Fleetwood 0 Bradford 0 (0-1 agg): Stuart McCall to lead out Bantams at Wembley in League One play-off final
Rory McArdle's semi-final first leg header meant his side needed simply to not concede to progress
STUART McCALL will lead his beloved Bradford out at Wembley and write the latest chapter in his love story win the club.
Legend McCall can fulfil a dream of taking the Bantams to the Championship in his first year back at the club he played for twice and previously managed.
And he will hope it is third time lucky for him at Wembley after agony there with Everton and Scotland when he was a midfielder.
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McCall, 52, said: “Wembley will suit us with that big pitch. We have some good technical players.
“We will take 30,000 fans down there and it’s a great way to finish the season.
“I think people were expecting us to be in the lower half of the league. Even the chairmen were talking about putting out young players this season. But I told them there are two ways of making money. Sell a player or two or get to the Championship.”
Bradford were not content to sit on their first-leg lead and chased the game.
Rory McArdle headed just over but dangerman Charlie Wyke missed a sitter when Mark Marshall found him unmarked with a lovely cross.
Nerves and fatigue turned the last half hour into a tense and scrappy affair. And Fleetwood chief Uwe Rosler, who is wanted by Norwich and Wigan, admitted: “Bradford were a bit better than us over the two legs.
“We have played 58 games and the last two was just too far.”