Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Bradford City: result and report

League One · Saturday 3 May 2014

Result

Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Bradford City

League One · Saturday 3 May 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Bradford City: match report

Tranmere Rovers lost to Bradford City 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 3 May 2014. The half-time score was 1-0.

Matthew Pennington opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goal came from Matthew Pennington (7'). Bradford City scored through Jon Stead (81') and Aaron Mclean (87').

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received no yellow cards and 1 red card; Bradford City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 21st on 47 points from 45 and Bradford City 15th on 56 points from 45. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Bradford City 12th with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Tranmere Rovers win, 1 draw and 1 for Bradford City.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Matthew PenningtonTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Gary JonesBradford City
  • 31'Red card · Junior BrownTranmere Rovers
  • 81'Goal · Jon SteadBradford City · 1-1
  • 87'Goal · Aaron McleanBradford City · 1-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Tranmere Rovers 1, draws 1, Bradford City 1.

Team news

Tranmere Rovers expected line-up

Owain Fôn Williams, Ash Taylor, Liam Ridehalgh, Ian Goodison, Matthew Pennington, Ryan Lowe, Max Power, Chris Atkinson, Connor Jennings, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro, Jake Cassidy

Bradford City expected line-up

Jon McLaughlin, Stephen Darby, James Meredith, Andrew Davies, Rory McArdle, Gary Jones, Garry Thompson, Kyel Romaine Reid, James Hanson, Nahki Wells