MATCHDAY LIVE: Swindon Town v Bradford City

FULL-TIME

Swindon Town 1-1 Bradford City

90' RED CARD

Jordan Lyden is sent off after a sliding challenge on Adam Henley.

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90' GOAL BRADFORD

Shay McCartan comes off the bench to curl in a brilliant free-kick from 25-yards out.

87' Today's attendance is announced as 8407.

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86' SWINDON SUBSTITUTION

Off - Isgrove, On - May.

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84' Bradford try to find a way down with a long ball across to the right-wing, Tom Broadbent is quick to get over and clears well.

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80' Woolery heads back across goal after a cross in from the right, no one is there for Swindon though.

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80' Woolery heads back across goal after a cross in from the right, no one is there for Swindon though.

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78' CHANCE SWINDON.

Bradford have nearly just scored the most comical of own goals. Anthony O'Connor gets the ball from a throw-in, he attempts to pass back to keeper O'Donnell but his pass is wayward and O'Donnell is left scrambling back to stop going over his line. Fortunately he reaches it just in time.

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77' Temporary stop in play as a streaker is apprehended.

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75' SWINDON SUBSTITUTION

Off - Jaiyesimi, On - Doughty

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74' A couple of questionable refereeing decisions has seen the home fans turn on referee Darren Drysdale. Swindon starting to get a bit cagey in defence.

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73' Rob Hunt is shown a yellow card for time wasting.

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72' CHANCE BRADFORD

Matt Palmer sees the ball fall to him on the bounce inside the Swindon penalty area. He's under pressure and has to take his chance quickly but he skies it over the bar.

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66' The game seems to have suddenly burst into life. End-to-end football as both teams attack with intent but a lack of quality in the final third is keeping Swindon in front.

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61' Kaiyne Woolery keeps finding space for himself on the left-wing. This time he works his way into the box but again stops and is too slow with his decision making before losing possession.

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51' Town break with Woolery going through, but it's put behind for a corner.

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50' Corner for Town.

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45' Teams are back out for the second-half with Bradford getting us underway.

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45' There will be a minimum of four minutes added time.

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44' Jaiyesimi shows his quick feet with some neat stepovers to dribble his way into the Bradford box from the right-wing. He dribbles past three before being dispossessed.

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42' Danny Rose is shown yellow after bringing down Dylan Connolly.

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40' SWINDON SUBSTITUTION

Off - Zeki Fryers, On - Tom Broadbent.

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40' Zeki Fryers has gone down injured and stays down for a few minutes before hobbling to the dugout. It looks as if he will be substituted.

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33' Woolery travels with the ball well as he dribbles deep into the Bradford half. He gets as far as the edge of the goal but isn't quick enough in his decision making and loses the ball.

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30' Swindon win back possession on the halfway line and and burst upfield on the counter-attack. Jaiyesimi has Isgrove and Yates ahead of him, he chooses to go on his own but is stopped by a brilliant sliding tackle from Bradford's O'Connor.

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25' CHANCE SWINDON

Isgrove has the ball at his feet out on the right, he fakes inside before passing to Caddis. He whips in a cross to the front-post, Jaiyesimi heads from close-range but it's straight at the keeper.

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20' CHANCE BRADFORD

Grant gives away the ball for Swindon with a loose pass side his own half. Bradford's Taylor intercepts and dribble past two Swindon players working his way into the box before firing off a shot that just goes wide of Steven Benda's goal.

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20' Plymouth have so far failed to respond to Swindon going into the lead. The home side looking the more threatening of the two teams but Swindon will be happy to control possession with their lead intact.

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18' There was a slight stoppage in play there as Swindon's Rob Hunt went down with a head injury.

He is currently off the pitch and is being assessed. Play resumes.

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12' Bradford's Jake Reeves is the first name in the referees book after hacking down Jaiyesimi on the half-way line.

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11' After a long-wait Yates smashed the ball into the top left corner with the stretching O'Donnell helpless.

Swindon lead and will be looking for another straightaway no doubt.

10' GOAL SWINDON. 

Yates slots home from the penalty spot and Swindon lead. 

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9' PENALTY SWINDON

Lloyd Isgrove cross is blocked with a Bradford players arm and the referee points to the spot.

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8' CHANCE SWINDON

Woolery gets the ball at his feet one the edge of the Bradford goal. He is forced onto his weak foot before firing off a shot that narrowly misses the upright.

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5' The free-kick is taken short to Jaiyesimi, he chips towards the back-post where Woolery rises highest but can't make contact.

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4' Swindon's Lloyd Isgrove goes on a main run down the left-wing. Is brought down on the right-hand edge of the box.

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3' Benda collects the ball comfortably and spreads the ball long. Jaiyesimi runs at the Bradford defence but can't find a way through.

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2’ Grant gives away a free-kick left of the Swindon goal 25yards out. 

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1' Kaiyne Woolery wins Swindon a kick-off deep near the corner flag in the Bradford half. The set-piece move doesn't come off and Swindon have a throw-in.

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KICK-OFF: Swindon Town get the match underway.

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Bradford come into today's game unbeaten in their last eight fixtures, Swindon have lost just once in the league since October.

The players are out with Swindon in their all-purple kit and Bradford City donning a white shirt with white shorts and socks.

Ex-Swindon player Stephen Darby is currently on the pitch receiving a cheque of £13,500 for the Darby-Rimmer foundation after STFC sold 300 replicas of their purple kit that they will wear against Bradford today.

Stephen Darby joined Swindon on-loan from Liverpool in 2010. He was sadly diagnosed with motor-neurone disease in 2018 but has since set-up the Darby-Rimmer Foundation which is seeking to raise money to help fight the disease.

We're just ten minutes away from kick-off at the County Ground. The players will be heading back down the tunnel for a final team talk soon.

Swindon are six points better off than Bradford City in the League standings with Richie Wellens' side occupying top spot on 49 points and Bowyer's Bradford sitting in 4th on 43 points.

When the two sides met earlier in the season, Bradford recorded a 2-1 hope win over Swindon.

Today's Prediction: 3-2

Today's occasion see's Swindon Town veer from the norm with the home side choosing to don a purple kit in support of the Darby-Rimmer foundation. This will be the first-time since 2010 that the Robins won't be wearing red at home.

In support of the charity, the club sold replica shirts of the purple kit prior to the match with kit sponsors Puma having to make more for public sale.

The club sold out all 300 shirts this morning.

No Eoin Doyle for the hosts today means that Swindon will be without the leagues top scorer.

STFC manager Richie Wellens however is confident that the leagues second top scorer, Jerry Yates, will find the back of the net against Bradford City. Speaking yesterday, he said:

"The second highest scorer of the division is Jerry Yates and he has played on the wing half of the season."

If you're looking for the complete preview heading into today's game then you can read Total Sport Swindon's Rajan Hothi's match preview below.

PREVIEW: Swindon Town v Bradford City

Team news for Bradford is that manager Gary Bower has made two changes with Chris Taylor and Callum Cooke coming into the starting side to face Swindon.

Bradford City XI: R O'Donnell, B Richards-Everton, A O'Connor, J Reeves, J Vaughan (C), M Palmer, D Connolly, A Henley, C Wood, C Cooke, C Taylor.

The big story coming into today's encounter is the immediate future of the nations top scorer, Eoin Doyle, who is currently on loan at Swindon Town from todays visitors Bradford City.

Yesterday, Swindon Town manager Richie Wellens revealed that the breakout clause of his loan contract at STFC activates in the coming today's following todays match.

"The breakout clause is a few days after the Bradford game. Conversations are ongoing and we will see what we can do. If we can't do something then we will have to look elsewhere and Bradford will have to fit Doyle into their team.

Team news for Swindon Town is that Richie Wellens has made just one change as Eoin Doyle is sidelined with the striker unable to play his parent club and Kaiyne Woolery coming into replace him.

Swindon Town XI: Steven Benda, Zeki Fryers, Danny Rose (C), Lloyd Isgrove, Jerry Yates, Kaiyne Woolery, Jordan Lyden, Rob Hunt, D Jaiyesimi, Paul Caddis, Anthony Grant.

Good afternoon and welcome to our Matchday Live coverage as Swindon Town host Bradford City at the County Ground.