Yorkshire football news round-up: February 5, 2025

The latest football headlines from across Yorkshire.   Thumbnail: Lewis Storey/Getty Images

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00:00Good afternoon it's Wednesday the 5th of February 2025 and here are the latest football headlines

00:04from across Yorkshire. Bradford City advanced to the semi-finals of the EFL Trophy at the expense

00:10of Rotherham United with Miller's assistant Paul Rayner slamming the losing side's performance.

00:15He said that the Millers had regressed back to a level they were performing at two or three

00:19months ago. And Daniel Farks says he was proudly united, did not do business for the wrong reasons

00:24on transfer deadline day and called it a show of faith in his squad. Leeds and Bristol City were

00:28the only championship clubs not to sign a player in the winter transfer window which slammed shut

00:33on Monday night. Grant McCann is pleased his Doncaster Rovers players can concentrate on

00:38League Two promotion after a transfer window which went as planned for the club. He said

00:43we worked on our signings for months prior to the window and we knew exactly who we wanted to move

00:47out to play some football. And finally Middlesbrough defender Tommy Smith has retired from playing at

00:52the age of 32. The former Huddersfield Town and Stoke City defender has been out injured since

00:572023 when he ruptured his Achilles.