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.
Every month Bradford (Park Avenue) will be hosting open
trails to find young prospects to join the clubs Academy sides for the 2020/21
season.
The trails are open to 16-18-year old male and female players,
as the club is searching for players to join the Men’s and Ladies’ Academies as well as candidates to join our Under 19’s squad.
The trials will take place at the University of Bradford
training facility, behind the Laisteridge Lane Student Village.
The trials will take place from 3-5pm on Friday 28th February 2020.
Please note suitable footwear for 3G playing surface will be required.
Can’t make this trail? Don’t worry as the club will be hosting trials on the last Friday of every month.
Address:
Laisteridge Lane Student Village Bradford
Laisteridge Lane,
Bradford,
BD5 0NH
The Horsfall Stadium will host its first ever game of Rugby League this evening when the Bradford Bulls Reserves take on Castleford Tigers Reserves.
Kick off is at 8pm with entry costing £5 for adults £2 for concessions and £0 for junior. However all Bradford Bulls and Bradford (Park Avenue) season ticket holders can get entry to the game for just £2.
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
Tonight’s Reserves fixture between Bradford Bulls v Castleford Tigers has been postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
After an inspection by Bradford (Park Avenue) club officials this morning and afternoon the pitch was judged unplayable.
Not only is the pitch waterlogged but the terracing and the stand has water running down the steps making it unsafe for spectators.
The fixture will now take place at the Horsfall Stadium, next Wednesday evening KO 7:30pm.
As always player and spectator safety is paramount in these decisions.
We are proud to announce that Bradford (Park Avenue) AFC will be hosting several Bradford Bulls, Reserves, under 18s and Scholarship fixtures at the Horsfall Stadium.
This will be a short-term period from February through till the end of April, when our exciting stadium redevelopment begins with the installation of our 3G pitch.
The first Bradford Bulls fixture is this Thursday 20th February Bradford Bulls v Castleford Tigers KO 8pm.
We hope to see as many supporters of both clubs come along and enjoy this fixture, moving forward with our partnership with West Bowling ARLFC we will see much more football/rugby league and athletics played at our new sports hub facilities in the not too distant future.
Prices:
Avenue and Bulls season ticket holders £2
Adults £5
Concessions £2
Juniors free (Under 16’s accompanied by an adult)
Gates will open at 6:30pm with bar and concessions available. Access to the stadium car park is via Cemetery Road. Parts of Cemetery Road and Park Road will be coned off for the convenience of local residents.
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.”
