Stuart McCall today pleaded with frustrated City fans not to throw in the towel.

Saturday’s shock home loss to Port Vale was their fourth in a row as the wheels come off.

But with only one of their League Two promotion rivals winning, the Bantams are still just a point off the play-offs.

With seven games left to rescue the campaign, McCall is urging supporters not to give up on his side.

He said: “You change focus throughout the season and you’ve got to be realistic. My aim now is to go to Wembley.

“People might say ‘not playing like that you won’t’ but it’s my dream to take 30,000 fans there. I’ve still got that belief.

“Confidence is not as strong because of the form we’re in but we can’t have doom and gloom.

“We’ve lost four on the bounce and it’s the wrong time to do that but I’m not going to be down about it.

“I’ve got to be philosophical. The opportunity to have a successful season is still there and we’ve got to remain positive and have that belief.”

It was City’s first league defeat at Valley Parade since September as Vale stole the points with their only shot on target.

Graeme Lee, twice, and Michael Boulding had efforts blocked on the line and McCall said: “On another day, one or two of those would have gone in.

“Port Vale had a break away, one shot, one goal. They came with a game plan and will say they carried it out. But we didn’t play well enough to break them down and didn’t show enough craft.

“The times when we got the ball in, it didn’t fall for us. There was a lack of composure but that might be a little bit of edginess from the run we’re in.

“A few weeks ago, a lot of the lads were playing on top of their game. At the moment that’s not the case.

“I’m juggling things and it’s there for people to say ‘I’m playing well, give me the shirt’. The belief is still there in the dressing room.”