CANVEY’S Billy Knott played his part in one of the biggest FA Cup shocks of all time – and then came home to share his success with his family.

Knott, 22, was an influential figure in the Bradford City midfield as they came from 2-0 down to beat Premier League leaders Chelsea 4-2 at Stamford Bridge.

Afterwards Knott, who travelled back to Canvey to celebrate the win with friends and family was eager to share his joy with his mum and dad, Michelle and Steve.

It was his mum Michelle’s birthday over the weekend and he said on Twitter: “Big happy birthday to my mum. Love you so much and I think we beat your other team yesterday??!”

And he got a present for his dad too, Chelsea legend John Terry’s famous number 26 which he swapped his own Bantams jersey for after the game.

Knott tweeted a picture of himself handing the Chelsea shirt to his dad, saying: “Thanks JT top man, gave the shirt to my dad. What a day that was.”

The result was even sweeter for Knott who was at Chelsea for three years as a youngster before he was released for a breach of discipline.

He then signed for Sunderland before a number of loan moves and his eventual permanent deal with League One side Bradford last summer.

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Final whistle celebrations

A host of his friends from Canvey travelled up to watch their pal take on Chelsea and returned beaming with pride.

Knott tweeted after Saturday’s game: “What has just happened? What a day, fans were unreal. On the way home. The Canvey Bantams haven’t stopped singing. Buzzing.

“My legs are in bits but we beat Chelsea at the Bridge. That does not happen.”

Bradford went into the game 49 places below Chelsea in the football pyramid.

The Bantams side, managed by Phil Parkinson, was assembled for just £7,500 compated to Jose Mourinho’s £200million team of superstars.

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Midfield battle- Knott is challenged by Chelsea's John Obi Mikel

Chelsea took a 2-0 lead through Gary Cahill and Ramires, but Jon Stead pulled a goal back before half-time before goals from Filipe Morais, Andy Halliday and Mark Yeates completed the upset.

“It’s really just about giving the lads the belief to go out there and put on their best performance,” Parkinson said.

“We respected Chelsea but we certainly didn’t fear them. We weren’t going to back off them and give them the ball in our half. When they came into the middle third we pressed them aggressively and that was the key.

“We didn’t give them any time on the ball and they’re not used to that at that level. When we had the ball ourselves we played with real calmness and I’m really pleased because it’s so important. These days don’t come along very often and when they do it’s great we made the most of it and the lads really did themselves credit.”

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Felled - Knott is tripped by Mikel

Mourinho described Chelsea's performance as a “disgrace” but came into the Bradford dressing room to congratulate Parkinson and his players after the match, a move which Bantams goalkeeper Ben Williams said was the “icing on the cake”.

“It was fantastic. The scenes, the look on everyone’s faces was amazing, something which will live long in the memory," Williams said.

“The fans were amazing and after that Mourinho came into the dressing room and shook everyone’s hand and congratulated us, that was a surreal moment.

“In he walked and the celebrations stopped. This figure waltzed into the dressing room. He was very classy, very humble, very respectful – it was the icing on the cake.”

l The draw for the fifth round of the FA Cup is tonight.