Bradford City will have fans on all four sides of Valley Parade for Sunday's relegation showdown with Wimbledon.

The Bantams are expecting a sell-out for their most important game of the season with victory over the Dons being enough to lift them out of the relegation places.

The Symphony Stand usually houses away supporters only but with the Dons having a small away following, City fans will occupy the lower tier.

Chairman Geoffrey Richmond said: "If we had conducted a poll at the start of the season as to which would be the biggest home game of the season, I don't think Wimbledon would have received many votes.

"But that is exactly what the case is now. Wimbledon are expecting to sell out the top tier.

"For this game we have been running a long-standing promotion in conjunction with the local authority whereby local schoolchildren will occupy the lower tier.

"We had 1,200 tickets available at the start of business in the Ciba Stand yesterday but the victory at Sunderland has created a lot of interest. Since that win there has been a lot of fans clamouring for tickets."

Meanwhile, Richmond has revealed how City had to dig their heels in over plans to switch the Sunderland clash from Easter Monday.

The Black Cats request to move the game due to three of their players being on international duty this week was turned down flat by City.

And although Sunderland appealed to the Premier League, City stood firm to ensure the game which City won 1-0 was not rearranged for next week.

Richmond said: "Sunderland were concerned about Niall Quinn, Thomas Sorensen and Kevin Kilbane all being on international duty this week and were determined that the game should be postponed.

"As it happens they eventually got clearance for all three players to face us before linking up late with their respective squads.

"There was a circular which came round from the Premier League some time ago saying that due to the international week, the Easter Monday games could be rearranged.

"But having moved the Derby game to Friday to give ourselves an extra day to prepare, we were determined not to have the Sunderland game moved.

"It was purely a football decision but Sunderland made very strong representations to the Premier League.

"At the end of the day, it may or may not have made any difference. But we felt very strongly that if we got even half a per cent advantage by playing last Monday, we were determined to do so."

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