League Two
September 18, 2012
Bradford City
3 - 1
Morecambe
League Two
14:45 EDT, September 18, 2012
Coral Windows Stadium, England
Referee: D Webb
City sink Shrimps
Scoring Summary
| Bradford City | Morecambe |
|---|---|
| James Hanson (45') | Jack Redshaw (82') |
| Kyel Reid (80') | |
| Gary Jones (87') |
Teams
| Bradford City | Morecambe |
|---|---|
| 1 Jon McLaughlan | 1 Barry Roche |
| 6 Luke Oliver | 2 Nick Fenton |
| 23 Rory McArdle | 6 Will Haining |
| 3 James Meredith | 22 Andy Parrish |
| 5 Andrew Davies | 3 Robbie Threlfall |
| 18 Gary Jones | 8 Andrew Wright |
| 24 Nathan Doyle | 11 Kevin Ellison |
| 7 Kyel Reid | 16 Stuart Drummond |
| 17 Alan Connell | 7 Izak Reid |
| 20 Zavon Hines | 17 Andrew Fleming |
| 9 James Hanson | 10 Richard Brodie |
| Substitutes | |
| 12 Matt Duke | Andres Arestidou 25 |
| 2 Stephen Darby | Chris Doyle 23 |
| 16 Carl McHugh | Gary McDonald 18 |
| 4 Richard Ravenhill | Joe Mwasile 20 |
| 11 Garry Thompson | Joe McGee 19 |
| 14 Will Atkinson | Jack Redshaw 27 |
| 21 Nahki Wells | Jordan Burrow 14 |
| Substitutions | |
| Nahki Wells for Alan Connell (68) | Jack Redshaw for Richard Brodie (62) |
| Will Atkinson for Zavon Hines (72) | Jordan Burrow for Andrew Fleming (74) |
| Matt Duke for Jon McLaughlan (88) | Gary McDonald for Robbie Threlfall (86) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Kyel Reid (27) | Barry Roche (53) |
| Gary Jones (52) | Jack Redshaw (85) |
| Stuart Drummond (90) | |
| · Rosters: Bradford City | Morecambe | |
Bradford maintained their 100% home record with a 3-1 win over Morecambe.
It was City's fourth victory in a row at Valley Parade and a result that ended the Shrimps' unbeaten record on the road.
Leading scorer James Hanson put Bradford in front a minute before half-time when Kyel Reid's left-wing cross eluded the Morecambe defence and he turned smartly just inside the penalty area to beat goalkeeper Barry Roche with a low shot.
The goal crowned a strong spell of pressure during which Roche twice denied striker Alan Connell before keeping out an effort from winger Zavon Hines.
Morecambe rallied early in the second half and only a goal-line clearance from skipper Gary Jones prevented Richard Brodie from equalising in the 60th minute.
Reid increased Bradford's lead in the 81st minute when he controlled a cross-field pass from Nathan Doyle before beating Roche with a superb right-foot shot into the far corner.
The visitors pulled a goal back a minute later with low, left-foot shot from Andy Parrish but Jones put the result beyond doubt with Bradford's third goal - a 20-yard free-kick after Morecambe substitute Jack Redshaw was booked for pulling down Reid.