THERE is definitely a valid argument that Bradford’s incredible 4-2 win at Stamford Bridge is the biggest FA Cup shock of all-time, but it’s not an argument I subscribe to.

Obviously there is no right or wrong answer, bearing in mind beauty is in the eye of the beholder with this sort of matter, but for me League One Bradford scoring four goals without reply at the team who will probably win the Premier League, is just number two on my all-time list.

And if I tell you that non-league Hereford triumphing over Newcastle would only be number three and factor in that this is a welsh newspaper, you can probably hazard a guess as to where I’m going with this.

But make no mistake. Wrexham’s 1992 FA Cup victory over Arsenal remains the greatest shock ever in the FA Cup and under criteria that I myself have set, I can justify that fully!

Firstly, in terms of the battle of David v Goliath, you can’t put a bigger distance between Arsenal and the Dragons back in 1992.

Arsenal were the best team in the country, the First Division champions and had lost just once in the previous league campaign whereas Wrexham had finished rock bottom of Division Four.

The only reason this wasn’t a battle with a Conference outfit was Aldershot’s expulsion from the Football League meaning no demotion for Wrexham.

However, sad as it is to say, the biggest factor in why Wrexham eclipse Bradford is that their triumph occurred in 1992 and not 2014, because the FA Cup was a far bigger deal in the twentieth century.

If you are trying to tell me that the likes of Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas have the same feeling for the FA Cup as the likes of Lee Dixon and Tony Adams, I politely disagree.

In the age of the Champions League, both domestic cup competitions have become a footnote for today’s top players, a little bonus to be discarded, like the mini comb out of a naff Christmas cracker.

However, in 1992 the FA Cup, thanks to Wimbledon, Coventry and Paul Gascoigne, was riding a crest of a wave and the importance given to Sir Alex Ferguson winning it that very season illustrates the point.

The FA Cup meant more twenty years ago, and that’s why Wrexham just shade Bradford.