The latest West Yorkshire sport headlines, from Daniel Wales.
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00:00Bradford City goalkeeper Sam Walker has put pen to paper on a new two-year contract extension at Valley Parade
00:07and has made clear that he cannot wait to continue his progress at the club
00:11and hopefully inspire Bradford on to further successes in the future.
00:16Yeah, I'm delighted. I think, you know, I've made no secret ever since I've been here about how much I love and enjoy playing for this football club.
00:25It's been the most enjoyable period of my career and as soon as we kind of wrapped up the celebrations
00:30and got down to the serious business of talking about the future, had a really positive conversation with the manager
00:36and I knew kind of from that point really it was all kind of going to take care of itself as it has done over the last few weeks
00:41and culminated with signing the new deal.
00:44I guess that's it. What happened here against Fleetwood just creates that hunger to keep going and keep creating memories like that, hopefully.
00:49Yeah, I think the energy and the momentum the club's got is huge now.
00:52Yeah, we've got a real sort of platform and we're really together as one to go into League One for the first time in a few years.
00:59It's exciting for everyone, exciting for us as players, as fans, staff, the whole thing.
01:04And, you know, just really looking forward to getting back in a few weeks' time
01:08and getting through that pre-season and ready for that first game.
01:11And Bradford's new signing Joe Wright has made clear that he cannot wait to get started playing at Valley Parades in the new season
01:18in which Bradford will be competing in League One following their promotion from League Two on the final day of last season.
01:25Yeah, there were some big crowds up in Scotland, obviously your Old Fern games, the City clubs as well,
01:34they bring big crowds and stuff and, yeah, the atmospheres are something that I enjoy.
01:39You know, it's just about building on the momentum from last season though, isn't it really kicking on again this year in League One?
01:44Yeah, yeah, it's about carrying that momentum into the season, having that culture of winning and going into games expecting to win,
01:54so hopefully we can continue that.
01:56And that's something that this club's all about, isn't it?
01:58Getting that momentum going, looking for that winning attitude and making sure that you keep that momentum going.
02:02Yeah, speaking to Brad last season, he said it was an unbelievable place to come.
02:07The atmosphere was terrific and the fans really got behind them and that helps push the team forward.