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History of the Bradford Bulls

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supporters trust. On 2 July 2012, the club's administrator, Brendan Guilfoyle, made sixteen members of staff, including the coach Mick Potter and chief executive Ryan Duckett, redundant, but announced that the club would attempt to fulfill its fixtures. Mick Potter continued as an unpaid coach until the end of the season. On 31 August 2012 a bid for the club from a local consortium, headed by Braford businessman Omar Khan, was accepted by the administrator and was ratified by the RFL in early September. Days later the RFL also granted the new owners a one-year probationary licence enabling the club to compete in
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22–20 in front of 71,212 fans, then went on to lift the League Leaders Shield for finishing top of the Super League after 28 rounds, before defeating Leeds Rhinos again, for the fifth time in the season, in the Qualifying Semi Final play-off to reach the Tetley's Rugby Super League Grand Final. The Bulls claimed the Super League title with victory over Wigan Warriors before a record, sell-out crowd of 65,537 at Old Trafford, Manchester.
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the Board has agreed that the wider interests of the sport is best satisfied if it offers a place in the Kingstone Press Championship to any new club in Bradford and that such a club start the 2017 season on minus 12 points. The RFL believes that Rugby League needs Bradford and that Bradford deserves a strong and stable professional club and will work with all interested parties to deliver that outcome.
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took over as head coach. Stuart Fielden followed Noble, moving to Wigan for a record fee of Β£450,000. McNamara's finest hour so far may have been the 20–18 defeat of St Helens at Odsal in June, which proved to be Fielden's last match for the Bulls. Bradford Bulls did not reach the Grand Final for the
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as he smashed the Super League try scoring record with a total of 37 tries from 26 appearances. This achievement started in the first round of the regular Super League season as he crossed the try line on five separate occasions against Wigan Warriors to equal the record for the total number of tries
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In 1972-3 Bradford lost the Challenge Cup final against Featherstone 33–14. In 1973–74 Bradford won the Second Division Championship and were promoted back to the First Division. During this season Keith Mumby made his debut, becoming the Bradford's youngest player at only 16 years of age, scoring 12
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at Odsal in the first floodlit football match of any code in the North of England. In 1953, a crowd of 69,429 watched Bradford play Huddersfield in the Challenge Cup third round. This was Northern's highest ever attendance. Northern also won the Yorkshire Cup final 7–2 against Hull. Bradford Northern
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Bradford were initially successful in the new world of professional rugby and reached the 1898 Challenge Cup Final, before losing 7–0 to Batley at Leeds. Bradford also won the Yorkshire Senior Competition in 1899–1900 and again in 1900–01. In 1903–04, Bradford finished level on points with Salford at
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After the 1890–91 season, Bradford along with other Yorkshire Senior clubs Batley, Brighouse, Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Hull, Hunslet, Leeds, Liversedge, Manningham and Wakefield decided that they wanted their own county league starting in 1891 along the lines of a similar competition that had
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While a number of alternatives were considered the Board was most mindful of the planning already undertaken by all other clubs in the competition structure, the season tickets already purchased and the players and staff who will now be seeking employment in and around the sport in 2017. Accordingly
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left Northern to join Wigan for a then record transfer deal, worth Β£80,000 and a player exchange involving Steve Donlan and Phil Ford. In 1987-8 Bradford won the Yorkshire Cup final replay against Castleford 11–2 after drawing 12–12. In 1989–90 Bradford beat Featherstone 20–14 in the Yorkshire Cup
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for unpaid taxes the holding company for the club was forced to go into administration on 26 June 2012. The Rugby Football League announced that had the company been wound up then the team would be allowed to complete their fixtures for the 2012 Super League season under the possible ownership of a
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10–4 in round 20 at Grattan Stadium. These games went a long way to proving whether they had the things to become champions at the end of the season. The Bulls were docked two Super League competition points when an independent panel found that the club had breached the salary cap by four per cent.
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Success came in the 1940s with a number of cup wins: the Yorkshire cup in 1940–1, 1942–3, 1944–5, 1945–6, 1948–9 and 1949–50; and the Challenge cup 1943–4, 1946–7 and 1948–9. In the championship Bradford found it difficult to win either before the war or after despite being runners up in 1942-3 and
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A meeting was called of the club members on 15 April 1907 to decide the club's future. An initial vote appeared to favour continuing in the Northern Union by a majority of one with association football in third, the second vote had a majority in favour of the RFU's offer following a recount but the
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22–4 at the McAlpine Stadium in Huddersfield. They also beat Leeds Rhinos in the play-offs to reach the Grand Final, only to meet their arch-rivals two weeks later at Old Trafford in front of a record grand final crowd of 67,000. This time Bradford were beaten by Leeds 16–8. 2004 was also a superb
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Bradford won the 1997 Super League title with a record run of 20 successive victories from the start of the season. The Bulls were also Challenge Cup runners-up for a second season, losing 32–22 to St Helens. James Lowes was the Super League Player of the Season while Matthew Elliot was chosen as
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Bradford council offered Bradford a site for a new stadium between Rooley Lane and Mayo Avenue in 1927. However the RFL said the site was too small and the club kept on lookingOn 20 June 1933, Bradford Northern signed a ten-year lease with Bradford council for a former quarry being used as a waste
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on 24 May 1907. As a goodwill gesture, Bradford Park Avenue passed all their old playing kit, balls and posts to the new club. The majority of players from 1906 to 1907 went on to play for the new club, helped in no small part by the Northern Union placing an embargo on other clubs signing players
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Bradford Northern's support declined rapidly in the 1963 season, attracting a record low crowd of 324 against Barrow. Northern went out of business on 10 December 1963 having played just 13 matches; winning 1 and losing 12, scoring 109 points and conceding 284. In 1964, the Bradford Northern club
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That same year, the Northern Union made changes to the game's laws reducing teams from 15 to 13-a-side later and the play-the-ball was introduced after a tackle. Bradford did not adapt well to these new laws and by late December, the club had slid to 24th place out of 27 and lost Β£500. Gates were
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on Sunday 9 March 2003 and attracted an attendance of 20,283. Bradford Bulls won the game 22–10. Bradford Bulls became the first club to win the Challenge Cup and Super League Grand Final in the same season in 2003. The team travelled to Cardiff to beat the Leeds Rhinos at the Millennium Stadium
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joined Bradford as coach for the first time in 1977–78. Bradford won the Premiership final 17–8 against Widnes and were also Championship runners-up. In 1978–79, Bradford appeared in another Premiership final, this time losing 24–2 to Leeds. A year later Bradford won the Championship and Regal
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away where they narrowly lost the game. By the end of the regular season they entered the Super 8s finishing second. In the Qualifiers Bradford failed to make the top three for automatic entry to Super League for 2016, finishing 5th which meant a trip to Wakefield to play them in the first ever
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In 2014, relegation was reintroduced to the Super League with two teams being relegated. Bradford were deducted 6 points for entering administration early on in the season and the Bulls were relegated from the top division of rugby league in Britain for the first time in 40 years.
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Under the captaincy of H.W.T. Garnett, Bradford went through the whole 1874–5 season, not only undefeated, but without having even a single point scored against them. A Yorkshire Rugby Union was formed in 1874 and they introduced a Yorkshire Cup competition in 1876.
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to the backroom staff to support the players wellbeing and performance. This appointment was thought to be the first of its kind in Rugby League. In late December 2013 it was announced that chairman Mark Moore and directors Ian Watt and Andrew Calvert had resigned.
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Bradford experimented with an association football section in 1895 but this struggled to compete with the popularity of rugby and the section was closed down in 1899. The first game of association football played at Park Avenue had been an exhibition match between
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92–0 in the fourth round of the Challenge Cup at Odsal. The Bulls won a Minor Premiership in Super League IV; staying undefeated at Odsal. The final home game saw the Bulls smash the Super League attendance record with 24,020 fans watching the 19–18 defeat of
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several thousand lower than those of the newly formed Bradford City FC. In desperation, the Bradford applied for readmission to the Rugby Football Union which was granted in March 1907 provided that all professional players were excluded from the club.
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Bradford's earliest recorded match against another club was home and away games against Leeds Clarence in 1866–7, such inter-club matches continued to be rare in Bradford's early years with only nine inter-club games in 1871-2 and ten a season later.
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on the losing side. It was also the first televised rugby league match as it was broadcast to the Midlands. However Bradford lost 8–3 to Wigan. The 1949 Challenge Cup final was sold out for first time as 95,050 spectators saw Bradford beat Halifax.
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Bradford won the first division championship in 1904. In 1905–06, Bradford's rugby team beat Salford 5–0 to win the Challenge Cup and were runners-up in the Championship. The following season winning the Yorkshire Cup 8–5 against
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The points deduction took immediate effect and applied to the 2007 season and therefore the current engage Super League competition table. The Bulls reached the semi of Challenge cup in July 2007 but were defeated by St Helens.
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In 2007, Bradford Northern/Bulls were celebrating the centennial of the club, it being 100 years since the formation of Bradford Northern. Their Carnegie Challenge Cup campaign began with a home tie against National League side
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was formed in 1863 by a group mostly made up of ex-Bramham College students. In their early years, the club played a mixture of association football rules and what would become rugby union laws. Bradford's home ground was
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in Edinburgh in front of over 7,000 fans. 1998 was a disappointing season for Bradford, finishing fifth in Super League. The Bulls remained the best-supported club, however, with an average attendance in excess of 13,000.
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been played in Lancashire. The clubs wanted full control of the league but the Yorkshire Rugby Football Union would not sanction the competition as it meant giving up control of rugby football to the senior clubs.
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In March 2012 the club announced that it was in financial difficulties and needed Β£1 million to keep the club afloat. A public appeal saw a lot of new funds pour in from supporters, but following the issue of a
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final. Bradford lost the Regal Trophy against Warrington 12–2 in 1990–91. In 1993–4, the last but two Championship before Super League, Bradford finished as runners-up behind Wigan on points difference.
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In 1981–82 Bradford lost the Yorkshire Cup final 18–7 against Castleford and lost again in 1982–83, this time 18–7 against Hull. Keith Mumby won the award for First Division Player of the Year while
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chairman, A. H. Briggs, used his influence to swing the committee behind association football. This act, sometimes referred to as "The Great Betrayal", led to Bradford becoming a soccer club,
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Neighbouring club Manningham ran into financial difficulties and, despite a summer archery contest that generated enough money to ensure their survival, its members were persuaded to change to
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Due to damage to the cricket square, Bradford had to leave Great Horton Road and would play at a variety of grounds; first a field on Laisteridge Lane in 1870 and then, at the start of 1871,
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After a difficult start to the 2005 season, The Bulls went on a 12 match unbeaten run and managed to win the Super League title from third place by beating Leeds Rhinos at Old Trafford.
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and assistant coach Matthew Elliot took over. Bradford Bulls finished the season as the best supported team in Super League with an average attendance in excess of 10,000.
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1947–8. The 1947-8 Challenge Cup final was notable as it was the first rugby league match to be attended by the reigning monarch, King George VI, who presented the trophy.
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and Joe Phillips and were accepted back into the Rugby League. The reformed club won its first cup in 1965–66 by beating Hunslet 17–8 in the final of the Yorkshire Cup.
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goals and a try in a match against Doncaster. He went on to make a record 576 appearances for the club. In 1974–75 Bradford won the Regal Trophy 3–2 against Widnes.
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became the first player to score a hat-trick in the final, a performance that won him the Lance Todd Trophy. Robbie also won the Super League Player of the Year.
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and a Blackburn District XI in 1882. Between 1895 and 1899, Bradford also entered the West Yorkshire and Yorkshire leagues, the FA Amateur Cup and the FA Cup.
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and Leigh were the first rugby league clubs to stage matches on a Sunday in December 1954, although there was opposition from the Sunday Observance lobby.
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dump at Odsal Top. It was turned into the biggest stadium outside Wembley. The Bradford Northern team played its first match there on 1 September 1934.
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for the first time at professional club level. The club achieved record season ticket sales, and set a new scoring record as the Bulls thrashed
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AFC was voted into full membership of the Second Division without playing a game of soccer, having a team or being able to guarantee a ground.
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To celebrate their centennial season, T & A Bradford's local paper were commissioning a team of the century (see below for details).
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Bradford Football Club and Bradford Cricket Club agreed to form the Bradford Cricket, Athletic and Football Club and moved together to
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in September 1907 to emphasize that Northern Union football was still being played in Bradford. Bradford Northern's first home was
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On 14 November 2016, Bradford Bulls were placed in administration for the third time since 2012. On 16 November, the
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In preparation for the 2016 season, Bradford completed the signings of several experienced players, such as Centre
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Super League Coach of the Season. Bradford was once again the best supported club, with an average of over 15,000.
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Trophy, Peter Fox winning the award for Coach of the Year. In 1980–81 the club made it back to back championships.
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Northern Union supporters formed a new club to take the available place in the Northern Union under the name of
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for the points to be awarded to Bradford Bulls. In May 2007 one of the greatest wingers to play for the Bulls
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was appointed coach and later Chief Executive. Bradford lost the 1996 Challenge Cup final 40–32 to St Helens,
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was appointed as head coach of the Bulls in September 2012. During the 2012/13 season the Bulls appointed Dr
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The club's name was changed from Bradford Northern to Bradford Bulls and a new logo was adopted. Australian
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in 1880. Bradford played their first rugby match there on 25 September 1880 against Bradford Rangers.
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Million Pound Game. Bradford would lose 24–16, condemning them to a second year in the Championship.
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in the 4th round. After a tense match, Bradford ran out 24–16 winners. Bradford then faced a trip to
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In 1998, as part of rugby league's "on the road" scheme the Bradford Bulls played London Broncos at
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The Bulls were crowned World Club Champions on 1 February 2002 after defeating Australian Premiers
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The Bulls won the 2000 Challenge Cup with a 24–18 against local rivals Leeds Rhinos at the
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Brian Noble was appointed Bradford head coach in 2001 and the club took up residence at
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Bradford Bulls regained the World Club Challenge in 2004 by beating the NRL champions
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On 6 May 2007, Bradford Bulls were involved in a controversial situation. During the
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Unhappy with facilities at Greenfield Athletic Ground, Bradford Northern moved to
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admitted having made mistakes, which led to a call from Bradford Bulls Chairman
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will play Leeds in an all star match of touch rugby, Deryk Fox, Karl Fairbank,
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as the capacity at Birch Lane was not sufficient enough for large matches.
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In September 1996, Brian Smith decided to return to Australia as coach of
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The first match played following the clubs' return to Odsal was against
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scored a hat-trick in this match. This was followed up by away wins at
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Bradford began their first Championship campaign in 40 years against
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at JJB score was 25–18 to Wigan and then the Bulls went to beat
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the top of the league and then won the resulting play-off, 5–0.
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There was a team of the century team announced in August 2007.
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In April 1995, the Rugby League announced the formation of the
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The Bulls faced a tough schedule in June and July, they beat
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In 1951–52, Bradford were runners-up in the league but beat
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from the old Bradford club. The club extended their name to
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Bradford achieved their first major success by winning the
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was sacked around the time of relegation and replaced by
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last game with the Bulls, then in round 19 they played
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won the Harry Sunderland Trophy as man of the match.
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