Peter Taylor watched City stun leaders Rochdale and purred: There were so many good things out there.

The Bantams notched their first win under the new boss – and only their second in 11 games – with a shock 3-1 victory at Spotland.

Stunning goals from debutant Robbie Threlfall and Gareth Evans topped off Matt Clarke’s early opener to earn lavish praise from Taylor.

He said: “I’m absolutely delighted with them. They are really pleased with themselves, and quite rightly so.

“There were so many good things but most importantly they realised that they got the result through hard work and togetherness.”

City were full value for the win as they bounced back from the abject display at Accrington.

And they did not buckle after Rochdale equalised just before half-time.

Taylor added: “That would have knocked a few teams down but we got stronger.

“It’s been a brilliant night and it was a different changing room afterwards.

“I’d told the boys that you’ve got to earn everything in football and they’ve done that.”

Taylor still expects to have another couple more new faces in before the end of the week. But given last night’s rousing display, he is unlikely to make too many changes for the home game against Darlington on Saturday.

Evans admitted City had to buck their ideas up.

The striker said: “The way we played at Accrington wasn’t good enough to say the least. There weren’t any performers on the park that really deserved to keep their shirt.

“But we’ve gone to the in-form side in the league and put in a fantastic team effort.

“There have been times when the opposition have scored and we’ve bowed down a bit but that didn’t happen – maybe that’s testament to the new manager and the confidence he has instilled.

“We got everything we deserved. But now we want to build on it and start getting some more points on the board.”

Midfielder Chris Brandon, who started at the weekend, was not even named in the squad.

Taylor said: “Robbie came in so I had to make one change. That was the change I decided to make.”