Bradford City fans raise £1,500 to fly supporters from Argentina

Ivo Soboleosky, better known as Bradford City Ratum in X, recently returned to South America after his second trip to West Yorkshire.

However, on May 3rd, the GoFundMe page was launched to raise enough funds for the “Lucky Charm” 20-year-old for the Fleetwood game.

Organizer Kiwi Bantam has set a target of £1,500 to cover the costs. More than 100 people have donated, including city defender Romony Criklau.

The description states, “We have an Argentine fan named Ivo who somehow tracks strong bantams. He keeps our followers up to date by posting real-time replays of goals/chances/incidents.

“He recently visited the UK and attended many city games, matching his fantastic victory and finished second.

“Since he returned to Argentina, our form has fallen to a point where we may in some way blow the possibility of automatic promotion.

“Ivo is liked and respected for his replay work, and we consider him a lucky charm. And it seems fans want to give it a nudge and show Ivo is grateful to him.”

Goal reached, £1,500!!! Honestly, I don't know what to say. Thank you to everyone who helped make this happen. I'm overwhelmed and very grateful pic.twitter.com/oapiwgzilw

– Bradford City Ratum (@bcafc_latum) April 19, 2025

Ivo visited the Valley Parade for the first time two years ago when he saw the City Face Leyton Orient and saw Carlisle in the playoff semi-finals.

He told T&A at the time that his unexpected relationship with the city began due to the intense dislike of Lionel Messi and Jose Mourinho, who are from the same city of Rosary.

“It was a Chelsea game in 2015. I was from the same city as Messi and I loved him.

“I hated Mourinho because, if you remember, he was obviously from Real Madrid and he was always a big character back then.

“After Bradford beat them, I was like, 'Okay, I like this third division team.' Chelsea was the top of the league at the time, so it was very special.

“Bradford City doesn't always win, but I learned that's the purpose of football. It's not always winning.

“When you do it makes you feel much better than winning every weekend.”