Bradford City v Gainsborough Trinity | movie | 1903 | Official Trailer
Bradford City's first ever home league game after switching from rugby to football in 1903. | dG1fMmpTeXNXUTF0dEk
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00:00 The newly formed Bradford City Football Club take to the field for their first game in
00:08 the Football League. Bradford had just switched codes from Northern Union, of which they were
00:13 one of the founder members in 1895, to becoming an association football club in the summer
00:18 of 1903. The crowd of 11,000 was 9,000 more than they'd received for their last game as
00:24 a rugby club and demonstrates the growing popularity of football as a spectator sport.
00:30 Filmed on the 5th of September at Valley Parade, Bradford in their hooped claret and gold jerseys
00:34 are seen warming up before an expectant crowd.
00:46 Their opponents, Gainsborough Trinity, were founded in 1873 and joined the second division
00:51 of the Football League in 1896, before returning to the Midland Football League in 1912.
01:02 The Lord and Lady Maris of Bradford take their seats in the Edwardian version of the directors
01:07 box, a bench on the side of the pitch.
01:35 A review of the match highlights that were shown later that evening in the St George's
01:39 Hall states that so vivid and impressive are these illustrations that small boys in the
01:44 audience arouse to enthusiasm and cry out "Now City!" as though they were again on the
01:49 scene of play.
01:52 Valley Parade at this time was completely underdeveloped and was a completely open ground.
02:00 Highlights in this section include Dickie Guy's dribble for City and a disallowed City
02:05 goal.
02:07 Despite the final result, a 3-1 defeat against Bradford, and a disallowed goal and a missed
02:13 penalty, the commitment of the fans remained undiminished.
02:40 [music]
03:03 [music]