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Bradford co-chairman Lawn still getting to grips of Arsenal shock

Bradford City co-chairman Mark Lawn is still getting to grips with their giantkilling of Arsenal in the Capital One Cup.

League Two Bradford are now only two semi-final legs away from a dream final.

Lawn told the Daily Express: "When I saw the side (Arsenal) put out I thought we were going to get hammered but the lads did brilliant."

He went on: "We were a fourth division club up against a Champions League team - because that's what Arsenal were last night - and what our lads did was quite amazing. I have been a Bradford fan all my life - I'm probably the only chairman with a tattoo of the club on my arm.

"I went to my first match in 1964 when I was four, and last night ranks up there with the greatest in our history. Given the gulf between the sides it has to be up there. We've only one player who cost a fee, and that was James Hanson for £7,500.

"Phil Parkinson got his tactics absolutely perfect. We have to give a big shout out to all the management team, in fact to everybody, right down to the cleaning lady."

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