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Chesterfield 0 Bradford City 2: Furman and Boulding on target for Bantams
STUART McCall praised Bradford supporters after the Bantams finished the season with a victory at Chesterfield.
More than 1,000 fans made the journey to Derbyshire for what was essentially a dead rubber, as neither team was able to reach the play-offs after chasing a top-seven finish.
"Our supporters were fantastic considering there was nothing on the game. My players showed a really good attitude and we got what we deserved," he said.
McCall gave debuts to goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin and striker Rory Boulding as City secured their first league victory at Saltergate since 1972.
The best chance of the first half emerged after 30 minutes when a pinpoint through ball from Nicky Law split the Chesterfield defence and left Joe Colbeck with just goalkeeper Tommy Lee to beat. Colbeck's chip beat Lee but dropped just wide.
The breakthrough came in the 54th minute following more good work on the left by the busy Law. He cut the ball back from the byline and Dean Furman pounced on his cross, smashing it into the roof of the net from close range.
Two minutes from the end Bradford doubled their lead after a blunder by defender Dan Gray.
A scuffed shot from outside the area by substitute Kyle Nix was going wide until Gray intervened. His poor touch set it up nicely for Michael Boulding, who buried the ball in the net.
Chesterfield: Lee; Robertson, Lowry, Austin, Montrose (Winter, 55), Boden (Askham, 70), Algar, Gray, Till (Bowery, 61), Wilson, Talbot. Unused substitutes: Gritton, Goodall.
Bradford City: McLaughlin; Arnison, Bullock, Clarke, Colbeck, M Boulding, R Boulding (Osborne, 57), O'Brien, Furman (Sharry, 90), Law (Nix, 84), Rehman. Unused substitutes: Convey, Horne.
Referee: A Taylor (Manchester).
Man of the match: Nicky Law.
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