Bradley Halliday (born 10 July 1995) is an English professional

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who plays as a defender or

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for

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club

Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. Th ...

. He previously played for

Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Established in 1997, the current Fleetwood Town F.C. is the fourth incarnation of the club; it was originally formed in ...

Cambridge United Cambridge United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Cambridge, England. They compete in EFL League one , the 3rd tier of the English football league system. The club is based at the Abbey Stadium on N ...

and

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the a ...

, and had

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spells with

York City York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league sys ...

Hartlepool United Hartlepool United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Hartlepool, County Durham, England. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system. They were founded in 1908 as Hartle ...

and

Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete history ...

Early and personal life

Halliday was born and raised in

Redcar Redcar is a seaside town on the Yorkshire Coast in the Redcar and Cleveland unitary authority in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is located east of Middlesbrough. The Teesside built-up area's Redcar subdivision had a population of ...

, North Yorkshire. He attended

Prior Pursglove College Prior Pursglove and Stockton Sixth Form College is a sixth form college with sites in Guisborough and Stockton-on-Tees. The college is a result of a merger between Prior Pursglove College and Stockton Sixth Form College in May 2016. The college is ...

Guisborough Guisborough ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. It lies north of the North York Moors National Park. Roseberry Topping, midway between the town and Great Ayton, is a landmark i ...

, North Yorkshire.

Career

Early career

Halliday had been playing for Redcar Town's youth team for 10 years when joining the

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in 2010. He later returned to Redcar although Middlesbrough continued to monitor his progress. Halliday was spotted playing for Redcar by a

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scout before joining the club's

in early 2013. He rejoined Middlesbrough after impressing their manager Dave Parnaby during a trial, signing a professional contract with the club in August 2013. Having played regularly for Middlesbrough's under-21s in the 2014–15 season, Halliday joined

club

on 14 November 2014 on a one-month youth

to provide cover and competition for

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Marvin McCoy. He made his first-team debut in York's 3–2 home defeat to

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on 13 December 2014, and having been named

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his loan was extended until 17 January 2015 two days after the match. He established himself in the team ahead of McCoy before receiving the first

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of his senior career for a two-footed tackle in York's 1–0 home win over

on 26 December 2014. After serving a three-match suspension his loan at York was extended until the end of the season. Halliday scored his first career goal with an 85th-minute equaliser in a 1–1 draw away to

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on 2 May 2015 with a shot into the bottom right corner after capitalising on a slip from

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. He finished his loan at York with 24 appearances and 1 goal. Halliday joined League Two club

on a one-month loan on 10 September 2015, as cover for the injured Jordan Richards and Michael Duckworth and the suspended Carl Magnay. He made his debut two days later in a 1–0 away loss to

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, and finished the loan spell with six appearances. On 20 October 2015, he joined another League Two club, Accrington Stanley, on a one-month emergency loan, debuting the same day in a 4–3 home defeat to AFC Wimbledon. Having made 11 appearances for Accrington, his loan was extended for the rest of 2015–16 on 4 January 2016.

Cambridge United

On 31 August 2016, Halliday signed for League Two club

on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee. He was offered a new contract by Cambridge United at the end of the 2018–19 season.

Doncaster Rovers

On 24 May 2019, he signed for League One side

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on a two-year deal.

Fleetwood Town

Halliday joined

on a two-year deal on 4 June 2021.

Bradford City

Halliday joined

on his birthday – 10 July 2022 – on a two-year deal.

Career statistics

References

External links

Profile
at the Cambridge United F.C. website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Halliday, Brad 1995 births Living people People from Redcar Footballers from North Yorkshire English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Redcar Town F.C. players Middlesbrough F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players York City F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. players Cambridge United F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players English Football League players Bradford City A.F.C. players