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‘PLAYING SAFE? THAT’S NOT ME’

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The LeaguePaper Team
9 September 2018

Hopkin relishing challenge of Bradford hotseat

By Chris Dunlavy
NEW Bradford City boss David Hopkin says he is “not like everybody else” after swapping the safest job in Scotland for England’s most perilous post.
Hopkin, 48, led Livingston to two successive promotions but dramatically quit in May, just days after securing a place in the Scottish Premier League.
Now the Bantams’ former record signing has thrown his lot in with Edin Rahic - the controversial Bradford co-owner who is already on to his fourth manager of 2018.
“It’s true I had a great relation...

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