Parkinson relishing testing spell for City

WHEN the fixtures were published during the summer, October quickly leapt out as a big month for Bradford City.

Starting with a visit to Walsall, the Bantams’ schedule for the month continued with the visit of Tranmere, long-time leaders of League One in 2012-13, and then a long trip to Crawley Town, the team involved in an infamous brawl against Bradford that led to five players being sent off on the night and another handed a red card retrospectively.

Then, after travelling to Sussex, City’s October schedule will end with games against two of the division’s pre-season favourites for promotion, Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

So far this month, Parkinson’s side have three points from six and the City manager admits to relishing the coming trio of fixtures. He said: “It was frustrating to lose like we did last week (1-0 at home to Tranmere) but you move on. For us, that means Crawley.