FC Halifax Town will host Bradford City in a pre-season friendly on July 11 at the Shay Stadium. The match is part of Bradford City's 2026/27 pre-season schedule, which includes six first-team friendlies. Graham Alexander's Bantams will kick off their pre-season programme by heading over the Pennines to take on FC United of Manchester on Saturday July 4. City will then take on Halifax Town on Saturday July 11 at the Shay Stadium. The following week sees us head back over the border to Lancashire, taking on Accrington Stanley on Friday July 17. We will then once again head to Obertraun, in Austria, for our pre-season tour, with a fixture to be announced in due course. Our only home pre-season game will take place shortly after our return to UK soil, taking on Preston North End at Valley Parade on Wednesday July 29. The Bantams will play a final pre-season game away on Saturday August 1, kicking off at 3.00pm, before our campaign gets underway the following week with the first round of the Carabao Cup.