JULY

1 Paul McLaren snubs a new deal at Tranmere to join City.

16 Pre-season opens with a traditional defeat against Farsley.

19 Peter Thorne is off and scoring in win over Avenue.

20 Michael Boulding ends the summer saga by opting for Cheltenham.

21 Stuart McCall has a cameo run-out in a friendly at Guiseley.

23 Paul McLaren is stretchered off as City open Scottish tour with a win.

24 Boulding, and his brother Rory, do a dramatic U-turn and join City.

26 Motherwell score four first-half goals in a one-sided friendly.

29 Rhys Evans performs heroics against Burnley.

QUOTES OF NOTE

“I’ve always done well there,” PAUL McLAREN tells his dad why he had to come to Valley Parade.

“Bradford’s interest was always 100 per cent genuine,” DARREN MOORE denies he was a season-ticket gimmick.

“Mexico City is one of the most polluted cities in the world,” MARK LAWN dismisses talk of a Mexican “jolly”.

“It would have been the biggest mistake of my career to go there,” MICHAEL BOULDING dismisses talk of going to League One side Cheltenham.

AUGUST

1 Rhys Evans signs up as City’s keeper.

2 Pre-season finishes with a home win over Oldham.

9 Peter Thorne’s brace clinches opening-day victory.

12 Derby misery as Huddersfield hit four in Carling Cup.

16 Thorne at the double again to sink Macclesfield.

23 City’s great start continues with a hard-fought win over Rochdale.

30 Thorne misses a penalty as Aldershot inflict first league loss.

QUOTES OF NOTE

“I’ve been to some places where the managers won’t even talk to you,” RHYS EVANS is won over by Stuart McCall’s honest approach.

“I can’t remember one coming off like that since I was at school!” PETER THORNE celebrates scoring a rare overhead kick.

“I’ve had better days,” Skipper GRAEME LEE feels the pain of a head wound and first loss at Aldershot.

SEPTEMBER

2 Over 20,000 see City edged out at Leeds in JP Trophy.

6 City bounce back at their lucky ground Port Vale.

13 Four goals in 18 second-half minutes destroy Exeter.

20 City lose top spot with a dismal home loss to Bournemouth.

27 TJ Moncur is knocked out in Shrewsbury defeat.

QUOTES OF NOTE

“The only problem is that I’m the only Jamaican here!” OMAR DALEY asks the gaffer nicely for a few soul mates.

“It wouldn’t be the intention of Bradford City to try to sell him,” MARK LAWN issues a hands-off warning to Daley admirers.

“With him fully fit, you expect him to be the top scorer in this league,” MICHAEL BOULDING raves about strike partner Peter Thorne.

“It’s got our feet back on the ground,” STUART McCALL has no excuses for the first home defeat.

“I can’t remember a thing,” TJ MONCUR draws a blank after his worrying head clash at Shrewsbury.

OCTOBER

4 Barry Conlon is booed on to the pitch before scoring against Luton.

11 City pull off an amazing fightback with three late goals to sink Accrington Stanley in a thriller.

18 City blow a two-goal lead as ten-man Gillingham snatch a draw.

20 More late agony with a last-gasp loss in a TV bore-athon at Darlington.

24 City survive Matt Clarke’s early red card to beat Grimsby.

28 Supersub Barry Conlon pops up with a late winner against Bury.

QUOTES OF NOTE

"I just don’t understand it,” BARRY CONLON is puzzled by the jeers from the Valley Parade boo boys.

“Absolutely scandalous,” STUART McCALL makes his feelings on the matter perfectly clear.

“We got out of jail,” MICHAEL BOULDING puts the Accrington fightback into perspective.

“If the crowd get impatient that can transfer on to the pitch,” PAUL HECKINGBOTTOM praises the fans this time for keeping calm.

NOVEMBER

1 City lead three times but gift Barnet a 3-3 draw.

8 Graeme Lee’s scorcher clinches a shock FA Cup win at MK Dons.

15 City can’t dent Wycombe’s remarkable unbeaten run.

22 Rhys Evans pulls off a wonder save as City bounce back at Rotherham.

25 City come from two down again to see off Chesterfield.

29 No FA Cup third round again as Leyton Orient hang on.

QUOTES OF NOTE

“We’ve got a full midfield in here,” LEE BULLOCK sums up the packed City treatment room.

“We all do silly things and he just needed to mature,” Stuart McCall reckons LEON OSBORNE has grown up.

“It was a bit like David Seaman in the FA Cup at Old Trafford,” RHYS EVANS finds a comparison for his super save against Rotherham.

DECEMBER

1 Willy Topp leaves Valley Parade after a year to forget.

6 Michael Boulding scores again but Dagenham are good value for a point.

8 The FA contact City after a lighter is thrown on the pitch by a home fan.

13 Late heartache as Brentford reign in the rain with a stoppage-time winner.

20 City come up against a Chester brickwall and fire their first home blank for nine months.

26 Another goalless draw at Lincoln – City’s first away draw of the season.

28 Three goals in the last half hour give a flattering look to home win over Morecambe.

QUOTES OF NOTE

“That is a total fallacy; it’s absolute nonsense,” MARK LAWN rubbishes the story that Willy Topp was a chairman’s signing.

“If he’d got done by the drug testers, he could have been banned from playing for a year,” STUART McCALL reveals how Topp was pulled out of a reserve game after taking a weight-loss pill containing a banned substance.

“You need to bite your lip,” MICHAEL BOULDING is unhappy that referees won’t explain their decisions.

“We were wondering in the warmdown how we’d won that 4-0,” NICKY LAW admits the Morecambe score was distorted.