Saturday 13 March 2010
Coca-Cola League 2
Bradford City vs Aldershot Town
Kick Off: 3.00pm
at the Coral Windows Stadium

Match Officials:

Referee: G Eltringham
Assistant Referee: P P Davies
Assistant Referee: S Smith
Fourth Official: A J Scregg

Bantams team news
Although Peter Taylor is expected to stick with the same eighteen that has featured in the past two matches, changes within his starting eleven maybe possible.

Taylor highlighted the large amount of matches his Bantams side have faced recently, six in less than three weeks, as a possible factor for their disappointing performance at Vale Park.

Given this, the Bantams boss may decide to freshen up a couple of positions.

Omar Daley maybe one to benefit from such changes.

The Jamaican was brought on for Luke O'Brien at half time at Vale Park and is now pushing to be unleashed from the start.

Mark McCammon also appeared from the bench at Vale Park and will also be keen to return to the starting eleven.

Luke Oliver continues to make patiently for his Bantams debut after spending the last two matches as an unused sub. The giant defender will be hoping this Saturday is the time for him to be given his opportunity.

Leon Osborne, Louis Horne, Chris Brandon and Rory Carson all picked up niggles during the reserves defeat to Huddersfield on Wednesday to hamper their bid to work their way into Taylor's plans.

James O'Brien was due to feature in that same reserve fixture, but took a whack to his nose during training in the week and was left out as a precaution.

Gavin Grant is still being troubled by his ankle and is likely to miss out on a place in the matchday squad as a result.

Peter Thorne's injury problems have returned once more after the veteran striker picked up a knee injury last week.

Taylor will also be without Scott Neilson, who remains on loan at Cambridge United until early April.

Steven O'Leary did well to shake off a bout of sickness to play in the reserves on Wednesday.

O'Leary had been struck down with illness just before the Bantams match against Port Vale, but showed remarkable powers of recovery to last the distance against Huddersfield reserves less than 24 hours later.

The Irish midfielder is now fully recovered and is expected to take his place on the subs bench this Saturday.

Aldershot team news
Manager Keith Dillon has been on the look out for reinforcements for his squad this week after the loss of key players.

Aldershot received a blow to their plans early in the week when loanee goalkeeper Stephen Henderson was pulled back to his parent club Bristol City.

This left Dillon on red alert to find a new keeper to add to his ranks.

On the eve of the match, Dillon has managed to secure the signing of keeper Jamie Young on non-contract terms.

Young, who worked with Dillon at Reading, is likely to have to settle for a place on the bench at Valley Parade on Saturday though.

Shots other keeper Mikhael Jaimez-Ruiz, who acted as Henderson's deputy during his loan period at the club, is expected to get the nod to start instead.

The Shots manager has also been searching for recruits in defence and attack during the past few days.

With regular left back, Andy Sandell picking up a hamstring strain last Saturday against Burton, Dillon also completed a deal to bring in former Reading defender Aaron Brown as defensive cover.

Like Young, Brown has also signed for the Shots on non-contract terms.

Brown is likely to go into a defence which will be missing Dave Winfield. The centre half is still out with the same hamstring injury that he picked up against the Bantams at the EBB Stadium earlier in this month.

Fellow defender John Halls is still out with a long term groin injury, while Chris Blackburn is struggling with a knee injury to increase the Shots defensive woes.

Marvin Morgan missed the first fixture between the two sides at the EBB Stadium with a back injury, but the Shots top scorer should return at Valley Parade after playing in a behind closed match during the week.

If Dillon cannot find a new forward before the match, Morgan could be put straight back into the starting line up alongside Danny Hylton as the Shots manager decides whether to play one or two forwards.

 

Fancy a flutter?
As usual, the Bantams betting partner, bet365, is offering up a vast array of betting markets to allow you to add even more spice to this Saturday's proceedings.

Along with betting on the winner of the match, with bet365.com, you can bet on several other areas such as first goalscorer, last goalscorer, winning margin, amount of goals scored and even the half with the most amount of goals scored!

For a full listing of Bradford City vs Aldershot Town betting markets with bet365.com - please click here.

BANTAMS PLAYER coverage
For LIVE & EXCLUSIVE match commentary from the Bantams match with Aldershot Town, look no further than Bantams Player.

Bantams Player is the ONLY place to hear match commentary from the Coral Windows Stadium, with coverage starting at 2.45pm.

Please click here more information on Bantams Player.

Bradford City official website
The Bantams own website, www.bradfordcityfc.co.uk, now bring you match updates exclusively from the ground for City fixtures. This ensures City fans can keep up to date with any red cards, penalties, missed chances, substitutions or goals as they happen.

Line ups from both sides are normally on the site approximately 45 minutes before kick off, before the match updates kick in come the start of the match.

Please click here for an example of the match updates layout.

Bantams text alert service
Even on the move, you can still keep updated with the Bantams progress. A subscription to the Bantams text alert service will make sure you receive the followings text straight to your mobile on a matchday.

> Team line-ups
> Red cards
> Half time and full time results from all League 2 fixtures
> Goals for and against

To find out more about the Bantams text alert service, please click here.

City social network pages
From the turn of the year, the Bantams joined the social networking revolution and opened facebook & twitter pages.

Both pages will not only allow you to keep up to date with all things Bradford City during the week, but you can also obtain score updates from a Bantams match on both pages.

To view the Bantams official facebook page, please click here

To view the Bantams official twitter page, please click here.