It's been a week of change at Bradford City so far, with club legend Stuart McCall returning for his third stint as the club's manager. 

In what was a disastrous run of results, City parted company with Gary Bowyer on Monday, after the club picked up just four points from the last possible 21.

McCall's arrival has sparked optimism among plenty of City fans, with many hoping this can reignite the Bantams' play-off push.

City have suffered a hard couple of seasons, losing the League One play-off final in 2017 and being relegated from the division to League Two in 2019.

Bradford replaced the outgoing James Vaughan and Eoin Doyle with Lee Novak and Kurtis Guthrie, and fans will hope these two players hit the ground running.

With this merry-go-round in mind, we have compiled a list of six of the biggest flops Bradford City have seen, with it a possibility history might repeat itself...

Scannell was one of 13 signings to arrive at Valley Parade during the summer of 2018, bringing with him a wealth of EFL experience having amassed over 300 Championship appearances.

The 29-year-old only managed 16 league appearances for City during his first season, managing no goals as City slumped to relegation.

Although appearing five times for the Bantams at the start of this season, Scannell joined Blackpool on 30th August 2019.

After impressing at Scottish side Morton, Hopkin earned a move to Chelsea in 1992, before joining Crystal Palace three years later.

Following an impressive stint at Selhurst Park, Hopkin moved to Bradford's local rivals Leeds, where he made 80 appearances for the club between 1997 and 2000.

After three seasons at Elland Road, Hopkin arrived at Valley Parade in an exciting move for the club and their fans.

The midfielder would only manage 15 appearances for the Bantams and failed to score in his only season at Valley Parade before returning to Crystal Palace.

Hopkin would return to the club as manager in 2018 but would only last 35 games before being sacked with a win percentage of 20%.

Flop all-round.

Striker Jorge Cadete joined the Bantams on loan from Benfica in January 2000, a signing which caused excitement among the City faithful.

The Portuguese had scored 30 goals in 37 appearances for Celtic in the 1996-1997 season and went on to win 33 caps for Portugal.

Cadete would only turn out seven times for City, failing to score in any of those appearances returning to Benfica at the end of the season.

Again, McLean was another signing that was greeted with optimism by City's fanbase.

The striker had scored 80 in 180 appearances in his first stint at Peterborough United, and with City now established as a League One side seemed the perfect fit to help fire the club to the play-offs.

McLean joined the Bantams in January 2014 and would make 37 appearances in the following year, only managing seven goals in that time, before returning to Peterborough on loan in the following January.

Following his return from the loan spell, McLean was released in the summer of 2015.

Sticking with strikers here and another one to make the list is John McGinlay.

McGinlay joined the Bantams in 1997 after scoring an impressive 101 goals in 192 appearances for Bolton Wanderers.

The Scot also scored 27 goals in 51 appearances for Millwall, as well as having prolific stints with Yeovil Town and Elgin City.

Unfortunately for the Bantams, McGinlay couldn't replicate that form at Valley Parade and left the club in 1998 after scoring just three goals in 18 appearances.

Donovan Ricketts' time in West Yorkshire certainly has a bizarre story to it.

The goalkeeper arrived at Valley Parade in 2004 and would go on to make 111 appearances for the club.

He would have to wait nine months to make his debut and then broke his foot at the start of the 2005-2006 season.

Ricketts held the number one jersey for the whole of the 2006-2007 season but was dropped in October 2007 after a run of poor form.

After struggling to regain his place in the starting XI, Ricketts was stopped at Heathrow Airport by immigration officials and was sent back to New York for not having the correct paperwork.

With his deportation confirmed, City unsurprisingly cancelled his contract that summer.