2022–23 Bradford City A.F.C. season
Bradford City 2022–23 football season
The 2022–23 season was the 120th season in the existence of Bradford City Association Football Club and the club's fourth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the league, they also competed in the FA Cup , the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy .
Pre-season
On June 8, Bradford City announced their pre-season schedule, which included a six-day training camp in Murcia .[ 1] A sixth addition to the calendar was later confirmed, against Derby County .[ 2]
Date
Opponents
H / A
Result F–A
Scorers
Attendance
1 July 2022
Bradford Park Avenue
A
2–0
Chapman 34', Harratt 64'
2,583
9 July 2022
Derby County
H
0–2
—
4,218
16 July 2022
York City
A
4–1
Scales 13', Cook 24', Angol 47', Harratt 80'
2,411
19 July 2022
Sunderland
H
2–0
Osadebe 51', Walker 74' (pen. )
4,022
23 July 2022
Chesterfield
A
0–3
—
2,408
26 July 2022
Eccleshill United
A
2–3
Roberts (2) 6', 32'
—
Competitions
Overall record
Competition
First match
Last match
Starting round
Final position
Record
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Win %
League Two
30 July 2022
May 2023
Matchday 1
26
11
8
7
31
25
+6
0 42.31
FA Cup
5 November 2022
First round
First round
1
0
0
1
0
1
−1
00 0.00
EFL Cup
9 August 2022
23 August 2022
First round
Second round
2
1
0
1
3
3
+0
0 50.00
EFL Trophy
30 August 2022
22 November 2022
Group stage
Round of 32
4
1
1
2
5
8
−3
0 25.00
Total
33
13
9
11
39
37
+2
0 39.39
Last updated: 14 January 2023
Source: [ Soccerway]
League Two
League table
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
[ 3] (O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted
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
20
16
10
60
42
+18
76
9
10
4
32
23
+9
11
6
6
28
19
+9
Last updated: 3 May 2023.
Source: [ Soccerway]
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 H A H A A H H A H H A H A A H H A A H A A H H H A A H A H H A A H A A H H H A H A A H A A H Result D L W L W D W W W D W L W D D D W W L L L W W L D D D W W L W W W D D D D W D W W L D W L D Position 13 15 11 14 11 10 8 6 5 7 4 6 5 6 7 6 5 4 5 6 9 7 5 5 7 8 9 8 8 8 8 6 5 5 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2023. Source: [ Soccerway]A = Away ; H = Home ; W = Win ; D = Draw ; L = Loss ; P = Postponed
Matches
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.[ 4]
Date
Opponents
H / A
Result F–A
Scorers
Attendance
30 July 2022
Doncaster Rovers
H
0–0
—
19,368
6 August 2022
Barrow
A
2–3
Young 65', Cook 90+5'
4,012
13 August 2022
Newport County
H
2–0
Smallwood 7', Chapman 53'
16,704
16 August 2022
Colchester United
A
0–1
—
3,011
20 August 2022
Hartlepool United
A
3–1
Banks 6', Cook (2) 65', 90+2'
5,103
27 August 2022
Crewe Alexandra
H
0–0
—
16,541
3 September 2022
Walsall
H
2–1
Cook 41', Young 45'
16,433
10 September 2022
Mansfield Town
A
Postponed[ 5]
13 September 2022
Tranmere Rovers
A
2–1
Cook (2) 3', 75'
5,864
17 September 2022
Stevenage
H
3–0
Cook (2) 6', 56', Wright 62'
16,917
24 September 2022
AFC Wimbledon
H
2–2
Banks 4', Oliver 90+5'
17,186
1 October 2022
Harrogate Town
A
2–1
Cook 15' (pen. ), Wright 73'
2,505
8 October 2022
Stockport County
H
0–1
—
18,615
15 October 2022
Salford City
A
1–0
Cook 13'
3,924
22 October 2022
Grimsby Town
A
0–0
—
8,020
25 October 2022
Swindon Town
H
1–1
Wright 31'
16,728
29 October 2022
Crawley Town
H
1–1
Pereira 55'
16,510
8 November 2022
Mansfield Town
A
2–1
Smallwood 30', Cook 53'
7,650
12 November 2022
Sutton United
A
2–0
Cook 37', Banks 51'
3,323
19 November 2022
Northampton Town
H
1–3
Cook 90+2' (pen. )
18,666
3 December 2022
Leyton Orient
A
0–3
—
8,671
10 December 2022
Gillingham
A
Postponed[ 6]
17 December 2022
Rochdale
H
Postponed[ 7]
26 December 2022
Carlisle United
A
0–1
—
8,296
29 December 2022
Harrogate Town
H
1–0
Wright 1'
17,056
1 January 2023
Salford City
H
3–2
Oliver (2) 8', 27', Eisa 68'
17,521
10 January 2023
Rochdale
H
1–2
Eisa 29'
17,061
14 January 2023
AFC Wimbledon
A
0–0
—
8,383
21 January 2023
Carlisle United
H
Postponed[ 8]
24 January 2023
Stockport County
A
0–0
—
8,991
4 February 2023
Mansfield Town
H
1–1
Cook 29'
18,755
11 February 2023
Stevenage
A
3–2
Derbyshire 49', Cook 56' (pen. ), Walker 86'
5,037
14 February 2023
Tranmere Rovers
H
2–0
Walker 43', Cook 74'
15,482
18 February 2023
Barrow
H
0–1
—
17,071
25 February 2023
Doncaster Rovers
A
1–0
Cook 71'
10,655
28 February 2023
Gillingham
A
2–0
Smallwood 27', Cook 49'
6,273
4 March 2023
Colchester United
H
2–0
Cook 90+3', Banks 90+6'
20,383
7 March 2023
Walsall
A
0–0
4,951
11 March 2023
Newport County
A
1–1
Cook 36'
4,411
18 March 2023
Hartlepool United
H
2–2
Cook (2) 49', 78'
18,137
21 March 2023
Carlisle United
H
0–0
17,653
25 March 2023
Crewe Alexandra
A
Postponed[ 9]
1 April 2023
Grimsby Town
H
3–2
Gilliead 7', Walker 62', Cook 81'
19,011
7 April 2023
Crawley Town
A
0–0
3,644
10 April 2023
Sutton United
H
3–1
Banks 12', Chapman 63', Cook 71'
17,769
15 April 2023
Rochdale
A
3–0
Stubbs 5', Ebanks-Landell 74' (o.g. ), Banks 82'
5,726
18 April 2023
Swindon Town
A
0–1
7,413
22 April 2023
Gillingham
H
2–2
Cook (2) 48', 84' (pen. )
18,501
29 April 2023
Northampton Town
A
2–1
Cook 30', Crichlow 90+4'
7,786
3 May 2023
Crewe Alexandra
A
2–3
Cook 46', Walker 55'
6,123
8 May 2023
Leyton Orient
H
1–1
Halliday 43'
22,756
League Two play-offs
FA Cup
Bradford were drawn at home to Harrogate Town in the first round.[ 10]
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
Date
Round
Opponents
H / A
Result F–A
Scorers
Attendance
5 November 2022
Round 1
Harrogate Town
H
0–1
—
6,837
EFL Cup
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
Bradford were drawn at home to Hull City in the first round and to Blackburn Rovers in the second round.[ 11] [ 12]
EFL Trophy
On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Bradford City with Burton Albion and Sheffield Wednesday .[ 13]
Win
Draw
Loss
Fixtures
Squad statistics
As of 7 April 2023.
Transfers
In
^ The transfer was announced on 20 May, and would become official on June 10 once the transfer window opened
^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Blackburn Rovers contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 27 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Swindon Town contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 16 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Southampton contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 23 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Barrow contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 22 June, and would become official on July 1, once his Hull City contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 8 May, and would become official on July 1, once his Heart of Midlothian contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 12 December, and would become official on January 1, once his Bohemians contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 30 December, and would become official on January 9, once his NorthEast United contract expired
Out
^ The transfer was announced on 13 June, and would become official once his contract expired
^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official once his contract expired
Loans in
^ The loan agreement was announced on 2 June, and would become active on June 10, once the transfer window opened
^ On 4 November, Harratt returned to his parent club, Huddersfield Town with immediate effect.
^ On 9 January, Wright was recalled back to Aston Villa
Loans out
^ On 3 January, Kelleher was recalled back from his loan at Solihull
^ On 4 January, Cousin-Dawson was recalled back from his loan at Spennymoor
^ On 30 August, Scales' loan at Farsley Celtic was extended
References
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier North , Premier South , One )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only)
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Midland League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
North West Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Southern Combination League (Premier , One )
Southern Counties East League (Premier , One )
South West Peninsula League (Premier East , Premier West - level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
United Counties League (Premier North , Premier South , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
Youth competitions