Blackpool 3-2 Bradford City: result and report

League One · Saturday 8 September 2018

Result

Blackpool 3-2 Bradford City

League One · Saturday 8 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackpool 3-2 Bradford City: match report

Blackpool won against Bradford City 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 8 September 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

E. Doyle opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Blackpool's goals came from J. Spearing (84', penalty), J. Spearing (88') and Curtis Tilt (90'). Bradford City scored through E. Doyle (59', penalty) and Jack Payne (64').

Discipline: Blackpool received no yellow cards; Bradford City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 11th on 7 points from 6 and Bradford City 17th on 6 points from 6. Blackpool went on to finish that season 10th with 62 points, and Bradford City 24th with 41.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackpool wins, 0 draws and 3 for Bradford City.

Going into the match Blackpool's last five read D-D-W-D-L and Bradford City's L-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 49'Yellow card · George MillerBradford City
  • 50'Yellow card · Connor WoodBradford City
  • 59'Penalty goal · E. DoyleBradford City · 0-1
  • 64'Goal · Jack PayneBradford City · 0-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Richard O'DonnellBradford City
  • 84'Penalty goal · J. SpearingBlackpool · 1-2
  • 87'Missed penalty · J. SpearingBlackpool
  • 88'Goal · J. SpearingBlackpool · 2-2
  • 90'Goal · Curtis TiltBlackpool · 3-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Blackpool 3, draws 0, Bradford City 3.

Team news

Blackpool line-up

Mark Howard, Ollie Turton, Marc Bola, Jordan Thompson, Donervon Daniels, Curtis Tilt, Nathan Delfouneso, Jay Spearing, Mark Cullen, Harry Pritchard, Liam Feeney

Bradford City line-up

Richard O'Donnell, Kelvin Mellor, Nathaniel Knight-Percival, Connor Wood, Ryan McGowan, Anthony O'Connor, Luca Colville, Josh Wright, George Miller, Eoin Doyle, Jack Payne