These are a list of player and club records for Bradford City Association Football Club.

Honours

League

Division One The Football League First Division was a division of the Football League in England from 1888 until 2004. It was the top division in the English football league system from the season 1888–89 until 1991–92, a century in which the First ...

**Runners-up (1): 1998–99 *

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**Winners (1): 1907–08 **Play-off winners (1): 1995–96 * Division Three **Winners (1): 1984–85 *

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**Winners (1): 1928–29 *

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**Runners-up (1): 1981–82

Cup

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

**Winners (1):

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**Runners-up(1):

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* Third Division North Challenge Cup **Winners (1):

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**Runners-up (1):

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Player records

Youngest and oldest

*Youngest player: 15 years 332 days – Reece Staunton v Rotherham United, 7 November 2017. *Oldest player: 41 years 178 days – Neville Southall v Leeds United, 12 March 2000.

Most appearances

The following players have played more than 300 league appearances for Bradford City. *Most appearances : 574 –

Ces Podd Cyril Casey Marcel Podd (born 7 August 1952) is a former professional footballer who played as a right-back. An international for Saint Kitts and Nevis he spent his professional career in England. He was one of the first black players to establi ...

Goalscorers

*Most goals in a season: 36 –

David Layne David "Bronco" Layne (born Sheffield, 29 July 1939) is an English former footballer most famous for playing for Sheffield Wednesday and his involvement in the British betting scandal of 1964. Playing career Rotherham United Layne started his ...

, 1961–62. *Most league goals in a season: 34 –

, 1961–62. *Most goals scored in a match: 7 –

Albert Whitehurst Albert John Whitehurst (22 June 1898 – 1976) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City, Liverpool, Rochdale, Stoke and Tranmere Rovers. Whitehurst played for five professional clubs during his career and w ...

v Tranmere Rovers,

, 6 March 1929. *Most goals scored : 143 – Bobby Campbell.

Top goalscorers

The following players have scored more than 60 league goals for Bradford City.

Transfers

Record transfer fees paid

The following players are all the players for whom Bradford City have paid at least £1 million.

Record transfer fees received

*Highest transfer fee received: £2 million –

Des Hamilton Derrick Vivian "Des" Hamilton (born 15 August 1976) is an English former professional footballer and was assistant manager of Eccleshill United. As a player he played as a midfielder from 1994 to 2010. He started his career with his hometown c ...

, to

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, March 1997. *Highest transfer fee received: £2 million – Andy O'Brien, to

, March 2001.

Managerial records

*First manager: Robert Campbell (managed the club for 79 matches from June 1903 to October 1905). *Longest serving manager: Peter O'Rourke (managed the club for 497 matches from November 1905 to June 1921).

Club records

Goals

*Most league goals scored in a season: 128 in 42 matches –

, 1928–29. *Fewest league goals scored in a season: 30 in 38 matches – Premiership, 2000–01. *Most league goals conceded in a season: 94 in 42 matches –

, 1936–37. *Most league goals conceded in a season: 94 in 46 matches –

, 1965–66. *Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 40 in 46 matches – League One, 2015 - 16.

Points

*Most points in a season **Two points for a win: 63 in 42 matches –

, 1928–29. **Three points for a win: 94 in 46 matches – Division Three, 1984–85. *Fewest points in a season **Two points for a win: 23 in 42 matches –

, 1926–27. **Three points for a win: 26 in 38 matches – Premiership, 2000–01.

Matches

Firsts

*First league match: Grimsby Town 2–0 Bradford City,

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, 1 September 1903. *First FA Cup match: Bradford City 6–1 Rockingham Colliery, first round qualifying at Valley Parade, 3 October 1903. *First League Cup match: Bradford City 2–1

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, second round at Valley Parade, 2 November 1960. *First European match:

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1–3 Bradford City, Intertoto Cup second round at

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, 2 July 2000.

Record victories

*Record league victory: 11–1 v Rotherham United,

, 25 August 1928. *Record FA Cup victory: 11–3 v Walker Celtic, first round replay, 1 December 1937. *Record League Cup victory: 7–2 v

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, second round second leg, 25 September 2000.

Record defeats

*Record league defeat: 0–8 v

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, 7 May 1927. *Record league defeat: 1–9 v Colchester United,

, 30 December 1961. *Record FA Cup defeat: 1–6 v

, third round, 7 March 1963. *Record FA Cup defeat: 0–5 v

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, fifth round replay, 3 February 1960. *Record FA Cup defeat: 0–5 v

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, third round, 7 January 1970.

Record consecutive results

*Record consecutive wins: 10 – (from 26 November 1983 to 3 February 1984. *Record consecutive defeats: 8 – (21 January 1933 to 11 March 1933. *Record consecutive games without a defeat: 21 – (from 11 January 1969 to 2 May 1969). *Record consecutive games without a win: 16 – (from 28 August 1948 to 20 November 1948).

Attendances

*Highest attendance at home match ( Valley Parade): 39,146 v

fourth round, 11 March 1911. *Lowest attendance at home match (Valley Parade): 931 v Rotherham United,

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, 7 November 2017. *Record gate receipts: £181,990 v

, Premiership, 13 January 2001.

European record

Bradford City's record in European competitions is limited to the 2000 Intertoto Cup, for which they took England's second place.

References

{{Lists of football records and statistics in England by club Records and Statistics

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