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Parkinson angry Bradford Cup tie not on TV screens

Bradford City boss Phil Parkinson has slammed TV execs for blanking their FA Cup tie with Sunderland.

More than 24,000 are expected to witness Bradford's attempts to add another Premier League scalp to their recent run.

Despite the League One club breathing life into this year's competition with their 4-2 win over Premier League leaders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge three weeks ago, they were overlooked by both the BBC and BT Sport for fifth-round live coverage.

Parkinson said: "I really felt we should have been on the telly. We don't want to give the impression that we are getting carried away but the £247,000 at stake is a lot of money in terms of it as a percentage of our budget."

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