Welcome to the Intersonic Stadium for the final game of what can only be described as a very disappointing season. We offer our usual warm welcome to the players, supporters and officials who have made the trip from Millwall for today's game.

It feels as though things have been going downhill for us ever since the end of September, culminating in last Saturday's bitterly disappointing defeat at Chesterfield.

While I understand the frustrations of the supporters who have stood by us during this tough period, I want to take the chance today to look at the positives which we can take from our current position.

Our new status in the basement division of the Football League should give us a better chance than ever of starting to rebuild in the most positive manner - by winning football matches which, at the end of the day, is what it is all about.

We have seven players remaining under contract and, although we have offered new deals to some of the current squad and four of our juniors, in essence there is an opportunity for the new manager to build his own squad.

On the manager front, it has been a little frustrating for me having to wait to talk to a candidate who is currently employed elsewhere but we are now very close to being in a position where these talks can commence. I would also like to stress that I don't believe any blame at all can be attached to David Wetherall for what has happened in the closing weeks of the season. David has done everything he could to try to save what, in reflection, was probably a lost cause.

I am anticipating a number of major changes over the summer, however, these changes are yet to be finalised and I don't want to announce anything before we are 100% sure they are going to happen. We have suffered too many false dawns before at this football club and we don't want to go down that path again.

I was disappointed to see reports in two national newspapers which claimed that we were facing a return to administration if we were relegated to League Two. The journalist who wrote these articles now accepts that he was vastly wide of the mark and I have arranged to meet him with a view to him writing a more truthful piece which will reflect the exact position of the football club's finances.

In fact, financially, we are in the strongest position since our relegation from the Premier League six years ago. Unfortunately, we have suffered two further relegations since then but sadly we have had to take away from the resources required for the team in order to get ourselves back on an even keel. We would all love to have been able to address the finances while also spending a fortune on the squad, but sadly this has just not been possible.

It has been encouraging that, since relegation, we have seen more supporters come forward to sign the season ticket pledge forms. We will shortly be putting the season tickets on sale and, I would stress once again, that this is a unique scheme which gives our supporters a real opportunity to make a difference to the fortunes of our football club. The number of fans who back the scheme will directly determine the size of the budget we have to build a squad for next season. Bradford City should be the biggest club in League Two but it will be you, the supporters, who determine if that is the case or not.

Finally, I would like to thank you for your brilliant support this year during what has been an awful season. I can only apologise for what has happened on the pitch but your support has been magnificent and if that continues into next season then I have absolutely no doubt that we will bounce back a stronger club.

Enjoy the game.