CITY ACHIEVES FAMILY EXCELLENCE STATUS FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR | News

Bradford City AFC have been awarded the EFL’s Family Excellence status for the third consecutive season.

Awarded for exemplary work in involving families on match day, the accolade was achieved by a record 68 EFL clubs for their work over the past campaign.

This figure recognizes continued improvement and best practice in family engagement across all leagues and supports clubs’ efforts to attract and retain the young fans of the future, with over one million junior supporters coming through the turnstiles in the EFL this season.

Clubs are judged on the quality of their matchday experience across a range of touchpoints, including ticketing, matchday entertainment, accessibility, facilities and communications.

City received two random visits by EFL representatives during the campaign – one against Swindon Town in October 2023 and the other against Mansfield Town in March.

The club was rated out of 10 on each of the visits from different areas, finishing with an overall score of 7/10 and achieving bronze status.

This placed the Bantams 16th in Sky Bet League Two and 60th in the EFL table.

The Gold Awarded Clubs for 2023/24 are:

– Blackburn Rovers

– Derby County

– Doncaster Rovers

– Exeter City

– Huddersfield Town

– Ipswich Town

– Lincoln City

– Middlesbrough

– Plymouth Argyle

– Queens Park Rangers

– Stoke City

– Tranmere Rovers

– Walsall

The remaining winners for the 2023/24 season are as follows:

Silver: AFC Wimbledon; Blackpool; Bolton Wanderers; City of Bristol; Bristol Rovers; Burton Albion; Cambridge United; Carlisle United; Charlton Athletic; Forest Green Rovers; City of Harrogate; Hull City; Leicester City; Leyton Orient; Millwall; Morecambe; Town of Northampton; City of Norwich; Peterborough United; Port Vale; Preston North End; Reading; Rotherham United; Southampton; Stockport County; Swansea City; Wigan Athletic; Wycombe Wanderers.

Bronze: Barnsley; Barrow; Birmingham City; City of Bradford; City of Cardiff; City of Cheltenham; Colchester United; City of Coventry; Crawley Town; Crewe Alexandra; Gillingham; Grimsby Town; Leeds United; Town of Mansfield; Milton Keynes Dons; Newport County; County Notts; Oxford United; Portsmouth; City of Salford; Sheffield Wednesday; Town of Shrewsbury; Stevenage; Sutton United; Swindon Town; Watford; West Bromwich Albion.