Bradford City vs York City match report

Zavon Hines managed to salvage a draw for Bradford city at home to their Yorkshire rivals York city, with a wonderful solo effort to get his first goal for the bantams. This following a sublime first half strike from Ashley chambers to give York the lead.

This was the first meeting between the two sides in sixteen years and York managed to grab the lead on the stroke of half time in this eagerly awaited encounter, as Ashley chambers reacted to a loose high ball on the edge of the bantam’s area to curl home a tremendous side foot volley into the top corner Jon McLaughlin’s goal. 

York were pegged back within eight minutes of the second half, as substitute Zavon Hines successfully managed to dribble through the York defence to then slide the ball past Michael Ingham.

The play in the first half was shared and was pretty even, as expected going into the game. Both sides decided to approach the game a lot differently with Bradford playing a more direct game and York playing counter attacking football. Bradford started the brighter when just after ten seconds James Hanson managed to capitalise on poor York defending to only drag his shot wide. Bradford began to create chances with Alan Connell and Nahki Wells both failing to beat Ingham.

York finally came to life, when James Walker managed to squander a chance from six yards. The game then became scrappier as both teams struggled in the final third. But the away side managed to get the break through on the stroke of halftime as Ashley Chambers connected with a side foot volley on the edge of area which nestled in the top corner.  As the half whistle sounded, frustrated bantams fans made themselves heard as they booed off Phil Parkinson’s men. 

A double second half substitution managed to spark a Bradford revival as Zavon Hines and Gary Thompson effectively changed the game within minutes of entering the field. Within five minutes of coming Hines weaved in and out of York bodies to slot home the equaliser and open his account for the west Yorkshire side.

Bradford began to pile on the pressure for the rest of the second half with other substitute Gary Thompson firing against the post and Wells managing to put a one on one chance wide of the goal. The game then had very little chances in the later stages as York held on for a well-earned point against their Yorkshire and league 2 rivals.