City want to get top scorer Peter Thorne signed up for next season.

Thorne took his tally to 12 with the only goal at Valley Parade yesterday to dent Chesterfield's play-off hopes.

His one-year contract is up in the summer and Stuart McCall is keen not to waste any time in nailing him down to Valley Parade for another term before other offers come in.

McCall said: "Hopefully we'll be in this week to tie up Thorney. There's no doubt in my mind that he'd have 20 goals by now if he'd been fit all season.

"He's a clever player and he's always there when the ball comes into the box. You know he'll get himself in the right positions."

Thorne's first-half header from Ben Starosta's cross earned City a four-point return for the holiday weekend - their best Easter haul for three years.

McCall admitted it was no classic but was pleased with the way his side dug in for only their second home win in six attempts. It was also City's first Valley Parade clean sheet since January.

"We've had games here when we've played a lot better and not got anything for it," said the Bantams chief. "But there are all different ways to win football games and we had to scrap it out at times.

"It was a really good goal; a flowing move, nice cross and good finish by Thorney and I thought we just about merited the victory. I'm delighted with four points out of six over Easter.

"I said not long ago that there wasn't much between us, Rotherham, Chesterfield and maybe Wycombe. We just had those eight games when we only took the two points which killed us."

McCall also hopes to appeal against Omar Daley's red card from Saturday - as long as he is not too late.

Daley, who is currently in Jamaica for tomorrow's international against Trinidad, was sent off by referee Mike Thorpe for allegedly kicking out at Rotherham defender Graham Coughlan.

But McCall reckons the winger was harshly done by.

He said: "In my eyes it's not a sending-off whatsoever and I'm not putting any blame at Omar Daley's door. I thought the ref did a decent job against Rotherham but he got that one wrong.

"I don't know if it's too late now because we've had another game but I only got the video yesterday morning and I didn't think there was anything wrong."

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