 Bullock scored in consecutive league games as Bradford won four of their first six games, but strained the medial ligament in his knee in a game at Shrewsbury Town on 27 September.He returned to action after three months out injured when he played the first half of a reserve game against his former side Hartlepool on 16 December.His return to first team action came more than a month later on 24 January 2009, when he was a 77th-minute substitute for fellow midfielder Dean Furman in a 3–3 draw at Luton Town, before he made his first start for four months three days later in a 1–0 defeat away to his former side Bury.