Bradford escapes – debut beckons

Tuesday 22nd April 2008, 2:30PM BST.

SCOTT BRADFORD is in line for his first Muratti start after escaping a lengthy ban.

The Bels star (pictured) appeared before a GFA disciplinary hearing last evening in an attempt to wriggle out of a suspension that would have ruled him out of the big game.

The surprise was not just that his appeal was upheld but that the charges against him were dismissed. North’s Craig Young was not so lucky in his appeal against a sending off in a Jackson game and will miss the match on 5 May.

Bradford missed last year’s final through his own ill-discipline and he was expected to miss this one too after being red-carded for protests made to referee Brent Blondel in the Fletcher Sports FA Cup semi-final against Rocquaine United.