City boss Phil Parkinson has been named as npower League 2 Manager of the Month for December this Friday morning.
Parkinson has beaten off competition from Accrington Stanley boss John Coleman, Cheltenham Town's Mark Yates and Port Vale's Micky Adams to win the monthly managerial gong.
The award for the City chief is reward for the Bantams' superb form throughout the final month of 2011 - a month which saw Parkinson's men drop only two points from their four league matches.
Highlights from December's fixtures for City included impressive wins over promotion-chasing Southend United and Shrewsbury Town, while City scored eight goals and conceded only two throughout the month.
Parkinson said: "I am obviously delighted to pick up this award but I feel I am collecting it on behalf of the whole team.
"This is a reward for all the hard work put in by the staff and players recently and hopefully something we can build on."
The honour for Parkinson is the first time a City manager has won such an award since October 2004 when the then-Bantams boss Colin Todd won the equivalent prize for League 1.
Unfortunately the Bantams' consistent defender Luke Oliver was unable to add to City's celebrations after he lost out in the vote for December's League 2 Player of the Month.
Oliver was nominated for the award but the judging panel went for Accrington Stanley's Bryan Hughes instead.
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