Bradford returned to Yorkshire at the start of August to face local team Guiseley before heading to Greater Manchester to play Bury.

Wimbledon's Byron Harrison clawed a goal back through a header but a comeback was ruled out as Rory McArdle turned the ball into the net from close range with the assist coming from Davies.

The rout was completed just on the stroke of half-time as Wells crossed a ball for Hanson to head in City's fifth goal of the game to take the three points.

Bradford's poor form continued in their next game as a late Alan Connell goal secured a 1–1 draw with Accrington Stanley who went ahead early on.

The Bantams got back to winning ways as they beat Barnet 3–0 with goals coming from James Hanson, Alan Connell and Andrew Davies which put City into 7th place.

They backed up this domination with another good performance as James Hanson, Kyel Reid and Gary Jones all scored to ensure Bradford beat Morecambe 3–1.

Bradford extended their winning run to 3 games as they beat Oxford United 2–0 with Andrew Davies and Nahki Wells netting for the Bantams.

December started well in the league for Bradford as Alan Connell scored a late goal against Torquay United to ensure the Bantams scraped a 1–0 win to take them back up to 4th in the table.

It started with a 2–0 win against York City, striker James Hanson and midfielder Garry Thompson both scored late goals to help the Bantams come away with the 3 points.

However, due to injuries Parkinson had to make some changes and this unsettled the side and they were outplayed and beaten 4–1 by Exeter City with Kyel Reid providing Bradford's only positive note.

The month started off brilliantly as the Bantams beat Torquay United 3–1 with the goals coming from Rory McArdle, Garry Thompson and James Hanson.

Nahki Wells was on target twice (one penalty) to help City to a 4–1 victory over Bristol Rovers with Andrew Davies and Garry Thompson also scoring.

James Meredith delivered a cross that did not pose any particular threat to the Burton defence, but defender Marcus Holness tried to head it back to his own keeper, which resulted in Nahki Wells intercepting and poking the ball into the net to give the Bantams a 1–0 lead.

In the second half, Wells once again came up with a great play, but this time to set up James Hanson, who scored in the bottom corner from the edge of the box to take City to a 2–0 lead.

Burton hit back with a Jacques Maghoma penalty after Garry Thompson brought him down in the area, but the Bantams had the final word as McLaughlin produced a long free-kick that Wells controlled with ease before turning and shooting to score in the 57th minute to give Bradford a 3–1 lead.

The writing was on the wall early doors as the Bantams dominated everything in the early stages of the game and Bradford scored first in the 15th minute after James Meredith's cross found Garry Thompson on the right hand side, Thompson then chipped the ball back across the face of the goal and James Hanson delicately headed the ball over Northampton keeper Lee Nicholls to give Bradford a 1–0 lead.

On paper, it looked like City had an easier tie in the Third Round after being drawn against fellow League Two promotion rivals Burton Albion, but the Bantams were trailing 2–0 for the vast majority of the match until Nahki Wells scored twice in the last seven minutes to take the game to extra time.

The Bantams took an early lead through Garry Thompson, but it was the trio of Gary Jones, James Hanson and Nahki Wells who were troubling Arsenal.

Bradford outplayed Villa in the first leg and in the 19th minute a Gary Jones corner was not cleared effectively and Zavon Hines got a shot away, however a deflection meant the ball landed to Nahki Wells who slotted past the keeper to make it 1–0.

Matt Duke produced a lot top quality saves to keep Bradford in the lead before another Gary Jones cross found Rory McArdle who headed the ball past the keeper to make it 2–0 in the 77th minute.

The Bantams started to get a foothold in the game with Gary Jones yet again delivering a devastating corner which James Hanson headed past Shay Given to equalize.

City then faced League Two side Port Vale in the Area Quarter-final, where the Bantams came away with a 2–0 win thanks to goals from Ritchie Jones and Craig Forsyth.