Fourth-tier Bradford City continued their extraordinary League Cup journey by upsetting Premier League Aston Villa 3-1 in the first leg of their semi-final on Tuesday.
Nahki Wells, Rory McArdle and Carl McHugh scored for the hosts at a raucous Valley Parade, with Andreas Weimann replying for Villa, as the Yorkshire club closed on a first major final since their FA Cup success in 1911.
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Bradford have already accoun-ted for Wigan Athletic and Arsen-al in this season's competition and are bidding to become the first team from the English fourth division to reach the League Cup final since Rochdale in 1962.
Result:
Bradford: 3 Aston Villa: 1
N Wells: 19 A Weimann: 82
R McArdle: 77
C McHugh: 88
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