Bradford (Park Avenue) Association Football Club is a football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. This proved to be the end of Bradfords first flirtation with the round ball game. Another change came at the helm in February 2008, saw Dave Cameron arrive from Rhyl. [2], In 1908, Bradford FC was elected to the Second Division of the Football League. In 1909 the ground staged an international match between England and Ireland and it was an Irishman, Sam Burnison signed from Distillery in May 1910, who became the clubs first player to win an international cap whilst with the club. A young Kevin Keegan led Scunthorpe to a 5-0 win in front of 2,563 spectators against a club, who's highest ever finish remains ninth in Division One during the 1914-15 season. The first game of Association Football played at Park Avenue was an exhibition game between Blackburn Rovers and a Blackburn & District XI in September 1882. In February Tottenham announced they were quitting the league at the end of the season and Queens Park Rangers and Bradford followed. 
Clapham thinks it is important to not forget about the history of one of the best and biggest stadiums in the city. 1945-46 saw the club reach the FA Cup Quarter-Final for a third time and further success came in the competition on 10 January 1948 when a crowd of 47,738 saw them win 1-0 at Highbury. malcjohnson Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of every new post on The Stacey West by email. Avenue was the only club to wear green and white in the English First Division, between 1914 and 1921. The season ended with Bradford securing the championship and the sole promotion spot with City runners-up 8 points behind. Bradford is one of 35 clubs to have competed in each of the top four tiers of the English football league system. However Cameron resigned in November, with John Deacey taking over the managers position on a temporary basis. June 14, 2019 An incredible number of postponements kept John Deaceys side in the drop zone for months, but, after being taken over by Dallas based, Bradford born Gareth Roberts, some good signings and the promotion of club stalwart Martin Drury to assistant manager saw the club finish an extremely respectable 13th in the Conference North, as well as winning the West Riding County Cup. Win Two Season Tickets or a Refund on Yours! "It never fails to amaze me the amount of people in Bradford who have not heard of Avenue. The club is a community benefit society owned by its supporters. In its heyday, the ground more than competed with Valley Parade and Odsal as the city's number one hotspot for witnessing elite sport. After one season in mid-table they were relegated again in 1963 despite picking up a point from a 2-2 draw at home to Bristol Rovers after which the visitors keeper, Esmond Million, was alleged to have allowed them to score as part of a fix, and the arrival of Kevin Hector in the side. Sir Stanley Matthews' Blackpool side visited in a War Cup tie in 1944 to produce the record attendance of 32,810. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to ), Bradford Northern R.L.F.C. Between the grandstand and Horton Park end laid a building much like Fulham's 'cottage' which acted like the pavilion does at the Horsfall Stadium today. The next season a huge 82,771 saw them draw 1- l with Manchester United at Maine Road in a tie which went to a second replay. The newly formed West Riding FA decided to organize a new knock out competition, the West Yorkshire Cup, but decreed that no league competition would be run. After playing at Bingley Road and Hope Avenue in 1974 the club moved to Avenue Road and won promotion for the first time in 1975. Red, amber and black has occasionally returned in away strips, notably the club's 2007 centenary shirt (which featured the three colours as hoops). "In those days there were directors who were all small businessmen, there was nobody there with a lot of money. (since merged to become Bradford & Bingley R.U.F.C. After strangely starting in the Southern League, a year later, Bradford FC were accepted into the lowest tier of the Football League at the time, Division Two. Cup runs were the tale of the 2013-14 season as Avenue and Kidderminster faced each other in both the FA Cup and FA Trophy, Avenue claiming victory in the latter before finishing 10th in the Conference North. Leave your memories of Park Avenue in the comments section below! He added: "The problem is the Avenue people are getting on and a lot of their children are watching City and other clubs, with Avenue out of the picture. After injury cut short his playing career he returned to Highbury as manager. At the end of the 1895/96 season Bradford finished level on points with Hunslet and after a play-off title decider between the two was drawn the title was shared. The total capacity of the ground was 37,000, while the cricket ground, which also had plenty of terracing, could hold 25,000 and became a regular venue for Yorkshire matches. The result was a bitter battle between the clubs and the league. However the first team struggled at the start of the season, and Meechan was relieved of his first team duties having failed to win any of his 12 games in charge, however he continues in his role as Academy Head Coach. "They could have had a disaster on their hands with it being wooden it could have gone up at any time. 
The club looked one of the favourites to gain promotion, but a sticky spell through winter saw Bradford lose in the play-offs. HP10 9TY. Bradford's money issues would continue leading to the sale of Park Avenue three years later and extinction after a season at Valley Parade. The club reached the FA Cup quarterfinals in 191213, 191920 and 194546. In February 2008, chief executive Bob Blackburn unveiled plans for a 20,000-seat stadium at Phoenix Park in Thornbury, within the Leeds metropolitan district, but the site had to be sold before this was realized. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Bradford played in the FA Amateur Cup in 189697, progressing to the FA Cup in 189798 and 189899. Unfortunately Bradford were knocked out fo the playoffs at the first hurdle following a defeat at Spennymoor. The Park Avenue club was then reformed into a limited company and played its first Football League game at home to Hull City, winning 1-0. Within a couple of seasons Bradford (still the preferred title of the Club for many older supporters) established themselves in the top 10 clubs in the Premier Division of the Unibond League, but a loss of home form during season 2003/4 saw them slumping towards the bottom of the division. The leading football ground architect of the day, Archibald Leitch designed a double-sided stand which was built between the football and cricket pitches. Bradford resigned from the Southern League and the other two clubs were expelled. After several difficult seasons, in 1970 they were replaced in the Football League by Cambridge United. The directors decided (after the dreadful 55-6 campaign) that no Avenue team would again disgrace the old red amber and black colours! This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Having finished in the bottom half two seasons later the club became founder members of the new 4th Division for the 1958-59 season. Cricket was first on the scene, first being played at the ground on Horton Park Avenue in 1880, with football starting two years later on a pitch next to the cricket field. Bradford Northern applied for and was granted Bradford FC's place in the 190708 Northern Rugby Football Union season. Phil Sharpe for a year then left to make way for Benny Phillips. Another win at Watford followed and on 14 September 15,000 turned up to watch them complete a quick double over Watford with a 3-2 win. The 2019-20 off season saw a complete overhaul of the squad with all but 3 players departing the club. In 1895 Bradford entered the West Yorkshire League and their first ever fixture at Park Avenue was a pre-season friendly against a side from Moss Side, Manchester. In 1898/1899 Bradford again suffered a poor season and finished 4th from bottom with 9 points. seasons, 190708 Northern Rugby Football Union season, West Riding County Amateur Football League, Category:Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. The success of cross-town neighbours Manningham after switching to association football, (where it was renamed Bradford City A.F.C. In the FA Vase, the club reached the second round in 199495. That was the end of us when Cambridge (who was elected to replace Bradford) got in. Both clubs were in business at the same time for a short while before the Sunday club disbanded and threw in its lot with the re-formed club. The UniBond League refused the club entry at its AGM but an appeal to the FA was successful, and the first few seasons back in the Northern Premier League (now the Unibond League) were ones of consolidation. Spurs then tied with Lincoln City on a ballot before gaining their place by 5 management committee votes to 3. 
The club was promoted to the First Division in 1914 after finishing second, and achieved its highest-ever league position (ninth) at the end of the 191415 season. From the archives, Lost Grounds With the intention of joining the Football League a large-scale redevelopment of the ground then took place at a cost of what in todays money would be over 1m. The new entity, established in 1987, currently competes in the National League North, at the sixth tier of English football, and plays home matches at the 3,500-capacity Horsfall Athletics Stadium. It was however to be Hectors goalscoring which was to sustain the club over the next few seasons. After another typical score of 3-1 to the home side in 1926/27 the following season saw a top of the table clash in December 1927 as Bradford scored their usual minimum of three goals without replay to maintain 2nd place in the table as City slipped to 4th. Unfortunately during this time, the club had to move out of Bradford in order to find facilities that would gain the approval of the various competitions, and Avenue have been tenants of both Bramley and Batley Rugby League Clubs. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}534531.88N 14634.33W / 53.7588556N 1.7762028W / 53.7588556; -1.7762028, Association football club in Bradford, England, "Bradford PA" redirects here. The bright spot of the season was winning the Presidents Cup beating Ilkeston 1-0 in the final. By scoring in both these games centre forward Harry Havelock earned the distinction of being the only City player to score in two separate matches on the ground. Joining the Northern Union following the Great Split of 1895, the Park Avenue club enjoyed great success as a Rugby League club, defeating Salford in 1906 to win the Northern Union Cup. Season 2000/2001 saw the Avenue become champions of the Unibond League Division One by 10 clear points, with the third highest points total ever achieved. The next season saw promotion again and in 1985 came promotion into the newly formed Bradford Sunday Alliance League. After 90 minutes of play at Horsfall Stadium the score was still 0-0. The traditional colours of Bradford (PA) were red, amber and black; they were inherited from the original Bradford RFC, and retained by the Bradford & Bingley RFC and Bradford Bulls RLFC (all of whom claim a common genealogy). On 31 May 1907 the club applied for membership of the Football League but were unsuccessful. April 4th 1970 saw the final Football League fixture played at the stadium as Bradford were finally booted into non-league after three consecutive Division Four bottom-placed finishes. Editors' Code of Practice. Worse was to follow with immediate relegation to the 3rd Division (North). Although bouncing straight back again, the Citizens fortunes were little better at Park Avenue with 3-0 defeats in each of the next two seasons, 1913/14 seeing Bradford finish second and gain promotion to Division One. The roof was covered in Welsh slate and had three gables on each side, the two at the ends featuring the shield from the Bradford coat of arms and the one in the centre having a clock on the cricket side and huge golden BFC letters on the football side. He left the club on 14 November 1932 to join Everton for a then club record fee of 4,000. Spurs were rejected by the Football League and remained in limbo until mid June when Stoke had second thoughts about Division Two and resigned. For over a century, 25,000 people could watch Yorkshire regularly grace the legendary crease. Defeat at the hands of Thackley in the County Cup proved to be another blow and on 8 April it was announced the club would stop playing at the end of the season. After three seasons ground-sharing at Batley Rugby League Club the club now plays at the Horsfall Stadium just a mile from the old Park Avenue ground. The Archibald Leitch-build was sandwiched between the two pitches and housed 4000 fans. On April 18th the Rugby Committee held a meeting and decided to discontinue the Association section at the end of the season, it being felt that the club was not in a position to continue it. Comments have been closed on this article. After that humiliation, the club colours were changed to green and white for the 1956-57 season. Although officially Bradford Football Club, the club was obliged to append Park Avenue (the location of the club's original stadium) in brackets to its name in 1907 to avoid confusion with Bradford City. The Sunday side formed in 1974 merged with the new Saturday club in 1992. They were then accepted into Division Two of the Football League, then the lowest division, for the 1908/09 season and in the February hosted a Home International match between England and Ireland. Following the end of the season it was announced that both Mark Bower and Danny Boshell would be vacating their roles. The final match watched by only 698 saw the club beat Great Harwood 1-0. Bradford, however, were initially unsuccessful in applying for Football League membership and for one season became probably the most northerly team ever to take part in the Southern League. However, since dropping into non-league the Park Avenue (or simply PA) are used as City are by far the better known team. Carl Shutt was appointed manager in mid-March, and a run of successful results led to a climb out of the relegation positions to a place in the 8 team play-offs for the final promotion position. Former Avenue player and Yorkshire footballing legend Terry Dolan was appointed Director of Football to oversee the progress of the club on and off the field, as it looks to establish more links with the local community. The supporters then registered the name as a company and began again in the Bradford Amateur Sunday League Division Four playing in the old kit of the former club. Club historian Tim Clapham commented: "The ground was special to a lot of people, we didnt want to leave Park Avenue. The first Southern League fixture was at Elm Park, Reading and saw a 3-1 winning start. In 1914, Donald Bell, a man who would go on to win the Victoria Cross, played four games.
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