JANUARY

1 City dominate at Carlisle but lose again.

4 Striker David Hibbert signs on loan from Preston.

6 City win 1-0 at Port Vale for the third season running.

11 Colin Todd borrows Darlington winger Carlos Logan.

13 Dean Windass scores twice, including a controversial penalty, in a thriller with Swansea.

16 Omar Daley becomes City's newest Jamaican capture.

17 Windass is off to Hull for the rest of the season in a shock loan move.

19 Windass-less City draw 1-1 at Tranmere.

27 Jermaine Johnson is sent off in a 2-0 loss to Yeovil.

30 JJ joins Sheffield Wednesday.

31 Nathan Doyle also goes but three come in on a hectic transfer deadline day.

QUOTES OF NOTE

"January was always going to be difficult and I needed to generate some money from somewhere," JULIAN RHODES defends his decision to let Dean Windass go to Hull.

"I'm a Hull City fan through and through and I've never denied that," DEAN WINDASS was happy to play ball.

"It wasn't my call and of course I'm disappointed to lose him," COLIN TODD accepts the financial reality behind the Windass departure.

"Due to a change in my own personal financial circumstances, I'm no longer in a position to continue future funding," JULIAN RHODES spells out why he sold JJ.

FEBRUARY

3 Bruce Dyer and Billy Paynter both score on their debut against Forest.

10 Kelly Youga is sent off as the Gillingham jinx strikes again.

12 Julian Rhodes sacks Colin Todd. David Wetherall takes temporary charge.

17 Crewe ensure no fairytale start for Wetherall.

24 Steve Schumacher's penalty saves a point against Brentford.

QUOTES OF NOTE

"After losing at Gillingham I felt we were in need of a spark," JULIAN RHODES admits that Colin Todd had to go.

"I'm looking forward to a positive atmosphere in the stadium," DAVID WETHERALL aims to bring back the feel-good factor.

"What can David do better than I can do? Nothing," COLIN TODD gives David Wetherall's credentials a ringing endorsement.

"I've not been put off at all," DAVID WETHERALL remains defiant after losing his first game in charge.

MARCH

3 City hit the bottom four for the first time after losing at Rotherham.

6 Moses Ashikodi is David Wetherall's first loan signing.

10 City slump to a dismal derby loss at Huddersfield in front of 3,500 of their own fans.

13 Immediate salvation with a storming 3-2 triumph at Bristol City taking them out of the drop zone.

17 Billy Paynter scores again but City slip up to Northampton.

22 Spencer Weir-Daley joins from Nottingham Forest.

24 More home misery against Blackpool keeps City sweating.

31 Marc Bridge-Wilkinson hobbles off at leaders Scunthorpe.

QUOTES OF NOTE

"I wasn't even close to being involved," DAVID WETHERALL defends his decision not to pick himself against Rotherham.

"The fans can make such a massive difference, as we've seen in the past," STUART McCALL rallies the supporters and gets tongues wagging.

"A lot of bad things have been written about us but I think we've proved everyone wrong," STEVE SCHUMACHER puts the record straight at Bristol City.

"I do genuinely believe he's our best chance of staying up," JULIAN RHODES extends David Wetherall's reign until May.

"Supporters, and the media as well, have got to get real," COLIN TODD writes off the chances of Stuart McCall returning.

APRIL

7 Weir-Daley makes an instant impact with the equaliser at Bournemouth.

9 Joe Colbeck's senseless red card costs City dear against Oldham.

14 Billy Paynter nods the winner at Brighton to keep survival hopes alive.

15 City receive the grim news that Moses Ashikodi has broken his leg.

21 The bubble bursts against Orient as City waste chance after chance.

28 City are down - and with a whimper as they lose 3-0 to Chesterfield.

QUOTES OF NOTE

"He's a young boy learning in the glare of the first-team spotlight and that's not easy," DAVID WETHERALL offers some sympathy for Joe Colbeck after his costly sending-off.

"This is my biggest test but we don't give up. We have to pick ourselves up again," deflated DAVID WETHERALL surveys the grim picture as relegation looms.

"I have to be very careful what I say but we simply weren't good enough," DAVID WETHERALL is forced to accept the inevitable at Chesterfield.

MAY

5 Xavier Barrau scores twice on his debut but City are held by Millwall.

17 The waiting is over - Stuart McCall is back as City's new manager.

21 David Wetherall reveals he will not be on the coaching staff.

QUOTES OF NOTE

"I see Bradford as probably the strongest team next year in League Two," early optimism from SPENCER WEIR-DALEY, who then signs for Notts County.

"Stuart is very much considered to be part of the future here," Sheffield United chairman KEVIN McCABE issues a hands-off about Stuart McCall.

"Bradford need someone like Stuart to pick them up again," JAMIE LAWRENCE backs McCall to change City's fortunes.

"I won't have an official coaching title and that's fine by me," DAVID WETHERALL sounds relieved to focus on playing again.

JUNE

7 Lifelong fan Mark Lawn becomes joint-chairman.

28 City begin their first pre-season under McCall.

QUOTES OF NOTE

"I'll see myself as a failure if I don't get the club up at the first attempt," STUART McCALL puts his head straight on the block.

"Mark will be the public face of Bradford City," JULIAN RHODES is happy to share power with Lawn.

"Anyone who thinks I'm another Geoffrey Richmond should think again," joint-chairman MARK LAWN makes it clear he's his own man.

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