 77', Songo'o 85', Cook 90+7' 4,010
7 May 2022 Carlisle United H 2–0 Angol 13', Walker 69' 18,283

FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

Bradford City were drawn at home to Exeter City in the first round.[9]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
6 November 2021 Round 1 Exeter City H 1–1 Robinson 28' 3,236
16 November 2021 Round 1 replay Exeter City A 0–3 (a.e.t.) Void[10] — 3,509
30 November 2021 Round 1 replay Exeter City A 1–2 Angol 11' 3,228

EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Bradford City were drawn away to Nottingham Forest in the first round.[11][12]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
11 August 2021 Round 1 Nottingham Forest A 1–2 Cooke 54' 9,514

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Trophy

Group game fixture dates were announced on 22 July.[13]

Pos Div Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Sunderland 3 2 0 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Lincoln City 3 2 0 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3 ACA Manchester United U21 3 1 0 0 2 6 5 +1 3
4 L2 Bradford City 3 0 1 0 2 1 7 −6 2
Source: EFL.com
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
31 August 2021 Group game 1 Lincoln City H 0–3 — —
21 September 2021 Group game 2 Manchester United U21 H 0–3 — 2,022
9 November 2021 Group game 3 Sunderland A 1–1 (4–2 p) Robinson 36' —

Squad statistics

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Richard O'Donnell 19 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 23 0 2 0
2 DF England Oscar Threlkeld 22 0 3 0 0 0 2(1) 0 27(1) 0 6 0
3 DF England Liam Ridehalgh 28(1) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 31(1) 0 3 0
4 DF Republic of Ireland Paudie O'Connor 45 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 50 3 12 2
6 MF Cameroon Yann Songo'o 39(2) 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 43(2) 3 6 0
7 FW Sudan Abo Eisa 1(3) 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1(5) 0 0 0
8 MF England Callum Cooke 28(14) 2 1(2) 0 1 1 2 0 32(16) 3 7 0
9 FW England Andy Cook 35(4) 12 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0 37(5) 12 0 0
10 FW Scotland Jamie Walker 14(5) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 14(5) 4 5 0
11 MF England Alex Gilliead 38(5) 1 3 0 1 0 2(1) 0 44(6) 1 3 0
12 GK England Alex Bass 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 1 0
14 DF England Matty Foulds 18(5) 2 2(1) 0 0 0 2(1) 0 22(7) 2 1 0
15 MF England Charles Vernam 19(9) 8 2 0 0(1) 0 2(1) 0 23(11) 8 0 0
16 DF Republic of Ireland Fiacre Kelleher 6(3) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 2 0 8(4) 0 1 0
17 MF England Gareth Evans 13(7) 1 0(2) 0 0 0 3 0 16(9) 1 1 0
18 MF Scotland Elliot Watt 41 2 3 0 1 0 1(1) 0 46(1) 2 13 1
19 FW England Lee Angol 14(4) 6 1(2) 1 1 0 1 0 17(6) 7 4 1
20 FW England Theo Robinson 5(18) 2 2(1) 1 0 0 1 1 8(19) 4 1 0
21 DF Republic of Ireland Reece Staunton 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0
22 MF England Levi Sutton 23(9) 2 3 0 1 0 1(2) 0 28(11) 2 5 0
23 FW England Tom Elliott 2(5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2(5) 0 0 0
24 DF England Finn Cousin-Dawson 8(3) 0 0(1) 0 1 0 1 0 10(4) 0 4 0
25 MF England Matty Daly 8(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8(1) 1 0 0
26 MF England Kian Scales 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2(2) 0 1 0
27 DF England Luke Hendrie 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 4 0
28 FW England Dion Pereira 9(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9(1) 1 0 0
29 FW Northern Ireland Caolan Lavery 5(14) 1 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 5(15) 1 2 0
30 FW England Nathan Delfouneso 4(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4(2) 0 0 0
33 FW England Charlie Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF Poland Olivier Sukiennicki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players out on loan for rest of the season
- GK England Sam Hornby 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 0
Players left during the season
- DF Republic of Ireland Niall Canavan 17 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 21 1 2 1
- MF England Ollie Crankshaw 0(6) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0 1(7) 0 0 0
- DF Poland Jorge Sikora 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0

As of 7 May 2022.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2021 CF England Lee Angol England Leyton Orient Free transfer [14]
1 July 2021 CF England Andy Cook England Mansfield Town Free transfer [15]
1 July 2021 LW England Abo Eisa England Scunthorpe United Free transfer [16]
1 July 2021 RW England Alex Gilliead England Scunthorpe United Free transfer [17]
1 July 2021 CB Republic of Ireland Fiacre Kelleher Wales Wrexham Free transfer [18]
1 July 2021 LB England Liam Ridehalgh England Tranmere Rovers Free transfer [19]
1 July 2021 DM Cameroon Yann Songo'o England Morecambe Free transfer [20]
1 July 2021 RB England Oscar Threlkeld England Salford City Free transfer [21]
2 August 2021 CF Northern Ireland Caolan Lavery England Walsall Free transfer [22]
31 August 2021 CF Jamaica Theo Robinson England Port Vale Free transfer [23]
31 January 2022 RB England Luke Hendrie England Hartlepool United Free transfer [24]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
4 January 2022 LW England Dion Pereira England Luton Town End of season [25]
11 January 2022 LW Scotland Jamie Walker Scotland Heart of Midlothian End of season [26]
18 January 2022 AM England Matty Daly England Huddersfield Town End of season [27]
24 January 2022 GK England Alex Bass England Portsmouth End of season [28]
27 January 2022 CF England Tom Elliott England Salford City End of season [29]
31 January 2022 CF England Nathan Delfouneso England Bolton Wanderers End of season [30]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
12 November 2021 CB Republic of Ireland Reece Staunton England Bradford (Park Avenue) 10 December 2021 [31]
31 January 2022 GK England Sam Hornby England Colchester United End of season [32]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
15 May 2021 GK England Tom Donaghy England Fleetwood Town Undisclosed [33]
30 June 2021 SS Republic of Ireland Billy Clarke Retired — [34]
30 June 2021 CF Jamaica Clayton Donaldson England York City Released [35][36]
30 June 2021 GK England Will Huffer England Stalybridge Celtic Released [35][37]
30 June 2021 RM England Zeli Ismail England Hereford Released [35][38]
30 June 2021 CF England Lee Novak Retired — [39]
30 June 2021 RB Republic of Ireland Anthony O'Connor England Morecambe Released [35][40]
30 June 2021 LM England Harry Pritchard England Eastleigh Released [35][41]
30 June 2021 AM England Connor Shanks England Huddersfield Town Released [35][42]
30 June 2021 LB England Connor Wood England Leyton Orient Released [35][43]
28 September 2021 RW England Ollie Crankshaw England Stockport County Undisclosed [44]
17 January 2022 CB England Jorge Sikora Free agent Mutual consent [45]
31 January 2022 CB Republic of Ireland Niall Canavan England Barrow Undisclosed [46]

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