2016–17 Bradford City A.F.C. season explained

Club:	Bradford City
Season:	2016–17
Chairman:	Edic Rahic Stefan Rupp
Stadium:	Valley Parade
League:	League One
League Result:	5th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	First round (vs. Accrington Stanley)
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	First round (vs. Accrington Stanley)
Cup3:	League Trophy
Cup3 Result:	Quarter-final (vs. Oxford United)
League Topscorer:	Jordy Hiwula (9)
Season Topscorer:	Jordy Hiwula (12)
Highest Attendance:	21,874 vs. Scunthorpe United (League One)
Lowest Attendance:	1,360 vs. Cambridge United (League Trophy)
Average Attendance:	18,167^[1]
Prevseason:	2015–16
Nextseason:	2017–18
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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

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

See main article: 2016–17 Football League One.

Matches

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

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		5,076
20 May 2017	Final	Millwall	N	0–1		53,320

FA Cup

See main article: 2016–17 FA Cup.

EFL Cup

See main article: 2016–17 EFL Cup.

EFL Trophy

See main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy.

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

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

Statistics accurate as of 20 May 2017

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[4]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[5]
12 July 2016					£1	^[6] ^[7]
13 July 2016					Free transfer	^[8]
22 July 2016					Free transfer	^[9]
23 July 2016					Undisclosed	^[10]
1 August 2016					Free transfer	^[11]
16 August 2016			Vincent Rabiega		Free transfer	^[12]
5 January 2017					Undisclosed	^[13]
31 January 2017			Jacob Hanson		Undisclosed	^[14]
31 January 2017					Undisclosed	^[15]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016					Released	^[16]
1 July 2016					Released
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[17]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[18]
1 July 2016				Barnsley	Released
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[19]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[20]
1 July 2016					Free transfer	^[21]
1 July 2016			Sam Wright	Free agent	Released
5 July 2016					Free transfer	^[22]
31 August 2016					Free transfer	^[23]
1 January 2017					Free transfer	^[24]
24 January 2017					Undisclosed	^[25]
31 January 2017					Mutual consent	^[26]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
15 July 2016					End of Season	^[27]
8 August 2016					End of Season	^[28]
31 August 2016					2 January 2017	^[29]
31 August 2016					3 January 2017	^[30]
12 January 2017					End of Season	^[31]
31 January 2017			Matthew Penney		End of Season	^[32]
31 January 2017					End of Season	^[33]

Loans out

Notes and References

1. Web site: League One 2016/2017 - Attendance.
2. News: History . Statto . 25 May 2016 . 27 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150427143214/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/bradford-city/history . dead .
3. News: CITY TO BEGIN AT HOME TO PORT VALE . Bradford City AFC . 22 June 2016.
4. News: City Secure Deal For Knight-Percival . Bradford City Official Site . 1 July 2016 . 1 July 2016.
5. News: City Land Law Signing . Bradford City Official Site . 29 June 2016 . 29 June 2016.
6. News: City Complete Doyle Deal. Bradford City Official Site . 12 July 2016 . 12 July 2016.
7. News: Bradford sign goalkeeper Doyle for £1 . BBC . 12 July 2016 . 12 July 2016.
8. News: City Deliver Dieng Deal . Bradford City Official Site . 13 July 2016 . 13 July 2016.
9. News: City Seal Sattelmaier Signing. Bradford City Official Site . 22 July 2016 . 22 July 2016.
10. News: City Snap Up Vincelot. Bradford City Official Site . 23 July 2016 . 23 July 2016.
11. News: City Clinch Kilgallon Signing . Bradford City Official Site . 1 August 2016 . 1 August 2016.
12. News: City Confirm Rabiega Signing . Bradford City Official Site . 16 August 2016 . 16 August 2016.
13. News: Jones Joins City . Bradford City Official Site . 5 January 2017 . 5 January 2017.
14. News: City Complete Double Defender Deal . Bradford City Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
15. News: City Complete Wyke Transfer . Bradford City Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
16. News: Club Confirm Released List . Bradford City Official Site . 31 May 2016 . 31 May 2016.
17. News: Leigh Moves To Bury . Bradford City Official Site . 1 July 2016 . 1 July 2016.
18. News: Morris Departs For Scunthorpe . Bradford City Official Site . 15 June 2016 . 15 June 2016.
19. News: Ross County bring in four new signings . BBC . 25 May 2016 . 27 May 2016.
20. News: Luton sign Bradford defender Sheehan . BBC . 25 May 2016 . 25 May 2016.
21. News: Shakers sign Williams and Ismail . BBC . 24 June 2016 . 24 June 2016.
22. News: Bolton bring in forward Proctor . BBC . 5 July 2016 . 5 July 2016.
23. News: Anderson Leaves The Bantams . Bradford City Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 1 September 2016.
24. News: Coventry City secure the signature of defender Nathan Clarke on deal until end of the season . Coventry City Official Site . 1 January 2017 . 1 January 2017.
25. News: Hanson signs . Sheffield United Official Site . 24 January 2017 . 24 January 2017.
26. News: Bradford City: Bantams part company with beloved winger . The 72 . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
27. News: City Secure Loan Move For Hiwula . Bradford City Official Site . 15 July 2016 . 15 July 2016.
28. News: Cullen Returns . Bradford City Official Site . 8 August 2016 . 8 August 2016.
29. News: Cullen Returns . BBC. 31 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.
30. News: Vuckic Signs On Loan . Bradford City Official Site . 31 August 2016 . 1 September 2016.
31. News: City Secure Gilliead Loan Deal . Bradford City Official Site . 12 January 2017 . 12 January 2017.
32. News: City complete double defender deal . Bradford City Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 7 February 2017.
33. News: City Secure Toner Loan Deal . Bradford City Official Site . 31 January 2017 . 31 January 2017.
34. News: City Secure Loan Move For Hiwula . Newsquest . 30 August 2016 . 31 August 2016.