Match Thread Newcastle v Bradford Wed 24 Sept 19:45 Carabao cup

The match referee is Thomas Kirk. He sent off Smallwood at Swindon and his stats show lots of yellow cards per game.

 

Long shot, also after a single ticket! thanks

 

For the big match they have this week

 

They will want to win the League Cup. As @Bigrod says, it is probably their only realistic chance of a trophy this season.

 

Well whatever Mrs. Allotment, it should be a cracking night, the sort of night that football fans dream of. All I ask is that the fellas acquit themselves well. A 3-1 City win will do.

 

Wasn't Gordon suspended?

 

Wonder how many City fans will be in the home ends

 

Only one.

 

Looking at their ticket site, the only seats you can still buy are in hospitality. Cant find a news bit for them that their tickets ever went to general sale, looks like it was taken up by their ST or membership schemes.

 

Could be an interesting one, looking at the team yesterday that looked a bit of a second string give or take a few, kind of what I'd be expecting to face us.

Will have to see if he sticks with those changes or reintroduce the regulars for our game

 

Sounds like he is managing workloads from his presser after the game. But he said he is taking our game just as serious as Arsenal at the weekend and their paper hinted he said that Bruno and Joelinton will be starting against us. Also said he watched our game against Cardiff.

 

Telly talk ….?

 

Well if they were both rested against Bournemouth you would probably expect them to start. Resting them against us would have been the play otherwise. If they are out of sight after 60 mins they can get their breathers then - probably what he is hoping for.

Cup honors to defend, possibility of a humiliation and like someone else said - realistically the League Cup and FA Cup are their only really chances of a trophy.

If you look at their starting 11 against Wimbledon in league cup a year ago, it was a pretty strong line up. Only won 1-0 mind.

 

Yeah makes sense. I reckon they play some big guns and hope to be 2-0/3-0 up with an hour in and rest most after that.

They took the cups seriously last year and played strong 11s, but they also had no Europe to think about. Where as this year they have CL games every other week for the next few months.

 

Ramsdale, Krath, Trippier, Botman, Thiaw, Lascelles, Burno, Jeolinton,

Ramsdale, Krath, Trippier, Botman, Lascelles, Thiaw, Bruno, Joelinton, Gordan, Barnes, Osula

A guess....maybe Burn. Maybe Murphy.

 

Sign of the shift in our club when the top teams are resting players to face us

Btw this time last year in the same month we got beat by Newcastle u21s on pens thats some turnaround

 

Just tried ringing ticket office, but no tickets returned as yet will keep trying
Thanks for your the tip though

 

https://www.bradfordcityafc.com/news/2025/september/22/university-of-bradford-stadium-to-close-early-on-wednesday/

so that's where all the tickets went!