BANTAMS SUPPORTERS TRUST
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Welcome to the official home of the Bantams Supporters Trust — formerly known as the Bradford City Supporters Trust.
We are a fully independent, democratic, and not-for-profit organisation, proudly owned by our members and operated by dedicated volunteers. Our mission is to champion the interests of Bradford City supporters and strengthen the bond between fans and their Club.
Membership is completely free and open to all City fans who share our commitment to the long-term, sustainable success of Bradford City AFC.
Trust News
We would like to thank all of you who voted for the Supporters Trusts’ Young Player of the Year 2025/26. The annual awards and dinner on the 28 th April was a celebration of a team that have been at the top of the table all season. We had just fought to get a well deserved point at the last home match of the season in front of a great home crowd against Bolton Wanderers, and then at the weekend, we finally secured our place in the Play-Off’s beating Exeter City 2-1 in Devon in front of a sell-out crowd at St. James’ Park. This season, the team have had to really compete against much stronger teams in League One than those in League Two over the course of the season. Congratulations goes to the gaffer, Graham Alexander who has been the orchestrator of the team, encouraging a positive attitude to the game, belief and confidence throughout what is always a rollercoaster of a season. And of course well done to Antoni Sarcevic and Bobby Pointon who picked up the joint Players’ of the Year Award. Young Player of the Year The winner of the Trust’s Young Player of the Year is Jenson Metcalfe! He narrowly beat Bobby Pointon on winning the prize, voted by you, the supporters! We would also like to give a special thanks to Tony Deacon, who gave Bobby the award. Once again, a big thank you to all of you for taking part. You know who you are and we very much appreciate your involvement in this event and making it a success. You can see the list of all who won an award on the night here .
We would like to thank all of you who participated in the Bucket Collection on Saturday April 25 th at Valley Parade, our last fixture of the season against Bolton Wonderers. The Trust had 8 volunteers with buckets all around the ground. There will have been a few more helping out also. We raised an amazing £5071.27, which includes £545 of online donations on the day. We’d like to thank all the supporters of that very impressive attendance at Valley Parade of 23,732 that made a contribution. And, once again we would like to thank all the collectors for doing your bit. This has been a great collective exercise and great achievement.
Its not long till’ Saturday, and it would be great to have more volunteers. We do already have a handful of committed souls but we can never have enough. Last year, we had approximately 15 volunteers, with mostly our members and supporters from the Disability Club and Shipley Bantams. For the 40 th anniversary we raised an amazing £7,387.70 during the bucket collection before the match, almost double on what was raised the year before. If you would like to be involved in the bucket collection please contact us at hello@bantamstrust.co.uk . Arrangements Volunteers should arrive from 1pm outside the WD Gate entrance - the large gates opposite the club shop. Our names will be ticked off before we all receive buckets and then stand outside the various entrance points around the ground.
It is rapidly coming to that time of year when we will all be coming together give our respects to those who tragically lost their lived in the Valley Parade fire, and this year will mark the 41 st anniversary. Last year, we had approximately 15 volunteers, with mostly our members and supporters from the Disability Club and Shipley Bantams. For the 40 th anniversary we raised an amazing £7,387.70 during the bucket collection before the match, almost double on what was raised the year before. This year, our last home match of the season, versus Bolton Wanderers is on the 25 th of April, and as always there will be a bucket collection. If you would like to be involved in the bucket collection please contact us at hello@bantamstrust.co.uk . We normally expect volunteers to arrive from 1pm outside the WD Gate entrance - the large gates opposite the club shop. Our names will be ticked off before we all receive buckets and then stand outside the various entrance points around the ground. We don’t think it will be any different. We’ll be putting out another reminder next week so we hope to have confirmation by then.
