JULY

2 Strikers Barry Conlon and Peter Thorne are McCall's first captures.

16 Paul Heckingbottom returns on loan as City open pre-season at Harrogate.

18 Thorne scores but City are beaten by Farsley Celtic.

21 Matt Clarke is stretchered off against North Ferriby.

24 Paul Evans scores as City hold Burnley at Valley Parade.

28 A slack performance in a 1-0 loss at York.

31 Evans nails a free-kick in a closed-doors friendly with Blackpool.

QUOTES OF NOTE

"We were talking about the players they were bringing for medicals six years ago in the Premiership. Now they are taking the likes of me!" new boy BARRY CONLON knows his place.

"You do look and think that it is very similar to when Deano came back," JULIAN RHODES can see shades of Windass signing in 2003 and the capture of Peter Thorne.

"Six out of ten," STUART McCALL's verdict on City's performance in the first pre-season friendly.

"To get above 12,000 is beyond my wildest expectations," JULIAN RHODES is staggered by the season-ticket tally.

AUGUST

4 Barry Conlon gets off the mark in the last friendly at Halifax.

11 Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu scores City's first goal of the season against Macclesfield.

15 City give Wolves a scare in the Carling Cup.

18 Stuart McCall suffers his first loss at Shrewsbury.

25 Luke Medley's dream start, scoring with his first touch, powers City past Wrexham.

QUOTES OF NOTE

"This is a Championship crowd, not like League Two," new boy GUYLAIN NDUMBU-NSUNGU is bowled over by the Valley Parade turn-out.

"Footballers absolutely hate sitting on treatment tables and just picking up their wages," STUART McCALL knows how fed up Peter Thorne is feeling.

"It's just amazing," first-touch hero LUKE MEDLEY struggles to find the words for his Wrexham winner.

SEPTEMBER

1 A last-minute wonder goal sinks City at Barnet.

4 A much-changed side crash 5-1 at JP Trophy holders Doncaster.

7 Full-strength City pull off a battling 2-1 win on an emotional night at Lincoln.

15 City win again as Mark Bower's first goal for a year sinks Posh.

22 Defensive lapses cost City dear at Hereford.

29 City suffer their first home defeat against Wycombe.

QUOTES OF NOTE

"I don't give a monkey's what the League think," STUART McCALL is unrepentant about team changes for the JP Trophy.

"He still hasn't paid up for last year," MARK BOWER gives David Wetherall a subtle hint over their annual scoring bet.

"You can't legislate for individual mistakes," STUART McCALL bemoans silly errors at Hereford - and worse was to follow.

OCTOBER

2 Accrington heap three-goal humiliation on City at Valley Parade.

5 Rhys Evans and Nicky Law sign on a month's loan.

6 Both play but City still lose again at leaders MK Dons.

12 The agony goes on as Morecambe win in the last minute - five losses in a row.

20 A goalless draw with Darlington stops the rot.

27 Mark Bower goes in goal at Grimsby after Rhys Evans is stretchered off.

QUOTES OF NOTE

"They were Premiership fans and all I can do is apologise," a furious STUART McCALL says sorry for the Accy thumping.

"I've been coming here 40 years and never heard a crowd get behind the team like that at 3-0 down," joint-chairman MARK LAWN adds his praise as the season hits its lowest point.

"At the moment there's a mutual dislike," loan goalkeeper RHYS EVANS is no fan of the Blackpool fans.

"It's going to be a long and horrible week," BARRY CONLON knows the aftermath of the losing slump will not be pretty.

NOVEMBER

3 At least City score but Brentford pile on the home misery.

6 The wait is over as City beat Chester for a first win in nine games.

10 They are at it again as Peter Thorne opens his account in the FA Cup.

17 Nicky Law strikes twice in a 4-1 romp at Dagenham.

24 Ten-man City are pegged back by Stockport's stoppage-time equaliser.

QUOTES OF NOTE

"Baz is an easy target for the supporters," STUART McCALL defends Barry Conlon after he gets flak from the crowd.

"The belief we will get out of going down to ten men and still producing will be massive," PETER THORNE salutes City's cup win after Guylain Ndumbu-Nsungu's red card.

"You can go home and have a nice weekend, as opposed to how it's been," life in the DARREN WILLIAMS household has picked up like City.

"We become as one, our worldwide scouting network becomes Bradford's," PAUL TOPPING, owner of Royal Racing FC Montegnee, extols the virtues of the two clubs linking up.

DECEMBER

1 Tranmere stroll to a 3-0 FA Cup win at Valley Parade.

5 City draw a blank at bottom club Mansfield.

8 Kyle Nix curls a cracking equaliser at soggy Chesterfield.

11 Chilean striker Willy Topp is finally cleared to play for City...

15 ...but the Rotherham home game is frozen off.

22 Kyle Nix gives City the lead at Peterborough but a late deflected goal earns victory for the high-flying hosts.

26 Barry Conlon breaks his Valley Parade duck with the 90th-minute winner against Lincoln, who were making their first league visit since the fire tragedy of 1985.

QUOTES OF NOTE

"I'm not an ogre; I don't bite," MARK LAWN invites fans to contact him personally with their gripes.

"Don't expect too much too soon from the lad," STUART McCALL urges caution over new signing Willy Topp.

"I sit there and think that maybe I might have got that goal or that pass," WILLY TOPP is a frustrated spectator.

"The play-offs are not a million miles away but it's no good just talking," DARREN WILLIAMS urges City to walk the walk.

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