5 Teams You Might Not Know Played In The Premier League

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#4 Bradford City

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Moments of joy like this were limited in the EPL for Bradford

Bradford would manage an extra season than Barnsley, staying in the EPL from 1999 to 2001. Their striker Paul Jewell was appointed manager after a stellar playing career with the club and took them up to the EPL on the very first try; a 3-2 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the final league game of the season saw Bradford reach the top-flight for the first time in a massive 77 years.

Again, Bradford's inexperience showed and they struggled in the first half of the campaign. A late surge of victories meant they had a chance of staying up on the last day of the season, and an impressive 1-0 win over Liverpool - combined with Wimbledon's loss - saw them achieve this feat.

Paul Jewell left before the following season, his assistant Chris Hutchings taking over, and the new man was given a substantial transfer budget: Italian striker Benito Carbone arrived on very high wages. He would end up their top scorer with 5, but it was nowhere near enough to prevent his team from finishing last in the league.

They won just 5 league games all season and never looked like sustaining their time in the EPL. Bradford have been stuck in League One for five seasons now, and seem a long way from reaching the top division again.

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