My favourite game: Chelsea v Bradford City, 2015 FA Cup | Aaron Bower

18 April 2020 10:15
It was pure pandemonium in the Stamford Bridge away end as Bradford pulled off one of the great modern-day upsetsAdrenaline is a funny thing. When all hell broke loose in the away end at Stamford Bridge at around 4.48pm on Saturday 24 January 2015, nobody associated with Bradford City wanted to stop and draw breath. Mark Yeates had just completed perhaps the greatest FA Cup upset in modern-day history and talk was already turning to the almighty party that would be happening in West Yorkshire when the 6,000-strong away support returned up the M1.The list of pubs and clubs we were planning to descend upon that evening was endless. Bradford would have never seen a party like it. But as we sat down for our first pint at around 10pm, the adrenaline had escaped us. The journey had taken its toll, and all we could do was think of bed. Physically and emotionally exhausted, but still in a sense of complete disbelief at what had happened that afternoon. Related: Bradford’s defeat of Chelsea: a cup giant-killing to rival the very best Continue readingreadfullarticle

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