Capital One Cup
September 25, 2012
Bradford City
3 - 2
Burton Albion
Capital One Cup
18:45 +00:00, September 25, 2012
Coral Windows Stadium, England
Referee: N Miller
Darby delight as Bantams hit back
Scoring Summary
| Bradford City | Burton Albion |
|---|---|
| Nahki Wells (83') | Billy Kee (18') |
| Nahki Wells (90') | Aaron Webster (29') |
| Stephen Darby (115') |
Teams
| Bradford City | Burton Albion |
|---|---|
| 12 Matt Duke | 13 Stuart Tomlinson |
| 23 Rory McArdle | 4 Nathan Stanton |
| 3 James Meredith | 3 Aaron Webster |
| 2 Stephen Darby | 5 Alexander Diamond |
| 5 Andrew Davies | 20 Anthony O'Connor |
| 4 Richard Ravenhill | 23 Lee Bell |
| 18 Gary Jones | 14 Damien McCrory |
| 11 Garry Thompson | 8 Robbie Weir |
| 14 Will Atkinson | 22 Jack Dyer |
| 17 Alan Connell | 29 Billy Kee |
| 20 Zavon Hines | 12 Adi Yussuf |
| Substitutes | |
| 1 Jon McLaughlan | Ross Atkins 1 |
| 6 Luke Oliver | Andrew Corbett 2 |
| 16 Carl McHugh | Cleveland Taylor 7 |
| 24 Nathan Doyle | Matthew Palmer 15 |
| 7 Kyel Reid | Justin Richards 9 |
| 9 James Hanson | Matthew Paterson 18 |
| 21 Nahki Wells | |
| Substitutions | |
| Kyel Reid for Richard Ravenhill (60) | Andrew Corbett for Nathan Stanton (46) |
| James Hanson for Alan Connell (61) | Cleveland Taylor for Billy Kee (66) |
| Nahki Wells for Zavon Hines (61) | Matthew Paterson for Adi Yussuf (80) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Alan Connell (53) | Robbie Weir (69) |
| Damien McCrory (76) | |
| Jack Dyer (78) | |
| Alexander Diamond (117) | |
| · Squads: Bradford City | Burton Albion | |
Stephen Darby fired Bradford into the last 16 of the Capital One Cup for the first time in 24 years with a goal five minutes from the end of extra-time to crown a dramatic 3-2 comeback.
The all-League Two third round tie looked set for a penalty shootout when Darby - a close-season signing from Liverpool - picked up the ball 30 yards from goal and beat diving Burton goalkeeper Stuart Tomlinson with a low right-foot shot - his first goal for the club.
Earlier, two goals in the last six minutes by Bradford's Bermuda international striker Nahki Wells sent the tie into extra-time after the visitors had led 2-0.
Burton went ahead after 18 minutes when Jack Dyer whipped a low cross in from the right and Billy Kee scored with a superb first-time shot from 15 yards and increased their lead 11 minutes later.
Goalkeeper Matt Duke turned away Lee Bell's shot and Aaron Webster scored with a header from Bell's corner. Bradford skipper Gary Jones headed the ball away from under the crossbar, but the linesman ruled it had crossed the line.
Bradford came close to scoring a minute before half-time when Stuart Tomlinson dived full-length to keep out defender Rory McArdle's header, while striker Garry Thompson wasted a good opportunity when he was left with only the keeper to beat.
The visitors endured several narrow escapes as Bradford dominated the second half and the home side earned their reward when left-back James Meredith threaded the ball through to Wells to score with a left-foot shot into the corner.
Wells then equalised a minute from the end of normal time, turning the ball into the net from close range after the Burton defence failed to clear Jones' free-kick.