Match Report
| Bradford City | Bradford City |  |  | Stoke City | Stoke City | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Neil Ritchie | N. Ritchie |  | 59 | G |  | 1 | | G | 67 |  | Marcos Morales | M. Morales | |||||||||
| Tomas Vieira | T. Vieira |  | 66 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 68 |  | Christian Lindner | C. Lindner | |||||||||
| Guy Landreau | G. Landreau |  | 62 | D |  | | 3 | | | D | 64 | | Alioune Marlet | A. Marlet | |||||||
| John White | J. White | | 59 | D | | 4 | | D | 63 |  | Anthony Pallister | A. Pallister | |||||||||
| Stuart Collins | S. Collins | | 58 | D | | 5 | | M | 55 | | Mick Kasper | M. Kasper | |||||||||
| Noel Upson | N. Upson | | 59 | M | | 6 | | M | 52 | | Gavin Minto | G. Minto | |||||||||
| Billy Mendez | B. Mendez | | 53 | M | | 7 | | M | 46 | | Ivan Croft | I. Croft | |||||||||
| Malcolm Mortensen | M. Mortensen | | 72 | A | | 8 | | M | 46 | | Brian Jackson | B. Jackson | |||||||||
| Neil Wright-Phillips | N. Wright-Phillips | | 69 | A | | 9 | | A | 65 | | Billy Wallwork | B. Wallwork | |||||||||
| Harry Gallagher | H. Gallagher | | 67 | A | | 10 | | A | 61 | | Nwankwo Greaves | N. Greaves | |||||||||
| Alejandro Lopez | A. Lopez | | 65 | A | | 11 | | A | 57 | | Simon Henry | S. Henry | |||||||||
| John Barton | J. Barton | | 58 | D | | 12 | | D | 63 | | James Gray | J. Gray | |||||||||
| Tarik Douchez | T. Douchez | | 53 | D | | 13 | | G | 61 |  | Willem De Nooijer | W. De Nooijer | |||||||||
| Kevin Matteo | K. Matteo | | 53 | M | | 14 | | D | 58 | | Henry Fletcher | H. Fletcher | |||||||||
 today's match is sponsored by AGI |
Match Report
Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Valley Parade where Bradford City play Stoke City in this league cup game. Its a sell-out today with the 10,000 capacity stadium completely full.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Bradford City are playing in a 4-2-4 formation while Stoke City appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Today's match is refereed by Carl Cooke.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Bradford City are playing in a 4-2-4 formation while Stoke City appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Today's match is refereed by Carl Cooke.
0.00
0-0Bradford City kick off and get the first half underway!
2.57
0-0Guy Landreau chips the ball to his team mate, Billy Mendez. Billy Mendez flicks a high pass forward to Alejandro Lopez who brings the ball under control. Alejandro Lopez controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it rises well off target!
3.23
0-0John White threads a neat ball through to Billy Mendez. With a delightful solo run, Billy Mendez stretches the opposition's defence. Billy Mendez knocks in a cross ball towards Neil Wright-Phillips. With a superhuman jump, Neil Wright-Phillips connects with the ball and heads it goalwards but is denied by Marcos Morales. Excellent save.
10.16
0-0Billy Mendez makes a simple pass to Alejandro Lopez. Alejandro Lopez whips in a cross ball towards Harry Gallagher. Christian Lindner clumsily knocks into Harry Gallagher. Harry Gallagher appeals for a penalty! The referee just ignores him!!
18.39
Noel Upson kicks a strong pass forward to Neil Wright-Phillips. Neil Wright-Phillips knocks in a cross ball towards Alejandro Lopez. Alejandro Lopez heads the ball goalwards but Marcos Morales is on top of it.
30.13
0-0Mick Kasper makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Simon Henry. Simon Henry knocks the ball beyond the defensive line but Nwankwo Greaves is offside!
32.24
Tomas Vieira knocks the ball forward to Billy Mendez. Billy Mendez threads a neat ball through to Alejandro Lopez. Alejandro Lopez whips in a cross ball towards Malcolm Mortensen. Christian Lindner comes in with a late challenge on Malcolm Mortensen. That's got to be a penalty! No, the referee isn't even looking in that direction!!
36.38
With great vision, Christian Lindner plays the ball forward to Ivan Croft. Ivan Croft makes a simple pass to Simon Henry. Simon Henry threads the ball through to Billy Wallwork but he's offside!
38.27
Billy Mendez makes a simple pass to Neil Wright-Phillips. Neil Wright-Phillips lofts in a cross ball towards Harry Gallagher. Harry Gallagher gets a glancing touch on the cross ball but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
40.06
0-0Billy Wallwork barges into Guy Landreau. Billy Wallwork is shown the yellow card! Guy Landreau hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
42.15
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
44.39
0-1Ivan Croft flicks the ball to his team mate, Billy Wallwork. Billy Wallwork cuts inside the box! Billy Wallwork side-steps and rifles a shot at goal. Neil Ritchie is helpless! The ball slams into the back of the net - goal!!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
Both teams emerge for the second half. Bradford City appear unchanged since the first half. Stoke City also appear unchanged since the first half. The Bradford City players look more determined than they did at the start of the game.
45.00
Stoke City kick off!
48.17
John White deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Billy Mendez. Billy Mendez knocks the ball forward to Malcolm Mortensen. Malcolm Mortensen edges inside the box! Malcolm Mortensen cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal. The keeper is more than a match for it. Quality keeping!
49.02
Guy Landreau hits a low pass to Billy Mendez. Billy Mendez knocks the ball forward to Malcolm Mortensen. Malcolm Mortensen makes a beautiful attacking pass to the feet of Alejandro Lopez. Alejandro Lopez shows great control and tries a shot on goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
53.55
John White flicks a high pass forward. Billy Mendez collects the pass. Billy Mendez knocks the ball to his team mate, Alejandro Lopez. Alejandro Lopez skips past Alioune Marlet! Alejandro Lopez tries a spectacular strike. Marcos Morales gathers the ball up comfortably. Top class keeping!
55.53
1-1Billy Wallwork clumsily knocks into Stuart Collins. Billy Wallwork is warned by the referee! Stuart Collins hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
60.28
1-1Bradford City have made a substitution with Kevin Matteo replacing Billy Mendez .
63.30
Gavin Minto sees Simon Henry in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Simon Henry plays a scrappy one-two with Billy Wallwork and stumbles forward towards the goal... Simon Henry makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
77.34
Bradford City have made 2 substitutions with John Barton replacing Stuart Collins and Tarik Douchez replacing Neil Wright-Phillips .
78.38
Guy Landreau catches Billy Wallwork on the ankles. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Billy Wallwork runs off the knock.
81.29
John White threads a neat ball through to Noel Upson. Noel Upson knocks the ball forward to Alejandro Lopez. Alejandro Lopez knocks in a cross ball towards Malcolm Mortensen. Malcolm Mortensen connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. It's there!! Marcos Morales has to pick the ball from the back of the net!
89.10
2-1Ivan Croft flicks a high ball forward to Nwankwo Greaves who takes it down. Nwankwo Greaves knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by John White.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Match Statistics
Goals
Shots on Target
Shots off Target
Offsides
Fouls
Yellow Cards
Red Cards
Possession
Play Area
Scorers
Man of the Match
Man of the Match
| The man of the match was awarded to Alejandro Lopez of Bradford City |
Match Ratings
Match Ratings
1. Neil Ritchie (GK)
6
2. Tomas Vieira (DEF)
6
3. Guy Landreau (DEF)
5
4. John White (DEF)
6
5. Stuart Collins (DEF)
6
6. Noel Upson (MID)
6
7. Billy Mendez (MID)
8
8. Malcolm Mortensen (ATT)
9
9. Neil Wright-Phillips (ATT)
6
10. Harry Gallagher (ATT)
6
11. Alejandro Lopez (ATT)
9
12. John Barton (DEF)
6
13. Tarik Douchez (DEF)
6
14. Kevin Matteo (MID)
6
1. Marcos Morales (GK)
7
2. Christian Lindner (DEF)
6
3. Alioune Marlet (DEF)
6
4. Anthony Pallister (DEF)
6
5. Mick Kasper (MID)
6
6. Gavin Minto (MID)
6
7. Ivan Croft (MID)
7
8. Brian Jackson (MID)
6
9. Billy Wallwork (ATT)
7
10. Nwankwo Greaves (ATT)
6
11. Simon Henry (ATT)
6
12. James Gray (DEF)
0
13. Willem De Nooijer (GK)
0
14. Henry Fletcher (DEF)
0