Proctor’s double is ideal for Parkinson
NOT even a late goal could wipe the smile off the face of Bradford City manager Phil Parkinson as his troops saw off Doncaster Rovers at Valley Parade.
An early goal in each half from Jamie Proctor handed the hosts a twogoal cushion, meaning Nathan Tyson’s late strike was mere consolation for Doncaster.
And after beating league leaders Burton Albion on Tuesday, Parkinson was delighted to see his side back that up with another confidence performance.
“I thought the lads were excellent, they played really well,” beamed Parkinson.
“We matched the intensity of Tuesday night, which is not always easy to do.
“I’m disappointed in the last five minutes, I thought we just lost our concentration, and if another goal had gone in we would have had a big debate about it, but we have to learn from that.
“I thought the two goals were two great team goals.
“The exchange between Billy Clarke and Proctor for the first, the switch of play and overlap and cross from James Meredith was top class.
“It’s good, good football on a difficult surface.”
After a confident and enterprising start, the visitors were dealt a blow after just seven minutes as Proctor found Clarke wide on the right and the striker continued his run to power home his teammate’s delightful back-post cross.
And whatever Doncaster boss Darren Ferguson had to say at half time, it was blown away four minutes after the restart.
Meredith advanced down the left and his tantalising cross was beautifully placed in the far corner by Proctor for his and Bradford’s second of the game.
It’s another demoralising defeat for Rovers, who have now not won in 11 matches. However, Tyson’s 90thminute goal did end a run of 482 minutes without scoring a goal on their travels.
The striker capitalised on a lapse in concentration in the City defence, pouncing to slot a leftfooted strike beyond Ben Williams – although it did little to lift Ferguson’s spirits.
“It’s an absolutely horrendous run we are on,” admitted the Rovers boss.
“The only saving grace is that we are not in the bottom four.
“That is probably the only positive we can take from this.
“The way we are starting games, gifting goals, both halves, that’s five games now that their first shot on goal has been a goal.
“In the past five years 50 points has kept you up. It might go right to the wire, but we are on the worst run out of all the teams in the league.”