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LIVE COMMENTARY!
BPA LIVE! BPA Performance Centre vs Manchester School of Soccer (Texas)
Today’s exhibition matches vs the Manchester School of Soccer (Texas) will be broadcast live on our Facebook page!
The stream will go live at 11:30am, with first KO at 11:45am. Supporters are welcome to come along and cheer on the Avenue stars of the future.
Tap the link below or our FB/Instagram stories will also link to the stream.
https://www.facebook.com/BPAFCOfficial
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Academy vs Rochdale: LIVE
Todays academy game vs Rochdale EDS will be broadcast live on our Facebook page!
Kick off is scheduled for 1pm. The link to our Facebook page where you can watch along is below.
https://www.facebook.com/BPAFCOfficial
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Guilfoyle Recalled!
We can confirm that we have recalled Rob Guilfoyle from his loan spell at Pontefract Collieries.
Welcome back Rob!
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FC Halfiax Town match re-sheduled
We can confirm that the re-arranged FC Halifax Town tie will now take place on TUESDAY 21ST DECEMBER with a 7:45 KO.
Anyone who bought tickets to the original game has been refunded. A new link is below for those wanting to purchase again.
Thank you once again for your fantastic support and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.
THE DRAW FOR THE SECOND ROUND PROPER OF THE BUILDBASE FA TROPHY HAS BEEN MADE!
The Buildbase FA Trophy draw has been made.
We will be hosting Marine A.F.C on Saturday 27th November in the second round proper!
We hope to see you there!
*** BONFIRE NIGHT FIRE SALE NOW ON ***
Our bonfire night sale is now live on the club shop from today until the 7th of November! You can save 10% storewide!*
*Excluding Match Day Experiences, Programmes and Season Tickets.
A fond farewell to a club stalwart – Trevor Jowett
We wanted to bid a sad, fond and belated farewell to Trevor Jowett who we have just learned was taken from us by the COVID virus in April of this year.
Trevor was involved with non-league football for many years and he came to Bradford Park Avenue from Ossett Town. He initially took over as Secretary from Steve Burnett and remained in that role for many years.
Trevor, along with his wife Joyce did the Match day hospitality, looking after the match officials as they arrived for the game, as well as visiting Directors and Sponsors before the game and at half time.
His work during the game wasn’t done there, he also did many other things on match day, counting match day receipts, helping Joyce with the players food after the game in the Club House and paying the Referee and his Assistants. When Bradford Park Avenue were in the Northern Premier League he represented the club at Blackpool for the League’s AGM.
In their retirement Trevor and Joyce were always welcome, as guests at the Horsfall Stadium and he will be sadly missed.
Our Club thoughts are with his wife, Joyce. Many thanks, Trevor
MATCH PREVIEW: Bradford (Park Avenue) vs Gloucester City
Bradford (Park Avenue) welcome Gloucester City to the Horsfall Stadium on Saturday afternoon in a game which involves two reeling sides desperate for a victory.
It’s safe to say that it’s not been the season both Avenue and Gloucester fans would have been hoping for at the start of the season, and with both teams staring relegation directly in the face as we reach the final few months of the season, anything but three points will be a disaster to either side when they meet this weekend.
The two sides have already played each other twice this season and the results were shared — Gloucester ran out 1-0 winners in October, while Bradford gained revenge with a 2-0 victory in the FA Trophy a month later, with both games taking place at City’s Jubilee Stadium.
Since that result against Bradford in the FA Trophy, Gloucester’s run of form has taken an almighty turn for the worst. At that point, they sat comfortably in mid table in the National League North, but since then, they have gone on a run involving just one win in ten, with a 6-1 defeat to Alfreton Town just last week, which leaves them languishing in 20th place — just one spot above the relegation zone.
Avenue, though, are in an even worse position and three points are neccessary for Mark Bower’s side this weekend if they are to have any hope of surviving relegation this season. A loss, or even a draw against one of their main relegation rivals will probably leave Bradford resigned to their fate with still over 2 months left to play in the season.
The Green Army are still showing plenty of fight, and they proved it last time out in a thrilling 3-3 draw away at playoff chasing Southport. It was a game in which they took the lead twice through Lewis Knight and Tom Clare, but ultimately they could not hang on for all three points and needed a Billy Priestley header to equalise late on and rescue a draw.
Hard work isn’t the issue for Avenue, and they are playing relatively well in games but defensive lapses and at times, not showing enough of a clinical nature are what is haunting them this season and leaves them in the position they are in. But hopefully the three goal output at Southport will be the start of a more clinical approach for an Avenue side desperately in need of points in order to make what would be an unbelievable great escape.
Matchday 24 National League Statpack
The National
League’s official betting partner, LV BET take a look at the pick of the New
Year’s Day fixtures in Matchday 24 in the National League North:
Boston United v King’s Lynn
- King’s Lynn hold a four-point lead at the top of the National League North despite dropping two points on Saturday at Alfreton.
- Boston United are undefeated at home and have let in just four goals at York Street so far this season.
- Adam Marriott is King’s Lynn Town’s top scorer – nobody in the National League North has more than his 22 goals.
- King’s Lynn won the Boxing day clash 1-0. The leaders have won seven of their last eight matches.
York City v Bradford PA
- Title-chasing York have won just once in five and missed the chance to close the gap on Saturday, losing 2-1 to Guiseley.
- Struggling Bradford have lost nine of their last ten National League North matches and sit bottom of the table.
- The Minstermen won the Boxing Day fixture 2-0 but York have won less than half of their home matches this season.
- Avenue have let in 63 goals already – and they have only scored 14, less than anyone else.
Chester v Southport
- Chester have won just one in four and are ten points adrift of leaders King’s Lynn.
- Southport have lost their last two, letting in six goals. They still hold a play-off place.
- Chester won the Boxing Day meeting 3-1 and the Seals have won six of their ten home games. Southport have taken six points from nine away from home.
- Only Brackley Town and leaders King’s Lynn have scored more goals than Chester this season.
Spennymoor v Darlington
- Darlington have won four games in a row for the first time this season.
- Spennymoor are clinging onto a play-off place after just one win in five matches.
- The Quakers won this fixture 2-1 on Boxing Day and they are now just a point away from the promotion places.
- Spennymoor have taken 22 points from a possible 30 at home this season, scoring an average of nearly 2.5 goals a game.