Bradford City will finally put season tickets on sale on Monday, it was announced today.

The steering committee, fronted by Jim Brown, has agreed with the club's administrators the terms of an arrangement for fans to start buying the tickets.

It will see half of the money paid by fans put into a trust fund with the other half being made available to help the club's short-term funding crisis.

If the club did fail to kick-off the new campaign and go out of business, fans would be guaranteed to get half of their money back.

Today, Mr Brown said he was delighted that the administrators had agreed to allow season ticket sales to begin on Monday afternoon in light of the recent positive developments at the club. And he has set a target of selling 3,000 season tickets under the unusual circumstances, saying that would provide a massive boost to the cash crisis.

"The is wonderful news because it means that, if we can get the response that we are looking for, it would be a massive help," he said. There are strict rules governing the sale of season tickets by clubs in administration. Usually, all the money would be held in a trust fund and only released for the club's use on a match-by-match basis.

However, Mr Brown said he was delighted to have reached the compromise.

"The administrators have agreed to the sale of season tickets, provided the fans accept this disclaimer saying that if the worst should happen they would lose a proportion," he said.

"This will help us so much and really allow us to plug the short-term funding gap and, if we get 3,000 people signed up, then I think it would allow the manager to bring a couple of players in.

"The mood is certainly a bit more positive around the club."

Meanwhile, the Save Our City appeal is back in full swing following yesterday's news that it has smashed through the £250,000 barrier. Youngsters at St Mary's Roman Catholic Primary School in Bradford, who helped to raise more than £70 for the appeal on Claret and Amber Day are doing their bit for the appeal again.

Tony McCrudden, whose wife Debbie is a classroom assistant at the school, had donated a City flag signed by the players who took part in the T&A charity game to the school.

But the children have decided to donate the flag, which is signed by players including Stuart McCall and Chris Waddle, to the Save Our City auction.

The auction was originally planned for last Friday but had to be cancelled due to the uncertainty surrounding the club's future.

A new date for the auction will be announced in Monday's T&A.