Chelsea F.C. 2–4 Bradford City A.F.C.
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The 2014–15 FA Cup fourth round match between Chelsea and Bradford City was played on 24 January 2015 at Stamford Bridge in West London. The match is considered not only one of the biggest FA Cup upsets in history, but also one of the most dramatic comebacks in the history of the competition, with Bradford City winning 4–2 away, despite being 2–0 down after 38 minutes.[1][2][3] In December 2019 readers of Bradford-based newspaper Telegraph & Argus voted it Bradford City's best match of the 2010s.[4]
Event | 2014–15 FA Cup fourth round proper | ||||||
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Date | 24 January 2015 | ||||||
Venue | Stamford Bridge, London | ||||||
Referee | Andre Marriner (Birmingham) | ||||||
Attendance | 41,014 |
Chelsea were leading 2–0 after 38 minutes with goals from Gary Cahill and Ramires before Jon Stead scored in the 41st minute to make it 2–1 at half-time. However, Bradford City staged a second half comeback as Filipe Morais, Andy Halliday, and Mark Yeates each scored a goal (including one in stoppage time) to help Bradford City win the game 2–4, thus allowing the Bantams to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time in 18 years. It also ended Chelsea's hopes of winning a quadruple that season.[5][6] The match became Chelsea's first home loss that season, and the first time they had conceded three goals at home to a lower division side in the FA Cup since their 1991 third round match against Oxford United.
At the time, Chelsea were at the top of the table in the Premier League and Bradford City were 6th in League One, meaning there were 49 places between the two clubs. Bradford City entered the competition in the first round and went through to the fourth round after winning a replay against Millwall 4–0 at home.[7]
The 2014–15 FA Cup Fourth round is known as one of the most eventful in recent times. Only one of the then "big six" teams in England won at the first attempt which was Arsenal who beat then-Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion away 3–2. Arsenal went on to win the competition. On that same day, then-defending Premier League champions Manchester City also lost their fourth-round match at home by a margin of 2 against then-Championship side, Middlesbrough.[8] Leicester City who were struggling with poor form going into the match, beat Tottenham at White Hart Lane. Meanwhile, Manchester United and Liverpool had been held to 0–0 draws with then-League Two clubs Cambridge United and Championship Bolton Wanderers respectively, forcing replays (which they won 3–0 and 2–1 respectively).[9]