We got out of jail, admits Boulding

7:00am Monday 13th October 2008

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Michael Boulding cut through the euphoria of City’s incredible win at Accrington and declared: That wasn’t good enough.

Boulding sparked an amazing comeback with the first of three goals in a blistering last ten minutes as the Bantams came from two down to grab their first win in October for three years.

Once Baz scored, I asked the ref how long to go and when he said six minutes then I knew there was enough time to get a winner

Michael Boulding

With other results going well, the victory lifted City back up to third and within three points of top dogs Wycombe.

But Boulding admitted the team needed to be a lot more convincing to back up their promotion credentials.

He said: “We got out of jail. It’s a great three points but we know it’s got to be a lot better than that.

“I thought we were really good early on but after their first goal we seemed to go, which isn’t right. Our form dipped a little bit and we can’t allow that to happen.

“Good teams keep plugging away. It’s natural if the crowd get frustrated but you’ve got to be strong enough to play through that.

“But once we score, we look a different team. Once we get motoring and putting pressure on teams, we’ve got players who can score and create goals.

“Peter Thorne, Baz (Barry Conlon) and I are all good goalscorers. If we get the chances we’ll put them away more times than not.”

All three strikers netted in City’s best fightback since overhauling a two-goal deficit to beat Gillingham 4-2 in August 2006. It was Boulding’s fourth goal for the club he joined in the summer.

He added: “I’ve been a little bit frustrated that I’ve not been getting as many chances as I would have liked. But I had a few on Saturday and I was confident that one would fall right for me.

“We got the momentum from that and it was a different game. Once Baz scored, I asked the ref how long to go and when he said six minutes then I knew there was enough time to get a winner.

“And luckily the ball dropped to the person on the pitch that you want it to, Thorney, and he tucked it away. We’ve won every game when Thorney and I have both scored.”

Conlon, who came off the bench to score for the second week running, said: “As soon as the first goal went in, you could see all the lads rushing to get the ball back. We knew we could get something from the game.

“It’s been an eventful week for me but it’s a great way to finish. We’ll take loads of confidence from that win.”

Relieved boss Stuart McCall paid tribute to his frontmen for saving the day.

He said: “You’ve always got a chances when you’ve got goalscorers on the pitch like that. They were three fantastic goals.”