Bradford City Supporters' Trust

A mini-photographic exhibition featuring life around Bradford City’s Valley Parade ground

A mini photographic exhibition will open in the bantamspast museum on Saturday 8 October. A series of twelve shots, taken by Bankfoot photographer Jess Petrie, captures a taste of life around Bradford City’s Valley Parade stadium. The photographs were taken as part the bantamsmemories project, which sought to gather the memories of the varied communities that have lived in the shadow of the football ground over the last fifty years.

The appeal launched two years ago to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Bradford City fire disaster has now been officially closed, with a total of £167,775.37 received by the Bradford University Plastic Surgery and Burns Research Unit (PSBRU). The momentum of fund-raising established in the first year of the campaign carried through into a second year.

City fans have set up an online petition calling for the caterers to reduce their matchday prices.

Please click the link below if you would be interested in signing.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/fairprices/

The following communication has recently been forwarded to all Trust members:

Dear Member,

I am writing with a follow-up to my last message regarding Valley Parade, and with an update on other news.

1. The Stadium Issue/New Investment

As I am sure you will know, City's co-owners have now bought the UpFront (store) building, which relieved the immediate pressure on the club to move away from Valley Parade. This meant that the Trust did not have to go into emergency fund-raising mode to try and purchase the stadium, in order to forestall such a move. The response from City fans to the emergency call was nevertheless exceptional, and suggests that there is a willingness to support the club financially under the appropriate circumstances. This has led the Trust Board to explore different ideas for supporters' investment, in the general belief that something must be done to help improve last season's performance, which as we all know represented a 45-year low in City's football league standing.

The Cooperative Community Fun Day takes place at Valley Parade on Sunday 22nd May 2011 from 9.30 am to 4.00 pm. This is the 5th year of the Funday and it gets bigger and better each year.

Over 70 local organizations have stalls at the event. There is a fashion show and a full programme of entertainment for young people in the Banqueting Suites, with games and bouncy castles for children in the stadium concourse. You can try out archery on the main pitch (9.30 am to 12.15 pm). The football includes the School Club Links Festival for Year 6 pupils in the morning. The games in the afternoon feature the Bengal Tigers vs. Wayne Jacobs’ charity One in a Million, and the Bradford Disability Team vs. Skelmersdale. The Community Café above the club shop will be open all day with a full menu, plus stalls in the museum area.