Accrington Stanley 2-3 Bradford City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 11 October 2008

Result

Accrington Stanley 2-3 Bradford City

League Two · Saturday 11 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Accrington Stanley 2-3 Bradford City: match report

Accrington Stanley were beaten by Bradford City 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 11 October 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jimmy Ryan opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Jimmy Ryan (23') and Terry Gornell (50'). Bradford City scored through Michael Boulding (80'), Barry Conlon (88') and Peter Thorne (89').

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 1 yellow card; Bradford City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 21st on 7 points from 9 and Bradford City 7th on 16 points from 9. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 18th with 49 points, and Bradford City 11th with 64.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Accrington Stanley win, 0 draws and 1 for Bradford City.

Going into the match Accrington Stanley's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Bradford City's D-L-L-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Goal · Jimmy RyanAccrington Stanley · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Joe ColbeckBradford City
  • 50'Goal · Terry GornellAccrington Stanley · 2-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Graeme LeeBradford City
  • 80'Goal · Michael BouldingBradford City · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Peter CavanaghAccrington Stanley
  • 88'Goal · Barry ConlonBradford City · 2-2
  • 89'Goal · Peter ThorneBradford City · 2-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Accrington Stanley 1, draws 0, Bradford City 1.