Bradford City's new supporters' trust today called on the club's administrators to 'pull out all the stops' to bring in a new owner as soon as possible.

The trust wants to see the battle for control of the crisis-hit club resolved quickly with the new season fast approaching.

Today Councillor Tony Niland (Lab, Bowling), spokesman for the trust, said it was getting 'increasingly frustrated' at the failure to resolve the issue.

And he said manager Nicky Law, who has just five first team players in his squad, faced an uphill battle to assemble a team for the August 10 kick-off.

"Each passing day makes Nicky Law's job in assembling a decent squad of players more and more difficult," said Coun Niland.

Mike Moore, Partner at Kroll Buchler Phillips and joint administrator of Bradford City, said he 'fully appreciated' the concerns voiced by the trust.

"We can reassure them that every effort is being made to finalise our decision making process on interested parties," he said.

Mr Moore said he was 'hopeful' the administrators would soon identify the preferred bidder and conclude negotiations on an 'acceptable offer'.

"At that stage, we will be able to begin the process of meeting with the Football League and the PFA to find a solution that is acceptable to everyone," he said.

It is understood talks continued yesterday between the two leading contenders to win the battle for control.

As revealed in the Telegraph & Argus on Saturday, chairman Geoffrey Richmond and former director Professor David Rhodes, who had been heading rival bids, have held talks over a possible joint deal.

Also involved is Gordon Gibb, owner of Flamingo Land and Pleasure Island. He has teamed-up with Mr Richmond.