| Bradford City 1 | Peterborough Utd 0 |
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Basic Information
| Date | 15th September 2007. |
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| Stadium | Valley Parade. |
| Competition | League Two. |
| Attendance | 13,819 (461 away). |
| Officials | Paul Melin. |
Posh play with style at Valley Parade, but a defence lapse and missed chances gift Bradford City the 3 points. The visitors create plenty of early opportunities, with the Bantams taking 43 minutes to create their first. Claude Gnakpa is lucky to remain on the pitch following 2 crude challenges, escaping with only a booking. Bradford perform better during the second half and take the lead not long after. Craig Morgan concedes a free-kick and then fails to mark Mark Bower correctly, allowing him to glance home a header unchallenged. Posh create a handful of further chances, but all are wasted. "I really don't know how we lost the game," admits Darren Ferguson.
Teams
| Bradford City | |
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| Management | |
| Stuart McCall | |
| Wayne Jacobs (assistant) | |
| Starting line-up | |
| 1 | Donovan Ricketts |
| 3 | Paul Heckingbottom (loaned from Barnsley) |
| 5 | David Wetherall |
| 6 | Mark Bower  |
| 7 | Omar Daley (-88') |
| 8 | Eddie Johnson |
| 10 | Peter Thorne (-85') |
| 15 | Joe Colbeck |
| 17 | Thomas Harban (loaned from Barnsley) |
| 20 | Scott Phelan |
| 24 | Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu (-88') (loaned from Gillingham) |
| Substitutes | |
| 2 | Darren Williams |
| 4 | Paul Evans (+88') |
| 9 | Barry Conlon (+85') |
| 22 | Kyle Nix (+88') |
| 25 | Luke Medley |
| Peterborough Utd | |
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| Management | |
| Darren Ferguson | |
| Kevin Russell (assistant) | |
| Starting line-up | |
| 1 | Mark Tyler |
| 2 | Josh Low (-71') |
| 3 | Shane Blackett (-89') |
| 4 | Craig Morgan |
| 6 | Charlie Lee |
| 8 | Micah Hyde |
| 9 | Aaron McLean |
| 16 | Danny Crow |
| 17 | Jamie Day |
| 22 | Kieran Charnock |
| 27 | Claude Gnakpa  (-60') |
| Substitutes | |
| 7 | Adam Newton (+60') |
| 10 | George Boyd (+89') |
| 11 | Dean Keates |
| 13 | Shwan Jalal |
| 18 | Chris Whelpdale (+71') |