Capital One Cup final: Bradford City v Swansea City - in pictures
Not only is today the Capital One Cup final, it's also the 20th anniversary of the passing of Bobby Moore. A West Ham scarf has been draped in his memory on his statue at Wembley Photograph: Tom JenkinsThere are plenty of Bantams and Swans fans on Wembley WayPhotograph: Tom JenkinsFinal preparations on the pitch Photograph: Tom Jenkins
Michu arrives before kick-off and walks past an image of himself - wonder what tunes he's opted for?Photograph: Tom JenkinsSwansea manager Michael Laudrup strides out onto the pitchPhotograph: Tom JenkinsMore players with headphones, this time it's the Bradford team with Nathan Doyle leading the way to their dressing roomPhotograph: Tom JenkinsAn image of Bradford's captain Gary Jones, who will be 36 this year, hangs in a dining areaPhotograph: Tom JenkinsEnthusiastic Bradford fans gather outside the stadium. That little fella in the bottom right won't have a voice left for the match if he carries on like thisPhotograph: Tom JenkinsBradford's fans have come from far and wide to be herePhotograph: Tom JenkinsStruggling to know who this dapper chap is honouring? Swansea fans will recall with ease ... it's Robbie James, their long-standing midfielder of the 70s and 80sPhotograph: Tom JenkinsThe first celebrity arrives - it's Zippy of Rainbow famePhotograph: Tom JenkinsSwansea's players warm up in front of their fansPhotograph: Tom JenkinsBradford received special permission from the Football League to have two mascots for the final after a facebook campaign aimed at bringing their semi-final mascot Jake Turton, left, to the final. Brave cancer survivor Jake, 9, is accompanied by Ryan Siddall, 12, who won a gold medal in table tennis at last year's British Transplant Games after his dad donated him a kidney. The final will be the first time Ryan has led his City heroes outPhotograph: Tom JenkinsThe Bantams and their mascots line up before kick-off in front of a 82,597 crowd Photograph: Tom JenkinsFabrice Muamba is the guest of honour at today's gamePhotograph: Tom JenkinsThe two captains, Ashley Williams and Gary Jones, greet one another ahead of kick-offPhotograph: Tom JenkinsA view of the action from up highPhotograph: Tom JenkinsThe League Two team contain Swansea in the opening exchanges, here Nahki Wells looks to avoid a challenge from Ki Seung-YeungPhotograph: Tom JenkinsBut as they start to get the bit between their teeth and mount an attack, they get hit on the counter. Wayne Routledge tears through centrefield and finds Michu on the left of the area. He fires a low shot across Matt Duke, who gets a hand to it, but Nathan Dyer is following up and he rolls the ball into the empty netPhotograph: Tom JenkinsWhich causes celebration amongst the Swansea fansPhotograph: Tom JenkinsBradford's goalkeeper Matt Duke is coming under increasing pressurePhotograph: Tom JenkinsFive minutes before half-time the Swansea fans are celebrating again. Leon Britton threads a pass through Jones' legs from distance, finding Michu alone in the box on the left-hand side. He assesses the scene, reclines and flips a low, left-footed shot with impeccable geometry through a further set of legs, past Duke and into the netPhotograph: Tom JenkinsAs the half-time whistle goes and the Bradford players make their way back to the dressing room, Gary Jones has a quiet word in the ear of midfielder Will AtkinsonPhotograph: Tom JenkinsAny glimmer of hope that Bradford had at half-time disintegrates just two minutes into the second half as Nathan Dyer scores his second and Swansea's third with a curling strike from the edge of the boxPhotograph: Tom JenkinsBradford manager Phil Parkinson is going to have to work some major magic if his team are going to stage a comebackPhotograph: Tom JenkinsJust before the hour mark there's another speeding swooping Swansea move. Michu slides the ball through to Jonathan De Guzman who rounds Duke sending him the wrong way. The Bradford keeper's trailing legs trip the dutchmanPhotograph: Tom JenkinsThe referee points to the spot and produces a red card to send off the Bradford keeper for having denied Swansea a clear goal-scoring opportunityPhotograph: Tom JenkinsWhilst Bradford sort out a replacement keeper, there's a bit of an argy-bargy going on in the Swansea ranks over who will take the spot kick. Nathan Dyer is enraged that Jonathan De Guzman will not let him take the penalty and complete his hat-trick. To quote Barry Davies "Look at his face, just look at his face"Photograph: Tom JenkinsBradford's replacement goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin's first touch is picking the ball out of the net after De Guzman casually slams the ball into the bottom cornerPhotograph: Tom JenkinsDe Guzman celebrates with fellow goalscorer Michu, whilst Nathan Dyer is sulking out of shotPhotograph: Tom JenkinsGary Jones leads Bradford on a rare foray into their opponent's halfPhotograph: Tom JenkinsNathan Dyer is substituted and has a bit of a moan to Michael Laudrup about not being allowed to take the penalty before accepting his boss's congratulationsPhotograph: Tom JenkinsDyer's replacement Roland Lamah soon finds himself crowded out by two Bradford players, Stephen Darby and Nahki WellsPhotograph: Tom JenkinsIn the 86th minute Bradford get their first corner of the game, the Bradford's fans aren't giving up hope of a consolation goal yet. Unfortunatley for them Ashley Williams heads clearPhotograph: Tom JenkinsDuring injury time De Guzman slides in Angel Rangel's cross to notch his second and Swansea's fifth. The final whistle goes and Bradford's dream has ended and some of their players are in tearsPhotograph: Tom JenkinsSwansea's players form a guard of honour for Bradford's players as they return to the pitch having received their runners-up medalsPhotograph: Tom JenkinsSwansea's captain Ashley Williams lifts the trophy with club captain Garry Monk, cue wild celebrations amongst the Swansea fans at Wembley and in North GlamorganPhotograph: Tom JenkinsNathan Dyer collects his man-of-the-match award and shows off his winner's medalPhotograph: Tom JenkinsThe guard of honour is returned as Bradford's players congratulate Swansea'sPhotograph: Tom JenkinsSwansea bring the trophy down to the pitch and the champagne flowsPhotograph: Tom JenkinsWhilst the Bradford's players applaud their fans Photograph: Tom JenkinsMichael Laudrup hailed his team's League Cup final victory over Bradford City, which marked the Welsh club's centenary year with the first major trophy in their history, as the greatest achievement in his managerial career and "up there with the best things" he has experienced in footballPhotograph: Tom JenkinsBradford's players look despondent back in the changing room ...Photograph: Tom JenkinsNot even a slice of pizza can lift the moodPhotograph: Tom JenkinsHowever Bradford's manager Phil Parkinson does manage a small smile whilst talking to reporters after the matchPhotograph: Tom Jenkins
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