FA CUP legend Ronnie Radford is happy to share his pedestal with Bradford City’s Chelsea slayers.

Radford, forever famous for his spectacular long-range goal for Hereford against Newcastle, admits the Bantams were worthy winners of the competition’s giant-killing prize in his name.

The 71-year-old handed over the award to joint-chairman Mark Lawn, chief operating officer James Mason and City fans Ray Boyle and Mick Poulton at Wembley.

Mason said: “Being the iconic FA Cup figure he is, Ronnie was very gracious in understanding that his name may be usurped by the likes of Jon Stead, Andy Halliday, Mark Yeates and Filipe Morais.

“He’s still an active fan and keeps an eye on all football, especially the Yorkshire teams because he lives in Wakefield.

“He listened to the Chelsea game and saw the highlights and agreed it has to go down as one of the greatest FA Cup results ever. That’s no small beer coming from someone like Ronnie Radford.

“But he did joke that ‘I bet your players weren’t back at work the day after like us!’ The next day after his wonder goal, Ronnie was working as a joiner.”

The presentation took place during half-time at the FA Cup final. Lawn invited the supporters along to share in the club’s Stamford Bridge success because “the fans helped get us there, so they should be there to pick it up.”

Lifelong City fan Poulton said: “It was an absolutely outstanding day.

“We only had to stand there and shake hands and my heart was pounding, especially when we could see ourselves on the giant screen. I can’t think what it must be like for the players.

“I lost count of the number of people coming up to us because they recognised the club ties. They all said it was a special moment for a lot of football fans when we beat Chelsea.”