It’s all to play for on the final day of the season in what should be an exhilarating fixture for both sets of fans.

With just one point separating Chorley from top of the league Stockport, the Magpies have to better Stockport’s result in order to be crowned champions.

With the Hatters away to rock bottom Nuneaton Borough, it looks to be a tall order for Chorley to gain automatic promotion, but with nothing to play for, Nuneaton may be just the banana skin the Magpies need.

Regardless of the result at Liberty way, Chorley will still need to best a determined Bradford side, who come into the game looking to secure a chance at promotion via the play offs.

Avenue supporters will be keeping a close eye on the fixtures at Bootham Crescent and Croft Park as Bradford will need to either match Telford’s result against a strong York City, or better in-form Blyth’s result against Southport.

With everything to play for, it’s not a fixture to miss. Get to Victory Park and get behind Bower and the boys on Saturday. Make The Difference. Be the 12th Man. Be #ProperBradford.

Read on to find out more about the opposition and what to expect on the day.

Welcome to the last Pre-Match Programme of the regular season for 2018/19.

This Easter Monday sees the Avenue play host to York city in the last home game of the season proper. The fixture comes after a close 1-0 defeat away at Darlington on Good Friday, meaning 3 points will now be vital for Bradford to clinch a much coveted playoff spot.

York come into the Bank Holiday on the back of a close 3-2 defeat to playoff placed Spennymoor town. Although the Minster Men have only pride to play for at this point in the season, York will be looking for revenge after Bradford thrashed the full time outfit 4-1 in the reverse fixture back in November.

Bradford will be hoping for a Good Friday on the pitch as they head to Darlington FC today to kick off a vital Easter weekend push to secure a lucrative playoff spot.

With the current standings, 6th placed Avenue need to secure 5 points from the last 3 games in order to mathematically guarantee a place in the playoffs.

Despite sitting just 2 places off the relegation zone, 18th placed Darlington come into today’s game with only honour to play for, having secured enough points to to avoid the drop with 3 games left.

With the no more pressure on already relegated Nuneaton Borough, Mark Bower’s side won’t be underestimating this weekend’s opposition.

Having defeated fellow relegation candidates, FC United of Manchester 4 – 0 less than two weeks ago, Nuneaton looked set to take a point from playoff chasing Chester last Saturday, until an injury time goal gave Chester all three points and confirmed Borough’s relegation fears.

With the pressure off, Nuneaton will be able to play freely with no concern for the result and only honour to play for, making them just as dangerous an opponent as any in the league.

Avenue’s trip to the Aggborough last weekend ended in a misleading 3-0 defeat, despite spells of good attacking football from Bradford.

After the Game, Mark Bower said:

“We should never lose that game 3 -0. You come away to Kidderminster, they’re always going to have spells of possession and keep the ball against you. But they’ve scored from a set piece. We have defend and deal with it better.”

“We missed a free header from 6 yards and a one on one with their goal keeper. And then from a simple cross in the box they’re 2-0 up”

“In the second half made a few changes to the formation and we completely dominated for 20 to 25 minutes, we had chance after chance”

“If we get the goal there you think we’re going to get something from the game. but nothing really fell for us in front of goal and we weren’t ruthless enough in either box. And when they get the third one that’s game over.”

“Credit to them they’ve been more ruthless on the day and that’s why they won the game”

Bradford (Park Avenue) came into the month on the back of a barren spell that threatened to derail their charge to the National League.

Step forward Conor Branson.

Versatile Branson took the month of March by the scruff of the neck and made it his.

Not content with keeping things tight at the back, only Jake Beesley scored more for the Avenue through the month than Branson himself.

Solid draws against Curzon Ashton, Alfreton Town and Southport were backed up with a win against Leamington.

Branson was then the difference in wins against Ashton United and fellow promotion pushers Spennymoor Town.

Unfortunately, Conor Branson was unable to collect his award this week.

Avenue will seek to recreate the form shown at the Aggborough last season as they look to put additional distance between them and the chasing pack.

It’s been almost a year since Bradford last visited the Aggborough Stadium for a standard league game on the last day of the 2017/18 season.

For the Avenue faithful the day will go down as one of the most memorable in recent history. Having gone 1-0 down in the 1st quarter of an hour, it took until well into the second half for Frank Mulhern to find an equaliser.

With the clock ticking down and news of Spennymoor’s victory over Southport filtering through to the away fans, any hopes of a playoff spot began to slip away until, in the final moments of the game, Adam Boyes arrived at the back post to slot the ball home and sent the travelling green army into a frenzy.

Just four days later Bradford returned to the Aggborough, this time finding the Harriers much easier to handle with a 2 goals to nil sealing a 6th consecutive win and a pass through to the playoff semi-finals.

This time round, Bradford go to Kidderminster 9 points ahead of the hosts, who sit just outside the playoffs, albeit 5 points adrift.

Kidderminster have lost their last two games and now have a lot of ground to cover in order to catch up and secure a playoff spot. But with both Telford and Altrincham holding games in hand, the Harriers could potentially go 8 points adrift.

Avenue will go into Saturday’s game looking for a repeat of last season’s form in order to put further distance between them and the chasing pack, as well as to climb the table and secure a lucrative home playoff fixture.

Read on to find out about key opposition players, the away ground historical results, as well as news closer to home:

Bradford (Park Avenue)  have moved to add attacking options in their push to the Play Offs campaign by adding Hull City Teen Hotshot Keane Lewis-Potter.

Lewis-Potter is a highly rated  forward at Hull and was rewarded with a 3 year Professional Contract on February 28th by Nigel Adkins having netted 8 goals ast under 18 level for the Tigers and an impressive 17 goals for the under 23s this season.

A regular at training with Adkins first team,  18 year old Lewis-Potter was included in the first team in Januarys FA Cup clash away at Millwall.

In January on making his first team debut, Nigel Adkins said of Lewis-Potter:

“He’s a young guy, diminutive in his figure, he’s got a bit of pace and an eye for goal. Let’s not put any pressure on him but let’s be excited that somewhere down the line it’s another player coming through the academy who’s got a bright future at the club”

Keane will join fellow Hull product Charlie Andrew at The Horsfall and is on a loan deal until the end of the season.

Of the signing today Bradford Park Avenue CEO Damian Irvine said :-

“We’re really pleased to have secured the services of Keane. We’ve been looking to add some attacking support since Macauley Langstaff completed his loan period and cannot speak highly enough of Hull City and their staff who have been exceptionally helpful”

Irvine Added :-

“We have plenty to offer as a club in terms of opportunities , and as with Charlie Andrew and Romaney Chrichlow Noble, Keane will be able to demonstrate his wares in a great environment competing at the top end of the league into the big games at the end of the season.”

Lewis-Potter will arrive at Horsfall and be available for Saturdays huge clash against Alfreton in the 3pm Kick Off. The club welcomes any Hull City supporters not making the trip to Ipswich Town and all Huddersfield Town Supporters not travelling to Crystal Palace to come along and support your young loanees up close to the action at family friendly Horsfall Stadium.

Bradford will be looking to bounce back on Saturday after an impressive run of 7 games unbeaten was brought to an end by an impressive Telford side on Tuesday night.

Speaking after the game, 1st team manager, Mark bower said:

“I thought it was a game of very few chances”

“We said at half time the first goal’s massive in the game and you hold your hands up, the lads produced a magnificent piece of quality to curl one in the top corner.”

“it’s a little bump in the road tonight, you’re going to get those along the way”

When asked for his thoughts on the teams performance over the season Mark added:

“They’ve done fantastic for us, I don’t think anyone would have had us down as being in this position at this stage in the season. we spent a fair amount of time at the top of the league, I think we deserve credit”

“We’ve put ourselves in this position and we have to make it count.

Avenue head into Saturday in a strong 5th place, 8 points clear of a pack of sides chasing a playoff spot.

With just 18 points left to play for, a win for Bower’s side will mean Avenue only need 9 points to mathematically guarantee a chance to play for promotion to the National League.

Mid table Alfreton travel to the Horsfall on an impressive run of form, having beaten league leaders, Chorley in mid February and picked up 9 points from 3 sides battling relegation before picking up a point against Spennymoor on their last outing.

Despite this run of form, the visitors only have the remotest mathematical chance of attaining a playoff spot and would need to win all of their remaining games and have a considerable number of results go in their favour to do so.

Read on to learn more about today’s visitors as well as other news from the club.

Mark Bower’s play-off chasing Bradford (Park Avenue) side will look to strengthen their grip on a play-off place when AFC Telford United make the trip up to West Yorkshire tomorrow night.

Telford currently occupy the final play-off place and should Bradford secure all three points there will be even more daylight between Avenue and the chasing pack who are currently looking to get into the top seven.

Saturday’s draw away at Southport ensured Bower and his team made it seven games unbeaten and on Tuesday they will be looking to extend that impressive run.

Telford have a game in hand on Avenue, and will do so after Tuesday night’s fixture, as well as having two games in hand on those directly below them.

In their last five games, Telford have two wins, two losses and a draw. They have conceded the same amount of goals this season, and have scored ten less.

Telford return to National League North action after a seventeen day break, with the FA Trophy proving a distraction from league affairs, as they valiantly lost a two-legged tie to National League high-flyers, Leyton Orient.

In the reverse fixture, Bradford won 2-0 courtesy of goals by Lewis Knight and Jamie Spencer, which kept Avenue at the top of the league at the time of the fixture.