The season which so very nearly wasn't finished with Bradford City in 11th place in the Coca-Cola Football League 1, missing out on a Play-Off place by just 7 points, leaving the bookmakers, who had the Bantams down for yet another relegation, way off target.
The end of an era also came for a City great when defender Wayne Jacobs left Valley Parade at the end if his testimonial season after 11-years service.
On Monday 12 February 2007 Colin Todd paid the price for Bradford City's slump in form and was sacked after the Bantams won just three of their past 20 league games leavng City sitting three points clear of the relegation zone. Since he took over at Bradford following Bryan Robson's departure in June 2004, Todd failed to win promotion from the Coca-Cola Football League One and the club have chose to take a new direction. Veteran skipper David Wetherall was appointed Caretaker Manager until Todd's long-term replacement is found.
However more misery came on Saturday 28 April when having put in a woeful performance away at Chesterfield and with results elsewhere going against them, City were relegated to football's basement division again.
1 June 2007 saw the hero's return with the appointment of fans' favourite Stuart McCall as manager.
McCall led the Bantams to a competent 10th place finish in Coca-Cola League 2 in his first season in charge. The following season was one of frustration for McCall and his players. Having being well positioned within the promotion hunt for the majority of the season, the Bantams had to settle for a 9th placed finish, agonisingly only 2 points away from a Play-Offs place.
This left a disillusioned Stuart McCall to ponder his future at the club but urged on by fans and Sir Alex Ferguson telling him to "get a grip", McCall agreed to stay on to build a new team on a heavily reduced budget.
McCall led Bradford City into the new 2009/2010 season with a new look squad, several of them being plucked from non-league.
The season didn't start well as the Bantams suffered a 5-0 reversal at Notts County on the opening day of the season.
City's early season struggles continued until the fourth game of the season at Cheltenham Town, when McCall's when managed to register their first goals and three points of the season.
That first success of the season marked the start of a ten match unbeaten run for City in all competitions.
The run would end in early October with a home defeat to Crewe Alexandra as results started to take a turn for the worst.
As the season entered into the new year, the Bantams had lurched to 16th place in the Coca-Cola League 2 table, leaving McCall's position under serious threat.
A home defeat to Bury on 6 February would prove to be the final straw for McCall as he tendered his resignation after the match before officially leaving the football club the following Monday.
The search immediately began for McCall's successor.
Within nine days, City were in a position to appoint their new boss as former England Under 21's manager, Peter Taylor, took over the reins under the end of the season.
