Bradford City have teamed up with First Bradford in a bid to get fans 'On The Buses' this weekend.

They have joined up with First Bradford to offer free bus rides home for children who go to the match against QPR, when City will also be repeating their successful Quid-a-Kid scheme.

All children who go to the match will be allowed into Valley Parade for £1, and First Bradford are then offering to take home up to four children free of charge if they are accompanied by a fare- paying adult.

They must produce either a valid match day stub, a season ticket, a voucher from the kop or a membership card voucher. Travel must be started within one hour of the match finishing.

City's sales and marketing manager Christine Gilliver said: "We hope this scheme will not only be good for the children, but will encourage adults who bring children to leave their cars at home and, therefore, alleviate car parking problems at the ground.

"We hope this is the first step to encourage people to go 'green', and persuade more of them to travel by bus."

First Bradford operations manager Khadim Hussain said: "We are trying to help the club and make it easier for children to get home by bus. We also hope to encourage people to leave their cars at home.

"We have got some new low- floor buses, which we feel are just as comfortable as a private car."

The bus company hope to operate this scheme at all Quid-a-Kid matches, but need a positive response from the public to encourage them to repeat it.

City introduced their Quid-a-Kid scheme at the Bury match last month when 3,000 children took advantage of the £1 admission for under-16s, and they have repeated it at matches against Crystal Palace, Bristol City and Swindon Town.

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