PHIL Parkinson will launch City on the Wembley trail again tomorrow with the message: Just keep enjoying it.

The Bantams kick off their play-off campaign against Millwall at Valley Parade as they bid for a third appearance at the national stadium in three years.

Parkinson said: “It’s a massive incentive. You can’t play it down.

“In my era of players, it was probably even bigger. Playing at Wembley was the pinnacle in anyone’s career.

“But when you actually go there, walk in the dressing rooms and see the history of the place, you realise how great it is.

“We don’t need any more incentives because there’s a lot at stake. But there’s a great prize ahead.”

City host the Lions on the back of their best run of home form in 48 years. They will be eyeing an eighth straight Valley Parade victory – a run which included a 1-0 win over tomorrow’s opponents.

Parkinson added: “Millwall won’t want to come here. The lads have enjoyed playing at home and are used to playing in front of big crowds.

“The people of Bradford have really responded to the season-ticket campaign this year.

“It has been a great benefit to have the crowd like it has been and it is great as a footballer to run out on your own pitch, feeling no fear and relish playing in front of our supporters.

“It is going to be an exciting end to the season and very tight between all four teams, in particularly us and Millwall.

“Ours is a tie that we have to be prepared for possibly going to extra-time and penalties. Hopefully, it won’t and be done in our favour before then.

“But we have to be physically and mentally ready. I feel we are in a good place.

“We have a few injury problems, which is disappointing. But it happens and we have dealt with something similar during the season.”

James Hanson has not trained this week because of his calf problem. Reece Burke is another concern so Jamie Proctor and Nathan Clarke are primed to feature.

Billy Clarke will not be ready for tomorrow but hopes to play some part in the play-offs with a protective mask for his fractured cheekbone.

Filipe Morais is expected to take over his “number ten” role but Parkinson has looked at alternatives.

“It’s an important position for us,” he added. “We know Clarkie has been a bit frustrated in terms of his goal return.

“But that link between the midfield and the front gives the opposition something to think about.

“We’ve tended to have the traditional number nine with Hanson or Proctor stretching the pitch and that clever player Morais or Billy in there.

“But we’ve got others who can do that. Paul Anderson has played there before and we’ve looked at him in training in that role. He has that brightness on the ball.”

City have lost their last two play-off home games but still famously came back against Blackpool in 1996 and three years ago at Burton on the way to promotion.

They were both proof of how fortunes can swing over two matches.

“Two-legged games are quite rare and past experience does help,” said Parkinson, who also oversaw City’s Capital One Cup semi-final success in the Aston Villa double-header.

“Look through our camp and we have players who have been in this situation before. We know we can’t look too far ahead.

“Don’t try and chase a two, three or four-goal lead because if you do that, you will probably end up getting beaten.”

Parkinson believes lessons were learned from the 2013 play-offs when a late Gary Thompson strike at Valley Parade kept City in the tie after Burton had led 3-1.

He said: “We got a bit of a lifeline because Burton had probably played as well as they had all season. We weren’t quite at it in certain areas.

“I remember it so well that we just went away from what we’d done. Hopefully we’ve learned from that.

“The lads are chomping at the bit but, as always with these games, it’s about being calm as well as physical and committed.

“We’ve shown great calmness in our play this season, especially over the last four or five months. That’s what we need again.”