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Long-range effort stuns the Bantams

FA CUP SECOND ROUND
By John Lyons
PROUD Peterborough manager Steve Evans hailed the ‘class’ of Ivan Toney after the striker’s wonder goal – and hat-trick – in an FA Cup second round replay thriller at Bradford City.
On a night of eight goals and penalty shoot-out drama, the lasting memory will be Toney’s opening goal on 18 minutes.
After being fouled, the forward quickly got to his feet and hit a peach of a free-kick from just inside the Bradford half that flew over keeper Ben Wilson and into the back of the net.
It was...

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