Match Report
| Bradford City | Bradford City |  |  | Millwall | Millwall | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Danny Bastin | D. Bastin |  | 53 | G |  | 1 | | G | 55 | | Niccolo Moss | N. Moss | |||||||||
| Frank Carter | F. Carter | | 51 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 56 | | Dean Joachim | D. Joachim | |||||||||
| Graham Insley | G. Insley | | 50 | D | | 3 | | D | 50 | | Chris Le Tissier | C. Le Tissier | |||||||||
| Seth Clegg | S. Clegg | | 48 | D | | 4 | | D | 46 | | Eoin Maclean | E. Maclean | |||||||||
| Michael Gower | M. Gower | | 48 | D | | 5 | | M | 64 | | Sol Lawrence | S. Lawrence | |||||||||
| Harvey Barmby | H. Barmby | | 55 | M | | 6 | | M | 59 | | Matt Owen | M. Owen | |||||||||
| Des Gallagher | D. Gallagher | | 44 | M | | 7 | | M | 53 | | Lee Newton | L. Newton | |||||||||
| Darren Heskey | D. Heskey | | 42 | M | | 8 | | M | 52 |  | Frederic Vosahlo | F. Vosahlo | |||||||||
| Syd Newton | S. Newton | | 47 | A | | 9 | | M | 49 |  | Stephen Naysmith | S. Naysmith | |||||||||
| Wayne Godber | W. Godber | | 47 | A | | 10 | | A | 54 | | Nicky Copping | N. Copping | |||||||||
| Jermaine Montague | J. Montague | | 46 | A | | 11 | | A | 52 | | Neil Brand | N. Brand | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Valley Parade where Bradford City play host to Millwall. A crowd of 3,847 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Bradford City are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Millwall appear to be shaped for 3-5-2.
Bradford City are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Millwall appear to be shaped for 3-5-2.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Bradford City kicking off!
9.28
0-0Darren Heskey sees space and advances. Darren Heskey knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Niccolo Moss who gathers it comfortably.
16.35
0-0Eoin Maclean kicks a strong pass forward to Stephen Naysmith. Stephen Naysmith kicks a strong pass forward to Neil Brand. Neil Brand finds some space and shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
18.05
Eoin Maclean sees space and advances. Eoin Maclean chips the ball to his team mate, Neil Brand. Neil Brand plays a perfect one-two with Nicky Copping and rushes in on goal... Neil Brand cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
22.37
Graham Insley makes a probing pass to Darren Heskey. Darren Heskey deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Wayne Godber. Wayne Godber shoots from distance but it flies wide!
28.42
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
44.04
Matt Owen knocks the ball to his team mate, Nicky Copping. Nicky Copping shoots from long range but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
Seth Clegg brings the ball forward. Seth Clegg threads the ball through to Wayne Godber. Wayne Godber plays a perfect one-two with Syd Newton and rushes in on goal... Wayne Godber shoots from just inside the box but it goes wide for a goal kick.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
Millwall start the second half!
49.30
Dean Joachim threads the ball through to Matt Owen. Matt Owen flicks the ball to his team mate, Nicky Copping. Nicky Copping knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Danny Bastin who gathers it comfortably.
53.07
Frederic Vosahlo makes a simple pass to Neil Brand. Neil Brand knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
63.29
0-0Nicky Copping hacks Graham Insley from behind! Nicky Copping is given a warning by the referee! Graham Insley carries on, but is struggling a bit.
65.39
Millwall are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Bradford City's defence.
66.37
0-0Eoin Maclean comes in with a late challenge on Wayne Godber. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Wayne Godber hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
67.41
Matt Owen makes a simple pass to Neil Brand. Neil Brand knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
73.11
Michael Gower makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Darren Heskey. Darren Heskey chips the ball to his team mate, Wayne Godber. Wayne Godber tries a spectacular long range effort but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
83.54
0-0Frederic Vosahlo knocks the ball forward to Neil Brand. Neil Brand tries a spectacular long range effort but Danny Bastin is on top of it.
84.58
Seth Clegg deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Des Gallagher. Des Gallagher makes a probing pass to Jermaine Montague. Jermaine Montague goes all the way! Jermaine Montague shoots from just inside the box but it curls horrendously wide!
87.53
Darren Heskey deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Wayne Godber. Wayne Godber goes all the way! Wayne Godber shows great control and tries a shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
89.03
1-0Darren Heskey kicks a strong pass forward to Syd Newton. Syd Newton plays a perfect one-two with Wayne Godber and rushes in on goal... Syd Newton cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
0
Shots on Target
1
1
Shots off Target
5
3
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
51.4%
48.6%
Play Area
35.7%
41.4%
22.9%
Scorers
| Syd Newton 89 |