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Bradford City
2016–17 season
ChairmanEdic Rahic
Stefan Rupp
ManagerStuart McCall
StadiumValley Parade
League One5th
FA CupFirst round
(vs. Accrington Stanley)
League CupFirst round
(vs. Accrington Stanley)
League TrophyQuarter-final
(vs. Oxford United)
Top goalscorerLeague: Jordy Hiwula (9)
All: Jordy Hiwula (12)
Highest home attendance21,874 vs. Scunthorpe United (League One)
Lowest home attendance1,360 vs. Cambridge United (League Trophy)
Average home league attendance18,167[1]

The 2016–17 season will be Bradford City's 114th season in their history, their 102nd in the Football League and 104th in the English football league system.[2] Along with League One, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, League Cup and Football League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Following the Championship play-off final where Huddersfield Town were victorious, Bradford City received a sum of £250,000 for former striker Nahki Wells.

Pre-season[edit]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
9 July 2016 Guiseley A 1–1 Hateley 75' -
16 July 2016 Gateshead A 2–1 B.Clarke 15', Anderson 45' 687
19 July 2016 St Johnstone A 0–2 -
23 July 2016 Burnley H 1–4 Morais 44' -
27 July 2016 Bradford Park Avenue A 2–2 Trialist (2) 19', 28' –
30 July 2016 Carlisle United H 2–0 Morais 52', Hanson 64' -

League One[edit]

Main article: 2016–17 Football League One

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Scunthorpe United 46 24 10 12 80 54 +26 82 Qualification for the League One play-offs[a]
4 Fleetwood Town 46 23 13 10 64 43 +21 82
5 Bradford City 46 20 19 7 62 43 +19 79
6 Millwall (O, P) 46 20 13 13 66 57 +9 73
7 Southend United 46 20 12 14 70 53 +17 72
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the EFL Championship.

Matches[edit]

On 22 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[3]

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Position
6 August 2016 Port Vale H 0–0 18,558 15th
13 August 2016 Peterborough United A 1–0 Hiwula 11' 5,906 9th
16 August 2016 Milton Keynes Dons A 2–1 Cullen 12', B.Clarke 17' 8,166 5th
20 August 2016 Coventry City H 3–1 McMahon (2) 67' (pen.), 75' (pen.), Marshall 69' 17,595 3rd
27 August 2016 Oldham Athletic H 1–1 B.Clarke 57' (pen.) 17,793 2nd
3 September 2016 Millwall A 1–1 Webster 42' (o.g.) 9,067 2nd
10 September 2016 Gillingham A 1–1 Hiwula 29' 5,079 3rd
17 September 2016 Bristol Rovers H 1–1 Meredith 73' 17,489 4th
24 September 2016 Bolton Wanderers A 0–0 17,486 4th
27 September 2016 Fleetwood Town H 2–1 Morais 45+1', B.Clarke 62' (pen.) 16,759 3rd
1 October 2016 Chesterfield A 1–0 B.Clarke 26' 6,997 2nd
8 October 2016 Shrewsbury Town H 2–0 Law 21', Vučkić 90+6' (pen.) 17,703 2nd
15 October 2016 Oxford United A 0–1 8,245 2nd
18 October 2016 Southend United H 1–1 McNulty 36' 16,112 2nd
22 October 2016 Sheffield United H 3–3 B.Clarke 35', Hiwula 60', Dieng 68' 20,972 2nd
29 October 2016 AFC Wimbledon A 3–2 Hiwula 3', Hanson (2) 78' (pen.), 90+2' 4,826 3rd
12 November 2016 Rochdale H 4–0 B.Clarke 41', Dieng 44', Hanson 59', Marshall 63' 18,205 2nd
19 November 2016 Southend United A 0–3 7,005 4th
22 November 2016 Northampton Town H 1–0 Hanson 56' 16,935 4th
26 November 2016 Swindon Town A 0–1 6,344 4th
10 December 2016 Charlton Athletic H 0–0 17,968 4th
17 December 2016 Walsall A 1–1 Hiwula 53' 5,148 4th
26 December 2016 Scunthorpe United H 0–0 21,874 5th
31 December 2016 Bury H 1–1 Law 52' 18,012 5th
2 January 2017 Northampton Town A 2–1 Marshall 73', Hiwula 86' 6,931 5th
7 January 2017 Chesterfield H 2–0 Marshall 22', Hiwula 45' 17,416 4th
14 January 2017 Shrewsbury Town A 0–1 5,590 4th
21 January 2017 Millwall H 1–1 Meredith 60' 17,712 5th
28 January 2017 Oldham Athletic A 2–1 Vincelot 14', McArdle 76' 6,516 5th
4 February 2017 Gillingham H 2–2 Wyke 15, McMahon 38' 18,840 5th
11 February 2017 Bristol Rovers A 1–1 Law 26' 9,043 5th
14 February 2017 Fleetwood Town A 1–2 Hiwula 43' 3,418 5th
18 February 2017 Bolton Wanderers H 2–2 Wyke (2) 10', 16' 21,190 5th
25 February 2017 Port Vale A 2–1 Vincelot 41', Jones 74' 4,953 5th
28 February 2017 Milton Keynes Dons H 2–2 McMahon 22' (pen.), Wyke 43' 16,725 5th
4 March 2017 Peterborough United H 1–0 Jones 24' 17,220 5th
11 March 2017 Coventry City A 2–0 Jones 51', Hiwula 56' 9,150 4th
14 March 2017 Charlton Athletic A 1–1 Dieng 42' 9,326 5th
18 March 2017 Swindon Town H 2–1 Wyke (2) 85', 90+1' 17,916 4th
26 March 2017 Scunthorpe United A 2–3 Toner 14', Jones 16' 5,247 5th
1 April 2017 Walsall H 1–0 B.Clarke 58' 17,880 4th
8 April 2017 Bury A 2–0 Marshall 56', Wyke 84' 5,268 4th
14 April 2017 Oxford United H 1–0 Law 61' 19,346 4th
17 April 2017 Sheffield United A 0–3 26,838 5th
22 April 2017 AFC Wimbledon H 3–0 McMahon (2) 29' (pen.), 85', Marshall 45+3' 18,615 5th
30 April 2017 Rochdale A 1–1 Jones 9' 6,876 5th

Play-offs[edit]

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
4 May 2017 Semi-final first leg Fleetwood Town H 1–0 McArdle 77' 15,696
7 May 2017 Semi-final second leg Fleetwood Town A 0–0
(1–0)
 5,076
20 May 2017 Final Millwall N 0–1 53,320

FA Cup[edit]

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
5 November 2016 Round 1 Accrington Stanley H 1–2 Conneely 72' (o.g.) 4,985

EFL Cup[edit]

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
9 August 2016 Round 1 Accrington Stanley A 0–0
(10–11p) 		1,936

EFL Trophy[edit]

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Bradford City 3 2 0 0 1 5 4 +1 6 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Morecambe 3 2 0 0 1 7 7 0 6
3 L1 Bury 3 1 0 1 1 6 4 +2 4
4 ACA Stoke City U21 3 0 1 0 2 2 5 −3 2
Source: Sky Sports
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
29 August 2016 Group Stage Stoke City Academy H 1–0 Dieng 38' 1,444
4 October 2016 Group Stage Bury H 2–1 Vučkić 31', Hiwula 35' 1,865
9 November 2016 Group Stage Morecambe A 2–3 Vučkić (2) 52', 83' 827
7 December 2016 Round 2 Cambridge United H 1–0 Law 64' 1,360
17 January 2017 Round 3 Cheltenham Town A 1–0 Hiwula 64' 1,081
31 January 2017 Quarter Final Oxford United A 1–2 Hiwula 85' 2,274

Squad statistics[edit]

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Republic of Ireland Colin Doyle 47 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 50 0 0 0
2 DF England Stephen Darby 19(3) 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 25(3) 0 1 0
3 DF Australia James Meredith 44 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 48 2 7 0
4 MF England Nicky Law 40(3) 4 0(1) 0 1 0 2 1 43(4) 5 2 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland Kevin Toner 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
6 DF France Romain Vincelot 48 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 51 2 12 0
7 MF Jamaica Mark Marshall 41(4) 6 1 0 0(1) 0 3 0 45(5) 6 3 0
8 MF France Timothee Dieng 28(14) 3 1 0 0 0 5 1 34(14) 4 1 0
9 FW England Charlie Wyke 19 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 7 0 0
10 FW Republic of Ireland Billy Clarke 28(8) 7 0(1) 0 1 0 1(1) 0 30(10) 7 3 0
11 FW England Jordy Hiwula 26(16) 9 0(1) 0 1 0 5 3 32(17) 12 2 0
12 GK Germany Rouven Sattelmaier 2 0 0 0 0 0 5(1) 0 7(1) 0 0 0
14 MF Republic of Ireland Josh Cullen 43 1 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0 44(2) 1 4 0
17 DF England Matthew Penney 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
18 MF England Alex Gilliead 5(5) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5(5) 0 0 0
19 FW England Alex Jones 9(7) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9(7) 5 1 0
20 DF England Daniel Pybus 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
21 DF England James King 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
22 DF England Nathaniel Knight-Percival 45 0 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0 47(1) 0 8 0
23 DF Northern Ireland Rory McArdle 25(2) 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 31(2) 2 0 0
24 MF England Daniel Devine 8(3) 0 1 0 1 0 4(2) 0 14(5) 0 1 0
25 FW England Reece Webb-Foster 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 1 0 1(2) 0 0 0
26 DF England Matthew Kilgallon 6(1) 0 1 0 0 0 3(1) 0 10(2) 0 0 0
29 DF England Tony McMahon 28 6 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0 30(1) 6 7 0
30 GK England Joe Cracknell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF England Kwame Boateng 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0 1(1) 0 0 0
32 MF England Ellis Hudson 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0 1(3) 0 0 0
33 MF England Niah Payne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF England Tom Windle 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0 1(2) 0 0 0
35 MF England Sam Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0
- DF England Nathan Clarke 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 0
- FW England James Hanson 13(4) 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 16(4) 4 1 0
- MF England Paul Anderson 0(3) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1(3) 0 1 0
- FW Poland Vincent Rabiega 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 2(1) 0 2(2) 0 0 0
- FW Scotland Marc McNulty 5(10) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6(10) 1 1 0
- FW Slovenia Haris Vuckic 4(6) 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 8(6) 4 0 0
- MF Portugal Filipe Morais 4(13) 1 1 0 0(1) 0 4 0 9(14) 1 1 0
- DF England Jacob Hanson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- – Own goals – 1 – 1 – 0 – 0 – 2 – –

Statistics accurate as of 20 May 2017

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 CB England Nathaniel Knight-Percival Shrewsbury Town Free transfer [4]
1 July 2016 CM England Nicky Law Rangers Free transfer [5]
12 July 2016 GK Republic of Ireland Colin Doyle Blackpool £1 [6][7]
13 July 2016 DM France Timothée Dieng Oldham Athletic Free transfer [8]
22 July 2016 GK Germany Rouven Sattelmaier Stuttgarter Kickers Free transfer [9]
23 July 2016 CM France Romain Vincelot Coventry City Undisclosed [10]
1 August 2016 CB England Matthew Kilgallon Blackburn Rovers Free transfer [11]
16 August 2016 CF Poland Vincent Rabiega RB Leipzig Free transfer [12]
5 January 2017 CF England Alex Jones Birmingham City Undisclosed [13]
31 January 2017 DF England Jacob Hanson Huddersfield Town Undisclosed [14]
31 January 2017 CF England Charlie Wyke Carlisle United Undisclosed [15]

Transfers out[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 CF England Steve Davies Rochdale Released [16][a]
1 July 2016 CM England Billy Knott Gillingham Released [16][b]
1 July 2016 LB England Greg Leigh Bury Free transfer [19]
1 July 2016 LM England Josh Morris Scunthorpe United Free transfer [20]
1 July 2016 RM England Dylan Mottley-Henry Barnsley Released [16]
1 July 2016 CB France Christopher Routis Ross County Free transfer [21]
1 July 2016 LB Republic of Ireland Alan Sheehan Luton Town Free transfer [22]
1 July 2016 GK England Ben Williams Bury Free transfer [23]
1 July 2016 CM England Sam Wright Free agent Released [16]
5 July 2016 CF England Jamie Proctor Bolton Wanderers Free transfer [24]
31 August 2016 RW England Paul Anderson Northampton Town Free transfer [25]
1 January 2017 CB England Nathan Clarke Coventry City Free transfer [26]
24 January 2017 CF England James Hanson Sheffield United Undisclosed [27]
31 January 2017 RW Portugal Filipe Morais Bolton Wanderers Mutual consent [28][c]
  1. ^ Following Davies' release, he signed for Rochdale.[17]
  2. ^ Following Knott's release, he signed for Gillingham.[18]
  3. ^ Following Filipe Morais' departure, he signed for Bolton Wanderers.[29]

Loans in[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
15 July 2016 CF England Jordy Hiwula Huddersfield Town End of Season [30]
8 August 2016 CM Republic of Ireland Josh Cullen West Ham United End of Season [a] [32]
31 August 2016 FW Scotland Marc McNulty Sheffield United 2 January 2017 [b] [34]
31 August 2016 AM Slovenia Haris Vučkić Newcastle United 3 January 2017 [35]
12 January 2017 RW England Alex Gilliead Newcastle United End of Season [36]
31 January 2017 LB England Matthew Penney Sheffield Wednesday End of Season [37]
31 January 2017 CB Republic of Ireland Kevin Toner Aston Villa End of Season [38]
  1. ^ On 3 January 2017, Josh Cullen's loan from West Ham United was extended until the end of the season.[31]
  2. ^ On 2 January 2017, Sheffield United recalled Marc McNulty.[33]

Loans out[edit]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
29 August 2016 GK England Joe Cracknell Bradford Park Avenue 14 January 2017 [39]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "League One 2016/2017 - Attendance".
  2. ^ "History". Statto. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  3. ^ "CITY TO BEGIN AT HOME TO PORT VALE". Bradford City AFC. 22 June 2016.
  4. ^ "City Secure Deal For Knight-Percival". Bradford City Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  5. ^ "City Land Law Signing". Bradford City Official Site. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. ^ "City Complete Doyle Deal". Bradford City Official Site. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Bradford sign goalkeeper Doyle for £1". BBC. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  8. ^ "City Deliver Dieng Deal". Bradford City Official Site. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  9. ^ "City Seal Sattelmaier Signing". Bradford City Official Site. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  10. ^ "City Snap Up Vincelot". Bradford City Official Site. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  11. ^ "City Clinch Kilgallon Signing". Bradford City Official Site. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  12. ^ "City Confirm Rabiega Signing". Bradford City Official Site. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Jones Joins City". Bradford City Official Site. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
  14. ^ "City Complete Double Defender Deal". Bradford City Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  15. ^ "City Complete Wyke Transfer". Bradford City Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  16. ^ a b c d "Club Confirm Released List". Bradford City Official Site. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  17. ^ "Dale sign ex-Bradford striker Davies". BBC. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  18. ^ "Gillingham sign midfielder Knott". BBC. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  19. ^ "Leigh Moves To Bury". Bradford City Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  20. ^ "Morris Departs For Scunthorpe". Bradford City Official Site. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  21. ^ "Ross County bring in four new signings". BBC. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  22. ^ "Luton sign Bradford defender Sheehan". BBC. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  23. ^ "Shakers sign Williams and Ismail". BBC. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  24. ^ "Bolton bring in forward Proctor". BBC. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  25. ^ "Anderson Leaves The Bantams". Bradford City Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  26. ^ "Coventry City secure the signature of defender Nathan Clarke on deal until end of the season". Coventry City Official Site. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  27. ^ "Hanson signs". Sheffield United Official Site. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  28. ^ "Bradford City: Bantams part company with beloved winger". The 72. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  29. ^ "Filipe Morais: Bolton Wanderers sign winger after Bradford City exit". BBC Sport. 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  30. ^ "City Secure Loan Move For Hiwula". Bradford City Official Site. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  31. ^ "Cullen Commits To Promotion Push". Bradford City Official Site. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  32. ^ "Cullen Returns". Bradford City Official Site. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  33. ^ "McNulty Recalled". Bradford City Official Site. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  34. ^ "Cullen Returns". BBC. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  35. ^ "Vuckic Signs On Loan". Bradford City Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  36. ^ "City Secure Gilliead Loan Deal". Bradford City Official Site. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  37. ^ "City complete double defender deal". Bradford City Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  38. ^ "City Secure Toner Loan Deal". Bradford City Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  39. ^ "City Secure Loan Move For Hiwula". Newsquest. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Bradford_City_A.F.C._season

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