Sportman’s Dinner – Tickets Now On Sale

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Friday the 22nd of February sees former Leeds and Arsenal goalkeeper John Lukic joined by
award winning comedian Gary Marshall for an evening of entertainment at the Midland Hotel.

Lukic, who made over 660 professional appearances for Leeds United and Arsenal, will entertain guests with tales of his time playing in the top flight of English football in a career that spanned four separate decades.

Joining Lukic will be award winning comedian, Gary Marshall. Gary has
established himself as one the most popular comics working on the after-dinner circuit, with his unique style and deadpan delivery it gives him an abundant charm which makes him right at home with any audience.

The event starts at 7pm on Friday the 22nd of February with a three course meal During the evening there will also be a raffle, stand up bingo and a sporting memorabilia auction.

Amongst the guests will be a number of former Bradford (Park Avenue) players from the 60’s and 70’s, as well as more recently 90’s and 2000’s.

Book Your Tickets Today

Why Not Stay The Night?

The Midland Hotel is providing a concessionary Bed & Breakfast rate of single £50 or twin/double £60 for dinner guests wishing to stay over.

Quote bpa220219 when booking your stay.

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Match Re-Arranged: Bradford (Park Avenue) vs Leamington FC

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The postponed fixture between Bradford (Park Avenue) and Leamington has been re-arranged for 7:45 on Tuesday the 5th of March.

Get behind Mark and the team as they battle to gain promotion to the National League. Entry is just £12 for adults, £9 for concessions, £7 for students and £2 for under-16s. A wide range of drinks are available at the bar and fantastic hot food can be purchased in the tea bar.

We’ll see you at the Horsfall. #WeAreBradford.

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Match Preview: Spennymoor Town

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It’s the perfect stage for Bradford ( Park Avenue) to launch their promotion push this weekend as 3rd meet 4th in the clash at Brewery Field V Spennymoor Town.

The Moors enter the match on the back of 4 straight wins however they meet a determined Avenue who have used the January Transfer period to freshen up the squad after a flat start to January.

Avenue will welcome classy new comers Charlie Andrew and Romoney Crichlow-Noble for the game, and with the added boost of Danny East returning following a long term injury, Mark Bower and the Squad are settled and poised for a big promotion push.

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Pre-Match Programme: Leamington FC

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Bradford (Park Avenue) host Leamington on Saturday and will be eager to avenge their 4-2 defeat back in August.

Mark Bower’s side were convincingly beaten at the Phillips 66 Community Stadium in the reverse fixture and Saturday’s game also presents an opportunity to halt their recent slide.

January yielded just one point for Bradford but they remain in the play-off positions, albeit eleven points adrift of league leaders Chorley.

Young goalkeeper Jack Atkinson is likely to start between the sticks following Steven Drench’s departure and Danny East will be hoping to feature again after making his long-awaited debut against Brackley Town. 

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Transfer News: Romoney Crichlow-Noble Joins On Loan

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Bradford (Park Avenue) welcome New Signing from Huddersfield Town Romoney Crichlow-Noble.

The highly rated left-sided centre-half, who can also play at left-back, joined Huddersfield Town in March 2017 following a successful trial period with the Club.

After impressing for Town’s Under-18s towards the end of 2016/17 campaign, the defender stepped up to Under-23s level and went on to feature in 18 games last season before penning a new 2 year deal with the Terriers to the end of the 2020 season.

The 6ft 19 year old joins Mark Bower’s side on loan for the remainder of the season and the top-tier loanee will be alongside Charlie Andrew , who arrived this week from Championship club Hull City  as Mark Bower and the team look to kick start the new month and play off race with a win. Kick off is 3pm.

#WeAreBradford

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Transfer News: Charlie Andrew Joins Bradford On Loan

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Bradford (Park Avenue) are today excited to announce the signing of Hull City goalkeeper, Charlie Andrew on loan for the rest of the season.

Charlie joins the Avenue following a successful loan spell at NPL Division One East side, Pickering Town, having made well over 50 appearances for the Pikes despite having only turned 19 at the start of January. During his time with Pickering, the young stopper has won man of the match a number of times and has picked up numerous awards, including the Manager’s Player Of The Year Award for 2017/18.

A rising star within the Hull City academy, Charlie has made 18 appearances for Hull City Under 18’s and a further 13 appearances for their Under 23 side.

The 6ft stopper joins Bradford through to the end of the season.

See Charlie in action this Saturday as Avenue take on Leamington at home, 3pm at the Horsfall Stadium.

#WeAreBradford

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The National League Announce A Rebrand

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The National League is pleased to announce a rebranding of its title sponsorship from the Vanarama National League to the Motorama National League from next season.

‎In doing so, the new agreement adds a further three seasons to a sponsorship arrangement with the Autorama Group which has enjoyed great success for both parties over the past five seasons.

Motorama- sister brand of Vanarama- is a personal car leasing broker and the latest arm of the Autorama Group.

The involvement of Motorama with The National League will see the introduction of a brand new affiliation scheme, which will provide supporters with an opportunity to earn money for their Club with every vehicle leased.

Michael Tattersall, Chief Executive Officer of The National League, said: “Following five seasons as the Vanarama National League, we are delighted to be signing up for a further three seasons as the Motorama National League.

“Our relationship with the Autorama Group goes from strength to strength, and is a classic case of football sponsorship delivering value and helping to create a leading consumer brand.”

Title sponsorship of The National League propelled Vanarama into the homes of millions of people around the UK, driving huge engagement with the brand and the wider football community.

The Motorama National League will receive incredible exposure with BT Sport regularly broadcasting live matches and highlights from the competition.

CEO of Autorama Group, Andy Alderson added: “We’re delighted to be continuing our relationship with The National League.

“It will allow Motorama to enjoy the prestige of being title sponsor of one of the UK’s most popular football leagues and get its message that people CAN lease the cars they want – rather than settle for something they can find on a used dealer’s forecourt – to an engaged audience of enthusiastic fans.”

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Club Statement 28/01/19

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Bradford Park Avenue would like to make the following statement:-

As outlined at a recent Fan Forum and in a statement as recently as Friday, Mark Bower and the Board are working closely together to refresh and re-balance the playing squad during January.

We operate a small squad with no reserve team, and the balance between having enough depth, and the luxury of having players not involved week to week is a delicate one at a club of our size and means. In order to recruit fresh faces to push forward into the Play-off Race, we, like many clubs, listed some players for Transfer in order to gauge interest. This was done only 14 days ago. Some of these players had requested more game time and opportunities; others have served the club very well in recent seasons however were not in the clubs plans for 2019/2020. 5 (five) players were listed in total with one player requesting a move prior.

Two players have departed the club in the past two weeks, both for healthy contracts elsewhere through to the end of the 2019/2020 season. Negotiations are continuing regarding one other player transferring.

Disappointingly there have been reports and misrepresentations made around this very normal business for a football club in January.

We remain consistent with the strategy and re-build of the club that has been communicated openly by Directors in recent months. We aim to build the most competitive squad under Mark Bowers’ stewardship as possible, with the aim and ambition to win every match we play and push for the play-offs and promotion. Retaining and extending our exciting group of core players is prudent and a priority.

We are working hard to improve Horsfall Stadium with pitch perimeter fencing being installed, and we are working with the FA to ensure Horsfall is compliant with Ground Grading Guidelines for the National League should Mark and the teams brilliant work to date this season achieve a play-off series appearance.

As outlined to fans very transparently recently, we can be sustainable should we reach the National League and we strive to achieve that goal.

We are active in the recruitment market and will be announcing more news in due course in-line with our strategy to invest our playing budget and generously donated supporter player fund monies in a prudent and efficient manner.

We expect to have settled on our transfer business by the end of the month and are all focused on winning football matches and extending the enjoyable season our supporters have been provided deep into the play-off race, and beyond.

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