Furious Bantams fans have slammed a style survey that labels them fashion failures.

The poll results have branded Bradford City supporters as being some of the worst-dressed in the country.

It says Bantam supporters spend hardly any money on trendy clothes, drink unfashionable drinks, do not visit chic holiday destinations and listen to the wrong type of music.

The survey, carried out for Match of the Day Magazine and Burton's menswear shop, has placed City fans 99th in the fashion league - beating only Wolves, Leicester and West Bromwich Albion out of the 102 English and Scottish league clubs judged.

West Ham topped the chart as the country's coolest club, while city's arch rivals Leeds were a cut above the rest at 11th.

But the City faithful have poured scorn on the findings, saying the report is none too smart.

And to prove City can be stylish, Lenny Berry, Bradford's own City Gent mascot, spruced up in evening dress to show you don't have to be scruffy to support City.

Lenny said: "I've certainly proved that City is stylish today. I think this survey is a load of old bull.

"I know a lot of people who go to City and dress fashionably. A lot of people wear City colours to show their support for the club. You want good loyal fans like that.

"How can they say we go to unfashionable holiday resorts when our lads went to St Kitts last year?"

The survey, which interviewed 1,200 fans from 102 clubs in the Premiership, Nationwide leagues and Scottish Premiership, states that the average Bradford fan likes to wear garish polo shirts and cheap jeans to the match and would rather listen to Dolly Parton than the latest chart sounds.

However, strangest of all the survey's findings is that City fans would rather have a cocktail before a match than a pint of lager!

City's marketing manager Chris Gilliver said: "I think it's a lot of nonsense. A lot of our supporters are good northern lads who know how to dress well and go out looking good. I don't know anyone who would have a cocktail before a match.

"I don't know who they have asked for this survey but I think there must have been a mix-up somewhere. They have obviously confused us with Leeds United fans!"

And City Gent fanzine editor Dave Pendleton said: "It's absolute rubbish. It's just all stereotypes. They think that all Northerners are scruffy. I suppose they think paying £3 for an alcopop is fashionable. I'd rather have a pint."

But Bradford College fashion student and City fan Danny Greig, 17, agreed that Bantams fans were not the most stylish.

He said: "People in Bradford aren't fashionable. They should go to Leeds and see what people there are wearing."

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