Johnstone's Paint Trophy Round 1
Hartlepool United vs Bradford City
Kick Off: 7.00pm
at Victoria Park
Bantams boss Phil Parkinson has made six changes to his line up for City's Johnstone's Pain Trophy tie at Hartlepool United.
Fresh from penning a new loan deal, Connor Ripley starts in goal, with central defender Matt Taylor coming into the back four in front of him.
With Nathan Doyle set to play alongside them, Ricky Ravenhill, who will skipper the side, and Jason Kennedy will start in central midfield.
Raffaele De Vita and Mark Yeates will occupy the right and left flanks respectively and Garry Thompson will lead the attack up front.
Nahki Wells and Jon McLaughlin move down to the bench, while James Hanson, Gary Jones and Andrew Davies have been rested altogether.
| HARTLEPOOL UNITED | BRADFORD CITY |
| 1. Scott Flinders | 12. Connor Ripley |
| 2. Neil Austin (c) | 2. Stephen Darby |
| 4. Matty Dolan | 3. James Meredith |
| 6. Jack Baldwin | 4. Ricky Ravenhill (c) |
| 7. Jonathan Franks | 8. Jason Kennedy |
| 11. Andy Monkhouse | 11. Garry Thompson |
| 14. Jack Compton | 14. Mark Yeates |
| 21. Michael Duckworth | 15. Matt Taylor |
| 33. Luke James | 20. Raffaele De Vita |
| 35. Christian Burgess | 23. Rory McArdle |
| 38. Brad Walker | 24. Nathan Doyle |
| Substitutes: | Substitutes: |
| 13, Andy Rafferty (GK) | 1. Jon McLaughlin (GK) |
| 5. Sam Collins | 7. Kyel Reid |
| 8. Simon Walton | 16. Carl McHugh |
| 10. James Poole | 17. Alan Connell |
| 23. Nialle Rodney | 21. Nahki Wells |