In December 2012, Bradford City, a team that cost less than £10K to assemble, and then in danger of dropping out of the football league, wrote one of the most romantic chapters in the history of British sport when they met Arsenal, one of the elites of the game, in a competitive fixture.The game represented not only a collision of football extremes, but economic circumstance. For Bradford, the contest symbolised a broader north-south divide. So, led by former supermarket-shelf-stacker turned striker James Hanson, they set out to achieve the impossible. New Episode every MondayStoryCast '21: Using the timeframe of the last 21-years, Sky News returns to some of this century's biggest news stories, using the focus of extraordinary personal stories, defined by these events. CREDITSA Football Fairy Tale was written and produced by Rob MulhernOriginal idea - Joe Rawson, Sky News Radio Sports EditorSpecial thanks to our contributors, James Hanson, Tim Thornton and Carl Smith.Additional recordings and digital by Tom Gillespie.Archive, Simon WindsorSound design, Rob MulhernTV treatment, Gemma WatsonTV output editor, Emily DeekerHead of Radio, Sky News, Dave Terris Design and graphics, Brian GillinghamSocial media, Chris ScottPress and Marketing, Alexandra HortonEmail: [email protected] more on this story log on to www.skynews/storycast21#StoryCast21

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