2020–21 Bradford City A.F.C. season

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Bradford City
2020–21 season
Chairman Stefan Rupp
Manager Stuart McCall
(until 13 December)[1]
Mark Trueman and Conor Sellars (joint managers from 14 December)[2]
Stadium Utilita Energy Stadium
League Two 15th
FA Cup Second round
EFL Cup Second round
EFL Trophy Group stage
Top goalscorer League:
Andy Cook (8)
All:
Andy Cook (8)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

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.

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]

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

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Main article: 2020–21 EFL League Two

League table

Template:2020–21 EFL League Two table

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

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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 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

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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

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      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

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      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 Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
1 GK England Richard O'Donnell 28 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 32 0 0 0
2 DF England Bryce Hosannah 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 11 0 1 0
4 DF Republic of Ireland Paudie O'Connor 41(1) 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 47(1) 1 11 1
5 DF Republic of Ireland Niall Canavan 15(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15(1) 0 1 0
6 DF Republic of Ireland Anthony O'Connor 45 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 49 3 6 1
7 MF England Harry Pritchard 11(5) 2 1 1 1(1) 1 2 0 15(6) 4 2 0
8 MF England Callum Cooke 30(4) 3 1(1) 0 2 0 0 0 33(5) 3 3 0
9 FW England Lee Novak 15(2) 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 16(2) 7 2 0
10 FW Jamaica Clayton Donaldson 19(16) 4 2 2 1(1) 0 2 1 24(17) 7 3 0
11 MF England Zeli Ismail 1(2) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3(2) 0 0 0
12 MF England Jordan Stevens 1(15) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(15) 0 0 0
13 GK England Sam Hornby 18 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21 0 1 0
14 DF England Matty Foulds 0(3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(3) 0 0 0
15 MF England Charles Vernam 15(6) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15(6) 2 0 0
16 FW Republic of Ireland Billy Clarke 20(9) 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 24(9) 4 2 0
17 MF England Gareth Evans 19(8) 3 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 19(9) 3 1 0
18 MF Scotland Elliot Watt 44(2) 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 47(2) 3 8 0
19 FW England Rumarn Burrell 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0
20 GK England Will Huffer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Republic of Ireland Reece Staunton 8 1 1 0 1(1) 0 0(2) 0 10(3) 1 3 0
22 DF England Levi Sutton 30(4) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 34(4) 2 7 1
23 DF England Connor Wood 46 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 50 2 4 0
24 DF England Finn Cousin-Dawson 20(3) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23(3) 0 5 0
25 DF Poland Jorge Sikora 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 0
26 MF England Kian Scales 6(14) 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 9(14) 1 1 0
27 MF England Connor Shanks 0 0 0 0 0 0 2(1) 0 2(1) 0 1 0
29 FW England Andy Cook 16(5) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 16(5) 8 1 0
31 MF England Ollie Crankshaw 11(8) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11(8) 1 2 0
33 FW England Charlie Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0
34 MF Poland Olivier Sukiennicki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Players out on loan for rest of the season
Players left during the season
- DF England Tyler French 7(7) 0 0(1) 0 2 0 1(1) 0 10(9) 0 2 0
- FW Jersey Kurtis Guthrie 4(4) 0 0 0 2 0 0(1) 0 6(5) 0 0 0
- DF Scotland Jackson Longridge 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3(2) 0 0 0
- MF England Dylan Mottley-Henry 4(7) 0 0(2) 0 0(1) 0 3 0 7(10) 0 0 0
- DF England Ben Richards-Everton 9(1) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 13(1) 0 1 0
- FW England Danny Rowe 8(10) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8(10) 5 4 0
- FW England Austin Samuels 6(6) 0 1(1) 1 0 0 0 0 7(7) 1 0 0
- – Own goals – 1 – 0 – 0 – 1 – 2 – –

As of 11 May 2021.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
11 July 2020 RB England Levi Sutton England Scunthorpe United Free transfer [13]
17 July 2020 AM Republic of Ireland Billy Clarke England Grimsby Town Free transfer [14]
25 July 2020 AM England Callum Cooke England Peterborough United Free transfer [15]
27 July 2020 CM Scotland Elliot Watt England Wolverhampton Wanderers Undisclosed [16]
25 September 2020 AM England Gareth Evans England Portsmouth Free transfer [17]
7 January 2021 GK England Will Huffer England Bradford (Park Avenue) Free transfer [18]
12 January 2021 CB Republic of Ireland Niall Canavan England Plymouth Argyle Undisclosed [19]
16 January 2021 LB England Matty Foulds Italy Como 1907 Free transfer [20]
20 January 2021 CF England Danny Rowe England Oldham Athletic Undisclosed [21]
1 February 2021 AM England Charles Vernam England Burton Albion Undisclosed [22]
1 February 2021 AM England Ollie Crankshaw England Wigan Athletic Undisclosed [23]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
29 September 2020 RB England Bryce Hosannah England Leeds United End of season [24]
10 October 2020 CF England Austin Samuels England Wolverhampton Wanderers January 2021 [25]
8 January 2021 RW England Jordan Stevens England Leeds United End of season [26]
14 January 2021 CF England Rumarn Burrell England Middlesbrough End of season [27]
27 January 2021 CF England Andy Cook England Mansfield Town End of season [28]

Transfers out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020 CM Nigeria Hope Akpan Finland SJK Seinäjoki Released [29][30]
1 July 2020 CM England Jermaine Anderson England Aldershot Town Released [29][31]
1 July 2020 CM England Danny Devine England Carlisle United Released [29][32]
1 July 2020 LW England Jordan Gibson Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic Released [29][33]
1 July 2020 RB Wales Adam Henley England Chorley Released [29][34]
1 July 2020 SS Northern Ireland Shay McCartan Northern Ireland Ballymena United Released [29][35]
1 July 2020 RB England Kelvin Mellor England Morecambe Released [29][36]
1 July 2020 CM England Jake Reeves England Notts County Released [29][37]
1 July 2020 RB England Joe Riley England Carlisle United Released [29][38]
1 July 2020 GK England George Sykes-Kenworthy England Derby County Released [29][39]
1 July 2020 LM England Chris Taylor England Barrow FC Released [29]
11 August 2020 CF England James Vaughan England Tranmere Rovers Mutual consent [40][41]
17 October 2020 CM England Eliot Goldthorp England Frickley Athletic Free transfer [42]
11 January 2021 CB England Ben Richards-Everton England Barnet FC Mutual consent [43]
15 January 2021 CF England Kurtis Guthrie England Port Vale Free transfer [44]
19 January 2021 LB Scotland Jackson Longridge Scotland Livingston FC Mutual consent [45]
31 January 2021 CB England Tyler French Wales Wrexham A.F.C. Mutual consent [46]
31 January 2021 MF England Dylan Mottley-Henry Northern Ireland Larne FC Mutual consent [46]
22 April 2021 CF England Danny Rowe England Chesterfield F.C. Undisclosed [47]

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