Boshell And Toulson Register As Players

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Bradford (Park Avenue) have registered coaching duo Danny Boshell and Ryan Toulson as players ahead of the 2018/19 season.

The pair will continue to combine roles in the dugout with duties on the pitch and take the number of confirmed squad members to 15 for the season ahead.

37-year-old Boshell was Mark Bower’s assistant during their time together at Guiseley, and the pair assembled a team that gained promotion to the National League in 2015. 32-year-old Toulson was a part of that side, and has also represented F.C Halifax Town, Harrogate Town and Gainsborough Trinity.

Want to see Boshell & Toulson in action next season then why not purchase your 2018-19 Season Ticket now. This year’s adult ticket comes with one FREE under-16’s Season Ticket, and is excellently priced at just £135. Concessions are priced at £110, students / apprentices at £30 and under-16s can pick up a 2018-19 league Season Ticket for just £20. To download a season ticket application form please click here

Both players are now available to sponsor and supporters are able to sponsor either of their home or away kits for £60. To download a player kit sponsorship form please click here

Update: Bradford City Friendly

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The club have decided to lower admission prices for Wednesday’s pre-season friendly against neighbours Bradford City.

The decision comes as a result of confirmation from the Bantams that a Bradford City XI will visit the Horsfall Stadium as opposed to a full first-team squad.

Admission will now be priced at just £6 for adults, £4 for concessions and £2 for under-16s.

We hope you can join us at the Horsfall Stadium for what is set to be a great occasion for the club and the city of Bradford.

An updated list of the Horsfall’s pre-season admission prices is now available to view:

vs. Bradford City XI:

Adults: £6

Concessions: £4

Under-16s: £2

vs. Huddersfield Town Academy:

Adults: £6

Concessions: £4

Under-16s: £2

vs. Barrow:

Adults: £8

Concessions: £6

Under-16s: £2

 

 

Bradford Clinch Donald Bell Trophy With Emphatic Win

Bradford (Park Avenue) clinched the Donald Bell Trophy with an emphatic 15-0 win over the Yorkshire Regiment’s footballing representatives. 

Mark Bower, once again, used the fixture as an opportunity to assess numerous trialists and give valuable game time to a string of first-team players. Ten changes were made at the half-time interval, with goalkeeper Steven Drench being the only player to complete the full 90 minutes.

The scoring was opened after just three minutes, and in bizarre fashion. Two trialists rattled the woodwork in the space of ten seconds before the ball cannoned off a third trialist and found its way into the back of the net.

Ben McKenna looked extremely lively in the opening exchanges and almost doubled Bradford’s lead with a low drive from the edge of the box. With the ball looking certain to nestle in the bottom corner, a deflection took the sting out of the effort and enabled Brandon Greaves to save.

Mark Bower’s side soon had a second as Greaves palmed an Adam Nowakowski header into the path of Gianluca Havern, who hammered home the rebound.

It wasn’t long before the ball was in the back of net again, as a Bradford trialist squared to another trialist, who converted past Greaves.

Spectators watched fifteen Bradford goals but the fourth was certainly the most impressive. Nicky Wroe split the Yorkshire Regiment defence with an excellent pass that was latched on to by McKenna, who maintained his composure before chipping over the goalkeeper and into the back of the net.

The visitors did catch a glimpse of goal in the first-half, but Lee Shaw’s long-range effort flew wide.

Wroe added a fifth for Bradford on the stroke of half-time, demonstrating exceptional technique to fire past Greaves on the half-volley after a Ryan Toulson cross was only cleared as far as the edge of the 18-yard box.

HALF-TIME: Bradford (Park Avenue) 5-0 Yorkshire Regiment

Ten new outfield players emerged for the second-half but were even more ruthless than the first ten had been. A trialist latched on to a punt forward before calmly dispatching past Greaves barely a minute after the restart.

Horsfall College of Sport scholar Bradley Oliver then got in on the act, rifling into the roof of the net to make it 7-0 to the thoroughly dominant hosts.

Five minutes later, Oli Johnson weighed in to stretch Bradford’s advantage to eight, latching on to a perfectly weighted pass from Jamie Spencer before steering past Greaves.

There was barely a minute between the eighth and ninth goal, as a trialist poked home after a brief scramble in the box to put Bradford on the verge of double-figures.

The plucky visitors, however, almost pulled one back in the 58th minute. James Kenworthy dispossessed Shane Killock following a brief lapse in concentration from the defender and prepared to shoot, but was thwarted by a vital block from Lewis Johnson.

The rampant hosts hit double figures on the hour mark when a trialist ran beyond the Yorkshire Regiment’s backline after a superb through-ball from Danny Boshell before rounding the goalkeeper and passing into an open net.

Oli Johnson had already etched his name on the score sheet and turned provider to tee up a trialist, who slotted past Greaves to take Bradford’s tally to eleven.

The tricky forward then left the pitch, leaving Bradford to play with ten men for the remaining 25 minutes This didn’t deter the hosts, who remained on the front foot and netted their twelfth shortly after. Nicky Clee slid the ball through to a trialist, who found the bottom corner with a composed finish from just inside the 18-yard box.

The tally was soon taken to thirteen, as a trialist advanced down the right flank before pulling back to another trialist, who slotted past Greaves with an placed effort.

Two trialists then combined well to clinch Bradford’s fourteenth, as one timed his run to perfection before meeting a cross from the other and providing a neat finish.

The fifteenth and final Bradford goal came from defender Shane Killock, who arrived at the back-post to meet a delivery from the right and bundle over the line.

The full-time whistle eventually put the visitors out of their misery, who worked tirelessly in the gruelling heat but struggled to compete with the National League North side’s quality on the ball and energy levels.

FULL-TIME: Bradford (Park Avenue) 15-0 Yorkshire Regiment

Bradford (PA) first-half: Drench, Toulson, Lowe, Wroe (c), Nowakowski, Havern, McKenna, Trialist, Trialist, Trialist, Trialist.

Bradford (PA) second-half: Drench, Onion, Clee, Killock, Spencer, Trialist, L. Johnson, Trialist, Boshell, O. Johnson, Oliver.

Yorkshire Regiment: Greaves, Couilliard, Friendo, Burr, Foster, Wroot, Jassey, Kenworthy, Townsend, Shaw, Laverick.

Referee: Luke Watson

Bradford Brushed Aside By Stags

Bradford brushed aside by Stags

Mansfield Town condemned Bradford to their first defeat of pre-season at the Horsfall Stadium.

Mark Bower fielded an experimental side once again, opting to take a further look at numerous trialists and handing first-team opportunities to scholars Lewis Johnson and Matthew Rowntree. American trialist Aaron Onion also appeared as a second-half substitute after joining on a temporary basis from Bugeaters F.C in Nebraska. Both sides made eleven changes during the game but whereas Bradford’s changes were staggered, Mansfield made eleven substitutions during the half-time break.

The hosts started brightly and a trialist was unlucky to see his curling effort fly wide after he had raced in behind the Stags backline. In fact, Bradford looked the more threatening side in the opening exchanges, and some deft footwork and neat passing from the attacking contingent left Mansfield chasing shadows for a brief spell.

The visitors, however, grew into the game and began to ask questions of Bradford’s defence. Otis Khan and Tyler Walker forced Steven Drench to produce saves in quick succession as pressure began to mount on the National League North side.

Craig Davies tried his luck from around 20-yards out but despite generating considerable power in his shot, couldn’t find the target.

As Mansfield’s tempo quickened, Bradford were forced to deal with a Stags onslaught in the final 20 minutes of the first-half. The ball was threaded through to Walker who spun in the box, but was denied the chance to shoot by an expertly-timed sliding tackle from a trialist.

The League Two side’s frustrations at not being able to convert chances threatened to boil over midway through the first-half, as Pearce was booked for dragging Nicky Clee’s shirt and Nathan Cameron was penalised for bundling Danny Boshell to the ground.

The best opportunity of the half fell to Mansfield’s Khan, who hammered the woodwork with a rising effort from close-range. After almost converting himself, Khan turned provider and delivered the ball on a plate for Malvind Benning, who fired over with a volley.

HALF-TIME: Bradford (Park Avenue) 0-0 Mansfield Town

After Mansfield’s wholesale changes, they posed a considerably greater threat to a Bradford backline that now seemed disjointed following the changes of their own.

Five minutes after the restart, former Chelsea midfielder Jacob Mellis fired Mansfield ahead with a well-struck effort that nestled in the bottom corner.

Mansfield’s advantage was doubled shortly after, as Lee Angol latched on to a perfectly weighted pass from Will Atkinson before steering past Bradford’s trialist goalkeeper.

Atkinson then whipped in a cross in search of a second assist, but the delivery eluded the advancing CJ Hamilton.

The visitors pressed forward relentlessly in spite of their comfortable lead, and Calum Butcher saw a header hooked off the line superbly by a Bradford trialist.

Mellis then found Lewis Gibbens with a delivery, but the young defender’s header was palmed away by the Bradford stopper.

The continual pressure was eventually rewarded as Angol added a third, causing the back of the net to bulge with a thunderous strike from close-range after linking up with Atkinson.

Hamilton raced down the right flank with impressive speed as full-time approached, but failed to maintain his composure and rifled over the crossbar.

The final opportunity of the game fell to Atkinson, who forced the Bradford stopper to palm away a powerful effort. The trialist goalkeeper then moved quickly to scramble across and pounce on the ball before Angol could net his third.

FULL-TIME: Bradford (Park Avenue) 0-3 Mansfield Town

Bradford (PA): Drench, Trialist, Lowe, Trialist, Killock, Trialist, McKenna, Boshell, Trialist, Trialist, Clee.

Substitutes (all featured): Toulson, Trialist, Wroe, Havern, Spencer, Nowakowski, Johnson, Trialist, Onion, Johnson, Rowntree.

Mansfield Town (first-half): Olejnik, Pearce, Preston, Cameron, White, Benning, MacDonald, Bishop, Khan, Walker, Davies.

Mansfield Town (second-half): Logan, Atkinson, Wilder, Digby, Gibbens, Hamilton, Butcher, Mellis, Sterling-James (Blake 83′), Angol, Graham.

Referee: James Bell

 

Comedy Night – Friday 13th July

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Following the great success of our previous comedy night back in November and February. Bradford (Park Avenue) will be welcoming highly recommended Gary Marshall for another comedy night Friday 13th July 2018 in the Club House. Tickets are £10 with the doors and bar open from 7pm and the comedy starting at 8pm.

The evening will be in aid of Avenue fan Pete Sowden who will going on a trek through Napal in January 2020 in support of the Marie Curie Hospice.

To purchase a ticket please see Dave Stordy in the Club Shop at tonight’s game or on 01274 512989 / davestordy@hotmail.co.uk

We look forward to seeing you on the evening.

Home Friendlies Admission Prices

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We can now confirm the admission prices for all pre-season friendlies at the Horsfall Stadium will be as follows:

 Vs. Mansfield Town, Bradford City & Barrow:

Adults: £8
Concessions: £6
Under-16s: £2

Vs. Yorkshire Regiment:

Adults: £5
Concessions: £3
Under-16s: £1

Vs. Huddersfield Town Academy:

Adults: £6
Concessions: £4
Under-16s: £2

Bower Expresses Delight At Summer Signings

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In a busy start to the summer, manager Mark Bower has added three new faces to a squad already brimming with experience and talent.

His first move was to bring midfielder Ben McKenna back to the club after his initial departure in 2016. The summer signing from Curzon Ashton is a player that Bower is delighted to have back on board:

“Ben is a player that we’ve stayed in contact with since he left us 18 months ago. He’s an exciting player, which we saw glimpses of during his first spell with us and I’m confident that he will show his quality consistently in the coming season.”

Bower then raided his former club Guiseley for two defensive additions, one of which he worked closely with during his time with the Lions. The first of the arrivals from Nethermoor was 26-year-old Danny East, a versatile talent with experience of playing in the Football League:

“Danny East comes to us after a frustrating couple of seasons and he is keen to make up for lost time. He had offers which were better for him financially, but was keen to join us on a heavily appearance incentivised deal, as he is familiar with some of our players and recognises the progress that we are making as a club. He’s a versatile player who can be a real asset to us as he builds up his match fitness through pre-season.”

The most recent signing came in the form of defender Danny Lowe, who served as captain during Mark Bower’s tenure in charge of Guiseley:

“Danny Lowe is a key signing for us, he’s a leader both on and off the pitch. He has experienced promotions from our level before and I’m delighted that he’s chosen to join us as there were several clubs chasing his signature.”

Bradford Thwarted By Late Equaliser

Bradford succumbed to a late equaliser for the second consecutive game as Hemsworth Miners Welfare salvaged a draw.

Once again, Mark Bower fielded two different sides in each half as he continues to assess his squad ahead of the 2018/19 season. Ten trialists featured over the course of the 90 minutes and Academy talents Matthew Rowntree and Hassan Ali both made appearances. New recruit Danny Lowe was also introduced after the break to give him his first outing in a Bradford shirt.

The hosts, managed by former Horsfall stalwart Wayne Benn, won a series of corners in the opening exchanges and pinned Bradford in their 18-yard box for a prolonged spell.

It wasn’t long, however, before the National League North side found their stride and began to ask questions of the Hemsworth backline. A trialist will have been disappointed to have struck into the Hemsworth goalkeeper’s midriff after rounding the right-back.

Nicky Clee, despite operating at left-back, offered glimpses of his attacking potency with some marauding runs and neat exchanges around the opposition’s 18-yard box. A particularly slick exchange with a trialist opened space for him to shoot from around 20-yards but the effort was blocked.

Ben McKenna forced a defender to hook clear a teasing cross from the right as pressure began to mount on Hemsworth, and Clee forced the opposition’s stopper to scramble across his goal to save a well-struck effort from distance.

After a period of sustained Bradford pressure, the threat that the hosts posed became apparent as the half-time interval drew near. Hemsworth’s right winger whipped in a dangerous delivery from the right that longed for the slightest of touches to poke it over the line, but it eluded the on-rushing forward.

HALF-TIME: Hemsworth Miners Welfare 0-0 Bradford (PA)

Bradford flew out of the blocks after the interval and were fired into the lead by a trialist after just two minutes. He tucked the ball away in the bottom corner with admirable composure after some neat build-up play.

The same trialist then almost netted his second, drifting wide to the left before audaciously attempting to chip the goalkeeper. His effort, however, clipped the woodwork and dropped behind for a goal-kick.

He then had another opportunity to add to his tally after bursting past Hemsworth’s centre-back pairing, but his low-drilled effort flew wide of the post.

A lapse in concentration from Danny Boshell then enabled a Hemsworth forward to disposses him and run at Adam Nowakowski, but the towering utility man challenged strongly.

As the game entered its final 20 minutes, Bradford continued to pin Hemsworth back and press forward in search of a two-goal cushion. Academy midfielder Hassan Ali’s struck the post with a low drive that, fortuitously for the goalkeeper, bounced into his arms.

The hosts soaked up the pressure before being rewarded for their patience in the 83rd minute, as a Hemsworth forward poked home following a brief scramble in the box to salvage a draw.

FULL-TIME: Hemsworth Miners Welfare 1-1 Bradford (Park Avenue)

Bradford’s next pre-season test sees them face EFL opposition in Mansfield Town on Thursday 12th July.

Clubhouse To Screen England Vs Croatia

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Following England’s outstanding performance against Sweden in the quarter final, the club will be opening the clubhouse on Wednesday for supporters to come watch the semi final against Croatia on the big screen.

The clubhouse and bar will be open from 18:00 and the club are also offering supporters reduced drinks prices whilst the game on the screen is goalless. While the score remains 0-0 all pints will be reduced from £3.00 to £2.50.

Supporters will also have the chance to visit the Supporters Information Desk where the can sign up for their season ticket.

This year’s adult ticket comes with one FREE under-16’s Season Ticket, and is excellently priced at just £135. Concessions are priced at £110, students / apprentices at £30 and under-16s can pick up a 2018-19 league Season Ticket for just £20. To download a season ticket application form please click here

Supporters will also be able to sign up for a range of other low cost sponsorship opportunities ranging from player kit sponsorship to pitch squares.