OUR rivalry with Bradford City resumes at the Galpharm tomorrow night, and I’m really looking forward to the game.

The Johnstone’s Paint Trophy second-round tie provides our first meeting in three years – I was still playing, but missed out on a Carling Cup first-round home clash which we won 4-0 back in August 2008 – and there have been big changes at both clubs in the intervening years.

The last couple of seasons have been a struggle for City, which is a shame, because while the two of us are big rivals, I think it’s good for Yorkshire football as a whole if all the county’s clubs are doing well.

It hasn’t worked out for either Peter Taylor or our old boss Peter Jackson over at Valley Parade, and now Phil Parkinson is the man trying to guide the Bantams away from the wrong end of League II.

It’s amazing to think that Bradford were playing in the Premier League as recently as 2001, and I can well remember some stirring games against them when I was at Sheffield Wednesday.

I’ve also played against them for Town, of course, and I know just what it means to the fans to have the bragging rights.

Hopefully we’ll extend what is a good record in our most recent meetings and give our fans something to cheer.

But Bradford will bring a lot of support – and Phil Parkinson will see the match as an opportunity to earn a pick-up ahead of some crucial league games.

There are some big names down in the Blue Square Premier.

We’ve had great play-off tussles with Lincoln and Mansfield not that long ago, and you look at the likes of Cambridge, Luton, Stockport, Wrexham and York and remember games against them.

It shows no club is immune from going down, but I genuinely hope Bradford head the other direction and that in the not too distant future, we are playing each other in the Championship or even Premier League!