Bradford City Join the Top FA Cup Giant-Killers After 4-2 Win at Chelsea

If anyone tells you the FA Cup has lost its romance, the date Jan. 24, 2015, will be proof they are wrong.

Premier League champions Manchester City were beaten at home by second-tier Middlesbrough. Sorry, make that outclassed by second-tier Middlesbrough.

However, one of the biggest upsets ever in the famous old competition came at Stamford Bridge, where Premier League leaders Chelsea saw a two-goal lead eclipsed by Bradford City of League One.

The Bantams eventually ran out 4-2 winners in west London to create another fairytale, with goalscorers Jon Stead, Filipe Morais, Andy Halliday and Mark Yeates set to join some illustrious names in the FA Cup Hall of Fame.

Sutton United vs. Coventry, 1989

Arguably the biggest FA Cup upset came in 1989, when Sutton United were paired with Coventry City.

The Sky Blues were playing well in the old First Division, now the Premier League, and had lifted the trophy just 18 months earlier.

However, goals from Tony Rains and Matthew Hanlan ensured that the pair and Sutton would become folk heroes of English football after a 2-1 win at Gander Green Lane.

Wrexham vs. Arsenal, 1992

Arsenal were the defending league champions when they travelled to north Wales in the FA Cup third round in 1992.

Their opponents at the Racecourse, Wrexham, were struggling at the foot of the old Fourth Division. There was only one result, surely?

No. Alan Smith might have given the Gunners the lead, but the Welsh team hit back with a fierce Mickey Thomas free-kick and a winner from Steve Watkin.

Hereford United vs. Newcastle, 1972

Hereford United were playing their trade in the old Southern League when they were paired with top-flight Newcastle United in the FA Cup in 1972.

The Bulls produced a superb display at St James's Park to earn a 2-2 draw and a lucrative replay at their own Edgar Street ground. But lightning surely couldn't strike twice, could it?

Newcastle took the lead, but Hereford proved the world of football wrong as a superb Ronnie Radford strike from distance and a Ricky George winner overturned the Geordies.

Shrewsbury Town vs. Everton, 2003

Everton arrived in Shropshire as a Premier League side with FA Cup ambitions and left on the wrong end of a giant-killing.

Shrewsbury Town, which were languishing at the foot of League Two, were managed by legendary Goodison Park captain Kevin Ratcliffe, but few expected the former defender to be celebrating his own team's win over his old employers.

Former Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest striker Nigel Jemson scored twice in a 2-1 win as David Moyes' Everton, including a young Wayne Rooney, were sent packing.

Liverpool vs. Bolton Wanderers, 1993

Liverpool might not have been the force they once were in the Graeme Souness era, but they still represented a major name in world football.

Third-tier Bolton Wanderers had also fallen from the team which regularly played among the elite in the days of Nat Lofthouse but were looking for a resurgence.

In January 1993, after earning a creditable 2-2 draw in the first game at Burnden Park, the Trotters stunned the Reds and the rest of football with a 2-0 win at Anfield, where John McGinlay and Andy Walker scored for Bruce Rioch's underdogs.