Bantams Fixtures Announced

by Edward Watson

Bradford City will begin their League One campaign with an away fixture at recently relegated Bristol City.

The Bantams won promotion from League Two last season after a 3-0 thrashing of Northampton Town in the play-off final at Wembley.

Their first opponent at Valley Parade will be Carlisle United, before Yorkshire rivals Sheffield United visit on August 24th.

Always a highly anticipated fixture - the Boxing Day match will see another Yorkshire club at Valley Parade in the form of Rotherham United - who were also promoted from League Two last season.

Bantams will end the season away at Tranmere Rovers with fans hoping they'll have done enough to be playing League One football or higher in 2014.

City's fans will be encouraged that the team have been backed for a mid-table finish by bookmakers, with odds to win League One - correct at the time of writing - of 20/1 with William Hill and Paddy Power and 25/1 with Sky Bet.

The full list of League fixtures for 2013/14 follows:



August
03: Bristol City (a)
10: Carlisle United (h)
17: Port Vale (a)
24: Sheffield United (h)
31: Stevenage Borough (a)

September
07: Brentford (h)
14: Colchester United (h)
21: Gillingham (a)
28: Shrewsbury Town (h)

October
05: Walsall (a)
12: Tranmere Rovers (h)
19: Crawley Town (a)
22: Preston North End (a)
26: Wolverhampton Wanderers (h)

November
02: Crewe Alexandra (a)
16: Coventry City (h)
23: MK Dons (a)
26: Notts County (h)
30: Oldham Athletic (a)

December
11: Leyton Orient (h)
21: Peterborough United (a)
26: Rotherham United (h)
29: Swindon Town (h)

January
01: Notts County (a)
04: Carlisle United (a)
11: Bristol City (h)
18: Sheffield United (a)
25: Port Vale (h)
28: Preston North End (h)

February
01: Wolverhampton Wanderers (a)
08: Crewe Alexandra (h)
15: Coventry City (a)
22: MK Dons (h)

March
01: Stevenage Borough (h)
08: Brentford (a)
11: Colchester United (a)
15: Gillingham (h)
22: Shrewsbury Town (a)
25: Walsall (h)
29: Leyton Orient (a)

April
05: Oldham Athletic (h)
12: Rotherham United (a)
19: Peterborough United (h)
21: Crawley Town (a)
26: Swindon Town (h)

May
03: Tranmere Rovers (a)