# 2010–11 Bradford City A.F.C. season

The 2010–11 Bradford City A.F.C. season was the 108th edition of the Bradford City A.F.C. history, their 96th in the Football League and 98th in the league system of English football. Their 2009–10 14th-place finish made the season their fourth successive season in League Two.
This article covers a period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.
They began their season with a defeat away at Shrewsbury Town. They then provided a shock during the League cup beating Championship side Nottingham Forest. They marked their first home league game of the season with a win over Stevenage F.C. The season then continued to be disappointing, eventually resulting in manager Peter Taylor leaving the club, with Peter Jackson taking charge as interim manager. The situation did not improve however, as the club slipped to its lowest league finish for many years. They ended the season with a 5–1 home defeat to Crewe. Interim manager Peter Jackson subsequently decided on a retained list, with 9 players released.

## League data
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 46 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 63 | 71 | −8 | 52 |
| 17 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 56 | 77 | −21 | 52 |
| 18 | Bradford City | 46 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 43 | 68 | −25 | 52 |
| 19 | Burton Albion | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 56 | 70 | −14 | 51 |
| 20 | Morecambe | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 54 | 73 | −19 | 51 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 6 May 2011. Source: BBC Sport

### Results by round

| Round | 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | D | L |
| Position | | | 16 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 18 |

## Appearances and goals

    As of 6 May 2011.
    (Substitute appearances in brackets)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Jon McLaughlin | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Simon Ramsden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Luke O'Brien | 37 (5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 (5) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Michael Flynn | 16 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 16 (4) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Zesh Rehman | 5 (3) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Luke Oliver | 41 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 (1) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Omar Daley | 22 (4) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 (4) | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Tommy Doherty | 17 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 (1) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Gareth Evans | 28 (8) | 3 | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 (9) | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Jake Speight | 13 (15) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 (1) | 0 | 14 (17) | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Scott Neilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Lee Hendrie | 8 (4) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 (4) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Scott Dobie | 8 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | Steve Williams | 26 (2) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 (2) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Leon Osborne | 10 (12) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (12) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Lewis Hunt | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Shane Duff | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | James Hanson | 31 (5) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 (7) | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Luke Dean | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Louis Moult | 4 (7) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 (7) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Jon Worthington | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Tom Adeyemi | 30 (4) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 (4) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Lee Bullock | 22 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 (4) | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Dave Syers | 30 (7) | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 (8) | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Chib Chilaka | 0 (4) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Oliver Gill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Rob Kiernan | 6 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Kevin Ellison | 6 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Robbie Threlfall | 16 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 (4) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | DF | Reece Brown | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Richard Eckersley | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Darren Stephenson | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Jason Price | 6 (4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | Mark Cullen | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Alex Flett | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | Dominic Rowe | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | Lenny Pidgeley | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | MF | 23 | Dave Syers | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | FW | 17 | James Hanson | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Tom Adeyemi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| = | MF | 7 | Omar Daley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| = | FW | 10 | Jake Speight | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Gareth Evans | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| = | DF | 12 | Steve Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Lee Hendrie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 14 | Leon Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 19 | Louis Moult | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | FW | 30 | Jason Price | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 6 | Luke Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 16 | Shane Duff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | MF | 26 | Kevin Ellison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| = | DF | 15 | Lewis Hunt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | – | – | – | Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | Totals | 43 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 49 |

## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 27 May 2010 | DF | Luke Oliver | Wycombe Wanderers | Free | |
| 27 May 2010 | DF | Robbie Threlfall | Liverpool | Free | |
| 27 May 2010 | GK | Lloyd Saxton | Plymouth Argyle | Free | |
| 28 May 2010 | MF | Tommy Doherty | Ferencváros | Free | |
| 30 June 2010 | FW | Jake Speight | Mansfield Town | £25,000 | |
| 2 July 2010 | DF | Shane Duff | Cheltenham Town | Free (Bosman) | |
| 30 July 2010 | DF | Lewis Hunt | Wycombe Wanderers | Free | |
| 9 August 2010 | FW | Dave Syers | Guiseley | Free | |
| 31 August 2010 | FW | Chib Chilaka | Leeds Carnegie | Free | |
| 17 September 2010 | MF | Lee Hendrie | Derby County | Free | |
| 29 October 2010 | GK | Lenny Pidgeley | Woking | Free | |
| 27 January 2011 | MF | Jon Worthington | Oldham Athletic | Free | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 14 July 2010 | MF | Tom Adeyemi | Norwich City | End of season | |
| 30 July 2010 | FW | Louis Moult | Stoke City | 3 January 2011 | |
| 29 September 2010 | DF | Oliver Gill | Manchester United | 25 October 2010 | |
| 29 September 2010 | DF | Reece Brown | Manchester United | 25 October 2010 | |
| 13 October 2010 | FW | Jason Price | Carlisle United | 3 January 2011 | |
| 12 November 2010 | DF | Rob Kiernan | Watford | 5 January 2011 | |
| 12 November 2010 | DF | Richard Eckersley | Burnley | 6 February 2011 | |
| 6 January 2011 | FW | Mark Cullen | Hull City | 6 February 2011 | |
| 25 January 2011 | MF | Jon Worthington | Oldham Athletic | 27 January 2011 | |
| 31 January 2011 | FW | Scott Dobie | St Johnstone | End of season | |
| 10 February 2011 | MF | Kevin Ellison | Rotherham United | 3 May 2011 | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 17 September 2010 | GK | Chris Elliott | Harrogate Railway Athletic | 17 October 2010 | |
| 25 September 2010 | MF | Ryan Harrison | Harrogate Railway Athletic | 25 October 2010 | |
| 21 October 2010 | DF | Louis Horne | Fleetwood Town | 26 November 2010 | |
| 29 October 2010 | FW | Jake Speight | Port Vale | 4 January 2011 | |
| 12 November 2010 | FW | Chib Chilaka | Bradford Park Avenue | 12 December 2010 | |
| 26 November 2010 | DF | Louis Horne | FC Halifax Town | 27 December 2010 | |
| 10 February 2011 | MF | Omar Daley | Rotherham United | 18 April 2011 | |
| 18 February 2011 | FW | Chib Chilaka | Harrogate Town | 28 March 2011 | |
| 18 February 2011 | GK | Chris Elliott | Harrogate Town | 18 March 2011 | |
| 8 March 2011 | FW | Oliver Forsyth | Harrogate Town | 8 April 2011 | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Fee | Ref. |
| 16 August 2010 | MF | Scott Neilson | Crawley Town | £15,000 | |
| Players released ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Date to | Ref. |
| 1 July 2010 | DF | Matt Convey | Thackley | ? | |
| 1 July 2010 | DF | Matt Clarke | Hibernians | 2 July 2010 | |
| 1 July 2010 | MF | Luke Sharry | Guiseley | 31 July 2010 | |
| 1 July 2010 | DF | Jonathan Bateson | Accrington Stanley | 3 August 2010 | |
| 1 July 2010 | MF | Rory Carson | Ballymena United | 13 August 2010 | |
| 1 July 2010 | MF | Stephen O'Leary | Kettering Town | 14 August 2010 | |
| 1 July 2010 | GK | Matt Glennon | Stockport County | 3 September 2010 | |
| 26 July 2010 | DF | Jamie O'Brien | St. Patrick's Athletic | 27 July 2010 | |
| 20 December 2010 | DF | Zesh Rehman | Muangthong United | 20 December 2010 | |
| 31 December 2010 | MF | Lee Hendrie | Bandung | 27 January 2011 | |
| 4 May 2011 | MF | Tommy Doherty | Newport County | 11 June 2011 | |