IT’S still the season of goodwill to all men – including former chairmen I suppose.

But conjuring up any festive jollity when looking back on City’s past 12 months is taking it too far.

It’s certainly not been the most wonderful year following the Bantams home and away in 2018.

As we head into the December finale this afternoon at Rochdale, it’s a tradition on this page at this time to look back at the games to remember – and those to forget – from the previous year.

Unfortunately, there were far more contenders for the minus section than the plus.

Whittling down Santa’s “naughty” list has been as big a challenge as finding five for the “nice” one.

But in a year that has seen 12 wins, 31 defeats, four managers and one removed owner, here’s my pick of the best and worst.

Let’s get the bad news out of the way first with the five we all want to forget:

1 Yeovil away, 0-2. The FA Cup third round is signposted as the day when the cracks started to appear.

City arrived in deepest Somerset on the back of successive wins – but the travelling squad were reeling from the late withdrawal and departure of Luke Hendrie.

The tone was set for a miserable day, compounded by Yeovil then pulling out a plum home tie against Manchester United. The repercussions would be felt for some time.

2 Wimbledon home, 0-4. City’s wretched January was complete with an embarrassingly heavy home defeat against the lowly Dons.

It’s fair to say that Rouven Sattelmaier won’t put on the highlights on his show reel after a couple of howlers against opponents who couldn’t believe their luck.

He would not be involved in a City squad again – Edin Rahic, who had previously championed his fellow German for the starting role ahead of Colin Doyle, effectively wanted him sacked on the spot - and the ice grew thinner under Stuart McCall.

3 Blackpool away, 0-5. Simon Grayson went ballistic after the April thrashing by the seaside.

“You’re not fit to wear the shirt” was the apt summing up of a packed and livid away end after a total capitulation that had Grayson threatening mass changes.

4 Wycombe home, 1-2. Michael Collins’ side were booed off after being outplayed by a Wycombe side who hadn’t won a game since winning promotion.

The final scoreline flattered City thanks to a late consolation goal from Luca Colville. They had been second best from the start against a team still finding their feet at the next level.

5 Gillingham away, 0-4. For 45 minutes it had looked promising – then the roof caved in.

City collapsed like a pack of cards the moment Gillingham were in front. Even Richard O’Donnell’s penalty save at 1-0 down could not prevent the goal deluge as those around him effectively gave up.

Anyway, enough of the misery – we’ve seen more than enough of that. There were some memorable games as well, honest.

1 Fleetwood away, 2-1. Goals from Shay McCartan and Alex Gilliead began 2018 in perfect fashion as City came from behind to win for the first time in the season.

Victory kept them fourth in the table and bedded well in the top six. What could possibly go wrong?

2 Shrewsbury away, 1-0. There was no more controversial appointment anywhere in the country than Rahic’s decision to promote Michael Collins from under-18 coach to the senior role.

But the youngest boss in all four leagues made a flying start in the Shropshire sunshine after Jack Payne drilled the only goal for his new-look team.

3 Oxford home, 2-0. Valley Parade rediscovered its bounce as a 19,084 crowd enjoyed David Hopkin’s first home win thanks to two goals in three minutes from David Ball and Payne.

Julian Rhodes was behind the cheap ticket drive on his much-welcomed return to the City corridors of power after Stefan Rupp ordered Rahic to send out an SOS to the former joint-owner. Suddenly the picture did not look quite as black as it had seemed.

4 Peterborough home, 4-4. Yes, I know Posh eventually sneaked it on penalties but the FA Cup replay was an absolute goal-crazy thriller.

Remember it had taken until the beginning of November for City to come back from any deficit. But here they were recovering from 3-1 down at half-time to lead, fleetingly, 4-3.

The sight of a leaping George Miller punching the air after his second goal demonstrated the growing belief in the dressing room.

5 Walsall home, 4-0. City’s biggest win for two years even took them out of the relegation zone for Christmas. Who cares how bad the weather was when the Bantams play like that?

“We’ve got our City back” sung the Kop. In the first home game since Rahic had left the building, it certainly felt like that.

Happy New Year.