Gary Jones has today ended his Dale career and signed a one year deal with Bradford City.

In what was not an entirely unexpected move, the club announced that Gary Jones had left the club fourteen years after first signing for Dale. The Dale captain leaves Spotland with a whole host of accolades, including being the club's record appearance maker and few could argue at his description as being the club's greatest ever player.

In signing for the Bantams, he will reunite with his former Dale manager Steve Parkin who is assistant manager at Bradford. He has signed a one year deal with the West Yorkshire club and all eyes will be on October 2nd when for the first time in his career, he lines up against Rochdale. He turned down a switch to Bradford in favour of a two year deal at Dale but twelve months on, he finally makes that move.

A full look back at Jonah's time at Dale will appear on here over the weekend.

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olympicdale added 18:26 - Jun 22 Gary Jones has today ended his career and signed a one year deal with Bradford City. wow I didnt think Bradford were that bad
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ColDale added 18:31 - Jun 22 Whoops. Sorted now
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Greenclough added 10:55 - Jun 25 Extremely rare in the age of greedy footballer, i think we got the best out of him and it looked as if he was losing his mojo last season. A change will do him good. His best season was 2010/11 and I cannot forget that wonder goal he scored at Southampton. Another typical Roy of the Rovers goal was the one at Milton Keynes wher he run the full lenghth of the pitch to slide and convert a Higginbotham breakaway cross. A definate legend and one of the few players that actually improved in his thirties.

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Greenclough added 10:57 - Jun 25 I meant to say Loyalty is extremely rare..sorry
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