Bradford City Beats Aston Villa, Is First Fourth-Division Team To Reach League Cup Final Since 1962

League Two side Bradford City cruised to a 3-1 win in its home match of the League Cup semifinal tie against Aston Villa two weeks ago, but most observers expected the Claret and Blue to put up, at the very least, a 2-0 win in today's Villa Park rematch to advance to the League Cup final. After all, Villa is (by definition, if not recent play) a Premiership side, and Bradford City a middle-of-the-road fourth-division team. They barely belong on the same pitch together. More