Chelsea 2 Bradford City 2

2-3 Bradford

2-3

Bradford lead 3-2 !!!

1.01 busted big time on Chelski when they were 2 up, unbelievable scenes.

Slippy, if you come to Bradford I'll collect that bottle you promised.

With Man Utd drawing, Chelsea losing and Man City losing there will hardly be an acca landed anywhere. Bookie bonanza results.

I had 9 from 10 last week I don't think I have any this week

Erm, I drank it at Christmas

However should I ever find myself in Bradford I shall certainly get something organised for you. Bearing in mind I've got absolutely no idea where Bradford is and you are the only person I have any connection with oop there the chances are big odds against. (I sent you a pm the other day, check your inbox kenny.)

oh right, cheers. As I said before I never or hardly ever glance up to "new messages".

7 minutes extra time at Stamford Bridge

7 mins added time ffs!!

7 mins injury time at Chelsea

even Leicester winning, could be palace's year slippy

2-4  lol

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Incredible results B-B, literally tens of thousands of accas on the floor.

I think Bradford and M'boro have broken the internet

Boro winning 2-0 at Champions Man City .......and it will be the second game on MOTD .....unbelievable

I don't remember having a weekend like this where every selection has gone t1ts up

Dan Blocker (nap)

Chelsea 2 Bradford 4
Man City 0 Midlesboro 2
Spurs 1 Leicester 2
Southampton 2 Palace 3

A tenner acca on the aways would have been sweet.

oops, ignore that pm Slippy, better attempt to follow.

Well done Bradford

would have paid £97k slippy

proper reply sent, Slippy.

Shows how seriously the big clubs take the FA CUP

Got it kenny, cheers.

ok, let the fun begin.

Bravo Bradford.

The bookies have had a memorable day.

Sir Ken will be cheering I would imagine, alun. A supporter in his early years, I believe.

Heartwarming news indeed. Let's hope he'll be able to celebrate tonight with a Morrisons roast chicken and nicely buttered Morrisons Tiger Baps.

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Shows how seriously the big clubs take the FA CUP

Chelsea fielded a very strong side, so you're wrong there.

Has Moronio declared a fatwa on the referee yet?

ha ha, I would imagine he's a Waitrose man.

ha ha, alun *

had a small fortune to collect on 3-2

only to see the bet somehow disappear into thin air

2-1
2-2
2-3
2-4

trouble with football betting , bugger all happens most of the time in the average game  -most games mind numbingly eventless

- then all hell breaks loose in a few minutes every so often - frustrating grrrr

watford a prime example

eventless is actually a word btw before anyone pipes up

Shortage of 1-0's today Coach

yeah, i tend to lose on that scoreline Pumps   

i'm £129 down so far this month on the 1-0 /0-1 

Great guns Bradford

Coach

Is 3-2 the new 1-0

I had a tenner treble on Boro 10/1, Leicester 17/4 and Bolton 11/1.....woulda got £7k

Indeed Pumpy,,,,,I watched it on TV with my son, who is a big Liverpool fan....he had mixed emotions lol...but still wanted Liverpool to win

What a glorious day for Bradford.

The magic of the FA Cup still shines!

they played bloody well, Chelsea need to start searching for a replacement for JT when he retires

A completely deserved win by Bradford, just watched the highlights on MOTD and that was no fluke. Great stuff.

Thanks lads, I'll pass your messages on.

We can play some brilliant football at times. Take the win in the last round when we thumped Millwall 4-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8UyQREeT6k

Leicester's second goal to knock out the spuds is a doozy

Is that Urban Dictionary crap?

Erm, it's an Americanism kenny, shame on me

Palace should be on next.

Bradford could beat anyone if they play like that again, even the Hammers

Brdadford were brilliant pumps, a potential banana skin for you lot against Bristol City tomorrow afternoon. West ham @ 2.04, I'm tempted I must say as that looks big to me.

It's been a brilliant day for football today.

Well done all the 'minnows' who've really shown the 'big boys' how to play.

The mighty Eagles soon, Alan Pardew 4 wins out of 4 Away to Southampton looked a very difficult game but we played very well.

A great day indeed. And it even forced my hand to make an unexpected visit to the football forum to add my voice of sanity to the Stoke thread.

hahahaha Alun!

I'll have to take a look!

Pardew has come a long way since the "Pardew is a Muppet" banners that graced St Mary's earlier this season. I made good money flogging those.

5 goals in 30 bloody seconds of highlights

Just read your contribution on the Stoke Haters thread, Alun.

Very funny - as is Joci Club's precis of what happened in the Chelsea v Bradford match!

I'll check it out TT.

Was the Bradford win a bigger shock that Colchester 3-2 Leeds back in around '71 ?

Although I don't generally like female presenters on football programmes, and I am no fan of Gabby, she's doing a better job than Lineker imo, far more incisive and pertinent in her questioning of the 2 guys Jermaine and Robbie who have both done a good job, particularly Jermaine.

That was a massive shock, alun, I was distraught for a week.

I think because Chelsea are almost definitely the number one club in the Prem this year, Bradford's beating of them - from two behind, at Stamford Bridge 2-4 must surely be the greatest shock ever?

I wonder what Chelsea were trading at at 2-0 up? Surely a 1.01?

I'm too excited to sleep. I want to make some more banners about football managers who are muppets.

Quite a list to be getting on with after today's results. And I'll make sure they will be available in all good bookshops later this week. And a few bad ones too.

Kenny - yes that was a horrible boyhood day for me.

Tommy - thousands were done at 1.01 and upward. See Horse Racing forum thread about '1.01 in dire trouble' or similar.

of course 1.01, Tommy. would have traded at less if available.

I only missed about 10 home matches in the glory years, alun.

Nice. I was a long-distance fan in my boyhood days.

I saw them clinch the Division 1 (Premiership) title in '70 at Anfield by holding out for a 0-0. The reception they got at the Kop end was unbeleivably generous.

Without wishing to boast, with the fortune I made today laying Chelsea, I can at least surely achieve my lifetime's ambition. I can finally invite Mandy Rice Davies out for a slap-up dinner at Claridges, and take the precaution of booking a room too.

Sadly 5 weeks too late as you well know.

Someone had 44k at 1.01 on Chelsea apparently.

Assume they backed it back at 1.0x at 2-1 ?

Layed it back    FFS

probably several someones.

That Bradford game gave me  a real feelgood feeling, did not just win but were 2-0 down to the best team in the land & then score 4 goals, unreal, BUT it really annoyed me having that poll after asking is this the biggest cup upset of all time, & getting a 74% yes from so called voters all of whom were probably under 30 years of age.
I could post several bigger shocks but will just post Hereford non league part timers beating top division Newcastle.
Having polls like that really is mickey mouse TV imo, anyway rant over & not to take anything away from Bradford they were brilliant.

Good night

Yes pumpy, Chelsea made 9 changes but still fielded a team with massive first team experience. However the Ronnie Radford goal instantly sprang to mind in that great Hereford win and that team performance was better imo. If you look back in history the Bradford win would probably just sneak in the top 10 upsets.

Colchester 3, Leeds 2, as mentioned above was probably a greater upset. 3 divisions apart and Leeds fielding their top strength side if memory serves.

and here it is. 44 years ago ffs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuVilFJ9NoU

2-4 to get 2-6

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That Bradford game gave me  a real feelgood feeling, did not just win but were 2-0 down to the best team in the land & then score 4 goals, unreal, BUT it really annoyed me having that poll after asking is this the biggest cup upset of all time, & getting a 74% yes from so called voters all of whom were probably under 30 years of age.
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you're probably right pumps ,a lot of under 30s swaying the votes

however -

recently non league Luton beat top flight Norwich away,although a makeshift Norwich team. - so in terms of league difference that eclipses yesterday . But that doesn't account for a lot .

I think most folks reasoning is that Chelsea are way beyond average Premier league ,material - they're like Premier league plus  - also, the Chelsea team of today would wipe the floor with the old 70s Leeds side ,possibly by 3 or 4-0  , teams are MUCH more professional now and sourced from wider afield ,whereas lower league teams are still working on pretty much the old framework  .
Plus as Canny/Tommy  mentioned , they scored 4 after being 2 down .

So yes,yesterdays result was  the biggest ever  and probably by some distance - the only thging that takes the shine off it though is commitment .

were Chelsea commited enough in the same way Leeds ,Coventry or Newcastle  might have been all those years ago  ?

As for Wimbledon v Liverpool ,what the fook are BBC on ?  Wimbledon were a decent top flight team ,not a non league side .

We have to agree to disagree on this one Coach.
Take Leeds in 1971 best team in the land without a doubt, winners in 72 finalists in 70 beaten by a 4th Division team, sorry that beats Chelsea second team I agree a very decent second team being beaten by  a team two leagues lower & I wont go into Hereford a team over 100 places lower than Newcastle all of who worked outside football for a living, but that's my opinion others will surely disagree.

Be lucky

total goals in the three cup games today lay 8 or more at odds on, all look cagey to me & perhaps a shortage of goals

Words fail me when I keep hearing year-after-year, decade-after-decade, that the Wimbledon 1988 FA Cup Final win was one of the biggest acts of giant-killing of all time.

Memo to cretinous football media pundits : Wimbledon finished 7th in the First Division that season. They weren't even a lower division side, like when Sunderland beat Leeds in '73, or West Ham beating Arsenal in 1980. The 1988 result WASN'T any real shock.

Please end this tedious nonsense.  And please STOP the lies that the Wimbledon team of that era were a laugh-a-minute, cheery, cuddly, loveable 'men of the people' sorts. They weren't, as the recent BT Sport documentary revealed, lest anyone had forgotten. (Personally I'd have crossed the road to avoid some/most of them). The documentary is free  on Youtube if anyone needs a reminder.

West Ham beating Arsenal in 1980.
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that West Ham team was probably the 3rd or 4th best in the land even though they were a second division team - it wasn't a great shock when they won the final - a little bit like the Boro league cup final team in 98 with Merson etc plying their trade in the second flight .

Pumpy lad -  no disrespect to the 70s teams they were very good , but the bar has been raised a lot since then.

Bear in mind that it was pretty much a UK domiciled league in that era ,these days the best 200 or so UK players play outside the top flight anyway - they have no choice .

Then add the extra levels of skill -it was a more physical game years ago i believe  . So that very good Leeds side would probably be battling it out in the Championship  today .

alun - have to agree with everything else you mentioned though

most of the best 300 or so i should have said 

Hereford as a non league side would probably be at the same level maybe ,  yes ?

great win Kenny, I meet some of the players last week at the holiday inn taunton, nice bunch,had a quick chat with billy Clarke,nice to see he played just 4 a few minutes so he told me he had just come back from injury, down side I lost £20 on them to beat yeovil and then they beat chelsea

Same level as what Coach, Hereford could not even be class as a 5th division side no conference then the Southern league was on a par with the Northern Premier League.
Also you cannot compare a side from 40 years ago to how they would perform playing a team of today, its like saying would the 1936 Derby winner beat the 2014 Derby winner, probably not due to  improved breeding & training techniques nothing to do with ability at that given time.

It's always contentious comparing old with new esp with sport .

A bit like comparing a new car with one from 1974  - one would expect improvements  as time goes on in performance ,fuel economy ,safety,comfort etc as money is spent on research etc , and with all the money in todays football the game has changed out of all recognition.

Its more than just a sport now -  millions spent on  fitness gurus,trainers , psycologysts ,counselling  - training breaks in feckin Abu dhabi or wherever.

I still remember the time when preparation for some players was a trip to the bookies

it's not an ability thing ,it's simply as stated above .

Money has changed the game -it's not even the English premier league really -  that's been added as a glamourpuss league .

The top English league really is the Championship or bottom 6 of the EPL .

Really enjoyed watching Bradford & Boro  on MOTD

You do wonder though , is it the Premier League pampered superstars & clubs are not interested in the FA Cup or is it the lower league players showing that week in week out they fail miserably to perform within a million miles of yesterday ....no idea what is the answer.

Two seasons ago my team Oldham  (17th in div 1) beat Liverpool , Suarez , Sturridge & Sterling . We had been awful all season , yet  come the superstars & tv cameras & hey presto we looked like a Premier League Team ....

a bit of both 626

you have to use a bit of psychology with this lot 


players are like children  - they love showing off , look ta me type personality in the main so cameras play a huge part for one ,as do big crowds

Well done to West Ham. It has been a great weekend for kenny mann, pumps and myself.

Come on Stoke. Let's get 4 chit chatters sides in the last 16.

good start