2020–21 Bradford City A.F.C. season
Bradford City 2020–21 football season
The 2020–21 Bradford City A.F.C. season was the 118th edition of Bradford City A.F.C. and the second consecutive season in EFL League Two , Along with League Two, the club contested in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
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 .[ 3] 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.[ 4] Later on that week the match against Huddersfield was given the green light to play at Kirklees Stadium .[ 5] Bradford's final pre-season match ended in a 3–2 defeat at the hands of Wigan Athletic .[ 6]
Competitions
EFL League Two
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 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
[ 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
16
11
19
48
53
−5
59
9
7
7
22
19
+3
7
4
12
26
34
−8
Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: BBC
Results by matchday
Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground H A H H A H H A A H H A A H H A A H A A H A A H A H A H A H H A A H A A H A H H A H A H H A Result D D W L W D L L L W D L L L L L D W W W D D W W L W W W W W D L L D L W W D W L L L L L D L Position 14 15 9 16 13 14 15 15 16 15 16 19 20 21 23 22 21 21 18 18 18 20 18 17 19 16 13 11 11 10 10 12 13 12 14 12 10 11 11 12 13 13 14 14 14 15
Matches
Win
Draw
Loss
Postponed
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[ 8]
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
P–P
13 February 2021
Salford City
H
P–P
16 February 2021
Morecambe
H
2–1
A.O'Connor 28', Vernam 63'
0
20 February 2021
Cheltenham Town
A
2–0
Cook (2) 12', 51'
0
23 February 2021
Leyton Orient
H
1–0
Cooke 81' (pen. )
0
27 February 2021
Walsall
A
2–1
Sutton 43', Cook 66'
0
2 March 2021
Mansfield Town
H
1–0
Rowe 32'
0
6 March 2021
Bolton Wanderers
H
1−1
Rowe 90+3'
0
9 March 2021
Newport County
A
1−2
Cook 46’
0
13 March 2021
Carlisle United
A
1–3
Evans 64'
0
20 March 2021
Oldham Athletic
H
0–0
0
23 March 2021
Scunthorpe United
A
0–2
0
27 March 2021
Colchester United
A
2–1
Scales 10', Cook 58'
0
2 April 2021
Forest Green Rovers
H
4–1
Watt 11', Cook (2) 47', 76', Rowe 90+4'
0
5 April 2021
Stevenage
A
1–1
Donaldson 27'
0
10 April 2021
Grimsby Town
H
1–0
A.O'Connor 42'
0
13 April 2021
Crawley Town
H
0–2
0
17 April 2021
Harrogate Town
A
1–2
Cook 72'
0
20 April 2021
Tranmere Rovers
H
0–1
0
24 April 2021
Port Vale
A
1–2
Donaldson 14'
0
27 April 2021
Salford City
H
0–1
0
1 May 2021
Scunthorpe United
H
0–0
0
8 May 2021
Morecambe
A
0–2
0
FA Cup
The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[ 9] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley .[ 10]
Win
Draw
Loss
EFL Cup
Win
Draw
Loss
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports , by Paul Merson .[ 11] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb .[ 12]
EFL Trophy
Win
Draw
Loss
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[ 13]
Squad statistics
As of 11 May 2021.
Transfers
Transfers in
Loans in
Transfers out
References
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