Bradford City trio's time on biggest international stage

But what about those who have being picked by their countries for major tournaments, while on the Bantams’ books?

It means we have to rule out the likes of City legend Stuart McCall, who was at Everton during Scotland’s appearance at Italia 90, then Rangers for their Euro 92 and Euro 96 campaigns.

Norway stalwart Gunnar Halle was at Oldham and Leeds respectively for the 1994 and 1998 World Cups, not yet at Valley Parade.

And while Dan Petrescu is a near-miss, he’s still a miss, with the Romanian’s stellar performances at Euro 2000 coming a few weeks before he signed for the Bantams.

Following our strict rules, there really is only one person to start with…

Omar Daley (2011 CONCACAF GOLD CUP)

In terms of caps recognised by FIFA (Ces Podd was a St Kitts and Nevis international, but they did not join the sport’s governing body until 1994), no-one has earned more than nine for their country while on City’s books.

No-one except winger Omar Daley, who incredibly won 54 of his 75 caps for Jamaica while in BD8.

The Kingston native had a difficult time balancing club and country, and was dropped by City in November 2007 for returning late from international duty, chairman Mark Lawn having to pick both him and team-mate Donovan Ricketts up from the airport after their delayed flight home.

He had to be rested for a period by Stuart McCall in 2008 after putting himself through the mill for Jamaica in their (ultimately unsuccessful) attempts to reach the 2010 World Cup.

A bad knee injury he suffered at City kept him off international duty for 19 months, while there was a brief period where he was unavailable for Jamaica in order to put his club first.

After over 100 appearances in Bantams colours, he was released at the end of the 2010-11 campaign by Peter Jackson.

Omar Daley playing for the Bantams against Stevenage, in one of his 106 appearances for the club. (Image: Lucy Ray.)

But he was still contracted to the club when he turned out for Jamaica that June in the USA at the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which is the major international tournament for North American, Central American and Caribbean countries.

The Reggae Boyz were bundled out in the group phase of the previous Gold Cup in 2009, which Daley missed with that aforementioned knee injury, but they stormed through it here, winning all three games without conceding.

And Daley bagged the only major tournament goal of his career in Jamaica’s opener, scoring in their 4-0 win over Grenada in California.

Further victories over Guatemala and Honduras saw Daley and his team-mates coast into the quarter-finals.

But Jamaica went no further, losing 2-0 to the hosts in the last-eight.

BOBBY CAMPBELL (1982 FIFA WORLD CUP)

Campbell’s journey in international football with Northern Ireland was almost over before it started.

Called up for the country’s youth side in 1975 for a trip to Switzerland, future Bantams legend Campbell and team-mate Bertie McMinn were involved in a joyriding incident which led to the pair of them crashing a car into a river in Zurich.

The furious Irish FA banned the pair from representing their country for life, and despite the pair’s popularity among fans, who desperately and repeatedly demanded that decision be overturned, the suspension was not lifted until 1981.

A year later, with Campbell smashing in goal after goal for the Bantams on their way to promotion from the Fourth Division, Billy Bingham called the striker up for the 1982 British Home Championship.

Bobby Campbell's 143 goals for Bradford City comfortably make him the club's all-time record goalscorer. (Image: T&A.)

Arguably the world’s premier international tournament until the introduction of the FIFA World Cup in 1930, the Home Championship was on its way out, coming to an end in 1984, exactly 100 years after it began.

But it was still no mean feat for Campbell to be capped by his country while still a fourth-tier player, and he played the full 90 minutes on debut in a 1-1 draw against Scotland at Belfast’s Windsor Park in April 1982.

He then played the final half-hour of the 3-0 defeat to Wales at the Racecourse Ground the following month, leading to his selection for that summer’s World Cup in Spain.

Frustratingly for Campbell, he was left out of the side for all five of Northern Ireland’s games at the tournament, as they famously beat the hosts 1-0 in Valencia, before bowing out in the second group phase at the hands of France.

He was in line to play against Michel Platini and co, only to tweak his groin on the morning of the match, meaning his most memorable contributions came in the crowd watching his team-mates, as their beer-drinking, burger-eating, biggest supporter.

Read more about Campbell’s adventures at the 1982 World Cup here.

EVELYN LINTOTT (1909 HOME CHAMPIONSHIP)

Half back Lintott won four of his seven England caps while with the Bantams, with the most successful period of his career coinciding with City's greatest moment.

He played 53 times for the Bantams, and was a key part of the 1909-10 team that finished seventh in the First Division, their highest-ever league finish at that point.

Lintott suffered a nasty injury the following season, meaning he missed the 1911 FA Cup final win over Newcastle and only played seven times as the club finished fifth in the top-flight, an achievement they have never bettered in the 113 years since.

As mentioned earlier, back in 1909, there were no other major international tournaments (though the Copa America did have its first edition only seven years later), so we're counting this one for Lintott, whose story is certainly worth telling.

He played for England in the 1909 Home Championship against Ireland in Bradford at Park Avenue, in a 4-0 victory.

Not only did Evelyn Lintott play for England while at the Bantams, he won one cap in the city of Bradford itself. (Image: Web.)

Lintott missed the subsequent 2-0 win over Wales at Nottingham Forest's City Ground, but returned to play in the 2-0 triumph over Scotland at The Crystal Palace in London, which secured the title for England that year.

The schoolmaster, whose brother Frederick was a reporter at T&A forerunner the Bradford Daily Telegraph, left the Bantams in 1912 to play for Leeds City.

Two years later, he signed up to fight for the British Army in the First World War, later becoming a lieutenant and the first professional footballer ever to hold a commission.

Sadly, on July 1, 1916, Lintott was killed at the Battle of the Somme, in what was the bloodiest day in the history of the British Army.