Saturday 20 March 2010
Coca-Cola League 2
Hereford United vs Bradford City
Kick Off: 3.00pm
at Edgar Street
Match Officials:
Referee: D S McDermid
Assistant Referee: J G Adlock
Assistant Referee: M Russell
Fourth Official: R J Martin
Bantams team news
New boy Ryan Kendall will be looking to grab his first start for the Bantams at Edgar Street this Saturday since joining on loan from Hull City.
Kendall joined City from the Premiership side this week and will go straight into the squad to face Hereford.
One player unlikely to make the trip to Hereford though is skipper Simon Ramsden.
The right back is extremely doubtful after damaging his calf against Aldershot last weekend.
Fellow defender Luke Oliver looks set to keep Steve Williams out of the side once more. The giant defender, who is on loan from Wycombe, made his debut against Aldershot and is expected to retain his place once more against the Bulls.
James O'Brien made his return from injury in the reserves on Wednesday evening at Rotherham. The Irishman played just over an hour, but is unlikely to feature at Edgar Street as he focuses on firstly improving his fitness levels.
Peter Taylor will be without the foursome of Michael & Rory Boulding, Peter Thorne and Chris Brandon following their departures from Valley Parade during this week.
Robbie Threlfall and Steven O'Leary are both set to return to an old stomping ground when City visit Hereford this weekend.
O'Leary was released from Edgar Street last summer following the Bulls relegation from League 1, while Threlfall has spent two seperate loan periods at the football club.
Defenders Louis Horne and Zesh Rehman are both in contention to travel as Taylor looks set to take a large squad with him to Hereford.
Hereford team news
The Bantams opponents this Saturday were in action as recently as this Tuesday at Edgar Street when they squared up to Morecambe.
Hereford were to suffer more home woe in that match as they lost out by a single Shrimps goal.
The defeat to Morecambe was their third on the bounce and fourth in a row at home.
Such poor form in previous weeks led to John Trewick losing his job as manager last week.
Chairman and former long serving manager Graham Turner has stepped into the position to take over the reins until someone else is appointed.
Bulls forward Gavin McCallum was forced to be withdrawn from Tuesday night's defeat due to injury making him a doubt for this Saturday.
If McCallum isn't fit to play, his place may well be taken by youngster Lewis Young.
Young, brother of Aston Villa winger Ashley, signed for the Bulls from Watford on a one month loan deal this Friday and will be in Turner's matchday squad.
Turner made it two signings in a day on the eve of the match by also completing the loan signing of striker Jake Jervis from Birmingham City.
Hereford full back Ryan Green could so nearly have been a Bradford player when the defender was the subject of reported interest from Valley Parade earlier back in 2002.
Any notion of a deal was scuppered though by the Bantams entering into their first spell of administration.
Hereford midfielder Lee Morris will not feature after signing a one month loan deal with Blue Square Premier side Forest Green Rovers on Friday.
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 Hereford United vs Bradford City betting markets with bet365.com - please click here.
BANTAMS PLAYER coverage
For LIVE & EXCLUSIVE match commentary from the Bantams match with Hereford United, look no further than Bantams Player.
Bantams Player is the best place to hear live match commentary from Edgar Street, 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.
