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BRADFORD

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FOUNDED 1863

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LOCATION West Yorkshire
ENTERED LEAGUE 1895 Founder Member    1964
LEFT LEAGUE 1963 returning in 1964
Bradford 1rl.JPG (9919 bytes) GROUNDS Park Avenue 1880, Greenfield Athletic Stadium 1907, Birch Lane 1908, Grattan Stadium 1934, Odsal

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CAPACITY 27,000
NICKNAMES Bradford Northern 1907, Bradford Bulls

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HIGHEST LEAGUE POSITION Won Yorks League 1900, 1901, 1940, 1945, Champions 1904  1980  1981  1997  2001   2003  2005

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LOWEST LEAGUE POSITION 14th in Division 2 in 1963
MOST LEAGUE PTS 57 in 1952
FEWEST LEAGUE PTS 4 in 1919

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MOST POINTS SCORED 1120 in 2001

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MOST POINTS CONCEDED 871 in 1929
BEST POINTS DIFFERENCE 646 in 2001

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WORST POINTS DIFFERENCE -629 in 1929

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CHALLENGE CUP Winners 1906, 1944, 1947, 1949, 2000, 2003
MOST INDIVIDUAL APPEARANCES 588 Keith Mumby 1973-90 1992-93
HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL POINTS SCORER 1834 Paul Deacon

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HIGHEST LEAGUE CROWD 69,429 v Huddersfield 14/3/1953

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Remain a Super League Team
If you have rare Bradford badges, artefacts or programmes for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net or Paul Baker 01253 356108

Bradford badges through history