Peter Jackson today revealed that lifting City’s spirits after their Easter collapse at Accrington has been one of the toughest tasks he has faced.

With the club delaying an announcement over the next manager, the interim boss is preparing for possibly his last game at the helm against Crewe on Saturday.

Jackson, who has been in charge for 13 games since February, has successfully steered the Bantams to safety and wants to sign off a difficult season with a win.

But he admitted to fearing the worst following the 3-0 loss at the Crown Ground 12 days ago.

“I couldn’t see us picking up another point after that,” he said. “But we’ve got four in the two games since and it should have been all six.

“The biggest test of my managerial career was after Huddersfield had missed out on automatic promotion and I had to pick the players up to go again in the play-offs. They managed to do it in the end on penalties but that was really tough.

“But having to get the players going again after Accrington was just as hard as that. "

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