Second-half goals from Chris Greenacre and Kris Commons steered the reserves to a comfortable win over Bradford at the Lyme Valley Stadium.

Greenacre fired City ahead ten minutes after the break, tucking home a close-range rebound after his first shot from Commons' cross was saved by Alan Combe.

Commons then made sure of the points, catching Bradford out with a quickly-taken 25-yard free-kick ten minutes later.

City deserved the victory which cut the gap with leaders Walsall at the top of the Pontins League to just three points.

The teams meet next week at the Lyme Valley Stadium in a fixture which could have a big say in the final destiny of the title.

The Potters began strongly and Chris Iwelumo almost opened the scoring on 17 minutes when he headed narrowly wide from Commons' cross.

Commons then teed up Wayne Teague whose curling effort from 18 yards went just wide.

Combe kept out a 20-yard Commons free-kick and Commons had strong penalty appeals turned down just before the break when he was brought down.

Greenacre almost broke through with an overhead kick from a Clint Hill free-kick before finally making his mark, and once ahead City rarely looked like losing the initiative.

Commons' free-kick put the result beyond doubt, and Greenacre went close again before, in the dying minutes, Chris Sanna made his one important save of the match to keep out Tom Penford's shot.

City: Chris Sanna, Brian Wilson (Carl Dickinson 84), Steve Jones, Clint Hill, Richard Keogh, Jay Denny, Wayne Teague, Andy Wilkinson, Chris Iwelumo, Chris Greenacre, Kris Commons. Subs: Carl Dickinson.