Our game next week against Southport has been re-arranged for Tuesday 17th of November at 7.45pm. Originally scheduled for the Monday night, as all our mid-week home games are, the lockdown means that the requirement to keep Tuesdays free for the stadiums athletic club isn’t necessary. After discussions with both managers and club secretaries, the National League have agreed to the request to move the game to the Tuesday giving both squads an extra days recovery from Saturdays fixtures. 

The floodlight repairs are well underway with a test being pencilled in for Thursday of this week. 

There will be an update for this weekends game against current league leaders Gloucester City later in the week.

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Pacey attacking player Omar Sanyang will be available to Mark Bower and Danny Boshell for selection against our upcoming game against Alfreton. Right footed wide man Sanyang can play wide left or wide right and has had an extensive football education. From initially being spotted by Leeds United and then via Bradford City, Huddersfield Town, Doncaster Rovers Sanyang earned his first professional contract at Scunthorpe United.

With an unenvious injury list with our forward line up, Sanyang after impressing in training will have an immediate opportunity to go into the first team squad and show if his undoubted ability and pace, can translate itself onto the pitch during a competitive game, where it matter most.

Omar Sanyang –

‘I’ve worked continuously through lockdown with Scunthorpe United’s physiotherapist and Sport conditioning coaches helping me out with additional rehabilitation getting me fitter and sharp to maintain the professional high level standard. Moving forward I am even more hungrier and determined to get back to the top level. The opportunity shown to me by the gaffer is incredible and I hope I can  help Bradford Park Avenue reach their goals, as well as entertaining fans by giving 100% every time get on the pitch.’

Danny Boshell –

‘We’ve had Omar in for a couple of weeks with us now and he has shown a great attitude and no small amount of ability and pace. He has shown us he has something about him and we would love for him to push on from here and show us more. Omar’s been around a few clubs now, knows what it means to be a professional footballer, which with these young players is crucial.’

You can watch and see if Omar makes his debut for the Avenue this Saturday vs Alfreton on our living streaming platform by following the link below.

https://streaming.insightfour.com/stream/dFdjSVBU

The action starts at 12.45 pm.

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This weekends National League North league match against Alfreton has been moved to a 1 pm kick off

The good news is you will be able to enjoy the earlier kick off on our live streaming platform, with Commentator Mick ‘Game Caller’ Gledhill, again joined by Josh to offer his insight into the game.

We are confident that we have solved the streaming problems from last Saturdays game and are looking forward to giving you the best coverage we can!The pre-game amble will start at 12.45pm this Saturday and you can watch all the live action by clicking on this link https://streaming.insightfour.com/stream/dFdjSVBU for only £5.

For our 2020/21 season ticket holders, if you have not received your password, please follow this link first. It will allow you to change your password. Your email address acts as your username. An email will be sent to you to confirm, please make sure you check your spam and junk folders for this, as the majority of email have ended up in there!

https://streaming.insightfour.com

As part of our continued challenges with our floodlights we have agreed with Alfreton to move this coming Saturdays game to a 1pm kick off. This will ensure they game can be completed without the need for additional lighting. 

With the continued support and understanding of the National League we continue to strive for quick solutions to the current floodlight issues. After consultation with an electrical contractor and also two supply companies we have narrowed down the problem to the feed coming into the ground from the Odsal end of the ground. Exploration and then repair work will take place immediately. 

We would also like to thank Alfreton for agreeing to move the fixture and look forward to welcoming them to the Horsfall. 

The game will be live streamed with the details and link for the game to follow.

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Due to a floodlight issue the National League have decided to postpone the game between Bradford PA and Boston United tomorrow evening. 

The fixture will be re-arrange at the earliest possible time. 

We are extremely pleased to be able to announce that we have signed Will Huffer on a short term contract. Huffer is a product of the Leeds United academy and was released at the end of last season after a testing time where he had struggled with a long term wrist injury. During his time with the whites, the 6’4” ‘keeper played once for them at Elland Road in a Championship game and made 5 appearances for Barnet in the National League during a loan spell there. In a recent article Huffer discussed his ambition to just get back to training and playing and we have given him that opportunity in order to help him reach the undoubted level he is capable of. We hope he gets a smile back on his face and remains injury and pain free. Like our number 1 goalkeeper, Dan Atkinson, Huffer has also represented England at U16, U17 and U18 and we now have two incredibly talented young goalkeepers available for selection.

Will Huffer –

‘I’m really excited to sign for BPA and be able to help the team push forward and have a successful season. On a personal level, I’m grateful for the opportunity to play some football and hopefully I’ll be able to repay the trust by putting in some good performances’

Mark Bower –

‘We’re delighted to get Will signed up. He has been training with us recently after a spell out of the game and it has been obvious to see his natural ability. Will’s signing means we have two outstanding goalkeepers, both young and with bright futures in the game’

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As we strive hard to deliver a great streaming solution, adding team sheets, co-commentators and replays this weekend, we obviously had a few technical issues.

Unfortunately these were software related and outside of our control. We did manage to find a solution at halftime which means we should avoid the same issues in the future. 

Sadly the issues meant we were unable to deliver the level of service we are aiming for so we have today processed full refunds to everyone whom purchased the Chorley game this weekend.

You will all receive an email to the address that you used to make the purchase. The refunds have all been processed and should be in your accounts in 7-10 days.

Once agin we apologise for the interruption and hope to see you all watching again on Wednesday when we entertain Boston United at the Horsfall 

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Due to some challenges with being able to put on the game at the Horsfall on Monday the 2nd of November we have agreed with Boston United and the National League to move the game to Wednesday the 4th of November with a 7.45 kick off.

We would like to thank Boston and the League for accommodating our request to move the fixture at short notice.

The game will be streamed along with the new digital program and for the collectors out there, there is a limited number of paper programs and you can reserve yours by contacting Dave Stordy on davestordy@hotmail.co.uk

Details for the live stream are to follow.

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