Bradford City are making a concessionary ticket offer to fans in a bid to boost attendances for their next two vital home matches.

The games against Oxford on Saturday and Port Vale next Tuesday are crucial to City's play-off hopes.

The offer is to the club's 9,000-plus season tickets holders who are being given the opportunity to bring friends to the two matches at a concessionary cost of £5 for adults, £2.50 for senior citizens and £1 for juniors under 16.

To take advantage of the offer season ticket holders must go to the ticket office at Valley Parade up to one hour before the kick-off for either match, surrendering voucher 16 for Oxford game and voucher 17 for the Port Vale match.

They can bring as many friends as they like, but, for seated season ticket holders they must surrender their normal seat and be re-issued with tickets for two or more seats together.

Chairman Geoffrey Richmond said: "Despite recent setbacks against Middlesbrough and Wolves the club have by no means given up on hopes of a play-off position.

"Although we accept that our chances have been dented by these two defeats we have been tremendously encouraged by the performances in the last two games.

"We feel our best chance of getting into the play-offs is to get a passionate crowd behind us in these next two critical matches to get back into a position that will enable us to make a late charge for promotion.

"We also want to reward the loyalty of our season ticket holders for the tremendous support they have given to the club."

Disappointed manager Paul Jewell now has the task of lifting his players for the Oxford match following a heart-breaking last-gasp 2-1 defeat at Wolves last night.

Wolves' substitute Steve Bull scored the winner 15 seconds into stoppage time + his 300th goal for the club - when City had looked likely winners after fighting back to 1-1 with Robbie Blake's sixth goal of the season.

Jewell was understandably dismayed after seeing his side play so well and lose at Molineux, but said: "We can't feel sorry for ourselves. We have got to work as hard as that in future matches and we will turn the corner. The sad thing is that if we had beaten Wolves we would have been only two points away from the play-offs. It is still possible to get there and we will keep on trying.

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