2020–21 Bradford City A.F.C. season

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.

Bradford City
2020–21 season
ChairmanStefan Rupp
ManagerStuart McCall
(until 13 December)[1]
Mark Trueman and Connor Sellars
StadiumUtilita Energy Stadium
League Two17th
FA CupSecond round
EFL CupSecond round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lee Novak (6)
All:
Lee Novak (7)

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Pre-season

On 18 August 2020, Bradford faced Doncaster Rovers in a behind closed doors friendly, the Bantams lost the match 4–3 with Kurtis Guthrie scoring a brace of goals with another one added by Billy Clarke.[2] Two days later it was announced that Bradford would face local rivals Huddersfield Town in a behind closed doors friendly at the Terriers training ground.[3] Later on that week the match against Huddersfield was given the green light to play at Kirklees Stadium.[4] Bradford's final pre-season match ended in a 3–2 defeat at the hands of Wigan Athletic.[5]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
18 August 2020 Doncaster Rovers H 3–4 Clarke 49', Guthrie (2) 59', 70' 0
26 August 2020 Huddersfield Town A 1–2 Mottley-Henry 2' 0
29 August 2020 Wigan Athletic H 2–3 Scales 19', Pritchard 81' 0

Competitions

EFL League Two
Main article: 2020–21 EFL League Two

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
15 Mansfield Town 24 7 11 6 32 30 +2 32
16 Port Vale 28 9 5 14 40 43 −3 32
17 Scunthorpe United 26 10 2 14 28 34 −6 32[lower-alpha 1]
18 Colchester United 26 7 11 8 28 34 −6 32[lower-alpha 1]
19 Bradford City 25 8 7 10 27 30 −3 31
20 Bolton Wanderers 25 8 7 10 30 37 −7 31
21 Stevenage 26 5 11 10 21 29 −8 26
22 Barrow 25 5 8 12 31 36 −5 23
23 Grimsby Town 27 5 6 16 20 46 −26 21 Relegation to National League
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. 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[6]
Notes:
  1. Ranked on matches won: Scunthorpe United 10, Colchester United 7.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
25 8 7 10 27 30  −3 31 4 4 4 12 12  0 4 3 6 15 18  −3

Last updated: 6 February 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday
Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
GroundHAHHAHHAAHHAAHHAAHAAHAAHA
ResultDDWLWDLLLWDLLLLLDWWWDDWWL
Position1415916131415151615161920212322212118181820181719
Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[7]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
12 September 2020 Colchester United H 0–0 0
19 September 2020 Forest Green Rovers A 2–2 Novak 49', Watt 66' 1,000
26 September 2020 Stevenage H 2–1 Novak (2) 61', 81' 0
3 October 2020 Grimsby Town A P–P
12 October 2020 Harrogate Town H 0–1 0
17 October 2020 Mansfield Town A 3–1 Štěch 8' (o.g.), Wood 14', Donaldson 69' 0
20 October 2020 Walsall H 1–1 Clarke 76' (pen.) 0
24 October 2020 Newport County H 0–3 0
27 October 2020 Bolton Wanderers A 0–1 0
31 October 2020 Barrow A 0–1 0
3 November 2020 Southend United H 3–0 Cooke 5', Watt 33', Pritchard 43' 0
14 November 2020 Exeter City H 2–2 Clarke 10', Staunton 45+1' 0
21 November 2020 Salford City A 0–3 0
24 November 2020 Leyton Orient A 0–1 0
1 December 2020 Cheltenham Town H 1–2 Donaldson 23’ 0
5 December 2020 Carlisle United H 0–1 0
12 December 2020 Oldham Athletic A 1–3 P.O'Connor 85' 0
15 December 2020 Crawley Town A 1–1 Novak 11' 0
19 December 2020 Cambridge United H 1–0 Pritchard 42' 0
22 December 2020 Grimsby Town A 2–1 Novak 21', Sutton 45' 0
26 December 2020 Tranmere Rovers A 1–0 Novak 62' 2,000
29 December 2020 Port Vale H 0–0 0
2 January 2021 Morecambe H P–P
9 January 2021 Scunthorpe United A P–P
16 January 2021 Crawley Town H P–P
23 January 2021 Cambridge United A 0–0 0
26 January 2021 Southend United A 3–1 Evans (2) 23', 74', Rowe 57' 0
30 January 2021 Barrow H 2–1 Rowe 5', Cooke 49' 0
6 February 2021 Exeter City A 2–3 Vernam 17', Crankshaw 45' 0
9 February 2021 Scunthorpe United A
13 February 2021 Salford City H
16 February 2021 Morecambe H

FA Cup
Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[8] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.[9]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
7 November 2020 First Round Tonbridge Angels A 7–0 A.O'Connor 6', Clarke (2) 14', 45', Donaldson 55', Samuels 69', Pritchard 83', Wood 90+1' 0
28 November 2020 Second Round Oldham Athletic H 1–2 Donaldson 11' (pen.) 0

EFL Cup
Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[10] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[11]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
5 September 2020 Round 1 Bolton Wanderers A 2–1 Novak 26', Pritchard 75' 0
15 September 2020 Round 2 Lincoln City H 0–5 0

EFL Trophy
Main article: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[12]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Oldham Athletic 3 3 0 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 3 1 1 0 1 3 6 −3 5
3 L2 Bradford City 3 0 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4 L1 Doncaster Rovers 3 0 1 0 2 1 4 −3 2
Source: EFL.com
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
8 September 2020 Group Stage Doncaster Rovers A 0–0 (1–4 p) 0
6 October 2020 Group Stage Wolverhampton Wanderers U21's H 1–1 (3–5 p) Donaldson 83' 0
10 November 2020 Group Stage Oldham Athletic H 1–3 Sutton 60' (o.g.) 0

Squad Statistics
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1GK Richard O'Donnell 20020200024000
2DF Bryce Hosannah 8020001011010
4DF Paudie O'Connor 20(1)120202026(1)131
5DF Niall Canavan 0(1)00000000(1)000
6DF Anthony O'Connor 24021200028131
7MF Harry Pritchard 11(5)2111(1)12015(6)420
8MF Callum Cooke 20(3)21(1)0200023(4)220
9FW Lee Novak 13600110014720
10FW Clayton Donaldson 13(6)2221(1)02118(7)510
11MF Zeli Ismail 1(2)01000103(2)000
12MF Jordan Stevens 1(3)00000001(3)000
13GK Sam Hornby 500000308010
14DF Matty Foulds 000000000000
15MF Charles Vernam 110000001100
16FW Billy Clarke 16(1)222200020(1)420
17MF Gareth Evans 6(4)20(1)000006(5)210
18MF Elliot Watt 24(1)220100027(1)240
19FW Rumarn Burrell 0(2)00000000(2)000
20GK Will Huffer 000000000000
21DF Reece Staunton 81101(1)00(2)010(3)130
22DF Levi Sutton 13(3)100002015(3)121
23DF Connor Wood 25121200029230
24DF Finn Cousin-Dawson 11(2)000003014(2)040
25DF Jorge Sikora 000000303000
26MF Kian Scales 1(8)00000304(8)000
27MF Connor Shanks 0000002(1)02(1)010
28FW Danny Rowe 320000003200
29FW Andy Cook 0(1)00000000(1)000
31MF Ollie Crankshaw 110000001100
33FW Charlie Wood 0000000(1)00(1)000
34MF Olivier Sukiennicki 0000000(1)00(1)000
Players out on loan for rest of the season
Players left during the season
-DF Tyler French 7(7)00(1)0201(1)010(9)020
-FW Kurtis Guthrie 4(4)000200(1)06(5)000
-DF Jackson Longridge 0(2)00000303(2)000
-MF Dylan Mottley-Henry 4(7)00(2)00(1)0307(10)000
-DF Ben Richards-Everton 9(1)010102013(1)010
-FW Austin Samuels 6(6)01(1)100007(7)100
-–Own goals –1–0–0–1–2––

As of 6 February 2021.

Transfers

Transfers in
Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
11 July 2020RBLevi Sutton Scunthorpe UnitedFree transfer[13]
17 July 2020AMBilly Clarke Grimsby TownFree transfer[14]
25 July 2020AMCallum Cooke Peterborough UnitedFree transfer[15]
27 July 2020CMElliot Watt Wolverhampton WanderersUndisclosed[16]
25 September 2020AMGareth Evans PortsmouthFree transfer[17]
7 January 2021GKWill Huffer Bradford (Park Avenue)Free transfer[18]
12 January 2021CBNiall Canavan Plymouth ArgyleUndisclosed[19]
16 January 2021LBMatty Foulds Como 1907Free transfer[20]
20 January 2021CFDanny Rowe Oldham AthleticUndisclosed[21]
1 February 2021AMCharles Vernam Burton AlbionUndisclosed[22]
1 February 2021AMOllie Crankshaw Wigan AthleticUndisclosed[23]

Loans in
Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
29 September 2020RBBryce Hosannah Leeds UnitedEnd of season[24]
10 October 2020CFAustin Samuels Wolverhampton WanderersJanuary 2021[25]
8 January 2021RWJordan Stevens Leeds UnitedEnd of season[26]
14 January 2021CFRumarn Burrell MiddlesbroughEnd of season[27]
27 January 2021CFAndy Cook Mansfield TownEnd of season[28]

Transfers out
Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020CMHope Akpan SJK SeinäjokiReleased[29][30]
1 July 2020CMJermaine Anderson Aldershot TownReleased[29][31]
1 July 2020CMDanny Devine Carlisle UnitedReleased[29][32]
1 July 2020LWJordan Gibson St Patrick's AthleticReleased[29][33]
1 July 2020RBAdam Henley ChorleyReleased[29][34]
1 July 2020SSShay McCartan Ballymena UnitedReleased[29][35]
1 July 2020RBKelvin Mellor MorecambeReleased[29][36]
1 July 2020CMJake Reeves Notts CountyReleased[29][37]
1 July 2020RBJoe Riley Carlisle UnitedReleased[29][38]
1 July 2020GKGeorge Sykes-Kenworthy Derby CountyReleased[29][39]
1 July 2020LMChris Taylor Barrow FCReleased[29]
11 August 2020CFJames Vaughan Tranmere RoversMutual consent[40][41]
17 October 2020CMEliot Goldthorp Frickley AthleticFree transfer[42]
11 January 2021CBBen Richards-Everton Barnet FCMutual consent[43]
15 January 2021CFKurtis Guthrie Port ValeFree transfer[44]
19 January 2021LBJackson Longridge Livingston FCMutual consent[45]
31 January 2021CBTyler French Wrexham FCMutual consent[46]
31 January 2021MFDylan Mottley-Henry Larne FCMutual consent[47]

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