GARY Liddle is aiming to stay on the City goal trail after finding the net for the first time in over a year.

The midfielder headed home Tony McMahon’s free-kick in first-half stoppage time during Saturday’s 2-0 home win over Crewe.

It was only his second goal for the Bantams – his first also came in a 2-0 home win against the same opposition in October 2014.

Liddle celebrated his strike at the weekend with gusto and said: “I don’t get many, so it’s really pleasing when I do.

“We had played well in that first half without getting the goal we deserved.

“Shots were saved and deflected wide, so to score in the 47th minute was great.

“It’s important too because the manager is on at me to score more goals from shots, crosses or headers.

“I’m constantly in the shooting practices at training and I am a decent finisher, even though I’m blowing my own trumpet a bit!

“Before I joined Bradford, I used to get four or five a season and for one reason or another that changed when I came here.

“I’m pleased to get my first and hopefully there are more to come.”

Liddle was offered a route back into the side due to Lee Evans’ international commitments with Wales and is determined to stay there.

The 29-year-old said: “We’re in a fantastic run of form at the moment after a bit of an indifferent start to the season.

“We’re unbeaten in seven games in the league and on the cusp of the play-off places.

“The lads are confident at the moment and that's what winning does to you.

“Training is good – it’s sharp and competitive and success in a cup competition can breathe more confidence into you as a player.

“This club has a fantastic pedigree in cup competitions and I was lucky enough to be part of last year’s FA Cup run. Another one would be nice this year.”

Liddle helped City dump Chelsea in an amazing win at Stamford Bridge before they beat Sunderland to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1976.

The boyhood Middlesbrough fan, who supported his hometown club in various finals and came through the youth ranks at the Riverside Stadium, added: “Beating Chelsea was the greatest day of my career.

“Being a League One player, those kind of days don’t come around very often so you’ve got to enjoy them while you can.

“We took thousands of fans down there and to be stood in the tunnel next to players you watch on Match of the Day on a Saturday night was pretty surreal.

“It’s a memory that I will never forget and we followed it up by beating Sunderland.

“If we beat Aldershot and then overcome Chesham, we could get drawn against anyone in the third round. Hopefully we can create another piece of history this season.”