Super-sub Ross Hannah fired a dramatic stoppage-time leveller to rescue a point for City in Phil Parkinson's first game.

Hannah converted Jack Compton's cross in the third of four added minutes to send his new boss into raptures.

His equaliser also robbed Morecambe of top spot - as well as saving City from dropping into the bottom two.

Referee Andy Haines put back the kick-off five minutes after the City coach was held up by a motorway accident.

So it was no surprise that the game struggled to flow for much of the first half.

City had an escape when Phil Jevons fired just over following a mistake by Chris Mitchell.

But otherwise a dour first quarter was summed up when Stewart Drummond's volley cleared the top of the stand packed with away fans.

Both sides were cancelling each other out with neither keeper called upon to make a save.

Kyel Reid, making his Bantams debut, showed the first bit of quality after 36 minutes with a clever turn and spin away from his marker before embarking on a 40-yard dash.

Robbie Threlfall then curled a free-kick the wrong side of the post after Stewart had been clattered just outside the box.

Luke Oliver, up field for a setpiece, was not far away with a curling effort of his own soon after the break.

Reid did well again to manufacture a shot from a tight angle which Barry Roche pushed away.

But it was namesake Izak Reid who broke the deadlock just before the hour. Laurence Wilson crashed a long-range effort against the bar, City could not clear the loose ball and Reid lashed home an unstoppable volley.

Jamie Devitt came on for Mitchell and immediately tested Roche with a free-kick. Then the keeper used his legs to deny James Hanson from close range.

Morecambe nearly had a second as Michael Flynn headed off the line from Jevons and Matt Duke parried Drummond's follow-up.

Sub Lewis Alessandra added to the danger, going close with one determined effort and then seeing another tipped over the bar by City's new keeper.

City rallied in stoppage time and screamed in vain for a penalty. But then up popped Hannah to sweep home a priceless equaliser.