Lifelong Bantams fan Percy Moorhouse is as old as his beloved club.

Today he is celebrating his 100th birthday - in the same year that Bradford City Football Club reaches its own centenary.

And to mark the occasion he was given a special claret and amber shirt by the club with his age and name emblazoned on the back.

Mr Moorhouse, of Heaton, has followed his team closely since he was a boy and says he remembers the 1911 FA Cup victory like it was yesterday.

"I was in Manningham Lane and watched the team bring back the Cup - it was very exciting," he said.

Division One City beat Newcastle United 1-0 in the Cup Final replay at Manchester United's Old Trafford ground.

The winning goal was scored by skipper Jimmy Spiers.

And the cup was also made by Bradford jewellery company Fattorini and Sons.

"They were a great team and my favourite players were Dickie Bond and Jock Young," said the father-of-two, who has eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was celebrating today with his family at his favourite pub, the Dog and Gun, in Oxenhope, and his favourite tipple, a pint of Timothy Taylor's Landlord .

"My father and grandfather took me to my first game when I was about seven and I was hooked," he said.

A former season-ticket holder, Mr Moorhouse said he still avidly followed the club but could no longer make the trip to Valley Parade.

Paula Clayton, PA to City's managing director Shaun Harvey, said the club was honoured to give Mr Moorhouse the special shirt.

"We wish him all the best as he's our oldest fan," she said.

A retired firefighter, Mr Moorhouse worked during the Second World War covering the blitz in Sheffield, Hull and Bradford. He later worked as a builder with Edgar Gadie, in Bradford, until he retired just before he turned 65.

Born in Toller Lane, he went to Belle Vue School. A widower, he was married to Susan for 70 years before she died six years ago.