Mark Bower has clinched the signing of right-back Karl Byrne following his mutual release from Boston United.
Byrne who has had previous spells with Cabinteely and Frickley Athletic, joined the Pilgrims at the start of the 2019/20 season following a successful trial spell.
Following Saturdays postponed game against Leamington. Both clubs have agreed for the match to now take place Tuesday 17th March with a 19:45 kick off.
Due to incessant rain over the past few days a early morning pitch inspection has been carried out.
Following that pitch inspection by a local referee the pitch has been confirmed as waterlogged and the game has been called off.
Details of a re-arranged date will be released as soon as they are known.
After a long two weeks without a game, Bradford (Park Avenue) return to the pitch on Saturday afternoon as they travel to Warwickshire to take on Leamington in the National League North, weather pending.
Avenue will be desperate to get back underway, hoping to right the wrong of the agonising 2-1 defeat at home to Gloucester City last time out. The defeat left Avenue 15 points from safety with just 12 games left to salvage their season.
It promises to be a tough task for the Avenue to overcome, but it is the price they have paid for the terrible start they had to the season, and for the costly mistakes that they have committed over the last few months of the season. Following the defeat to Gloucester, it meant that Bradford’s winless run in the league was extended to 10 games — a number Mark Bower and his players will be desperately hoping to put to an end on Saturday.
One player not apart of that, however, will be Liam Hughes, who left the club last week for Frickley Athletic. Hughes had been playing at centre half for the Green Army for most of the season, and now leaves a hole that Bower will be hopeful to replace.
Leamington were able to end their own poor run of form last time out, recording a big 1-0 victory at home against Southport and they will be hoping to start a winning streak of their own. They currently sit in 16th place in the National League North, but their victory against Southport will certainly have helped relieve some of the pressure that had been put on them after going 7 games without a win.
Bradford, though, are a team in dire need of a victory and will need to pick up all three points if they want to give themselves any hope of a great escape this season.
With today’s persistent rainfall and more forecast overnight a pitch inspection will take place at the Phillips 66 Community Stadium at 8.30am tomorrow morning.
An update will be provided on the club website and social media once we know the outcome.
Following Saturdays postponed game against Kettering Town at the Horsfall Stadium. Both clubs have agreed for the match to now take place Tuesday 24th March with a 19:45 kick off.
Following incessant rain over the past few days and, in the light of the weather warnings issued today and tomorrow, the League sanctioned a Friday pitch inspection.
Following that pitch inspection by a local referee and bearing in mind the distance that our opponents Kettering will have to travel, an early decision has been made to call off tomorrow’s game.
Details of a re-arranged date will be released asap but the Kings Lynn game postponed last weekend has now been re-arranged for Tuesday 10th March 2020 KO 7.45pm
Liam Hughes has left Bradford (Park Avenue) for Frickley Athletic on dual registration.
Hughes, who has had spells at Cambridge United and Inverness in the past, made 20 appearances in all competitions for Bradford this term, netting on two occasions last time out against Gloucester City and at York City on New Year’s Day.
Due to the current weather conditions and the forecast for the rest of the day an early decision has been made to postpone todays game with Kings Lynn on safety grounds.
Once a date has been set for the rearranged fixture this will be announced on the website.
Bradford (Park Avenue) face a mountain of a task as they travel to Kings Lynn on Saturday afternoon to take on the runaway leaders in the National League North.
Despite only being a point above second place, Kings Lynn have three games in hand over their nearest rival and are looking like a certainty to be promoted to the National League.
Meanwhile, Bradford Park Avenue sit on the other end of the spectrum. After a heartbreaking 2-1 loss at home to Gloucester City last week, Avenue’s future in the division looks more and more bleak as they now sit 15 points back from Gloucester, who occupy the final spot of safety, and they will need to pull off what would be one of the biggest upsets of the season this weekend if they are to have any hope of avoiding the drop this season.
If past results are to go by though, then it shows that anything can happen in this league and that Bradford should remain confident as just last week the high flying table toppers were stunned 2-0 at home by Kidderminster, ending a run of 14 unbeaten league games.
If Avenue are to get anything from this game then they would be ending their own rot. It has now been 10 league games without a win for the Green Army, with only two points being picked up from a possible 30 in the process.
Despite the way the season has gone for both sides, Bradford manager Mark Bower remains confident that his side can grab a result at the Walks Stadium stating that while he knows that not many people will expect it, “we know we’re capable of getting a result (at Kings Lynn) if we do our jobs properly.”
