700k Facebook likes from Webley

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Delirious ... Bradford City fans are on top of the world. Source:AAP

A Melbourne man has started a Facebook campaign so he can see Bradford City play in the League Cup final.

David Bowers, originally from Bradford, wants to make the League Cup game on February 24 against Swansea but his wife will only let him go if he gets a million Facebook 'likes'. 

"I'm originally from Bradford and now live in Melbourne, Australia, but I have been a City fan for as long as I can remember, please help me get to Wembley just like our awesome BRADFORD CITY!!!!!,'' he wrote on Facebook.

Mr Bowers currently has about 300,000 Facebook likes and has been helped by the media, including the Telegraph in London, running stories on his plight.

Delirious ... Bradford City fans are on top of the world.

He says whether Bradford wins, loses or draws he wants to be there to see 'history in the making.'

"After reading so many comments regarding 'save my money', Swansea are going to win. This is not about getting to Wembley to see BRADFORD CITY win, but more for the fact that in years to come I will be able to look back and say I was there when Bradford went to a CUP FINAL," he wrote.

Bradford City's players struggled to suppress their amazement after pulling off an astonishing 4-3 aggregate win over English Premier League club Aston Villa to reach the League Cup final.

Bradford, from English football's fourth division and with a squad assembled for barely 7,500 pounds ($A11,400), had already eliminated Arsenal and Wigan Athletic earlier in the competition and they stood on the brink of the final after winning 3-1 in the first leg.

They were made to endure a nervy finish at Villa Park, however, with Andreas Weimann's 89th-minute goal taking Villa to within one goal of forcing extra time before the final whistle sounded to confirm Bradford's ticket to Wembley.

FA Cup winners in 1911, Bradford have not reached a major final since and will become the first fourth-tier club since Rochdale in 1962 to grace a League Cup final.

Given that the Bantams were quoted at odds of 10,000-1 to win the tournament at the start of the season, their giant-killing run represents one of the most remarkable achievements in English football history.

"This is dreamland," said goalkeeper Matt Duke, whose razor-sharp reflexes played a pivotal part in Bradford's success over the two legs.

"Hopefully we will have a great following at Wembley and do the club proud. I am not convinced it will ever sink in.

"You dream of this as a kid, playing at Wembley, and like I say, I just want to do the club proud." 

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