I got hit by a coin that night, along with 4 out of the 5 of us at the game. Mine missed my eye by about an inch - saw one guy who wasn't so lucky - not a pretty sight. I think the old 50 pence pieces had just been taken out of circulation, as these appeared to be the missiles of choice. I also reme...
20 years of Hobnob makes me feel pretty old. As you can guess from my username, I'm a Northern exile and have been for 15 years now. As such, my highlights tend to be a bit more obscure as I've missed most of the big events over the years due to only having a season ticket for one season (damn you r...
1. Jamie Cureton 2. Glen Little 3. Shaka Hislop 4. Darius Wdowczyk 5. Gylfi Sigurdsson 6. Darren Caskey 7. Martin Butler 8. Bobby Convey 9. Brynjar Gunnarsson 10. Kevin Doyle
The problem at Bradford for some time has been the astronomical rent they have to pay to the landlord to play at Valley parade. They have to overspend every season just to be competitive. See Coventry, Stockport etc.
I honestly don't think anyone was 'pushing'. The crowd outside the ground were in a crush themselves, trying to get through a tiny number of turnstiles. Witness statements in the report show that once the gate opened, people outside the ground were literally carried off their feet straight down the ...