Bradford District Cup – Last 16

Bradford United 2-3 Gomersal & Cleckheaton

2nd round of the Bradford District Cup. A trophy we won last season. But not to be this. The game itself started at a ferocious pace. Gomersal showed their intentions early; direct, 50/50s & set pieces. We couldn’t cope early & it was Gomersal who took the lead, a cheap free kick which Gomersal scored; fair play, great free kick. In fairness, we never got started until that.

The cries from the dugout were to be patient & try to play football. The one time this happened in the first half Juwara twinkle toed his way into the opposition box making no mistake when got close enough. Nothing more to add as both teams went toe to toe but little clear cut chances.

Simple message at HT, show abit of character & bravery. The first 30 minutes of the half we did this and it was all Bradford. Brad found space in the wing back areas, played in Umar who slotted with his left foot. With Gomersal now pushing on, we were presented the chance to finish the game from another lighting counter attack but Juwara hit the bar.

Fine margins as within 5-10 minutes of this; Gomersal found themselves 3-2 up. Firstly, from the corner 2 uncontested headers saw them level. Secondly, a simple long ball from the keeper saw another uncontested flick on where the Gomersal winger latched onto & smashed it home. From then onwards, Gomersal sat back & we threw the kitchen sink at it & had 2/3 big chances to level. We didn’t take them & that showed the level we’re at. Very fine margins.

Can’t be hard on anyone today, everyone gave more than 100%. It just wasn’t to be. We’ll bounce back. All good team do.

Ousainey Juwara ⚽️
Umar Ali ⚽️

Fabio Intumbo 🌟

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County Cup

BRADFORD UNITED 2- 3 WAKEFIELD THORNESIANS

Bradford United looking to go unbeaten for the 7th game and progress in the Cup. Wakefield started on the front foot and scored early from a corner. After the initial lethargic 10 minutes, the boys fought back to get the equaliser, with rooney smashing home from a long clearance from ricardo. Bradford United continued to dominate the rest the half and created 5 clear chances but weren’t able to put them away.

Second half started in the same manner as the first half, which saw Wakefield score 2 quick goals from 2 freekicks. A real wake up call for the lads. We pushed hard to try and get back in the game. With 15 minutes remaining, we got our second goal through Rooney, once again finishing smartly after a cleaver through ball from muj. The come back wasn’t to be as Wakefield finished the match as Well deserved winners.

⚽️ROONEY
⚽️ROONEY

ROONEY🌟

County Cup – 2nd Round

Horsforth St Magarets 1-1 Bradford United 1sts (4-5 Pens)

After a poor display last week today was all about reactions & a reaction is what we got. Today we saw the real Bradford United. Every single man played his role including the 2 on the bench. Hard work and graft for their team mates and the badge.

The game itself was a game of 2 halves. Bradford dominated in first half; second half was HSM. Bradford started on the front foot; Mehmet got us going with a class finish. Cruising on another day we score more than 1, instead a lapse of concentration in defence meant we were pegged back just before the interval. 1-1 HT.

The second half was another test of character; under the cosh for majority but held out whilst maintaining an attacking presence on the break. In fairness it was the Fabio show as he some fantastic saves to keep us in this game atoning for his first half error. 1-1 FT. Penalties! Fabio was once again the hero as he saved HSM’s first pen. Our boys making no mistake to send us through into the last 32.

Mehmet ⚽️

Kas 🌟

📣 Special Mention – EVERYONE!! 13 men, 2 coaches against a full army of HSM support & bench.

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County Cup – 2nd Round

Bradford United U23s 6 – 3 Middleton Park

2 changes made (Ricardo and Micheal) to the line up from last game as we looked to make it 4 wins on the bounce.

We wanted to get at them from the get go and we found our rhythm straight away stringing some fantastic passes through the lines. As usual, we had a few half chances but couldn’t put the ball in the back of the net but we knew it was going to come.

Our first goal came from Yaseen at the back post slotting home expertly after some scintillating combinations from back to front. As the saying goes “you are at your most vulnerable after you score” and that is exactly what happened from the restart on 2 separate occasions as Middleton Park made it 2-1 in quick succession. This was an important part of the game and It was crucial we stood up and reacted in a positive way to the opposition scoring 2 goals to take the lead. We kept playing our way and being confident on the ball which resulted in us winning a corner. Muj drove a low corner which some how managed to get through Middleton’s defence and found its way to Greeny who made no mistake smashing it home from close range to make it 2-2.

We grew in confidence and kept pushing for the lead. The lead came through yaseen once again playing the ball out wide to maheen followed by a run into the box. Maheen then rolled the ball into yaseen’s path who showed some good feet to find some space and slot home to make it 3-2.

Half time: 3-2

Middleton started the second half on the front foot as we struggled to continue our dominance from the first half. After some sloppy play from us losing the ball, then not counter pressing effectively and then not dealing the cross, they scored their third goal to make it 3-3 . It was the wake up call we needed and deserved after switching off. Some changes were made to give us some fresh legs as the boys had worked their socks off all game. The boys adapted well to their new roles and pushed them back giving us more space all over the pitch.

After a few further shaky minutes, we got back to dominating the game with occasionally riding our luck. We got the lead through Greeny clipping a TRENT esque ball from the right inside channel, to the back post with emanuel finishing left foot on the volley. Great finish!

Minutes later, after some good work from Mazn playing a clever ball through to Micheal. Micheal went round the keeper and would have scored if it wasn’t for a great save from their left back. No hand ball according to the referee. Absolute madness of a decision.

From here on, only one team looked like adding to the score line. We got a further 2 goals. First one through Greeny with a monster of a header at the back post. Not forgetting the brilliant short corner routine from muj (musiala) and yaseen (Joao Felix) and Mazn blocking off both centre backs to clear the path for Greeny. We kept up the high tempo and pushed for further goals. Last 5 minutes the opposition defended, desperately throwing their bodies on the line but it didn’t stop us scoring our sixth goal. Mo finishing well in the box to seal the deal👊🏼

All in all, a well deserved win 👏

Yaseen ⚽️⚽️
Greeny ⚽️⚽️
Emanuel ⚽️
Mo ⚽️

YASEEN🌟

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YAL Division 4

Bradford United U21s 1-5 Nostell Miners

Today it was all about trying to get back into the form displayed in the early weeks of the season.

The lads started the game well and tried to control the tempo of the game bringing the ball out from the back and building combinations into the final third however a defensive error lead to Nostell taking an early lead 1-0. The lads then seen themselves two behind again with another error at the back and Nostell punished us and made it 2-0. We then got hit on the break but not closing the man early and allowing to run through so freely and then the Nostell forward latched onto the parry from the keeper making it 3-0. The lads didn’t give up and tried to pick themselves up but again another error and another goal 4-0 Nostell.

HT 4-0

The half time team talk was to show some pride and to pick this up as it was not good enough at all as we are levels above this.

A steady start to the half and a lot of desire was shown to control the game however again an error from two defenders left the run of the midfielder being called onside who made it 5-0 with ease and put the game surely out of sight. We pulled one back through Sulaiq who finished from a great ball from Mustafa. 5-1. We then started to apply more pressure and played some really good combinations from the midfield into the final third however it simply wasn’t good enough and it was too late to try and get something out of the game.

Sulaiq ⚽️

Sahil 🌟

YAL Supreme Division

Bradford United 2-1 Greetland

After a month of home games, Bradford United travelled to face Halifax based side Greetland. Greetland like so many of our previous opponents started like a house on fire trying to play with a high tempo & dictate proceedings. The question was for how long?

That answer was 35 minutes & for 35 Bradford United once again showed character and bottle whilst under the cosh, Bradford weathered the storm. Truth be told we had belief we would have our moments which we did and took. Firstly, Juwara was alert to tap in from a Mehmet shot which the keeper parried. Secondly, as Greetland were on the ropes 2 minutes later Khurram & Brendan linked up majestically with Brendan finding the back of the net from 20 yards.

Second half Bradford were mainly on top without being able to add to the lead having missed by whiskers on several occasions. Greetland did get one back with 10 minutes giving us flashbacks of last week. However, Bradford stood broad & tall seeing this one out when all seemed against us with the ref sin binning one of our lads having question a decision.

Onto 3 weeks of cup games giving us a break from the league. Well done to everyone involved. Backs against the wall, 12 men grinded out a must needed victory.

Ousainey Juwara ⚽️
Brendan Maltby ⚽️

Mehmet Tektas 🌟

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Match report: 5-2 win

⚽️MUAWIYAH > OSKAR
⚽️MAMZI> MUJ
⚽️MAMZI> MUJ
⚽️YASEEN> MAHEEN
⚽️MAZN> RICARDO

1 change made to the line up from last game as we looked for back to back wins. Ricardo in for Ray (illness).

FIRST HALF:

With the opposition arriving a little late, we wanted to get at them from the get go but we couldn’t find our rhythm for the first 15 minutes. It seemed end to end for some odd reason. As usual, we had a few half chances but couldn’t put the ball in the back of the net. They threatened us with the long ball but we stood tall and didn’t concede. After some long passes attempted from us, we started to keep the ball better.

Our first goal came from MUAWIYAH pouncing on a parry from the keeper from oskar’s shot. From this point, it looked like there was only one team who could score the next goals in the game. We got our 2nd and 3rd goals in similar fashion as the first goal with mamzi scoring 2 goals from close range from muj’s set pieces which were also parried by the keeper.

Half time 3-0

SECOND HALF:

Yorkshire amateurs started the second half on the front foot as we struggled to continue on our dominance from the first half. After some sloppy play from us losing the ball and not working hard to win it back, they scored 2 quick goals to make it 3-2. It was the wake up call we needed and deserved after we took the foot of the gas.

From here on we got back to playing our way and dominating with occasionally riding our luck. We got further 2 goals through yaseen finishing well after some good work from mahine and mazn scoring the last goal of the game rolling the ball to an empty net.

All in all a well deserved win but its clear we have a lot of work to do in certain areas.

Things to improve on:

1. Dont force passes and keep it simple to open up space between the lines. (Same as last week)
2. Got to stay focused for the whole game not in phases otherwise we will get punished.

Positives from today:

1. Creating lots of chances
2. 5 goals scored
3. 4 different goals scorers
4. Some impressive individual performances.

MOTM: –
MAMZI (2 GOALS) and a wall at the back making some crucial challenges.

Other deserved mentions:

• RICARDO- fantastic all round defensive performance and could easily have been MOTM.
• Zain- another faultless performance

WELL DONE BOYS👏

WE GO AGAIN NEXT GAME AND GET THE 3 POINTS👊🏼

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND AND SEE YOU AT TRAINING 👍🏼

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Morley 5-2 Bradford United 21s

A 45 minutes for the lads to forget and forget fast. A few mistakes and a very bad first lead to us being down and out at half time 5-0.

Second half the shape was changed and it worked well. The lads got two goals back and didn’t look like conceding another however it was too little too late. The lads go into the district cup next week and know that they must react to the performance today.

Goalscorers

Sulaiq
Adil

Assists

Sear
Musti

MOM – Sulaiq

YAL Supreme Division

Bradford United 2-2 Gildersome Spurs

1st v 2nd today was we hosted Gildersome Spurs. Lads knew we were in for a game which showed from the start. High tempo, every 50-50 ball contested with heart and desire from both teams.

But it was Bradford United who took the lead. Umar converting from the spot. Truly deserved as we came close to breaking the deadlock on 2/3 occasions before this only to be denied by some brilliant saves. A few moments later Buba went on a mazy run from defence somewhat confused why he’s been able to drive with the ball 50-60 yards unchallenged unleashed a venomous strike which left the keeper with no chance. 2-0.

Gildersomes frantic and ferocious pace undone with even bigger heart and work rate from our lads seeing us out for a 2-0 lead at HT. Second half started like the first. Very high tempo yet controlled from our side which on another day would have seen us go 3-0 up.

Credit to Gildersome who kept going where they got own back from a free kick. A soft one from our side. However the game changed when our CB had a moment of madness berating the referee over a 50/50 seeing him see a red card. From there we were under the cosh yet saw it out until the last minute where a long throw trickled in. Heartbreak. Hard one to take but massively proud of all the lads.

Umar Ali Zahoor ⚽️
Bubacary Conteh ⚽️

Bubacary Conteh 🌟

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County Cup

Shire Academics Res 1-2 Bradford United U23s

A few changes made to the line up from last game as we looked to get back to winning ways. Ray, maheen and zain into the starting 11.

We started off well with the right desire and hunger. Totally dominated the first 30 minutes of the game. As we kept pushing for the lead, our first goal came from a delightful ball from MUAWIYAH from the right hand side with GREENY jumping highest to head home. The next 5 minutes we looked confident and stepped it up with us hitting the post and bar from the edge of the box. We always knew they would be a threat from set pieces and they proved to be on the 40th minute with us not dealing with a corner. Shire academies continued with the long ball tactic but we stood strong to take it to half time 1-1.

Started the second half very well and started combining well from back to front. We created further half chances but their keeper saved well at the front post. 65th minute, set Piece to us from the right, MUAWIYAH played another fantastic in swinger and Greeny headed home again. 2-1

After taking the lead we continued playing well for the next 10 minutes. The last 10 minutes they threw everything at us but we showed heart to keep the lead. We had 3/4 opportunities to hit them on the break but we weren’t able to play the right final ball.

Ryan Greenwood ⚽️⚽️

Ryan Greenwood 🌟

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County Cup

Mount St Mary’s 3-2 Bradford United 21s

The lads went into the game knowing the opponents were a few divisions higher and last years county cup runners up however that didn’t bother the lads one bit. The lads were superb from the start in their build up play and battle on the pitch. 30 minutes in a mistake lead to the home side taking the lead 1-0 which we didn’t deserve at all. It was time for courage and character and the lads had shown that throughout the game. HT 1-0

The second half the game plan was simple to keep doing what we are doing and be smarter in our approach offensively. This was executed when Sulaiq latched onto a loose ball to put us level in the game 1-1. We didn’t stop there we kept battling and matching the home side in the game only for sulaiq to put Adil through who rounded the keeper and slotted home. 2-1. It could have been 3-1 and game over but it just wasn’t meant to be.

Two mistakes in the last 7 minutes left the lads wounded. FT 3-2

Sulaiq ⚽️
Adil ⚽️

Sulaiq 🌟

Leeds Hyde Park V Bradford United Ladies

This was by far the best game the ladies have played so far in the season. Full of energy, enthusiasm and a strong work ethic.

Leeds Hyde Park started off strong and got a goal breaking the deadlock but Bradford were quick to make amends pulling a goal back and equalise shortly after 5 minutes of conceding.

Bradford started to look stronger as the game progressed as Hannah played a beautifully weighted pass through to Zahraa, sending her 1 on 1 with the goalkeeper and slotted it nicely in the bottom left hand corner.

Leeds Hyde Park kept pushing back at the other end as it got closer to half time and just before the halftime whistle blew they managed to pull a goal back making it 2-2, just before both teams headed for the break.

A couple of changes at half time saw Bradford a little unsteady after the second half was under way and Leeds Hyde Park were able to get 2 goals in quick succession.

In the final quarter of the match, tired legs on the home side caused a mistake with the help of Haleema’s energetic pressing. the ball landed into the path of Naomi. Naomi saw an opportunity and puts it in the top left corner giving the keeper no chance to get to it, nicely executed making it 4-3 to Leeds Hyde Park.

Bradford Utd kept dominating possession and created many opportunities in the last 5 minutes of the game but just couldn’t get the goal back to equalise.

Overall Bradford Utd showed great desire and determination throughout the full duration of the match and also displayed massive improvement.