Bradford City boss Graham Alexander on why his side's comeback credentials speak for themselves in 2025-26
BRADFORD City boss Graham Alexander is backing his side’s comeback credentials ahead of Thursday’s pivotal League One semi-final second leg against Bolton Wanderers.
The Lancastrians make the trip across the M62 to a packed out Valley Parade with a narrow 1-0 lead from the first leg, courtesy of a goal from Amario Cozier-Duberry last Saturday.
It means that City have significant work to do if they are to prevail and progress to Wembley in the League One showpiece on May 24.
But Alexander believes his players have not only the wherewithal, but fortitude to get over the line and extend their season by another game.
The Bantams boss said: “I've played in play-offs that have done that (turned things around in the second leg), yes.
"But half the squad might not even have been alive at the time. Then it does go into the thing of irrelevance. So I think they've seen enough this season for themselves.
"We talked about the Leyton Orient game when we go down to 10 men and we go on to win and stuff like that - when we're 1-0 away to Stockport and happy that it's only 1-0. And we go on to win that game against a top team in the playoffs as well.
"So I think we've got our own moments to rely on and our own experiences to understand that anything is possible with our team.
"And that's the biggest thing. Any message you have has to be relevant to people. It's not me that's crossing the white line.
"It's those boys. I know for 100 per cent that my belief in them is concrete. It's them having their belief in themselves and their teammates about what they can achieve.
"And I think we've got so many examples this season. Only the top two have won more games than us. We have to remember that.
"We've won a lot of games to be where we are right now. We've just got to win one more.”