HAVING won promotion from League Two on the final day of the 2024-25 season, it was expected a period of consolidation would be the natural path for Bradford City to follow once back in the English game’s third tier.

But it proved to be anything but, Graham Alexander’s team being a near permanent fixture in the League One play-off positions throughout 2025-26.

They went on to make the play-offs after securing a fourth-place finish on the final day, but a trip to Wembley was denied them after defeat over two legs to Bolton Wanderers.

The YP’s chief football writer, Stuart Rayner, looks back on an impressive campaign by the Bantams as well as looking at what needs to be done to put them in a position to progress even further during the 2026-27 campaign.

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