Bradford City season by season

Every Bradford City season on record, from 1903–04 to 2026–27 — league record, finishing position and leading scorer. Click a season for every match it contained.

113seasons
5,370matches

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pos	Leading scorer
1903–04	Second Division	38	15	7	16	60	63	10	Johnny McMillan (16)
1904–05	Second Division	34	12	8	14	45	49	8	Jack Forrest (17)
1905–06	Second Division	41	15	8	18	54	63	11	Wallace Smith (24)
1906–07	Second Division	41	23	5	13	73	54	5	Wallace Smith (14)
1907–08	Second Division	40	24	7	9	91	44	1	Frank O'Rourke (21)
1908–09	First Division	41	14	10	17	51	49	18	Frank O'Rourke (19)
1909–10	First Division	40	18	8	14	69	51	7	Frank O'Rourke (23)
1910–11	First Division	45	26	6	13	60	43	5	Frank O'Rourke (14)
1911–12	First Division	46	18	12	16	55	53	11	Harold Walden (14)
1912–13	First Division	39	12	11	16	50	61	13	Oscar Fox (13)
1913–14	First Division	40	13	14	13	42	41	9	Dicky Bond (10)
1914–15	First Division	44	16	16	12	60	52	10	Oscar Fox (17)
1919–20	First Division	46	17	11	18	61	66	15	Dicky Bond Jimmy McIlvenny (13)
1920–21	First Division	44	13	15	16	64	68	15	Billy Hibbert (13)
1921–22	First Division	47	12	13	22	56	77	21	Billy Hibbert (15)
1922–23	Second Division	44	12	14	18	42	48	15	Cecil Kilborn Fred Rhodes Arthur Rigby (5)
1923–24	Second Division	43	11	15	17	36	50	18	Fred Rhodes (7)
1924–25	Second Division	45	15	12	18	41	52	16	Reuben Butler (15)
1925–26	Second Division	43	13	10	20	47	67	16	Norman Winn (8)
1926–27	Second Division	43	7	9	27	52	94	22	Ralph Burkinshaw Charlie Moore (8)
1927–28	Third Division North	44	19	12	13	93	63	6	Charlie Moore (17)
1928–29	Third Division North	46	30	9	7	135	46	1	Albert Whitehurst (24)
1929–30	Second Division	46	14	13	19	67	81	18	Sandy Cochrane (21)
1930–31	Second Division	46	18	12	16	66	69	10	John Hallows (19)
1931–32	Second Division	43	16	13	14	80	62	7	John Hallows (21)
1932–33	Second Division	44	14	14	16	68	65	11	Stan Alexander (16)
1933–34	Second Division	43	20	6	17	75	70	6	Joe Spence (24)
1934–35	Second Division	45	13	9	23	55	72	20	Harry Adamson (10)
1935–36	Second Division	45	17	13	15	59	67	12	Harry Travis (18)
1936–37	Second Division	44	9	13	22	56	97	21	George Murphy (11)
1937–38	Third Division North	48	16	13	19	82	78	14	Jack Deakin (27)
1938–39	Third Division North	43	22	8	13	90	59	3	Jack Deakin (29)
1945–46		2	0	1	1	3	4
1946–47	Third Division North	43	20	10	13	63	50	5	George Murphy (15)
1947–48	Third Division North	44	16	10	18	68	68	14	John Neilson (12)
1948–49	Third Division North	45	11	10	24	52	81	22	Jimmy Brown (12)
1949–50	Third Division North	44	13	8	23	71	78	19	Billy Price (16)
1950–51	Third Division North	48	21	11	16	93	67	7	Billy Price (16)
1951–52	Third Division North	48	17	10	21	69	72	15	Whelan Ward (12)
1952–53	Third Division North	49	15	19	15	81	86	16	Eddie Carr (20)
1953–54	Third Division North	48	22	10	16	60	56	5	Abe Rosenthal (15)
1954–55	Third Division North	51	15	12	24	60	61	21	Billy Tunnicliffe (7)
1955–56	Third Division North	49	19	14	16	83	68	8	Bobby Webb (19)
1956–57	Third Division North	47	22	8	17	79	70	9	Les Samuels (19)
1957–58	Third Division North	50	23	16	11	85	54	3	David Jackson (14)
1958–59	Third Division	50	21	11	18	94	82	11	John McCole (34)
1959–60	Third Division	54	19	15	20	82	88	19	Derek Stokes (35)
1960–61	Third Division	51	13	15	23	71	93	22	David Layne (10)
1961–62	Fourth Division	50	24	9	17	102	94	5	David Layne
1962–63	Fourth Division	51	13	11	27	75	107	23	Peter Bircumshaw Stan Harland (11)
1963–64	Fourth Division	48	25	6	17	80	71	5	Rodney Green (31)
1964–65	Fourth Division	52	16	8	28	82	101	19	Tom Brownlee (14)
1965–66	Fourth Division	48	12	13	23	65	98	23	Ken Leek (11)
1966–67	Fourth Division	49	19	11	19	78	70	11	John Hall (18)
1967–68	Fourth Division	49	24	11	14	81	57	5	Bruce Bannister (16)
1968–69	Fourth Division	50	19	21	10	73	55	4	Bobby Ham (20)
1969–70	Third Division	55	22	14	19	70	65	10	Bobby Ham (19)
1970–71	Third Division	51	14	16	21	59	75	19	Bruce Bannister (19)
1971–72	Third Division	49	11	11	27	48	85	24	Peter Middleton (11)
1972–73	Fourth Division	53	19	13	21	70	73	16	Allan Gilliver (20)
1973–74	Fourth Division	52	20	15	17	68	61	8	Gerry Ingram (18)
1974–75	Fourth Division	49	18	13	18	58	54	10	Bobby Ham (14)
1975–76	Fourth Division	54	18	17	19	76	72	17	Joe Cooke (24)
1976–77	Fourth Division	51	24	15	12	83	57	4	Joe Cooke (18)
1977–78	Third Division	49	12	11	26	58	92	22	Don Hutchins Bernie Wright (10)
1978–79	Fourth Division	52	19	11	22	71	77	15	David McNiven (15)
1979–80	Fourth Division	53	27	12	14	87	59	5	David McNiven (18)
1980–81	Fourth Division	51	16	17	18	59	69	14	Bobby Campbell (22)
1981–82	Fourth Division	53	28	15	10	99	55	2	Bobby Campbell (29)
1982–83	Third Division	56	22	15	19	82	77	12	Bobby Campbell (33)
1983–84	Third Division	50	20	13	17	76	71	7	John Hawley (23)
1984–85	Third Division	53	31	11	11	92	56	1	Bobby Campbell (26)
1985–86	Second Division	48	17	8	23	63	80	13	Greg Abbott John Hendrie (13)
1986–87	Second Division	49	18	11	20	73	72	10	John Hendrie (17)
1987–88	Second Division	59	32	12	15	100	70	4	Ron Futcher (19)
1988–89	Second Division	54	17	19	18	62	66	14	Mark Leonard (12)
1989–90	Second Division	50	10	15	25	51	78	23	Mark Leonard Jimmy Quinn (7)
1990–91	Third Division	53	21	13	19	70	63	8	Sean McCarthy (16)
1991–92	Third Division	52	15	21	16	69	71	16	Sean McCarthy (17)
1992–93	Second Division	51	19	15	17	78	82	10	Sean McCarthy (25)
1993–94	Second Division	52	22	14	16	74	59	7	Sean McCarthy (21)
1994–95	Second Division	52	18	14	20	66	73	14	Paul Jewell (14)
1995–96	Second Division	58	29	9	20	95	90	6	Paul Showler (14)
1996–97	First Division	51	14	12	25	53	80	21	Ole Bjørn Sundgot Chris Waddle (6)
1997–98	First Division	49	14	16	19	48	64	13	Edinho Robert Steiner (11)
1998–99	First Division	53	30	10	13	91	55	2	Lee Mills (24)
1999–00	Premier League	43	10	11	22	46	78	17	Dean Windass (10)
2000–01	Premier League	48	11	11	26	51	83	20	Dean Windass (8)
2001–02	First Division	50	16	11	23	75	83	15	Eoin Jess (14)
2002–03	First Division	48	14	10	24	53	78	19	Andy Gray (15)
2003–04	First Division	48	10	7	31	39	71	23	Michael Branch Andy Gray Dean Windass (6)
2004–05	League One	48	17	15	16	65	64	11	Dean Windass (28)
2005–06	League One	51	16	20	15	63	60	11	Dean Windass (20)
2006–07	League One	50	12	16	22	52	67	22	Dean Windass (12)
2007–08	League Two	50	18	11	21	66	71	10	Peter Thorne (15)
2008–09	League Two	50	19	13	18	70	64	9	Peter Thorne (17)
2009–10	League Two	48	16	14	18	60	67	14	James Hanson (13)
2010–11	League Two	50	15	9	26	48	75	18	Dave Syers (10)
2011–12	League Two	50	14	14	22	62	67	18	James Hanson (14)
2012–13	League Two	61	24	20	17	89	77	7	Nahki Wells (18)
2013–14	League One	49	15	17	17	61	61	11	Nahki Wells (15)
2014–15	League One	57	24	16	17	77	68	7	Billy Clarke (14)
2015–16	League One	54	25	16	13	65	46	5	James Hanson (13)
2016–17	League One	48	20	20	8	63	45	5	Jordy Hiwula (12)
2017–18	League One	50	20	9	21	64	73	11	Charlie Wyke (15)
2018–19	League One	51	11	13	27	58	86	24	Eoin Doyle (11)
2019–20	League Two	37	14	12	11	44	40	9	James Vaughan (11)
2020–21	League Two	46	16	11	19	48	53	15	Andy Cook (8)
2021–22	League Two	46	14	16	16	53	55	14	Andy Cook (12)
2023–24	League Two	57	25	14	18	80	68	9	Andy Cook (19)
2024–25	League Two	56	27	14	15	81	56	3	Andy Cook (15)
2025–26		56	26	11	19	72	67
2026–27		5	3	1	1	5	2