Peter Jackson wants to end City’s knock-out jinx and deliver a long-overdue cup run for the fans.

The club have been starved of success in the cup competitions while tumbling down the divisions.

City’s last memorable cup win was back in January 1997 when Chris Waddle’s outrageous 40-yard lob helped topple Everton.

Jackson knows the impact that a big cup day out can have on a lower-division club and their supporters. He took Huddersfield to Chelsea in the FA Cup third round – and would love to do the same with his home-town team.

He said: “I want us to do as well as we can in all competitions next season and that includes going well in the cups.

“We need a cup run in terms of finances for the club and the huge interest and buzz that it can bring.

“I’ve been away to Chelsea with a previous club and it was a fantastic experience, both for the fans and the players. We also made a lot of money that day.

“Financially a cup run can make such a difference and I can’t emphasise enough that every penny counts here.

“A decent draw away to a Premier League club can pay the wages for a year.” In the 14 years since City’s FA Cup giant-killing at Goodison, supporters have grown used to seeing the Bantams trip at the first hurdle.

City did not win a single tie in the competition between 2000 and 2005.

The only minor knock-out excitement in recent years came two seasons ago when Stuart McCall’s side reached the area semi-finals of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy.

Jackson added: “You need that little bit of luck as well. That year Huddersfield went to Chelsea they played Welling then Worcester City first.

“We had Colchester away last year in the first round. It was one of the hardest away trips you could get, especially with the travelling as well.

“Colchester or Chelsea? That’s the luck of the draw. But I can promise that we’ll be up for the challenge.”