Bradford City 2, Ipswich Town 0: Aidan Davison gave Danny Forrest a congratulatory pat on the head before the young striker was smothered up in a bear hug by skipper Robert Molenaar.

They could have been proud parents as they celebrated the final whistle of another huge victory.

As City left the field to a heroes' farewell, the emotions summed up the "in it together" feeling which flowed through another gutsy performance.

The old brigade and the new had come together to pull off possibly the most remarkable result of City's season - at least on a par with the display when they won in Suffolk back in August.

What a first league double to notch up!

Ipswich will point to Hermann Hreidarsson's red card early in the second half as a massive turning point. And true, City exploited the advantage of the extra man as they had done a week earlier at Grimsby.

But the belief and momentum had been swelling up before the Icelander stupidly flicked out at Simon Francis.

City's defensive resistance during a first half bossed by the visitors had convinced them that maybe, just maybe, they could dig out a fifth win in seven games.

It would have taken a very brave man to back the Bantams before the game. A glance down the teamsheet suggested a gulf between the sides which no amount of guts and determination could bridge.

We should have had more faith. One thing about following City is always to expect the unexpected.

They were shorn of the scoring talents of Andy Gray, the defensive know-how of Peter Atherton and the midfield steel supplied by Jamie Lawrence. Yet against a side still brimming with Premiership talent, the mix-and-match line-up Nicky Law sent into battle did not take a single step backwards.

For the first 45 minutes it looked to be a fight for survival.

Ipswich pulled and probed, attacking from all kinds of angles. But the City backline, in which Molenaar and Mark Bower were huge, stood firm and kept Joe Royle's men at arm's length.

There were a couple of scares, most notably when Gus Uhlenbeek foiled his old club by clearing off the line from Thomas Gaardsoe. But apart from that and a snap-shot by Marcus Bent which brushed the outside of the post, Ipswich's possession carried little genuine threat.

At the other end, Forrest could have made a name for himself when he got on the end of Lewis Emanuel's pin-point cross - only to fluff any decent contact. But his time would come.

Law said: "I always thought we were in with a real chance if we could hold out to

0-0 at half-time. We defended magnificently throughout the team and stuck at it."

The second half was a different story and the tone was set within 90 seconds of kicking off again.

Bower produced some gymnastics to keep a free-kick in play with an overhead kick across the goal-mouth. The ball fell to Forrest - again he was denied, this time by Hreidarsson on the line.

That was the Ipswich defender's last legal involvement. Within a couple of minutes he was sloping away following his clash with the impressive Francis.

Hreidarsson had been lectured after a clip on Uhlenbeek in the first half and referee Clive Wilkes was in no mood to give him any more chances.

Law tried to be diplomatic but said: "There was an incident earlier when you could hear the slap from the halfway line. I'm not saying it was deliberate but the referee spoke to him.

"I don't really think there was a lot of argument for the second one. He clearly caught young Simon in the face and whether there was intent or not that was obviously how the referee saw it."

Forrest again failed to convert, this time from Wayne Jacobs, before Bower was denied a rare goal when Marcus Bent hooked his header clear from in front of the gaping Ipswich goal.

And when Forrest jabbed another Emanuel set-up straight at goalkeeper Andy Marshall, it seemed that City - and their rookie frontman - would never got on the scoresheet.

But that was the signal for

the First Division's hottest goal machine.

No hitmen anywhere can touch Claus Jorgensen's current run and the midfielder made it five in five successive league games with another bullet finish after Forrest had shown a calm head to lay Emanuel's pass back into his path.

The down-to-earth Dane is a star among the fans and has clearly now won over his manager.

Law said: "Claus has worked ever so hard to get into the team and has probably proved a few people wrong. He has improved and worked on certain aspects of his game and on that form he will stay in for a fair bit."

If Jorgensen is getting used to hitting the net, it was a completely new sensation for Forrest who fired in the second goal six minutes later.

It would have been understandable if the youngster had gone into hiding after his string of near-misses. But like a veteran, he kept popping up in the right place - you've got to be there to miss them, as the old saying goes.

But there was no wasting chance number five. Jacobs, who supplied several super crosses, pinged another one across goal where Bower headed down and Forrest did the rest.

The avid Bantams fan celebrated in front of the Kop where he had grown up supporting the club.

The dream result had its fairy-tale ending.