The City Gent
The Bradford City Fanzine
Well, who would have thought that a fledgling publication back in October 1984 would still be going strong 42 years later? But here we are, starting our 43rd season of printing The City Gent which we hope still contains the best, highest quality drivel about Bradford City as it did all those years ago!
There’s been technical issues far too boring to go into that has meant the first issue of the season has only appeared at the start of October 2026. Just in time to miss the departure of manager Graham Alexander. Oh well, but it does mean there will be plenty to write about in the next issue, due out in December 2026.
Graham Alexander was indeed the manager to finally steer the good ship “Bantam” out of the murky waters of League Two at the sixth time of asking and into the League One play off in 2025/26. But he has now departed for his beloved Preston North End and in comes Michael Duff to take over where Alexander has left off with the Bantams high in the League One table. Duff’s challenge now is to be the continuity manager as there doesn’t seem to be anything broken at Valley Parade and all he needs to do is to keep the forward momentum going. Maybe that’s easier said than done, and as Bradford City fans we have to trust that those running the club have chosen the right man. Duff will need to seriously impress the doubters and at The City Gent we’ll be covering all aspects of the new regime from the fan’s perspective.
The City Gent will be producing 4 issues this season, October, December, February and April and we’ll do our best to chart the ups and downs and record what happens for posterity.
As have been outlined above, following Bradford City is always interesting and never dull, which was so apparent over the last three years under Graham Alexander. For writers of The City Gent this is always good as there is always something interesting to comment on.
The City Gent whilst being the voice of Bantam Progressivism is ever hopeful about the team's prospects in League One for 2026/27 after making such a good start to the campaign. As always, the contents of each and every issue of The City Gent will reflect on what is happening both on and off the pitch at Valley Parade with, we believe, (though Hit the Bar! will dispute this) that The City Gent continues to be the oldest surviving printed football fanzine in the U.K.
There’s been technical issues far too boring to go into that has meant the first issue of the season has only appeared at the start of October 2026. Just in time to miss the departure of manager Graham Alexander. Oh well, but it does mean there will be plenty to write about in the next issue, due out in December 2026.
Graham Alexander was indeed the manager to finally steer the good ship “Bantam” out of the murky waters of League Two at the sixth time of asking and into the League One play off in 2025/26. But he has now departed for his beloved Preston North End and in comes Michael Duff to take over where Alexander has left off with the Bantams high in the League One table. Duff’s challenge now is to be the continuity manager as there doesn’t seem to be anything broken at Valley Parade and all he needs to do is to keep the forward momentum going. Maybe that’s easier said than done, and as Bradford City fans we have to trust that those running the club have chosen the right man. Duff will need to seriously impress the doubters and at The City Gent we’ll be covering all aspects of the new regime from the fan’s perspective.
The City Gent will be producing 4 issues this season, October, December, February and April and we’ll do our best to chart the ups and downs and record what happens for posterity.
As have been outlined above, following Bradford City is always interesting and never dull, which was so apparent over the last three years under Graham Alexander. For writers of The City Gent this is always good as there is always something interesting to comment on.
The City Gent whilst being the voice of Bantam Progressivism is ever hopeful about the team's prospects in League One for 2026/27 after making such a good start to the campaign. As always, the contents of each and every issue of The City Gent will reflect on what is happening both on and off the pitch at Valley Parade with, we believe, (though Hit the Bar! will dispute this) that The City Gent continues to be the oldest surviving printed football fanzine in the U.K.
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