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Carabao Cup · 2026/27

Bradford City Carabao Cup fixtures and results 2026/27

Bradford City's 2012/13 League Cup campaign is remembered for reaching Wembley from the fourth tier. Penalty wins and a two-legged semi-final made the route unusually dramatic. Follow the Bantams' current fixtures above, then explore why losing a match at Villa Park still produced one of the club's great cup celebrations.

UK kick-off times · GMT / BSTUpdated twice daily · Last fixture check: 14 Nov 2026, 18:00 GMT
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Bradford City: cup campaign

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Bradford City’s next listed Carabao Cup match is Manchester City v Bradford City, Quarter-finals, on Tue 15 Dec 2026 at 20:00 GMT.

Bradford City fixtures, results and UK TV

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Hanson's goal protected Bradford's aggregate advantage

Bradford lost 2–1 at Aston Villa on 22 January 2013 but won the semi-final 4–3 on aggregate. The second-leg defeat and overall victory are both correct. A 3–1 home win had given the Bantams an advantage to defend before the trip to Villa Park.

Christian Benteke scored for Villa in the 24th minute, but James Hanson equalised in the 55th. Andreas Weimann's late goal won the match for Villa without overturning Bradford's aggregate lead. Hanson's intervention was therefore crucial to the shape of the tie.

The celebrations make sense only when the two legs are read together. A results line that stops at Villa 2–1 Bradford hides who reached Wembley. The match report and the combined score answer different questions, and both deserve a place in any account of the campaign.

The road included two very different penalty victories

Bradford began by beating Notts County 1–0, Watford 2–1 and Burton Albion 3–2. A goalless away tie at Wigan was then settled 4–2 on penalties. Arsenal followed in the quarter-final: a 1–1 draw at home led to another shoot-out, which Bradford won 3–2.

Those two penalty results should not be added to the match scores. Wigan and Arsenal were eliminated through separate shoot-outs, after different drawn games. The Aston Villa semi-final was then decided on aggregate instead, giving the run three distinct ways of progressing.

Swansea won the Wembley final 5–0. That final result is part of the record, alongside the victories that brought Bradford there. Following the opponents in order preserves the achievement of reaching the showpiece without changing the outcome of the final itself.

Bradford's Wembley run explained

How did Bradford progress after losing at Villa Park?

Their 3–1 first-leg win meant the 2–1 away defeat still left them ahead 4–3 on aggregate. The semi-final was decided across both matches.

Which teams did Bradford beat on penalties?

Wigan in the fourth round and Arsenal in the quarter-final. The shoot-out scores were 4–2 and 3–2 respectively.

Who scored Bradford's second-leg goal against Villa?

James Hanson scored in the 55th minute. His equaliser came between Benteke's opener and Weimann's late goal, helping preserve Bradford's overall advantage.

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