City are convinced they won’t come up short with Wembley tickets second time around.

The Bantams and Northampton have been allocated more than 39,000 each for the League Two play-off final on May 18. That is 6,000 more than watched Phil Parkinson’s side face Swansea in the Capital One Cup three months ago.

Some fans had to miss out that day but the club believe that there are more than enough to go around for the promotion showdown.

Director of operations David Baldwin said: “I’m fairly confident that we will meet the requirements to be able to satisfy everybody’s needs.

“These are austere times and we appreciate it has been an expensive season but I’m sure people will want to be there to share the Wembley experience.

“With the extra 6,000 tickets there is also the opportunity for those who may have missed out last time.”

City are once again in the west end of the stadium. The choice of who wears their home kit will be decided by a coin toss, probably at the end of this week.

There are five ticket categories: £26, £32, £38, £48 and £60, with half-price concessions available for accompanied youngsters aged 16 and under and over-60s.

Tickets must be bought through Ticketzone either online – with a link from the club website – or by phoning 08444-777774.

The City box office will act as a help zone and only deal with disabled enquiries and those wishing to buy more than nine tickets at a time.

Season-ticket and flexi-card holders have priority from 9am to 7pm for the next three days until Thursday night. Each card holder can purchase a maximum of three tickets.

It is possible to link three cards for up to nine tickets from one transaction. Anyone wishing to buy more must attend the ticket office with details and documentation including photo ID – a Wembley proviso after the recent incidents involving Millwall fans during their FA Cup semi-final.

City have a stock of tickets put aside for the larger group bookings.

General sales begin at 9am on Friday and fans can buy up to a maximum of six through Ticketzone, demand allowing.

Tickets will remain on sale through Ticketzone until stocks last or until midday next Wednesday.

Northampton took over 40,000 for their last visit to Wembley 13 years ago so the current fourth-tier attendance record of 61,589 set by Bristol Rovers and Shrewsbury in 2007 could well be broken.

Baldwin added: “If somebody had said back in August that this is what we are going to go through behind the scenes and on the pitch, I wouldn’t have believed it in a million years.

“It’s beyond all expectations. All the extra man hours that have been put in are worth every minute for the thought of playing at Wembley once again.

“I’ve never gone there twice in a season before without getting a rollicking from the authorities over a disciplinary hearing!”