Nahki Wells scored a hat-trick as Bradford ended their poor away run with a comfortable 3-1 victory at Freddy Hall’s Northampton.
The impressive Wells gave City an 11th minute lead, racing on to Craig Fagan's defense-splitting pass to calmly round Neal Kitson and finish with ease.
On either side of the opening goal, Fagan headed Michael Jacobs' inswinging corner off the line and Ben Tozer struck the crossbar for the hosts after Adebayo Akinfenwa headed down a Blair Adams free-kick.
Top scorer James Hanson should have made it 2-0 in the 25th minute but he headed wide from Reid's excellent cross after another quick break. However, Hanson was in the right place moments later to hack Akinfenwa's close-range effort off the line.
Bradford did doubled their lead six minutes before the break when Hanson headed down Reid's free-kick and Wells netted with a neat overhead kick, despite Kitson getting a hand to the ball.
Northampton had another effort cleared off the line on the stroke of half-time when Simon Ramsden denied Adams before Cobblers captain Clarke Carlisle reduced the arrears seven minutes after the restart, forcing the ball home from close range after City failed to clear Jacobs' corner.
But straight from the kick-off, City skipper Ricky Ravenhill put Wells away and he completed his hat-trick with a deft lob over the advancing Kitson.
There was still time for Kelvin Langmead to see his header hit the crossbar and for Luke Guttridge to have a goalbound effort deflected over by Luke Oliver but Northampton were left to rue missed chances while Wells took all three that came his way.
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Oswaldo Minda scored in the first half to give Chivas USA a 1-0 victory over Reggie Lambe and his Toronto FC teammates that extended Toronto's season-opening losing streak to a franchise-worst five games.
Toronto has yet to win or tie, score at home or even hold a lead in five MLS games this season. And it has a 1-6-2 combined record in league and CONCACAF Champions League play, having been outscored 20-9.
The defeat also marked the franchise's first ever five-game losing streak.
Still on this day, Toronto could have won 5-1, with a slew of second-half scoring chances. But one ball after another deflected off a defender, bounced the wrong way, hit a post or found goalkeeper Dan Kennedy. The only thing missing was a black cat crossing the field in front of goal.
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