With their tails up, the Bantams surged forward and earned themselves a corner.
"He's come on a reduced wage, so thank you to Sheffield United for that, " Bantams manager Stuart McCall told BBC Radio Leeds.
But the striker failed to take advantage when he mis-kicked from the right side of the box after getting round the Bantams defence.
The school will be located close to Bradford City's ground, in the former Bradford City shop and Bantams Business Centre at Valley Parade.
David Bowers hopes to travel 10, 000 miles (16, 090 km) from his home in Melbourne, Australia, to see the Bantams in February's League Cup final.
The 32-year-old, who spent two years at Tranmere previously, has signed a two-year deal after his Bantams deal was cancelled by mutual consent last week.
As recently as 2001, the Bantams were a Premier League outfit.
Despite not playing as well as he believed he could have done for Bradford, McLaren is thankful to have had the opportunity to play for the Bantams.
Newcastle looked beaten while Bradford looked for more goals, and Ferguson received a barracking from Bantams crowd after missing a clear-cut opportunity to bring the scores to 2-1.
He ended last season at Walsall - his 16th club - after being loaned out by the Bantams and left Valley Parade at the end of the 2005-2006 campaign.
And the Bantams' bright start was obliterated less than a minute later when Alan Rogers' corner from the opposite side was nodded down by Frank Sinclair and back-heeled home by Matt Elliott.
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