City crushed Wimbledon with a five-goal blast before half-time to send the Coral Windows Stadium delirious this afternoon.

Phil Parkinson’s men made it back-to-back home wins but this was a stroll compared with the hard-fought midweek victory over Fleetwood.

Wimbledon, still reeling from conceding six at Burton on Tuesday, were blown away inside 45 minutes.

Goal-crazy City went in at half-time 5-1 up – the first time that has happened since thrashing Oldham by the same score in 1987.

The Bantams got off to the perfect start with a goal inside three minutes.

Wimbledon failed to deal with Matt Duke’s long clearance and Nahki Wells nipped in ahead of keeper Seb Brown to score from a difficult angle.

It got even better for the home side in the 12th minute as Wimbledon’s defensive woes continued. James Meredith overlapped down the left and whipped in a dangerous cross which was turned into his own net by left back Curtis Haynes-Brown – a disastrous way to start his debut on loan from Yeovil.

City were well on top and made it 3-0 after a howler from Brown, allowing an Andrew Davies free-kick to slip through from 45 yards out.

The crazy half continued with Wimbledon scoring from their first effort on target, Byron Harrison heading home a free-kick.

But City went straight up the other end to make it 4-1 after 37 minutes as Rory McArdle touched home from James Hanson ’s knockdown. And Hanson joined the party a minute before the break with a looping header to convert Wells’ cross and complete an incredible first half.

Brown was having a nightmare but he did manage to deny Zavon Hines from a sixth goal on the hour after a lovely pass from Kyel Reid.

The game was stopped for seven minutes after Haines-Brown was injured in a challenge with Hines. The Wimbledon defender was eventually stretchered off to generous applause from the crowd.

The second half was inevitably a case of after the Lord Mayor’s show. There could have been more – and Hines should have scored after a late blunder from sub Angus MacDonald - but nobody could grumble after such a comfortable and convincing win.