Born in Bradford, grew up in Bradford, and left at the first possible opportunity



But seriously, and despite being brought up to support Leeds, the Bulls/Northern still form a little part of who I am. Perhaps the derby always had extra significance for me due to being surrounded by Bulls fans at school (1996-7 will live long in the memory, I was 16/17 at the time), but in the end it just made it all the sweeter when Leeds did occasionally manage to beat Bradford - and then win the odd trophy. My enjoyment of RL is already weaker due to the generally poor quality of recent derby games - if the Bulls ceased to exist at all, there would be no longer any hope that those halcyon days of the late 90s/early 00s could return. Cas and Hull don't quite live up to it as alternative derby options!

Because they have passionate fans, like other clubs,who deserve a team.The past records show they are worthy of S.L.
I hope they pull through this crisis (Even though I still havn`t forgiven them the 71 -0 )

Memories and experiences...short version


Being chased half heartedly off the pitch by the stewards after trying to get the players sock ties (

) following a Yorks cup (?) win against Leeds 1983/84 ish (tbf, we were only 10)...going onto the Headingley turf to celebrate the Yorks cup win...Barry Seabournes programme notes about how he felt for all of us following a particulary rain sodden home game circa 1988 (aganst Widnes i think)...the wang shirt(

)...the 1990 premership final when, despite getting beaten the Northern chant filled O.T...

being given the rounds by an ex-gf for staying in to listen to the radio for confirmation of the Deryck Fox signing...Peter Fox marching onto the field at Halifax to give his view to the ref about a particulary bad piece of officiating lol...the League title that got away...being sent out of the house to go the Leeds away game the night before my old girl died...

the guys coming over to applaud the fans after a fog bound trip to the Valley...My non League mate sat next to me at wembley who uttered the immortal words 'you've got this now son', just before the bombs started raining down....Robbies hat trick...Matt Callland(?) diving in at the corner at Central Park...the comeback win at the now defunct Thrum Hall...the atmosphere at Sheffield away and PSG at home in 1997..

Apologies for the wall of txt, but MrsD would like to add the sight of topless Brian Mac and John Scales after catching them sunbathing following a wkday visit to the Club shop



Lots more and loads missed out...but this aint a wake and Bradfords bouncing back...

Coyb.

Steady on

there is an auction on deadline night at Odsal of items donated to the cause. Items include:
Items to be auctioned include.

Brian Mc Dermott's 2000 Challenge Cup Final Shirt and Winners medal
Jamie Peacock's 2003 Grand Final Shirt and Ring -
Stuart Fielden's 2005 Grand Final Shirt and Ring -
Leon Pryce's 2003 Grand Final Shirt and Ring -

I find it both humbling and awe inspiring that these men, to whom those items must have such incalculable personal sentimental value, are prepared to give them for the cause, of a club they are no longer connected with.

If they can do that, then it beats me whey any Bulls fan would still be able to not pledge.

Can anyone think of anything in the past twenty years that has been a better good news story for Bradford than the achievments of the Bulls. Thankyou for your support Bradford Council. £24 million for a crappy puddle but nothing for the only good thing ever to happen here.

Why should the council support a private business? Why shouldn't the council invest in the city centre to stimulate interest & investment. By my daily reports the area around the pool is buzzing.

Good question - spent days thinking about, best answer I came up with is that the Bulls have been like my second passion - outside of my family I get more emotional about the Bulls than anything else - and I've seen that others feel the same. Best memories:-

Dewsbury Semi Final win 1973 - David Treasure!
St Helens - 1992 - Dave Watson's 1st game
Leeds semi final 1996 - still brings me out in goose bumps
Sheffield 1997 - to clinch the title - still see my kids faces as they went on the pitch
Murrayfield 2000 - the best!
Old Trafford - 2001 - not far behind

And I still have an ambition for my team - see us lift the Challenge Cup at Wembley!!!

That's why MY team is worth saving!!!!!

Because they are a team that has won things, one of the strongest sides in Yorkshire in previous years.

Superleague would not be the same without Bradford, when I've come to Odsal i've always enjoyed the visit.

Bradford brings back memories to me when I was 13. I played for East Hull, and we had big les, michael withers, lyon price, and a few other bradford players at our end of season party handing out our trophies, I got most improved player of the year at the embassy hotel, and it was big les that gave me it, still got the photos of me with pryce, withers & big les, they towered me at the time!

Bradford needs rugby, rugby needs Bradford, can't Imagine what you supporters are going through, if it was hull f.c in the same position I would be gutted.

Good luck to you.

What a super post.

Because they are like family. We have had some of the most fantastic family times over the 20 years we have supported them. The thought of no Bulls has left all of us close to tears this week. COYB

And you have to admit, Sunday afternoons or Friday nights without being able to liken the officials to pieces of sanitary porcelain or large root vegetables would really not be the same?

I count you as one of the nice blokes I have met along the way. I love the "community" we share with all who sit around us and I am sure that this is repeated all around the ground. I would miss this nearly as much as the rugby, I hope we can sort it out.

And likwise.

If we all do our best, we will.

28 years I've followed northern/bulls man and boy, all I can say is we don't do things by halfs! There always seems to be some sort of drama down odsal, but it's never been dull! I can't imagine my life without this great club in it!

Just to quote from one of greatest coaches of all time Peter fox from his book:-

One September morning Peter stud on the field and looked all around the vast odsal bowl. As the scale of his surroundings sunk in, Peter could hardly believe his good fortune: "i was coach of a club that had once had one of the best teams I had ever seen, the northern team of the 40's and 50's, I was also coach of a club that possessed one of the most charismatic names in rugby league - Bradford Northern!"


We have a long and proud history that's why this club can't be lost!!!

My best memories:

2000 season : 96-16 vs salford still biggest winning victory in SL history
SL final Old Trafford 2002: 18-19 Saints drop goal stole it
SL final Old Trafford 2003: 25-12 Beat Wigan with class
SL final Old Trafford 2005: 15-6 vs Leeds we did it the hard way all the way through, 1st team to win GF after finishing outside the top 2
2007 play off: 30-31 how did we lose it, HOW!
2010 season: 22-20 vs wigan, awesome from 0-20 at HT Orford was immense in that game

All strange our highest attendance was againts leeds at 24k and our lowest was against leeds 10k, we have to break 25k this friday show that the bulls are still a force with a following that deserves them to be great once more.

Average of £15 a ticket with 25k people attending, means we should make £375k on tickets alone, just speculation on my part

What will i do with my collection of northern/bulls shirts going back to mid 80s that i have aquired

The week immediately after that game was incredible. The build up to the PSG home game where we lifted the Super League trophy in front of 17,000+ Bradford fans will never leave me. I do believe we won 68-0 that night as well.

Would have been even more but we missed 8 conversions too.

Paris did send their second team though - IIRC none of their Aussies made the trip, even though we played some mocking Aussie music when the their team ran out.

Could RL cope with the loss of the Bulls?
Would our rival clubs miss our large away following each game
We are a club that has it's financial problems at the minute admittedly but surely we can work our way out of this mess and actually come back stronger

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A lot of personal attachment for me with the Bulls (like so many):

1/ My first job was working in the shop at the Bulls while in 6th form. If you had a squad number on your shirt when they were announced at the start of Super League, I was the person who printed them that first year (96)

2/ Coming back from 26-6 down at Halifax to win 26-30 - the best comeback ever. Especially when stood with the Fax faithful.

3/ I met my other half at the Bulls and we've been married 11 years this time - we can't be the only ones.

4/ Every Grand Final we've reached despite the end result - to be part of such an occasion was magnificant

5/ Winning the Challenge Cup at Murrayfield and Cardiff

6/ One final (you may think quite sad) thing. At the Bulls match against Leeds in May 2010 we were expecting our second child and were stuck on choosing a boys name. From a try scorer at that match we decided on a name there and then, and our son, born later that year, was named after that player.

From the posts I've read on here and my own experiences, the Bulls have somehow become entwined with all our lives. They just can't cease to exist. They just can't.

Good job Tevita had left by May 2010!!!!!

Who did you name him after?

I'm intrigued too!
Our kids were going to be named Jimmy and Bernard after Bulls players, luckily for them though, they were both girls!