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Lifelong Newcastle fan who made his way up to be a goalscoring Bradford hero can fulfil a dream in the Carabao Cup after returning from an ACL injury
There was euphoria from all associated with Bradford City last month when the League One leaders were handed a Carabao Cup third-round tie at the holders, Newcastle United. But there was one man in particular whose self-professed screaming could have likely been heard all across the north-east.
Not since their days as a Premier League club have Bradford made the trip up the A1 and when they last faced Newcastle, in December 2000, Andy Cook was a 10-year-old Newcastle fanatic who had grown up idolising Alan Shearer. On Wednesday, at the age of 34, Cook will at last fulfil a childhood dream of playing at St James? Park, one he thought had passed him by.
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There was euphoria from all associated with Bradford City last month when the League One leaders were handed a Carabao Cup third-round tie at the holders, Newcastle United. But there was one man in particular whose self-professed screaming could have likely been heard all across the north-east.
Not since their days as a Premier League club have Bradford made the trip up the A1 and when they last faced Newcastle, in December 2000, Andy Cook was a 10-year-old Newcastle fanatic who had grown up idolising Alan Shearer. On Wednesday, at the age of 34, Cook will at last fulfil a childhood dream of playing at St James? Park, one he thought had passed him by.
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