- Josh Cullen and Bradford City will soon travel to Wembley for a place in the Championship for next season
- The Bantams held Fleetwood Town to a goalless draw on Sunday having beaten them 1-0 in the opening leg at Valley Parade
- Cullen played the full extent of both legs and will be key to Bradford’s success in the capital on 20 May
Josh Cullen – a season-long star on loan at Bradford City this season – helped the Bantams reach the League One play-off final on Sunday night with a goalless draw at Fleetwood Town.
Stuart McCall’s men travelled to Lancashire knowing a draw would be enough for them to reach Wembley having beaten Uwe Rosler’s team 1-0 at Valley Parade in the first leg.
Cullen was awarded Man of the Match in that clash, and he again impressed on Sunday, having a couple of opportunities to himself extend the Yorkshiremen’s lead.
The stalemate at Highbury was enough, however, and Bradford will now prepare to face Millwall – who beat Scunthorpe United 3-2 away from home to go through – for a place in the Championship next season.
That all-important clash will take place in just under two weeks’ time, on Saturday 20 May at Wembley Stadium.
Also in play-off action on Sunday was goalkeeper Sam Howes, on loan at National League South side Hampton and Richmond Borough.
The Beavers faced Ebbsfleet for a place in the final, but knew the task on their hands was a big one having lost the opening leg 2-1 at home to United.
And It wasn’t to be for Borough, who again went down 2-1 to eventually crash out of the semis 4-2 on aggregate.
Ebbsfleet will face Chelmsford City for a place in the National League division for the 2017/18 campaign.
Finally, Enner Valencia was a second half substitute for Everton as they were beaten 1-0 by Swansea City at the weekend.
The Ecuadorian played the final 25 minutes for the Toffees, who were by then already one down thanks to Fernando Llorente’s first half strike which turned out to be the vital winner for Paul Clement’s side.
Swansea overtook Hull City, who were beaten by Sunderland, with the win to climb out of the relegation zone.