Match Thread Cheltenham Town v Bradford City FA Cup 1st Round - Sat 1 Nov 2025 3pm

And the referee is Sam Allison - just hope that this time he can count.........remember his blunder with the subs at at Exeter City??

 

In the FA Cup both clubs share gate receipts

 

Has the ticket policy changed with kids tickets? Saying my kids need their own account when buying the cheltenham tickets, have bought away tickets for 3 matches this season (and many previous seasons) not been an issue before.

Is this just a cheltenham stipulation?

 

I think it’s always been the case that each person needed their own account otherwise how would you be able to assign a ticket?
I think it could be that if you are trying to buy age restricted tickets then you must first have accounts for each with the correct date of birth set.

 

Does anybody know yet if this match will be shown on Bantams tv?

 

Think it's safe to say it won't ...

 

Unless it is picked up for international broadcast at the last minute it won't be available to watch anywhere online.

 

Cheltenham won again today having beaten Walsall. They’ve taken 10 points from 12 since Steve Cotterill took over. This tie is turning into a really awful draw.

 

Is this correct.....we are having the same Pillock as today ?

 

Referee appointments are only confirmed the Monday before the weekend so the appointments for next weekend won't be confirmed yet.

 

Much more difficult match now they beat Wallsall today.

 

Why ? We drew with the home form team of a divi higher yesterday. Start worrying about a “difficult” game and it’s will be .

 

exactly.. and it was a makeshift team as well, let's not forget that.

 

There are no easy games

 

Anybody would think we were still a league 2 mid table team.

We are joint top of league 1 and they are 5th bottom of league 2.

 

It’s a bantams thing. Always negative, always assuming we are the underdogs, never thinking we can actually achieve anything. That mentality HAS to change.
I expect us to go there next week and win, anything else is failure. Simple.

 

That’s the thing.
Nobody is saying it will be easy but reverse the scenario and ask Cheltenham who they’d rather play and I guarantee they won’t pick the teams at the top of league 1.

 

City of all teams should know that anything can happen in a cup game.
On paper we should beat Cheltenham of course, but they have a new manager bounce, so we need to take it seriously.
We shouldn't just assume all we have to do is turn up to win. That isn't confidence, it is arrogance.