- English League 2
- 21 April 2012, 3:00pm
- Bradford and Bingley Stadium
- Attendance: 10,106
Bradford | v | Macclesfield |
1
| 0 |
live commentary
Match ends, Bradford City 1, Macclesfield Town 0.
90+2 mins:Second Half ends, Bradford City 1, Macclesfield Town 0.
90+2 mins:Ritchie Jones (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90+2 mins:Corner, Bradford City.
88 mins:Corner, Macclesfield Town.
87 mins:Robert Kozluk (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83 mins:Substitution, Bradford City. Dean Smalley replaces Nahki Wells.
82 mins:Corner, Macclesfield Town.
81 mins:Craig Fagan (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80 mins:Jose Veiga (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
80 mins:Nahki Wells (Bradford City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76 mins:Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Waide Fairhurst replaces Lewis Chalmers.
73 mins:Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Matt Smith replaces Benjamin Futcher.
73 mins:Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Ben Tomlinson replaces Ben Mills.
72 mins:Marcus Marshall (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
69 mins:Substitution, Bradford City. Michael Flynn replaces Kyel Reid.
65 mins:Goal! Bradford City 1, Macclesfield Town 0. James Hanson (Bradford City) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
65 mins:Arnaud Mendy (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59 mins:Corner, Macclesfield Town.
55 mins:Matthew Hamshaw (Macclesfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins Bradford City 0, Macclesfield Town 0.
45+2 mins:First Half ends, Bradford City 0, Macclesfield Town 0.
2 mins:Corner, Bradford City.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- English League 2
- 21 April 2012, 3:00pm
- Bradford and Bingley Stadium
- Attendance: 10,106
| Bradford | v | Macclesfield |
1
| 0 |
match report
James Hanson scored in the second half to earn Bradford a 1-0 win over Macclesfield at Valley Parade that moved them 18th in League Two.
After a first half of plenty of endeavour but few goal-scoring chances, Hanson broke the deadlock with a close-range header which appeared to take a deflection off Ben Mills after Craig Fagan's free-kick found him unmarked at the far post. It was Hanson's 14th goal of the season.
Nahki Wells, who scored a hat-trick in Bradford's 3-1 win at Northampton last week, twice went close to scoring before he was booked for an apparent dive after Portuguese keeper Jose Veiga saved at his feet - an incident that also earned Veiga a yellow card.
Substitute Deane Smalley and skipper Ricky Ravenhill also went close to adding to Bradford's lead, Veiga diving at Ravenhill's feet and Smalley seeing his 20-yard shot deflected for a corner in stoppage time.
The visitors put the Bradford defence under pressure at times, but keeper Matt Duke had few direct shots to save.
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