Bradford Park Avenue are delighted to announce that Bradford born Tabish Hussain has signed with the club for the upcoming 20/21 season. After a successful trail period Mark Bower has moved quickly to sign attacker Hussain. Tabish who heralds from Bradford started his career at Eccleshill United before moving to Guiseley. After making his debut for Guiseley aged just 17 he went on to make his international debut for Pakistan against Cambodia in a world cup qualifier in May 2019. 

The exciting winger should enjoy our new playing surface and the football style that Mark and Danny like the team to play. He meets perfectly the talented younger player profile we are hoping to develop and give the opportunity to take the next steps in their footballing careers. 

Tabish Hussain – 

‘Firstly, I am delighted to be given the opportunity and looking forward to the season ahead. I feel as though the 4g pitch at the Horsfall suits me perfectly and the gaffa wants the team to get the ball down and play as much as possible, which I have really bought into as it gives me the chance to showcase my ability on the ball. All the lads have been very welcoming and they’ve given me the confidence to do well in the two trail games I’ve played in. I’m Bradford born so the club feels like a comfortable environment and hopefully I can push on and do well’

Mark Bower – 

‘We’ve been very impressed with Tabish through pre-season. He has shown plenty of natural ability, a great attitude and a willingness to learn. We feel his attributes are well suited to our new surface and we look forward to helping Tabish realise his potential.’

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After reviewing the National League guidance, the SGSA regulations and consulting with local authorities we can confirm that our ground capacity for the new season will be set at 522.

This is very close to our average attendance from last season of 484 and this year, as well as the minimum 10% of the capacity we are obliged to give to away fans, we have our youth fan initiative for the academy, which will take up some of the available space. 

This is of course challenging and disappointing after so long away from the Horsfall, and we will be doing our best to accommodate everyone who wants to come down and enjoy the re-vamped stadium (many thanks to the Avenue and West Bowling volunteers ably encouraged by Neil Fawcett and Martin Tordorff and guided by our groundsman Sean Bourke). 

Season ticket holders will be getting preference for attendance on match days, so if you haven’t already bought one, now’s the perfect time to ensure you are not one of the ones who are disappointed come kick off. 

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Remember your season ticket will also act as your virtual season ticket if we play behind closed doors and give you free access to the Pay Per View live streaming of our matches that will commented on by our very own Mick Gledhill. In the event that the season is curtailed we will refund pro rata for any home league matches that are cancelled, making it completely risk free. 

We look forward to seeing you all very soon where we can get behind the mighty Mark Bower Green and White Army

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As has been announced by Ossett, the capacity for the upcoming friendly for this Saturday will be 200 fans and Ossett have decided to allocate 30 tickets to Bradford (Park Avenue). This is a small number and after some thought and deliberation it has been decided to offer this limited number of tickets initially to our season ticket holders.

If you are a 20/21 season ticket holder and would like to apply for a ticket for the game at Ossett this Saturday please can you register your interest for a ticket with Calum Cullen via his email calum.cullen@bpafc.com

Note that registration will close at 5.30pm on Thursday the 27^th of August to allow us time to process.

Please be advised that it is one ticket per season ticket holder and if we are over subscribed we will be randomly selecting 30 lucky fans who will then be invited to purchase their ticket via our website. For the reasons of administration and track and trace tickets will only be available via the website. In the unlikely event that the season ticket holders do not take up the full allocation any surplus will be offered for general release on Friday 28^th of August at 9.00 am.

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Unfortunately, due to the persistent rainfall over the last 24 hours, and the forecast for this to continue, the friendly versus Campion tonight has been called off

The Avenue travel to Campion this evening as the preparations for the new season gathers pace

Tonight see’s Mark Bower’s fledgling squad take on another local opponent in Campion. The game is being held at their Scotchman Road ground with a 7.30pm  kick off. The stadium capacity for todays game will be 150 and that will be on a first come first served basis, so get there early if you want to avoid disappointment. Campion have also announced they will be running the evePASS app for track and trace. You can download the app from this link ( https://evepass.app/ ) and pre-register your basic details to save time at the gate or do it at the ground.

After last weekends steady winning start from the squad, we look to be back at full strength with both Luca Havern and, the goal scoring Jamie Lyons, recovering in time from small knocks.

We also welcome back, for all of those who cant make it to the ground or prefer the comfort and safety of your own armchair, our very own Mick Gledhill, who will be lighting up the airwaves in his own inimical style on the BPAFC Mixlr radio station. https://mixlr.com/bpafc

Team news for tonight’s game, sees another game of two halves. Getting valuable playing time for all and also another chance for Mark and Danny to run their discerning eye over the trialists.

1^st half team

1 Dan Atkinson

22 A Trialist

2 Mark Ross

5 Luca Havern

3 Matty Downing

8 Jake Hibbs

11 Nicky Clee

20 A Trialist

9 Ollie Johnson

18 Jamie Lyons

21 A Trialist

2^nd half team

13 Jacob/Atkinson

6 Mitch Lund

15 A Trialist

17 Adam (£1) Nowakowski

12 Ryan Toulson

4 Isaac Marriott

14 A Trialist

19 A Trialist

7 Lewis Knight

16 A Trialist

10 Brad Dockerty

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Mark Bower has decided to run two teams in todays forth coming fixture against Silsden, allowing us to take a look at some possible new signings and also to get much needed work out into our already signed squad players after a long lay off.

First Half Team

1 Dan Atkinson

16 A Trialist

6 Mitch Lund

15 A Trialist

3 Matty Downing

14 A Trialist

4 Isaac Marriott

11 Nicky Clee

7 Lewis Knight

9 Ollie Johnson

10 Brad Dockerty

Second Half Team

13 Jacob/1 Atkinson

12 A  Trialist

2 Mark Ross

5 Luca Havern

12 Ryan Toulson

19 A Trialist

17 Adam (£1) Nowakowski

8 Jake Hibbs

18 Jamie Lyons

21 A Trialist

20 A Trialist

Kick off is at 11.00 am and Silsden have confirmed a capacity of 150 fans which will be admitted on a first come first served basis. If you are traveling please remember to allow time for track and trace details and NOTE that our players are part of the elite sport program and as such may not be as accessible as you are used too.

Good luck lads

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Due to injuries at Huddersfield Town they have regrettably asked us if they can postpone the fixture with them this Saturday, with a view to re-arranging the game as soon as feasible for both sides. 

However we are delighted to announce that Silsden have generously stepped in at the 11th hour to give us our first taste of football for the 20/21 season. Mark Bower’s squad will travel to Silsden on Saturday the 22nd of August for a 11.00 am kick off. 

We have also a game the following Tuesday, the 25th, away at Campion, kick off time to be confirmed. 

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