The 2021–22 season is Bradford City's 119th year in existence and third consecutive season in League Two. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

During pre-season, Derek Adams was appointed as Bantams new manager.

Pre-season friendlies Bradford City revealed they would have pre-season friendlies against Bradford (Park Avenue), Eccleshill United, Doncaster Rovers, Guiseley, Brighouse Town, Blackburn Rovers, Chesterfield and Accrington Stanley as part of their preparations for the new season.

DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance13 July 2021Bradford Park Avenue A 5–0 Kelleher 6', Cook 63', Scales 71', Crankshaw 78' (pen.), Eisa 87' 1,10614 July 2021Eccleshill United A P–P17 July 2021Doncaster Rovers H 2–0 Eisa 10' (pen.), Cook 55' 1,000+20 July 2021Guiseley A 2–1 Angol (2) 35', 38' (pen.) 21 July 2021Brighouse Town A 3–1 Crankshaw 20', Evans 34', Scales 36' 24 July 2021Blackburn Rovers H 2–0 Angol 19', Cooke 58' 27 July 2021Chesterfield A 1–2 O'Connor 48' 31 July 2021Accrington Stanley A 2–0 Cook (2) 4', 21’ 1,097

Competitions League Two

League table

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches The Bantams' fixtures were released on 24 June 2021.

DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance7 August 2021 Exeter City A 0–0 — 5,60914 August 2021 Oldham Athletic H 2–1 Angol (2) 32', 90+8' (pen.) 17,62417 August 2021 Stevenage H 4–1 Cook (3) 1', 30', 38', Canavan 88' 14,25721 August 2021 Mansfield Town A 3–2 O'Connor 19', Vernam 61', Cook 87' 6,05828 August 2021 Leyton Orient A 0–2 — 4,9014 September 2021 Walsall H 1–1 Watt 14' 15,82211 September 2021 Salford City A 0–1 — 2,86318 September 2021 Barrow H 1–1 Vernam 59' 15,40325 September 2021 Crawley Town A 1–2 Cooke 81' 2,4352 October 2021 Rochdale H 2–0 Gilliead 37', Cook 75' (pen.) 15,8099 October 2021 Newport County A 0–0 — 4,08916 October 2021 Bristol Rovers H 2–2 Vernam 42', Cook 50' 16,66419 October 2021 Hartlepool United H 1–3 O'Connor 72' 14,33423 October 2021 Swindon Town A 3–1 Lavery 16', Sutton 40', Robinson 75' 9,46130 October 2021 Forest Green Rovers H 1–1 Cook 10' 14,87313 November 2021 Port Vale A 1–1 Angol 74' 7,01020 November 2021 Northampton Town H 1–1 Vernam 67' 15,37223 November 2021 Tranmere Rovers A 1–2 Sutton 26' 5,96227 November 2021 Scunthorpe United A 1–1 Songo'o 68' 3,8238 December 2021 Colchester United H 0–0 — 14,65811 December 2021 Sutton United H 2–2 Robinson 34', Angol 81' 14,6581 January 2022 Barrow A 2–1 Angol 8', Cook 49' 3,4638 January 2022 Carlisle United A 0–2 — 4,99615 January 2022 Salford City H 2–1 Watson 57' (o.g.), O'Connor 85' 14,67122 January 2022 Rochdale A 0–0 — 4,94125 January 2022 Walsall A 2–1 Daly 37', Cook 88' (pen.) 4,09729 January 2022 Crawley Town H 1–2 Cook 31' 14,6231 February 2022 Leyton Orient H 1–1 Watt 83' 13,6465 February 2022 Harrogate Town A 0–2 — 2,7788 February 2022 Stevenage A 1–0 Walker 55' 1,95312 February 2022 Exeter City H 0–1 — 15,05819 February 2022 Oldham Athletic A 0–2 — 7,71622 February 2022 Harrogate Town H 1–3 Foulds 12' 14,51226 February 2022 Mansfield Town H 0–2 16,7975 March 2022 Swindon Town H 1–2 Evans 18' 15,00812 March 2022 Forest Green Rovers A 2–0 Cooke 64', Cook 90+5' 3,33915 March 2022 Hartlepool United A 2–0 Foulds 70', Songo'o 76' 5,10619 March 2022 Port Vale H 1–2 Vernam 70' 16,04626 March 2022 Newport County H 0–0 — 14,7162 April 2022 Bristol Rovers A 1–2 Pereira 46' 9,1869 April 2022 Northampton Town A 0–0 — 5,54815 April 2022 Tranmere Rovers H 1–1 Walker 19' 17,25718 April 2022 Colchester United A 3–0 - 2,89323 April 2022 Scunthorpe United H 2–1 Walker 1', Vernam 5' 15,24830 April 2022 Sutton United A 4–1 Vernam (2) 16', 77', Songo'o 85', Cook 90+7' 4,0107 May 2022 Carlisle United H 2–0 Angol 13', Walker 69' 18,283

FA Cup

Bradford City were drawn at home to Exeter City in the first round.

DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance6 November 2021Round 1 Exeter City H 1–1 Robinson 28' 3,23616 November 2021Round 1 replay Exeter City A 0–3 Void — 3,50930 November 2021Round 1 replay Exeter City A 1–2 Angol 11' 3,228

EFL Cup

Bradford City were drawn away to Nottingham Forest in the first round.

DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance11 August 2021Round 1 Nottingham Forest A 1–2 Cooke 54' 9,514

EFL Trophy

Group game fixture dates were announced on 22 July.

DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance31 August 2021Group game 1 Lincoln City H 0–3 — — 21 September 2021Group game 2 Manchester United U21 H 0–3 — 2,0229 November 2021Group game 3 Sunderland A 1–1 Robinson 36' —

Squad statistics

No.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupEFL CupEFL TrophyTotal Discipline AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Richard O'Donnell190301000230202DF Oscar Threlkeld22030002(1)027(1)0603DF Liam Ridehalgh28(1)010101031(1)0304DF Paudie O'Connor4533010105031226MF Yann Songo'o39(2)330001043(2)3607FW Abo Eisa1(3)00(1)00(1)0001(5)0008MF Callum Cooke28(14)21(2)0112032(16)3709FW Andy Cook35(4)1200101(1)037(5)120010FW Jamie Walker14(5)400000014(5)45011MF Alex Gilliead38(5)130102(1)044(6)13012GK Alex Bass2100000002101014DF Matty Foulds18(5)22(1)0002(1)022(7)21015MF Charles Vernam19(9)8200(1)02(1)023(11)80016DF Fiacre Kelleher6(3)00(1)000208(4)01017MF Gareth Evans13(7)10(2)0003016(9)11018MF Elliot Watt41230101(1)046(1)213119FW Lee Angol14(4)61(2)1101017(6)74120FW Theo Robinson5(18)22(1)100118(19)41021DF Reece Staunton10000020300022MF Levi Sutton23(9)230101(2)028(11)25023FW Tom Elliott2(5)00000002(5)00024DF Finn Cousin-Dawson8(3)00(1)0101010(4)04025MF Matty Daly8(1)10000008(1)10026MF Kian Scales0(2)00000202(2)01027DF Luke Hendrie1600000001604028FW Dion Pereira9(1)10000009(1)10029FW Caolan Lavery 5(14)100000(1)05(15)12030FW Nathan Delfouneso4(2)00000004(2)00033FW Charlie Wood00000000000034MF Olivier Sukiennicki000000000000Players out on loan for rest of the season-GK Sam Hornby600000309000Players left during the season-DF Niall Canavan17130100021121-MF Ollie Crankshaw0(6)0000(1)0101(7)000-DF Jorge Sikora000000101000

As of 7 May 2022.

Transfers Transfers in Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. 1 July 2021 CF Lee Angol Leyton Orient Free transfer 1 July 2021 CF Andy Cook Mansfield Town Free transfer 1 July 2021 LW Abo Eisa Scunthorpe United Free transfer 1 July 2021 RW Alex Gilliead Scunthorpe United Free transfer 1 July 2021 CB Fiacre Kelleher Wrexham Free transfer 1 July 2021 LB Liam Ridehalgh Tranmere Rovers Free transfer 1 July 2021 DM Yann Songo'o Morecambe Free transfer 1 July 2021 RB Oscar Threlkeld Salford City Free transfer 2 August 2021 CF Caolan Lavery Walsall Free transfer 31 August 2021 CF Theo Robinson Port Vale Free transfer 31 January 2022 RB Luke Hendrie Hartlepool United Free transfer

Loans in Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref. 4 January 2022 LW Dion Pereira Luton Town End of season 11 January 2022 LW Jamie Walker Heart of Midlothian End of season 18 January 2022 AM Matty Daly Huddersfield Town End of season 24 January 2022 GK Alex Bass Portsmouth End of season 27 January 2022 CF Tom Elliott Salford City End of season 31 January 2022 CF Nathan Delfouneso Bolton Wanderers End of season

Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. 12 November 2021 CB Reece Staunton Bradford (Park Avenue) 10 December 2021 31 January 2022 GK Sam Hornby Colchester United End of season

Transfers out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. 15 May 2021 GK Tom Donaghy Fleetwood Town Undisclosed 30 June 2021 SS Billy Clarke Retired 30 June 2021 CF Clayton Donaldson York City Released 30 June 2021 GK Will Huffer Stalybridge Celtic Released 30 June 2021 RM Zeli Ismail Hereford Released 30 June 2021 CF Lee Novak Retired 30 June 2021 RB Anthony O'Connor Morecambe Released 30 June 2021 LM Harry Pritchard Eastleigh Released 30 June 2021 AM Connor Shanks Huddersfield Town Released 30 June 2021 LB Connor Wood Leyton Orient Released 28 September 2021 RW Ollie Crankshaw Stockport County Undisclosed 17 January 2022 CB Jorge Sikora Free agent Mutual consent 31 January 2022 CB Niall Canavan Barrow Undisclosed

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