BILLY Knott admits he is finding it hard to put the thought of a potential FA Cup semi-final date at Wembley out of his mind.

The Canvey midfielder helped his Bradford City side to yet another scalp in the fifth round of the famous cup competition, as they beat his old side Sunderland 2-0 at Valley Parade.

This came only weeks after the Bantams had produced one of the greatest shocks in FA Cup history to beat Premier League leaders, and another of Knott’s former clubs, Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Knott can now look forward to an FA Cup quarter-final date with Championship side Reading in the last eight, with Bradford gunning for a third Wembley appearance in two seasons.

But the 22-year-old who has never played at the national stadium, and says having beaten two Premier League sides and Championship outfit Millwall, there is no reason why Bradford can’t book their place in the last four.

“It’s hard to say it’s not in our minds,” he said. “You’ve got to have an incentive and Wembley in the semi-finals is the perfect one.

“Every boy dreams of playing there. I know a few of the lads have and I would love the chance.

“I’ve been to Wembley a couple of times but just sitting in the stand like a little boy. To walk out there would be fantastic. If we do get there, we’ll have fully deserved it.

“We’ve got one more round to get through and if the fans stay behind us, they know we’ll give 100 per cent and see where it takes us.”

Knott signed for the League One side in the summer and has been influential in their push for the play-offs this season, playing 35 times and scoring seven goals.

Three of Knott’s goals have come in the Bantams’ FA Cup run and he admitted, after the high of beating Chelsea in round four, it took him by surprise how comfortably City beat the Black Cats.

“We went out on the pitch for a little warm-down afterwards and the boys were saying when we were at Chelsea we were dancing around for half an hour with the fans,” he said.

“That was one of those surreal days when we were surprised to win – as anyone would be at Chelsea. You could tell we had done something special.

“But this time, we just felt we deserved that and were professional in the way we finished the game.

“We clapped the Sunderland fans and they did the same back, which was a credit to them. They were good.

“But I don’t think their players were on it as much as they could have been and we took advantage of that. The way we performed and the way the fans stayed with us was great.”

Bradford will host Reading in the quarter-final on March 7/8.