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| ground = Odsal StadiumNEWS,weblink Bulls to return to Odsal after RFL deal, 24 May 2021, BBC Sport, 29 May 2021,
| capacity = 22,739
| owner = Nigel Wood
| coach = Eamon O'Carroll
| captain = Michael Lawrence
| league = Championship
| season = 2023 season
| position = 3rd
| current = 2023 Bradford Bulls season
|cup1 = Championships
| cup1titles = 6
|cup1years = 1979-80, 1980-81, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005
|cup2 = Challenge Cups
| cup2titles = 5
|cup2years = 1944, 1947, 1949, 2000, 2003
|cup3 = World Club Challenges
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History
{{More citations needed|date=July 2020}}1863â1907: Bradford F.C.
The original Bradford Football Club was formed in 1863 and played rugby football, subsequently joining the Rugby Football Union. Initially the club played at Horton Cricket Ground, All Saints Road but were asked to leave because of damage to the pitch. They then moved to Laisteridge Lane and later North Park Road in Manningham. A nomadic existence continued as they then went on to Peel Park, then Girlington and Apperley Bridge.Bradford Football Club and Bradford Cricket Club bought Park Avenue in 1879 and this resulted in the club becoming "Bradford Cricket, Athletic and Football Club". The club's headquarters were at the Talbot Darley Street, and later The Alexandra, Great Horton Road. The club achieved its first major success by winning the Yorkshire Cup in 1884.After the 1890â91 season, Bradford along with other Yorkshire Senior clubs Batley, Brighouse, Dewsbury, Halifax, Huddersfield, Hull, Hunslet, Leeds, Liversedge, Manningham and Wakefield decided that they wanted their own county league starting in 1891 along the lines of a similar competition that had been played in Lancashire. The clubs wanted full control of the league but the Yorkshire Rugby Football Union would not sanction the competition as it meant giving up control of rugby football to the senior clubs.In 1895, along with cross-town neighbours Manningham F.C., Bradford was among 22 clubs to secede from the Rugby Football Union after the historic meeting at the George Hotel in Huddersfield in response to a dispute over "broken time" payments to players who were thus part-time professionals. These 22 clubs formed the Northern Rugby Football Union (which eventually became the Rugby Football League) and rugby league football was born.Bradford enjoyed some success in the new competition. In the 1903â04 Northern Rugby Football Union season, the team finished level on points with Salford at the top of the league and then won the resulting play-off 5â0. In 1905â06, Bradford beat Salford 5â0 to win the Challenge Cup and were runners-up in the Championship. In 1906â07, Bradford won the Yorkshire County Cup 8â5 against Hull Kingston Rovers.During this time Manningham F.C. had run into financial difficulties and, despite a summer archery contest that generated enough money to ensure their survival, its members were persuaded to swap codes and play association football instead. Manningham was invited to join the Football League in 1903, in an attempt to promote football in a rugby-dominated region, and the newly renamed Bradford City A.F.C. was voted into full membership of the Second Division without having played a game of football, having a complete team or even being able to guarantee a ground. The creation of Bradford City led to demands for association football at Park Avenue too. The ground had already hosted some football matches including one in the 1880s between Blackburn Rovers and Blackburn Olympic F.C. In 1895, a Bradford side had beaten a team from Moss Side, Manchester, by 4â1 in front of 3,000 spectators. Following the change at Bradford City, a meeting was called of the Bradford FC members on 15 April 1907 to decide the rugby club's future. An initial vote appeared to favour continuing in rugby league, but then opinion shifted towards rugby union and the chairman, Mr Briggs, used his influence to swing the committee behind the proposed move to association football. This act, sometimes referred to as "The Great Betrayal", led to Bradford FC becoming the Bradford Park Avenue Association Football Club. The minority faction decided to split and form a new club to continue playing in the Northern Union, appropriately called "Bradford Northern", which applied for and was granted Bradford FC's place in the 1907â08 Northern Rugby Football Union season. Bradford Northern's first home ground was the Greenfield Athletic Ground in Dudley Hill, to the south of the city. They based themselves at the Greenfield Hotel.1907â1963: Bradford Northern
Northern moved to Birch Lane in 1908. Bradford council offered the club a site for a new stadium between Rooley Lane and Mayo Avenue in 1927. However the NRFU said the site was too small and the club kept on looking. Before moving to Odsal, Bradford Northern had had two other homes at Greenfield Athletic Ground in Dudley Hill and at Birch Lane which was part of the Bowling Old Lane cricket ground, although at times they also had to hire Valley Parade as the capacity at Birch Lane was insufficient for large matches.On 20 June 1933 Bradford Northern signed a ten-year lease with Bradford council for a former quarry being used as a waste dump at Odsal Top. It was turned into the biggest stadium outside Wembley. The Bradford Northern team played its first match there on 1 September 1934.Success came to Bradford in the 1940s with a number of cup wins: the Yorkshire cup in 1940â41, 1942â43, 1944â45, 1945â46, 1948â49 and 1949â50; and the Challenge Cup 1943â44, 1946â47 and 1948â49. In the Championship Bradford found it difficult to win either before the war or after despite being runners up in 1942â43 and 1947â48. On Saturday 3 November 1945, Bradford Northern met Wakefield Trinity in the final of the Yorkshire Cup held at Thrum Hall, Halifax. Wakefield began the match as favourites, they had lost only one of thirteen matches thus far in the season. However, Bradford won 5â2 Frank Whitcombe scoring the try converted by George Carmichael and lifted the Yorkshire Cup for the fourth time in six seasons.Bradford defeated Leeds 8â4 to win the Challenge Cup Final at Wembley in 1947. The 1947â48 Challenge Cup final was notable as it was the first rugby league match to be attended by the reigning monarch, King George VI, who presented the trophy. It was also the first televised rugby league match as it was broadcast to the Midlands. Bradford lost 8â3 to Wigan and Frank Whitcombe became the first player to win the Lance Todd trophy on the losing side. The 1949 Challenge Cup final was sold out for the first time as 95,050 spectators saw Bradford beat Halifax. In 1951â52 Bradford were runners up in the league but beat New Zealand at Odsal in the first floodlit football match of any code in the North of England.In 1953, a crowd of 69,429 watched Bradford play Huddersfield in the Challenge Cup's third round. This was Bradford's highest ever attendance. They also won the Yorkshire Cup final 7â2 against Hull. Bradford and Leigh were the first rugby league clubs to stage matches on a Sunday in December 1954, although there was opposition from the Sunday Observance lobby.Bradford's support declined rapidly in the 1963 season, attracting a record low crowd of 324 against Barrow. The club went out of business on 10 December 1963, having played just 13 matches; winning 1 and losing 12, scoring 109 points and conceding 284, the results were declared null and void, and expunged from the 1963â64 season's records.1964â1995: Third club
A meeting on 14 April 1964 saw 1,500 people turn out to discuss the formation of a new club, and those present promised a £1000 to help get plans for the new organisation underway. Amongst those who led proceedings were former players Joe Phillips and Trevor Foster. On 20 July 1964, Bradford Northern (1964) Ltd came into existence. The club's new side had been built for around £15,000 and had Jack Wilkinson as coach. On 22 August 1964, Hull Kingston Rovers provided the opposition in the reformed club's first match and 14,500 spectators turned out to show their support, as Odsal hosted its first 10,000 plus gate for a Bradford Northern match since 1957.The reformed club won its first cup in 1965â66 by beating Hunslet 17â8 in the final of the Yorkshire County Cup. In 1972â73 Bradford lost the Challenge Cup final against Featherstone Rovers 33â14. In 1973â74 Bradford won the Second Division Championship and were promoted back to the First Division. During this season Keith Mumby made his début, becoming the Bradford's youngest player at only 16 years of age, kicking 12 goals and scoring a try in the match against Doncaster. He went on to make a record 576 appearances for the club. In 1974â75 Bradford won the Regal Trophy 3â2 against Widnes.Peter Fox joined Bradford as coach for the first time in 1977â78. Bradford won the Premiership final 17â8 against Widnes and were also Championship runners-up.In 1978â79 Bradford appeared in another Premiership final this time losing 24â2 to Leeds. A year later Bradford won the Championship and Regal Trophy, Peter Fox winning the award for Coach of the Year. In 1980â81 the club made it back-to-back championships. In 1981â82, Bradford lost the Yorkshire Cup final 10â5 against Castleford and lost again in 1982â83, this time 18â7 against Hull F.C. Keith Mumby won the award for First Division Player of the Year while Brian Noble won the Young Player award.In 1985, Ellery Hanley left Northern to join Wigan for a then record transfer deal, worth £80,000 and a player exchange involving Steve Donlan and Phil Ford. By November 1987, Bradford had cash-flow problems and the local council refused to help financially, but appointed a special committee to administer the clubs' finances. In December 1987, desperate for cash, Bradford transfer-listed 22 players for a total of £210,000 plus Phil Ford for £120,000.In 1987â88 Bradford won the Yorkshire Cup final replay against Castleford 11â2 after drawing 12â12. Ron Willey coached Bradford Northern for a short stint in 1989â90 and led them to the Premiership final and success in the Yorkshire Cup final when they beat Featherstone Rovers 20â14.David Hobbs became coach at Northern in 1990 until he left for Wakefield Trinity in 1994. Bradford lost the Regal Trophy against Warrington 12â2 in 1990â91. Peter Fox returned to Bradford for a second spell as coach in 1991, and in 1993â94, Bradford finished as runners-up behind Wigan on points difference. Fox left the club in 1995.1996â2011: Golden era
In 1996, the first tier of English rugby league clubs changed from a winter to a summer season and played the inaugural Super League season.NEWS,weblink The Independent, Rugby's pounds 87m deal gives Murdoch transfer veto, Dave, Hadfield, 20 December 1995, 6 May 2009, Bradford dropped the 'Northern' name to become Bradford Bulls. Matthew Elliot took over as head coach in 1996. The Bulls won the Super League title in his first season.Elliot coached the Bradford Bulls to the 1999 Super League Grand Final and in 2000 the Bulls won the Challenge Cup for the first time in 51 years with victory over Leeds in Edinburgh.Brian Noble was appointed Bradford head coach in November 2000.NEWS, Super League Team-by-team guide
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2001 Super League Grand Final in which they defeated the Wigan Warriors. As Super League VI champions, the Bulls played against 2001 NRL season>2001 NRL Premiers, the Newcastle Knights in the 2002 World Club Challenge. Noble oversaw Bradford's victory. He took the Bulls to the 2002 Super League Grand Final which was lost to St. Helens.On 20 April 2006, Steve McNamara was promoted to head coach of BradfordWEB,weblink McNamara is Bulls new head coach, Bradford Bulls, 20 April 2006, 1 January 2012, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120224002113weblink">weblink 24 February 2012, following Brian Noble's departure to Wigan. At the time he was the youngest coach in Britain. In his first season in charge, he guided Bradford to the Super League play-offs before the club were knocked out in the grand final eliminator by HullFollowing an eighth consecutive defeat, the Bulls' worst run in Super League, McNamara's contract was mutually terminated on 13 July 2010. Lee St Hilaire was coach for the rest of the 2010 season.Mick Potter became coach in 2011. Despite the club being placed in receivership in 2012, the team was on the verge of making the semi-finals of Super League as Potter remained as unpaid coach.2012â2017: Administrations, relegation and liquidationIn March 2012 the club announced that it was in financial difficulties and needed £1 million to keep the club afloat.NEWS, Bradford Bulls 'need £1m' to stay in business, as support pours in,weblink 27 March 2012, 28 June 2012, BBC Sport, A public appeal saw a lot of new funds pour in from supporters, but following the issue of a winding up petition from HMRC for unpaid taxes the holding company for the club was forced to go into administration on 26 June 2012.NEWS,weblink Bradford Bulls go into administration and face 'extinction', 26 June 2012, 28 June 2012, BBC Sport, The Rugby Football League announced that had the company been wound up then the team would be allowed to complete their fixtures for the 2012 Super League season under the possible ownership of a supporters trust.NEWS,weblink Bradford Bulls can finish season â even if liquidated, 27 June 2012, 28 June 2012, BBC Sport, On 2 July 2012, the club's administrator, Brendan Guilfoyle, made sixteen members of staff, including the coach Mick Potter and chief executive Ryan Duckett, redundant, but announced that the club would attempt to fulfill its fixtures.NEWS, Ian, Laybourn,weblink Bradford Bulls make 16 redundancies, including head coach Mick Potter, The Independent, 2 July 2012, 3 July 2012, Mick Potter continued as an unpaid coach until the end of the season. On 31 August 2012 a bid for the club from a local consortium, headed by Bradford businessman Omar Khan, was accepted by the administratorNEWS,weblink Future of Bradford Bulls resolved as Omar Khan buys club, 1 September 2012, 1 September 2012, The Guardian, and was ratified by the RFL in early September.NEWS,weblink Bradford Bulls: Omar Khan takeover ratified by RFL, BBC Sport, 12 September 2012, 15 September 2012, Days later the RFL also granted the new owners a one-year probationary licence enabling the club to compete in Super League XVIII in 2013.NEWS,weblink Bradford Bulls: RFL grants club Super League licence, BBC Sport, 14 September 2012, 15 September 2012, Francis Cummins was appointed as head coach of the Bulls in September 2012.NEWS,weblink New Bradford Bulls head coach Francis Cummins is ready to work with limited resources, 17 September 2012, 18 September 2013, Ian, Laybourn, The Independent, During the 2012/13 season the Bulls appointed Dr Allan Johnston to the backroom staff to support the players wellbeing and performance. This appointment was thought to be the first of its kind in Rugby League.WEB,weblink BULLS APPOINT PSYCHIATRIST, Bradford Bulls, 1 April 2013, 6 December 2016, {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}In late December 2013 it was announced that chairman Mark Moore and directors Ian Watt and Andrew Calvert had resigned."Bradford Bulls directors quit Super League club", BBC Sport, 24 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013In 2014, relegation was reintroduced to the Super League with two teams being relegated. Bradford were deducted 6 points for entering administration early on in the season and the Bulls were relegated from the top division of rugby league in Britain for the first time in 40 years. Francis Cummins was sacked around the time of relegation and replaced by James Lowes and won most of their remaining games.Bradford began their first Championship campaign in 40 years against Leigh away where they narrowly lost the game. By the end of the regular season they entered the Super 8s finishing second. In the Qualifiers Bradford failed to make the top three for automatic entry to Super League for 2016, finishing 5th which meant a trip to Wakefield to play them in the first ever Million Pound Game. Bradford would lose 24â16, condemning them to a second year in the Championship.In preparation for the 2016 season, Bradford completed the signings of several experienced players, such as Centre Kris Welham from Super League side Hull Kingston Rovers, as well as Oscar Thomas, Mitch Clark, Johnny Campbell, Jonathan Walker and Kurt Haggerty from London Broncos, Doncaster, Batley and Leigh. Bradford started the season strongly, with a win over fellow promotion hopefuls Featherstone Rovers by 22â12. Omari Caro scored a hat-trick in this match. This was followed up by away wins at Whitehaven and Swinton. Bradford's season was ultimately disappointing with failure to reach the Qualifiers,WEB,weblink Bulls star Mellor targeting unbeaten end to campaign, Telegraph & Argus, 29 July 2016, 6 December 2016, this meant Bradford would miss out on a chance of promotionOn 14 November 2016, Bradford Bulls were placed in administration for the third time since 2012.NEWS,weblink Bradford Bulls: Championship club placed in administration for third time, 14 November 2016, BBC Sport, 14 November 2016, On 16 November, the Rugby Football League (RFL) cancelled Bradford's membership, making their future uncertain. In the ensuing weeks several bids to buy the club were made but despite one bid being acceptable to the RFL, none were accepted by the administrator and the club went into liquidation on 3 January 2017.NEWS,weblink Bradford Bulls: Former Super League champions liquidated, BBC Sport, 3 January 2017, 3 January 2017, Following liquidation the RFL issued a statement saying:{{blockquote|text=While a number of alternatives were considered the Board was most mindful of the planning already undertaken by all other clubs in the competition structure, the season tickets already purchased and the players and staff who will now be seeking employment in and around the sport in 2017.Accordingly the Board has agreed that the wider interests of the sport is best satisfied if it offers a place in the Kingstone Press Championship to any new club in Bradford and that such a club start the 2017 season on minus 12 points. The RFL believes that Rugby League needs Bradford and that Bradford deserves a strong and stable professional club and will work with all interested parties to deliver that outcome.WEB,weblink Bradford Bulls go into liquidation â MP Judith Cummins demands an investigation, Telegraph & Argus, 3 January 2017, 3 January 2017, }}2017â2019: Fourth clubAfter the Bulls went into liquidation in January 2017 the Rugby Football League invited bids to form a new club based in Bradford who would be allowed to take the place of the Bulls in the 2017 Championship but started with a 12-point penalty deduction.The RFL issued a set of criteria for anyone wishing to bid for the new club and there were 12 expressions of interest of which four were converted into bids submitted to the RFL.NEWS,weblink RFL assesses four bids to set up new club after Bradford's liquidation, The Guardian, 9 January 2017, 13 January 2017, On 13 January the RFL announced that a consortium to run the new club had been selected and notified of the decision.NEWS,weblink RFL finalises deal with unnamed bidder for Bradford Bulls replacement, The Guardian, 9 January 2017, 13 January 2017, The new owner was publicly announced on 17 January as Andrew Chalmers, the former chairman of the New Zealand Rugby League. Also involved is former player and coach, Graham Lowe.NEWS,weblink Andrew Chalmers and Graham Lowe named new Bradford club owners, BBC Sport, 17 January 2017, 17 January 2017, The parent company of the club is registered as Bradford Bulls 2017 Limited at Companies House, and the team continue to be known as Bradford Bulls, also retaining the club colours, stadium and several players from the 2016 squad. On 20 January 2017 Geoff Toovey was named as coach and Leon Pryce as captain.NEWS,weblink Geoff Toovey: Australian named coach of new Bradford Bulls, BBC Sport, 20 January 2017, 20 January 2017, However, a delay in processing his paperwork left Toovey unable to fulfil his role and led to Leigh Beattie being appointed as interim coach.WEB,weblink 'Things are starting to fall into place' â Leigh Beattie on Bradford Bulls progress, Telegraph & Argus, 26 February 2017, 28 February 2017, Before the start of the 2018 season, the Bulls appointed the highly experienced John Kear as coach, and under his guidance, gained promotion to the Championship.WEB,weblink John Kear,weblink 17 February 2018,2019âpresent: Move to Dewsbury and Return to OdsalIn August 2019, Bulls chairman Andrew Chalmers announced that the club could no longer afford to play at Odsal and were to relocate to Dewsbury for two years after the preferred alternatives, Valley Parade and Horsfall Stadium were deemed too expensive. On 1 September 2019, Bradford Bulls played the last game at Odsal stadium for the next year and a half, and bade a temporary farewell to the 85-year-old home ground for the team.NEWS,weblink Bradford Bulls bid farewell to 'spiritual home', 1 September 2019, BBC News, 3 September 2019, In November 2019, Nigel Wood, Mark Sawyer, and Eric Perez took over the ownership of the club, although Perez's involvement would only be temporary, as interim chair for a few months.WEB, Bradford Bulls' new ownership group, Last Word on Rugby, 7 November 2019,weblink 3 May 2022, The Bulls returned to Odsal in May 2021. In the 2022 RFL Championship season, Bradford finished a disappointing 9th on the table.NEWS,weblink Bradford Bulls to return to Odsal Stadium after RFL deal, 24 May 2021, BBC Sport, 6 February 2022,Stadiums1907â1933: Greenfield and Birch LaneThe Bradford Northern club had played at a number of venues including the Greenfield Athletic Ground in Dudley Hill and Bowling Old Lane Cricket Club's ground in Birch Lane.{{sfn|Delaney|1991|pp=44â45}} By the early 1920s, however, Birch Lane's limitations were clear and Northern began to seek another home. Precarious finances prevented the club being able to take up an offer to develop land off Rooley Lane or to upgrade and move back to Greenfield, but in 1933, Bradford City Council gave them the opportunity to transform land at Odsal Top into their home ground.1934âPresent: Odsal(File:Odsal main stand.jpg|thumb|right)Apart from two seasons in 2001 and 2002 when the Bradford Bulls played their home games at Valley Parade, groundsharing with football club Bradford City A.F.C,WEB,weblink Top Facts About Valley Parade, 2022, 21 May 2023, prior to leaving Odsal for Crown Flatt, Dewsbury in 2019, Odsal Stadium has been the home ground of Bradford Northern/Bulls since 1934 along with regular speedway and stock car racing meetings over the years, BriSCA F1 Stock Cars and BriSCA F2 Stock Cars.WEB,weblink Yorstox Odsal, 2021, having returned to Odsal since 2021. Odsal Stadium had also hosted many other sports, including association football, American football, basketball, featuring the Harlem Globetrotters, wrestling, show jumping and kabaddi. The stadium's largest attendances was 102,569, when Halifax played Warrington on 5 May 1954 in the Challenge Cup Final replay.Due to financial concerns amidst rising administration costs of using the single-use RFL-owned stadium, the rent reported to be £450,000 rent per year, the Bradford Bulls left Odsal in 2019, temporarily playing at Crown Flatt in DewsburyWEB,weblink Bradford Bulls Leave Odsal, 2019, including home matches of the COVID-19 abandoned rugby league season of 2020 plus three league fixtures of the 2021 season, however they returned to Odsal during the 2021 season when stock car promotors YorStox successfully returned professional stock car racing as co-tenants at the now multi-use venue, absorbing stadium hire costs, a flattened shale track laid to re-enable motorsports events. The Bulls' acting chief executive, Mark Sawyer, told Rugby League Live at the time: "Staging motorsport events is the first piece in the jigsaw puzzle towards how we're going to balance the books at Odsal", stressing that he believed Bulls supporters were positive about the return of motorsports, quoted as saying "The feedback we get from our Bradford supporter base is that a number of them are interested in watching motorsport.NEWS,weblink Heppenstall, Ross, Bradford Bulls May Form Motorsport Racing Team, 12 February 2021, 23 April 2023,Crest and coloursCrestUp until the Super League era the club was known as Bradford Northern and used a stylised boar's head similar to the one atop the Bradford city coat of arms. When the club was rebranded Bradford Bulls the crest was changed to a similar design to that of the Chicago Bulls.ColoursBradford's traditional playing colours are a red, amber and black hoop, on a white background. 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Rivalries
{{see also|West Yorkshire derbies#In Rugby League}}Bradford's main rivals are Leeds Rhinos who they have played in multiple finals, especially during the early years of Super League as well as St Helens whom they faced in two successive Challenge cup finals during the golden era. They also have a lesser local rivalry with Keighley Cougars although this was considered a one-way rivalry and competitive fixtures were rare as they played in different divisions. They also have other local rivalries with Halifax Panthers and Huddersfield Giants. This rivalry with Halifax is now their main rivalry due to being a division below Leeds Rhinos, following relegation.2024 squad
{{Rugby league squad|squadname=Bradford Bulls 2024 Squad|BC1=white|FC1=black|BC2=black|FC2=white|source=2024 Squad Numbers|date=2 December 2023Players
Notable former players
Harry Sunderland Trophy winners
The Harry Sunderland Trophy is awarded to the Man-of-the-Match in the Super League Grand Final by the Rugby League Writers' Association.{| class="wikitable"Lance Todd Trophy winners
The Lance Todd Trophy is awarded to the Man-of-the-Match in the Challenge Cup Final. Introduced in 1946, the trophy was named in memory of Lance Todd, the New Zealand-born player and administrator, who was killed in a road accident during the Second World War.{| class="wikitable"Steve Prescott Man of Steel winners
The Steve Prescott Man of Steel Award is an annual honour, awarded by the Super League to the most outstanding player in the British game for that year.{| class="wikitable"Treble winning team
This list contains the players who played in the Challenge Cup, Grand Final.{| class="wikitable"Captains
From 1996 -- Robbie Paul 1996â04
- Jamie Peacock 2005
- Iestyn Harris 2006
- Paul Deacon 2007â09
- Andy Lynch 2010â11
- Heath L'Estrange 2012â13
- Matt Diskin 2012â14
- Chev Walker 2015
- Adrian Purtell 2016
- Leon Pryce 2017
- Sam Hallas/Scott Moore 2017
- Lee Smith 2018
- Steve Crossley 2019-2023
- Michael Lawrence 2023âPresent
Staff
Past coaches
Also see (:Category:Bradford Bulls coaches){{div col|colwidth=30em}}- 1936â60 Dai Rees
- 1960â61 Trevor Foster
- 1961 Doug Greenall
- 1961â62 Jimmy Ledgard
- 1962â63 Harry Beverley
- 1963 Jack Wilkinson
- 1964â71 Gus Risman
- 1971â72 Harry Street
- 1973â75 Ian Brooke
- 1975 Albert Fearnley
- 1975â77 Roy Francis
- 1977â85 Peter Fox
- 1985â89 Barry Seabourne
- 1989 David Hobbs
- 1989â90 Ron Willey
- 1990â93 David Hobbs
- 1993â95 Peter Fox
- 1995â96 Brian Smith
- 1996â2000 Matthew Elliott
- 2001â06 Brian Noble
- 2006â10 Steve McNamara
- 2010 Lee St Hilaire
- 2011â12 Mick Potter
- 2013â14 Francis Cummins
- 2014 Matt Diskin
- 2014â16 James Lowes
- 2016â17 Rohan Smith
- 2017 Geoff Toovey
- 2018â22 John Kear
- 2022â23 Mark Dunning
- 2023 Lee Greenwood (interim)
- 2024- Eamon O'Carroll
Seasons
">League history{|
- 1907â1973: Division 1
- 1973â1974: Division 2
- 1974â1996: Division 1
- 1996â2014: Super League
- 2015â2017: Championship
- 2018: League 1
- 2019âPresent: Championship
Super League era
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"!rowspan="2" scope="col"|Season!colspan="9" scope="col"|League!rowspan="2" scope="col"|Play-offs!rowspan="2" scope="col"|Challenge Cup!colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col"|Other competitions!scope="col"|Name!scope="col"|Tries!scope="col"|Name!scope="col"|Points !scope="col"|Division!scope="col"|P!scope="col"|W!scope="col"|D!scope="col"|L!scope="col"|F!scope="col"|A!scope="col"|Pts!scope="col"|Pos!colspan="2" scope="col"|Top try scorer!colspan="2" scope="col"|Top point scorer !scope="row"|1996Super League I>Super League |34 place=3rd}}| RU | NZL}} Robbie Paul| 23 ENG}} Steve McNamara| 170 !scope="row"|1997Super League II>Super League |40 place=1st}}| RU | ENG}} James Lowes| 17 ENG}} Steve McNamara| 299 !scope="row"|1998Super League III>Super League |24|5th|Lost in Elimination Playoffs|R5 | TON}} Tevita Vaikona| 13 ENG}} Steve McNamara| 170 !scope="row"|1999Super League IV>Super League |51 place=1st}} Lost in Grand Final|SF | AUS}} Michael Withers| 21 ENG}} Steve McNamara| 221 !scope="row"|2000Super League V>Super League |43 place=3rd}}|Lost in Preliminary Final W | NZL}} Robbie Paul| 19 NZL}} Henry Paul| 404 !scope="row"|2001Super League VI>Super League |45 place=1st}} Won in Grand Final RU | AUS}} Michael Withers| 31 NZL}} Henry Paul| 457 !scope="row"|2002Super League VII>Super League |46 place=1st}} Lost in Grand Final|R4 World Club Challenge > W AUS}} Michael Withers| 20 ENG}} Paul Deacon| 336 !scope="row"|2003Super League VIII>Super League |44 place=1st}} Won in Grand Final W | NZL}} Lesley Vainikolo| 26 ENG}} Paul Deacon| 389 !scope="row"|2004Super League IX>Super League |41 place=2nd}} Lost in Grand Final|R4 World Club Challenge > W NZL}} Lesley Vainikolo| 39 ENG}} Paul Deacon| 282 !scope="row"|2005Super League X>Super League |37 place=3rd}} Won in Grand Final|R5 | NZL}} Lesley Vainikolo| 34 ENG}} Paul Deacon| 391 !scope="row"|2006Super League XI>Super League |32|4th|Lost in Preliminary Final|R5 World Club Challenge > W NZL}} Shontayne Hape| 22 ENG}} Paul Deacon| 277 !scope="row"|2007Super League XII>Super League |33 place=3rd}}|Lost in Elimination Playoffs|SF | NZL}} Lesley Vainikolo| 19 ENG}} Paul Deacon| 244 !scope="row"|2008Super League XIII>Super League |28|5th|Lost in Elimination Playoffs|QF | Fiji}} Semi Tadulala| 23 ENG}} Paul Deacon| 190 !scope="row"|2009Super League XIV>Super League |25|9th||R4 | Fiji}} Semi Tadulala| 14 ENG}} Paul Deacon| 201 !scope="row"|2010Super League XV>Super League |19|10th||QF | AUS}} Brett Kearney/{{flagicon|AUS}} Steve Menzies| 14 ENG}} Paul Sykes| 114 !scope="row"|2011Super League XVI>Super League |20|10th||R5 | NZL}} Patrick Ah Van/{{flagicon|AUS}} Shad Royston| 12 NZL}} Patrick Ah Van| 242 !scope="row"|2012Super League XVII>Super League |23|9th||R5 | AUS}} Brett Kearney/{{flagicon|ENG}} Elliott Whitehead| 15 ENG}} Luke Gale| 143 !scope="row"|2013Super League XVIII>Super League |22|9th||R5 | Malta}} Jarrod Sammut| 25 Malta}} Jarrod Sammut| 167 !scope="row"|2014Super League XIX>Super League |10 13th |QF | ENG}} Luke Gale| 14 ENG}} Luke Gale| 147 !scope="row" rowspan="2"|20152015 RFL Championship>Championship |37|2nd R5 {{flagicon Danny Williams (rugby)>Danny Williams 25 {{flagicon Ryan Shaw (rugby league)>Ryan Shaw 286 |The Qualifiers|6|5th !scope="row" |20162016 RFL Championship>Championship |28|5th|Won in Shield Final|R4|| ENG}} Kris Welham| 29 ENG}} Danny Addy| 193 !scope="row" |20172017 RFL Championship>Championship |0 12th |R4|| ENG}} James Bentley| 18 ENG}} Oscar Thomas| 139 !scope="row" |20182018 RFL League 1>League 1 |46 2nd Won in Promotion Playoff Final|R5|| ENG}} Ethan Ryan| 36 AUS}} Dane Chisholm| 312 !scope="row"|20192019 RFL Championship>Championship |33|6th||QF RFL 1895 Cup>1895 Cup R2 ENG}} Ethan Ryan| 20 ENG}} Joe Keyes| 136 !scope="row"|20202020 RFL Championship {{efn>The 2020 Championship was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Statistics shown are those at time of abandonment and are not official.}} 4 style="background:#C0C0C0;" 0 style="background:#C0C0C0;" 90 style="background:#C0C0C0;" 4 7th None Played}}|R5 | ENG}} Matty Dawson-Jones| 4 ENG}} Rowan Milnes| 44 !scope="row"|20212021 RFL Championship>Championship |24|5th|Lost in Elimination Playoffs Officially round 1 due to the competitions temporary restructure in 2021.}} RFL 1895 Cup>1895 Cup R1| | | | !scope="row"|20222022 RFL Championship>Championship |22|9th||R5 || | | | !scope="row"|20232023 RFL Championship>Championship |33|3rd|Lost in Semi-final|R5 || | | | Honours
League
Winners (6): 1979â80, 1980â81, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005
*League Leader's Shield:
Winners (1): 2003
Winners (1): 1973â74
*Championship Shield:
Winners (1): 2016
*League 1 Play-offs:
Winners (1): 2018
Winners (1): 1977â78
Winners (1): 1947â48
Cups
Winners (5): 1943â44, 1946â47, 1948â49, 2000, 2003
Winners (2): 1974â75, 1979â80
Winners (11): 1940â41, 1941â42, 1943â44, 1945â46, 1948â49, 1949â50, 1953â54, 1965â66, 1978â79, 1987â88, 1989â90
International
Winners (3): 2002, 2004, 2006
Records
Club Records
- Biggest win:
124-0 v. {{leagueicon|canberra|16}} West Wales (at Odsal, 6 May 2018)
- Biggest loss:
6-84 v. {{leagueicon|Wigan Warriors|16}} Wigan (at DW Stadium, 21 April 2014)
- Highest Super League attendance:
See also
Notes
{{notelist}}References
{{reflist|2}}Bibliography
- BOOK, The Grounds Of Rugby League, Delaney, Trevor, 1991, Trevor R. Delaney, Keighley, 0-9509-9822-2,
Further reading
- BOOK, Room at the Top, Dewhirst, John, 2016, bantamspast.net, Shipley, West Yorkshire, Shipley, 978-0-9566984-5-2,
- BOOK, Life at the Top, Dewhirst, John, 2016, bantamspast.net, Shipley, West Yorkshire, Shipley, 978-0-9566984-8-3,
External links
{{commons category}}
- {{Official website}}
- Bradford Bulls in T&A
- Sky Sports Rugby League
- weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171102154459weblink">RFL Championship and League One
- BBC Rugby League
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- 1907â1973: Division 1
- 1973â1974: Division 2
- 1974â1996: Division 1
- 1996â2014: Super League
- 2015â2017: Championship
- 2018: League 1
- 2019âPresent: Championship
Winners (6): 1979â80, 1980â81, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005
*League Leader's Shield:
Winners (1): 2003
Winners (1): 1973â74
*Championship Shield:
Winners (1): 2016
*League 1 Play-offs:
Winners (1): 2018
Winners (1): 1977â78
Winners (1): 1947â48
Winners (5): 1943â44, 1946â47, 1948â49, 2000, 2003
Winners (2): 1974â75, 1979â80
Winners (11): 1940â41, 1941â42, 1943â44, 1945â46, 1948â49, 1949â50, 1953â54, 1965â66, 1978â79, 1987â88, 1989â90
Winners (3): 2002, 2004, 2006
124-0 v. {{leagueicon|canberra|16}} West Wales (at Odsal, 6 May 2018)
6-84 v. {{leagueicon|Wigan Warriors|16}} Wigan (at DW Stadium, 21 April 2014)
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