 Exeter City have come close on a number of occasions in the last few seasons to climbing out of league. Perhaps this is their season. Derek Adams took more come up last season from this division. This year he is in charge of Bradford who will be hoping for a upturn in fortune following his arrival. Giovanni Brown and Piaz Sweeney debut for the Grecians. Oscar Threlkeld and Alex Gill ahead are thrown in at the deep end from the first whistle for their first appearance for Bradford City. So minutes of applause for the former Exeter City manager Terry Cooper who passed away just recently. Great to see the crowds back inside St James's Park. Bradford in the blue today. This is Elliott Watt towards Wide Hull. Trying to pull the strings. Great ball over the top. Look at the space in which Angle has got room to get the cross in and Andy Cook really should have scored. What a chance for Bradford City. He scored eight goals in 21 last season for Bradford City. Andy Cook should have had his first of the season there. Just couldn't quite reach it. Donal with a long goal kick. Turnback by Ray. Away by Ridehull. Tennis between the two sides. Exeter have won the ball back and have got options going forward down the right hand side. One of them is Joshua Key. Brown and Numbay waiting in the box up in the air from O'Connor. Comes out to Jack Sparks. Urged to shoot from distance when he's got a great left foot but that wasn't one of his better strikes. Pulls it wide. First real sighting of goal for Exeter and it's won from distance. Sparks unable to trouble Richard O'Donnell. It's a free kick there. Exeter but they didn't get the rather the green. Cook plays it forward. That's Cullen Cook. Another chance to get forward once again. That's a foul and Timothy Dian will be the first yellow card for hauling down. Gilead. No real complaints. This is a dangerous free kick. Bradford City looking to profit. Header down and off the line. Pierce Sweeney with the all-important header from underneath his own crossbar. Good defending. Backward header and it's exeter City that are going away but that's a place for a throw in. This is a great delivery in. The initial header from Canavan and off the goal line by Sweeney. Bradford again. Certainly been a better side in this first half and he cooked. Throw Keldt. Some are signing from Salford City. Gilead again. So addition in the first half of the game. A great save from Cameron Dawson and the follow-up from Lee Angle produced a second save from Cameron Dawson. The first one took a deflection. Great build-up play this from Bradford City. Came to Cullen Cook and made himself some space. He took a deflection. Goalkeeper has to readjust. Great one-handed save and then somehow he keeps out Lee Angle. That's brilliant goalkeeping from Cameron Dawson. Great double save. Right from Tangana to Joshua Key. Giovanni Brown. All will come out to Jack Sparks who attacks on the outside. Sparks for the shot saved by O'Donnell. Sam Nunve goes for goal. It was dipping but it was just too high. Exeter reclaiming it. It took a deflection on its way through and it should be a corner but the referee, Sam Allison, says goal kick. This is the first effort for Jack Sparks. Went on the outside. It was a good parry for Moe. O'Donnell to keep it out. It's rescued by Sam Nunve. Turns past his marker. Shot took a deflection in his eyes but not in front of the referee's. Exeter will be the first to admit they were probably second best in the first half. Looking to make some progress with Jack Sparks down the left-hand side. Fitted into Nunve. Chance for Tangana. He got the shot in. Saved by O'Donnell. Comfortable save in the end. He just shuffles forward from the midfield position. Found himself in some trouble. In between the two defenders, left-footed shot was... Well, stopped by O'Donnell. Ditter on beaten in six. Here at St James' Park. Carrying that over from last season. Matt J. Sparks again. Looking to gain momentum down the left-hand side. He goes on the outside. Gets the cross in. Launched away by Canavan. Tangana would save by the goalkeeper. It was dipping and it was swerving and I'm fairly sure it was going in. Taken down. Ferociously it was a good save by O'Donnell. Bradford City fans have made the long trip on the opening day of the season. They'll be looking for an improvement on last season's struggles. That's for sure. Goalkeeper Cameron Dawson with a goal kick. It's the end. Continuities run forward. It's all played by Giovanni Brown. Spots of space on the left-hand side. Jack Sparks drills it. Parried away by Richard O'Donnell. Now suddenly Bradford City have the opportunity to break away. And on the counter attack. It's a great ball. Taken in by Angle. He goes on the outside. It's Angle. It hits the side netting. It's a chance for sure. First shot here at one end from Jack Sparks. Decent save that from Richard O'Donnell. He's been busy in this second half and then suddenly Bradford City breaking away. It was a substitute. Charles Vernon had played a brilliant ball in. And the Angle eventually retrieved the ball going on the outside. There was no beating Cameron Dawson at his near post. Exits a city throw. Back to Sweeney. This is key. Low ball in. It's deflected away for a corner. Exits a fans. Making the noise behind that goal. Corner is going to be taken by Matt J. The captain. 20 goals last season for the Grecians. Sends it in. And across the face it just needed a touch. The Tangana couldn't quite reach it. An exiter should have been ahead. It's another corner. So close. The Tangana still can't believe that he was unable to reach it. Somehow deflects across the face. Sweeney's left foot instead of his right. It might have been 1-0. There is the final whistle. One point to piece at St James's Park. No goals. And after 14 clean sheets last season in league two, Exits a city have another shutout to shout about. Bradford City would all be pleased with a point. A solid display from them in their first match of the Derrick Adams era. It's finished at St James's Park. Exits a city one. Bradford City one.