TONY McMahon insists City will treat Sunday’s Valley Parade showdown with Millwall as just another game.

The midfielder is excited by the prospect of his first play-off involvement after missing out through injury with Sheffield United three years ago.

But while the home semi-final offers the Bantams the chance to take a step towards Wembley, McMahon stressed it is business as usual on the training ground.

He said: “The stakes are high, we know that. But we won't do anything different, like we haven't for any big game we have had here.

“Everything will be the same and the preparation will be right and spot on throughout the week.

“You can get carried away. But it is over two games and it’s the old cliché of taking one at a time.

“We know we have a tough game coming up on Sunday in front of a massive crowd and hopefully we can get the right result.”

Both sides go into the play-offs in a rich vein of form. City signed off the league campaign with three victories – and clean sheets - and Millwall have won four on the bounce.

City’s current seven-match winning home run is also the club’s best since 1968.

McMahon added: “We have got momentum. We are playing well and full of confidence ourselves and Millwall won't fancy coming here.

“We know it is going to be a tough game, but it is one game we are looking forward to.

"There are going to be two good teams going head to head and giving everything to get to the final and that's how the play-offs are. People say it is a lottery, but it is whoever wants it the most.

"Why can't we use (being at home first) to our advantage and get a great result on Sunday and then take it into the away leg down there and finish the job off?”

The Bantams stopped Millwall from scoring in both league meetings and conceded just twice in the last nine games of the regular season. Only second-placed Burton have had a tighter defence.

City have also gone seven and a half hours since letting in their last goal at Valley Parade when Nathan Tyson scored for Doncaster.

McMahon said: “What we have based ourselves on all season is being together and hard to beat.

“You can see we don't concede a lot of goals and are pretty solid. The clean sheets speak for themselves.

“We’ve got this run and it is down to just sheer hard work, like we have done all season.

“We have made it a difficult place to come for any team and that's what we have to do on Sunday.

“Millwall will come and try to make it a difficult game and we won't disappoint them.”