Lee Mills maintained his phenomenal scoring run in front of the live television cameras - and then pledged that Bradford City's 2-0 victory over West Brom would be the turning point in their season.

The Bantams turned on the style to sweep the Baggies aside at the Hawthorns with Mills grabbing two goals in the opening 15 minutes.

It was just the fillip City needed after three successive defeats on their travels in the First Division and Mills said: "This win was vital. We were delighted with the football we played and once we were 2-0 up I thought we played very well to make sure we retained our advantage."

City had slipped into the bottom three after Saturday's results but this victory lifted Paul Jewell's side into 18th position with a game in hand on three of the four sides immediately above them.

For Mills it was just the latest in a long line of goalscoring performances on live television. He scored on his debut for both Wolves and Derby on live TV and also grabbed strikes in three televised games for Port Vale.

He also got on the scoresheet in front of the Sky cameras in City's 2-2 draw with Bolton last month.

Mills said: "Maybe I should ask Sky if they will cover our games every week!"

He then added: "I must admit I didn't know we were in the bottom three. When we have a game on a Sunday I tend not to look at the league but obviously no-one wants to be in the bottom three.

"I think our play is coming together. The lads have felt all season that we were not far away from being a very good team.

"There has only been Ipswich where we have been totally hammered. We should have won a lot more than two games so far. With a bit more luck we could have been up there near the top six.

"But now with this win behind us it is up to us to buckle down and make sure we start moving up that table. We now have two home games coming up and we know we need to start a run.

"To score two goals was especially pleasing because I am not the best in the baking hot sun.

"For the first goal, Izzy (Rankin) did well. I don't know if you could tell from the sidelines, but the grass was very long so when it came across it got stuck under my feet in the grass.

"But I hit it and tried to put it in the bottom corner. Luckily for me it got a bit of spin on it and although it was going in I was worried that the keeper might get across."

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