WORCESTER City manager Carl Heeley praised the professional attitude of his players as they came away from their final away game of the season with all three points.

It was difficult in the West Yorkshire sunshine because of a dry and bumpy pitch, but City adapted well and ground out the victory.

“We were a little bit disappointed with ourselves on Tuesday evening, getting beaten at home against Gloucester, because we conceded two poor goals and created bagfuls of chances,” Heeley said.

“So to go to Bradford it was always going to be a tough afternoon, the pitch is very bobbly so it was going to one of those where you had to do the ugly things and defend properly and I thought the attitude was first class.

“You wouldn’t have looked at that and thought that both teams had nothing to play for. So to come away from home, get a scrappy goal and keep a clean sheet — we’re delighted with that.”

Match-winner Jay Denny might disagree with his manager’s description of the strike that earned the points, however, in the context of the game Heeley’s view was perfectly valid.

Denny fired through a packed Bradford area after a poor free-kick from Sean Geddes had led to a blocked shot by Anthony Charles.

In a tight contest between two well-matched sides, it was always likely to be one error or stroke of fortune that would prove to be the difference.

Heeley added: “Jay doesn’t get too many goals but it was a great ball in and he’s read the second ball well and stuck it in.

“I think if we had got to half time at 0-0 we would have been happy because we felt we could make the wind tell for us in the second half.

“But to get ahead was a bit of a bonus and apart from the last three or four minutes when there were one or two scrambles in our box, I thought we looked quite comfortable.”