Bradford City 2-0 Aldershot Town: Greg Leigh's delectable chip and a Tony McMahon penalty helps Bantams into FA Cup second round

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Bradford City beat Aldershot Town 2-0 at their Coral Windows Stadium
Greg Leigh scored a lovely 61st minute chip in FA Cup first round replay
Tony McMahon then netted a penalty in the 76th minute for the home team
The Bantams will now host Chesham United for a place in the third round

Published: 18:43 EST, 18 November 2015 | Updated: 18:44 EST, 18 November 2015

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Having beaten National League outfit Aldershot Town 2-0 at their Coral Windows Stadium on Wednesday evening, Bradford City will now host Chesham United for a place in the FA Cup third round.

Phil Parkinson's League One side reached the tournament's quarter-finals last term but struggled to break down plucky Aldershot, who sit two divisions below them, in the first round replay.

But in front of a 2,930-strong crowd, the Bantams broke the deadlock just after the hour mark, and didn't look back.

Bradford City's Greg Leigh celebrates scoring his sensational chipped goal against Aldershot Town

Leigh is mobbed by his team-mates after netting in the 61st minute at the Coral Windows Stadium

Leigh sports a grin following his strike just after the hour mark which helped Bradford progress in the FA Cup

Leigh goes airborne after colliding with Aldershot's 27-year-old utility man, Sam Hatton

MATCH FACTS

BRADFORD CITY: Williams, Darby, McArdle, N Clarke, Leigh, McMahon, Liddle (Routis 81), Knott, Marshall, Hanson (B Clarke 59), Cole (James 70).

Subs not used: Morris, Reid, Mottley Henry, Cracknell.

Goals: Leigh 61, McMahon 76 (pen).

Booked: McArdle, Marshall.

ALDERSHOT TOWN: Smith, Alexander, Oliver, Beckles, McGinty, Walker, Stevenson, Lathrope (Browne 66), Hatton (Richards 84), Walker, Brodie.

Subs not used: Thomas, Gallagher, Barker.

Booked: Smith, Brodie.

Referee: Keith Hill.

Attendance: 2,930.

Former Manchester City Academy star Greg Leigh opened the scoring in the 61st minute, as he cut inside with a superb touch from left back before beating goalkeeper Phil Smith with a sublime chip.

Defender Tony McMahon's 76th minute penalty then doubled the home side's lead after a foul on Peterborough United loanee Luke James.

Bradford beat Chelsea 4-2 in a thrilling FA Cup fourth-round tie on January 24 and also defeated Premier League side Sunderland on their way to last season's sixth round.

It was the club's greatest FA Cup performance since 1976 and Parkinson will hope to replicate that kind of run during this campaign, starting with Southern League Premier Division side, Chesham united.

Chesham knocked League Two side Bristol Rovers out in the first round and will be looking for another upset, to be in with a chance of facing Premier League opposition in the third round.