Nath’s Natters: Talks On Five factors to form City’s
BRADFORD City are hoping for the joy of six this season when it comes to getting out of League Two.
Five fourth-tier campaigns in a row have seen numerous pundits have the Bantams down as one of the favourites to go up, and every time they have fallen short.
There is an argument to say there was a chance of them reaching the play-offs in 2019/20, before Covid-19 curtailed that season with them just outside of the top seven.
And they did of course come sixth in 2022/23, only for a disastrous second-leg defeat in Cumbria ensuring they crashed out of the play-offs semi-finals to eventually-promoted Carlisle.
But beyond that, they have rarely even come close to going up, a bit of a head-scratcher when you look at some of the squads they have put together over the last half-a-decade.
And if we’re being honest, the play-offs are fraught with danger anyway, so wouldn’t it be nice if the Bantams could just avoid that and make the top three?
They have already signed three players this summer who got automatically promoted from League Two last season and on paper, there is no reason why City cannot storm into the third tier at the sixth time of asking.
But games and promotion are not won on paper, so let’s look at something of a top three blueprint from the five seasons where City fell short…
