Bradford City skipper Stuart McCall has sensationally revealed that he is to quit the club.

McCall dropped his bombshell while appealing against a driving ban at Leeds Crown Court. The veteran midfielder, who earns £4,000 a week at City, made his admission from the witness box. He said that his contract at the club was up in June and he would not get another deal with the Bantams.

He wanted his six-month driving ban reduced so that he could use his Y-registered Mercedes to travel to talk to other clubs, visit his sick mother in hospital and carry out his charity work.

McCall, 37, told the court: "My contract is up in June. I will not be getting another contract at Bradford but I will be visiting other clubs and hopefully getting interviews."

McCall joined the club as an apprentice in 1982 from Farsley Celtic and stayed with the club six years until he transferred to Everton, then to Rangers, and he won many caps for Scotland. He returned to Valley Parade in 1998 and helped them gain promotion to the Premiership.

McCall lost his appeal against the driving ban imposed for speeding, but did see it reduced from six months to two because of his charitable work.

Last November, Leeds magistrates heard how McCall was caught doing 57mph in Green Lane, Weetwood, Leeds, which is a 30 mph zone.

The court heard how it was his fourth speeding offence in two years, taking him over the limit of 12 penalty points.

Hearing the appeal, at Leeds Crown Court today, Judge Trevor Kemp-Jones, said: "We know this road, it is a busy road. It is treated by the police as a road on which the limit should be enforced."

But, today, McCall's defence barrister, Sukhbir Baffra, told the court how McCall, his family, and the public of Bradford would suffer hardship if he was not allowed to use his car to carry out his charitable work and family responsibilities. Mr Baffra said McCall did not earn sufficient to employ a chauffeur.

However, McCall, 37, of Harrogate, did say under oath he could use a taxi to carry out his work. He also confirmed he needed the car to visit his sick mother in St James' Hospital, who has suffered a fall, and also to visit his children from his previous marriage and look after his father.

However, Judge Kemp-Jones would not overturn the ban on the grounds of hardship: "Hardship has to be exceptional and I cannot find that here as such. Everyone suffers hardship from disqualification. He is still in a position to be able to take a taxi or indeed a chauffeur.

"We have taken account of the fact that although this is the third endorsement, the first giving him three points was only three days short of coming off his licence at the time of the offence.

"We have also looked at the fact he is generally said to do a lot of good work, as many players do in the city."

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