These are a list of player and club records for Bradford City Association Football Club.
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The following players have played more than 300 league appearances for Bradford City.
Name | Nation | Apps | Career | Notes | |
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1 | Ces Podd | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 502 | 1970–1984 | [5] |
2 | Ian Cooper | England | 443 | 1965–1977 | [6] |
3 | John Hall | England | 430 | 1962–1974 | [7] |
4 | Bruce Stowell | England | 401 | 1960–1972 | [8] |
5 | Stuart McCall | Scotland | 395 | 1982–1988, 1998–2002 | [9] |
6 | George Robinson | England | 343 | 1903–1915 | [10] |
7 | Charlie Moore | England | 339 | 1926–1939 | [11] |
8 | Peter Jackson | England | 336 | 1979–1986, 1988–1990 | [12] |
9 | Billy Watson | Scotland | 330 | 1921–1930 | [13] |
10 | Wayne Jacobs | England | 318 | 1994–2005 | [14] |
11 | Gavin Oliver | England | 313 | 1985–1994 | [15] |
12 | David Wetherall | England | 304 | 1999–2008 | [16] |
13 | Dicky Bond | England | 301 | 1909–1922 | [17] |
The following players have scored more than 60 league goals for Bradford City.
Name | Nation | Goals | Apps | Avge [19] | Career | Notes | |
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1 | Bobby Campbell | Northern Ireland | 121 | 274 | 0.44 | 1979–1983, 1983–1986 | [20] |
2 | Frank O'Rourke | Scotland | 88 | 192 | 0.46 | 1907–1914 | [21] |
3 | Dean Windass | England | 76 | 216 | 0.35 | 1999–2001, 2003–2007 | [22] |
3 | James Hanson | England | 76 | 274 | 0.28 | 2009–2017 | [17] |
5 | John Hallows | England | 74 | 164 | 0.45 | 1930–1936 | [23] |
6 | Andy Cook | Dominica | 70 | 271 | 0.25 | 1971–1979, 1981–1984 | [24] |
7 | Gerry Ingram | England | 64 | 174 | 0.37 | 1971–1977 | [25] |
7 | Bobby Ham | England | 64 | 188 | 0.34 | 1967–1971, 1973–1975 | [26] |
7 | David McNiven | Scotland | 64 | 212 | 0.30 | 1978–1983 | [27] |
10 | Sean McCarthy | Wales | 63 | 131 | 0.48 | 1990–1994 | [28] |
10 | John Hall | England | 63 | 430 | 0.15 | 1962–1974 | [7] |
12 | David Jackson | England | 61 | 250 | 0.24 | 1955–1961 | [29] |
13 | Bruce Bannister | England | 60 | 208 | 0.29 | 1965–1971 | [30] |
13 | Dicky Bond | England | 60 | 301 | 0.20 | 1909–1922 | [17] |
The following players are all the players for whom Bradford City have paid at least £1 million.
# | Name | Fee | Paid to | Date | Notes |
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1 | David Hopkin | £2.5m | Leeds United | 6 July 2000 | [31] |
2 | Ashley Ward | £1.5m | Blackburn Rovers | 18 August 2000 | [32] |
3 | David Wetherall | £1.4m | Leeds United | 1 July 1999 | [33] |
4 | Isaiah Rankin | £1.3m | Arsenal | 14 August 1998 | [34] |
5 | Lee Mills | £1m | Port Vale | 7 August 1998 | [34] |
5 | Dean Windass | £1m | Oxford United | 4 March 1999 | [35] |
Bradford City's record in European competitions is limited to the 2000 Intertoto Cup, for which they took England's second place.
Season | Competition | Round | Country | Club | Home | Away | Notes |
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2000 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 2R | Lithuania | FK Atlantas | 4–1 | 3–1 | [55] |
3R | Netherlands | RKC Waalwijk | 2–0 | 1–0 | [56] | ||
SF | Russia | FC Zenit St. Petersburg | 0–3 | 0–1 | [57] | ||
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