sentences:  The youth development team at Coventry City instead recommended Abbott to Bradford City, where he was given a trial in July, before earning a one-year contract at the newly promoted Division Three club.Abbott had to wait eight months for his first team debut, which came in a 3–1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle at right back.However, he was a regular member of the club's reserve side, which won the 1983 Northern Intermediate League Cup.