Bradford City boss Stuart McCall had resigned as the manager of League Two club, it has been confirmed.
McCall met with joint-chairman Julian Rhodes on Monday to discuss his future and decided after the meeting that it was the right time to go.

McCall told BBC radio Leeds: "It's coming to a stage now where it is time for somebody new to come in. It's just not meant to be."

The 45-year-old took charge at Valley Parade in May 2007 and was on the verge of quitting last season after the team failed to make the play-offs but was persuaded to stay on by the board.

However, the Bantams' fortunes have failed to improve this term and the weekend defeat against Bury was their sixth of the season at home - leaving them 12 points outside the play-off spots.

"I'm hurt because I wanted to be a success here and the bottom line is I haven't been," he added. "It's not been for a lack of effort and I couldn't have had more support from the players, staff, Julian as the chairman and the fans.

"If there was anywhere I wanted to succeed it was here. I had two great spells here as a player but the dream I had of being a manager and getting success has not come off."

McCall's assistant Wayne Jacobs will now take temporary charge at the club and could be in control for City's next game at home to Grimsby on Saturday.

The 25th anniversary of the Bradford City fire disaster is being marked with a series of special events in the city.

The tragedy at the Valley Parade ground in 1985, which left 56 football fans dead, shocked the nation.

More than 11,000 football fans had packed the stadium to watch Bradford receive the Division Three Championship trophy at the beginning of the team's match against Lincoln City.

TV cameras at the match famously captured the moments when it became clear one of the stands was on fire. Smoke and flames then raced through the wooden structure, leaving 56 dead and around 265 people injured.

It is believed a spectator dropped a match or a cigarette through holes in the stand on to the rubbish which had accumulated below. The stand was burning from end to end within four minutes.

Spectators were evacuated on to the pitch but many turned the other way only to find exit doors which were locked or toilets which provided no means of escape.

The tragedy happened just 18 days before 39 fans died in Heysel, Belgium, and four years before the Hillsborough Disaster, in Sheffield, which left 96 people dead.

Events in Bradford will include a service in Centenary Square, in the city centre, a tour by VIPs of the football ground and its Memorial Board and another service, this time in Bradford Cathedral.

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