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Bradford Association Football Club (almost always referred to as Bradford Park Avenue) is a football club based in Bradford, England. The club claims descent from the organisation of the same name that was a former member of the Football League and which went into liquidation in 1974. The new entity, established in 1988, is currently in the Northern Premier League, and plays its home matches at the Horsfall Athletics Stadium, which has a capacity of 5,000. 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Bradford is the major settlement in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, in the county of West Yorkshire in the north of England. ...
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Philip John Sharpe (born December 27, 1936, Shipley, West Yorkshire) is a former English cricketer who played in 12 Tests from 1963 to 1969. ...
The Northern Premier League, known in recent years as the UniBond League under a title sponsorship contract, is one of the regional English football leagues which sits directly below the regional conference. ...
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The 2004-2005 season was the 125th season of competitive football (soccer) in England. ...
Conference North (often referred to as Nationwide North for sponsorship reasons) is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. ...
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Bradford is the major settlement in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, in the county of West Yorkshire in the north of England. ...
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The Northern Premier League, known in recent years as the UniBond League under a title sponsorship contract, is one of the regional English football leagues which sits directly below the regional conference. ...
History
The club was formed in 1863 as the Bradford Rugby Club, playing rugby union. They then became founder members of the Northern Rugby Football Union playing rugby league in 1895, winning the Championship in 1903-04 and the Challenge Cup in 1905-06. In 1907 the members decided to change to association football based at the Park Avenue ground. The new club immediately applied to join the Football League. However, they were not accepted, and instead joined the Southern League, filling a gap left by Fulham who had been successful in joining the Football League. 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ...
General phase play in rugby union. ...
The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the governing body for Rugby League in the United Kingdom. ...
Rugby league is a team sport, played by two teams of 13 players. ...
The Rugby League Championship was the major professional competition organised by the Rugby Football League in Great Britain. ...
The first ever Challenge Cup Final, 1897: Batley(l) vs St Helens(r) The Challenge Cup is a knockout competition for rugby league clubs in Europe. ...
1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
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In 1908, they were successfully elected to the Second Division of the Football League. The club was promoted to the First Division in 1913 after finishing as runners-up, and finished in their highest ever league position of 9th at the end of the 1914/15 season. 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
From the 1992-93 to the 2003-04 season, the Football League Second Division was the second-highest division of The Football League and the third-highest division in the overall English football league system. ...
From 1889 until 1992, this was the highest division overall of organized football in England. ...
After WWI the club began a steady decline, being relegated to the Second Division in 1921, and again to the Third Division North in 1922. In 1928 the club finished as Champions, and were promoted back to the Second Division. However, they were relegated again in 1950, and then placed in the Fourth Division after reorganisation in 1958. Though they won promotion to the Third Division in 1961, they were relegated back to the Fourth Division in 1963. After several seasons of struggle, they were voted out of the Football League in 1970 and replaced by Cambridge United. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
The Third Division North of The Football League was a level in English association football, which ran parallel to Third Division South from 1921 to 1958. ...
The Football League Fourth Division or Division Four of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958-59 season until the creation of the FA Premier League prior to the 1992-93 season. ...
Until the 2004/05 season, the Football League Third Division was the third-highest division of The Football League and the fourth-highest division in the overall English football league system. ...
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The club dropped into the Northern Premier League, and financial problems meant they had to sell Park Avenue in 1973 and share with neighbours Bradford City. However, the sale did not solve the difficulties, and the club went into liquidation in 1974. They were immediately re-formed as a Sunday league club. In 1987, the club played a fixture at the still-standing Park Avenue ground. Sunday league football is a term used in England to describe those association football leagues which play on Sunday, as opposed to the more usual Saturday. ...
The club returned to Saturday football at the start of the 1988/9 season, when they joined the West Riding County Amateur League. They were immediately promoted, and joined the Central Midlands League. The club moved to the North West Counties League the following season. In the meanwhile, the club had been playing matches at various rugby league grounds (including Bramley and Batley). In 1995 the club won the North West Counties League, re-joining the Northern Premier League, as well as moving to the Horsfall Athletics Stadium. At the start of the 2004/5 season they became founder members of the Conference North, though they were relegated back to the Northern Premier League (the seventh level) at the end of the season. The Central Midlands League is an English association football league covering the northeast_central part of England. ...
The North West Counties Football League is a football league in the north west of England. ...
Conference North (often referred to as Nationwide North for sponsorship reasons) is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. ...
The club reached the FA Cup quarter finals in 1912/3, 1919/20 and 1945/6. Since re-forming, they have reached the first round proper once, in 2003/4. Their best performance in the League Cup was to reach a 3rd round replay in 1962/3. The FA Cup - this is the fourth trophy, in use since 1992, and identical in design to the third trophy introduced in 1911. ...
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition. ...
Since dropping into non-league football, the club's best FA Trophy performance has been to reach the 4th round in 1998/9. In the FA Vase, the club reached the 2nd round in 1994/5. The Football Association Challenge Trophy is an English football competition for clubs playing in the Football Conference, Southern League, Isthmian League, and Northern Premier League. ...
The Football Association Challenge Vase is an annual football competition for teams playing in the lower regional leagues of England. ...
Colours The traditional colours of Bradford (PA) were red, amber and black which were inherited from the original Bradford RFC and incidentally retained by Bradford & Bingley RUFC and Bradford Bulls RLFC who all claim common genealogy. The fact that red, amber and black (with white) has been worn by three of the city's senior football clubs (namely Bradford (Park Avenue) AFC, Bradford RFC / Bradford & Bingley RUFC and Bradford Northern RLFC / Bradford Bulls who were all descended from the original Bradford FC which was based at Park Avenue) has made many people assume that these were the de facto sporting colours of Bradford. Indeed the colours have also been used by other sports organisations in Bradford such as cycling, hockey and athletics principally in the style of a red, amber and black band on a white shirt (as typically worn by Bradford Northern and as an away kit by Bradford (PA)). Red, amber and black are also the historic colours of Bradford Cricket Club formed in 1836. Bradford FC had been formed in 1863 by former pupils of Bramham College and in 1880 joined Bradford CC at Park Avenue. However it is not known whether one club took the colours of the other at this time. Bradford did not achieve city status until 1897 and to that extent red, amber and black could well have been associated with Bradford prior to the granting of the arms and certainly well before Bradford's city status. Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, England. ...
Bradford is the major settlement in the City of Bradford Metropolitan District, in the county of West Yorkshire in the north of England. ...
In 1911 Bradford changed its colours to green and white following the appointment of a Scottish manager and this may also have been a move to exploit the local catchment area which had many residents of Irish origin. In so doing Avenue became the only club to have worn green and white in the English First Division, between 1914 and 1921. Avenue reverted to red, amber and black with white in 1924 but then revived green and white between 1958 and 1967. The reformed Bradford Park Avenue FC has adopted green and white since 1988. Avenue's club crest was the 1907 version of the Bradford coat of arms and this has been used by the reformed club also even though it was replaced by the municipal authority in 1974.
Bradford's traditional rivals Manningham RFC and their successors Bradford City AFC have worn claret and amber and whereas Bradford has tended to wear hoops (with a number of notable exceptions) the City club has opted for stripes. Bradford City also adopted the (1907) Bradford coat of arms as its crest until 1966. Bradford City Association Football Club is a football team based at the Bradford and Bingley Stadium (formerly known as Valley Parade) in Bradford, England. ...
Nickname The club has always been referred to as 'Avenue'. In 1966 Bradford introduced its own cartoon mascot in response to the 'City Gent' of Bradford City at Valley Parade. 'Avenue 'Arry' is a cartoon of a supporter with hat and scarf waving a rattle. Avenue did not use the character to the same extent as Bradford City exploited the 'City Gent' but it has been revived by the reformed club. Bradford City Association Football Club is a football team based at the Bradford and Bingley Stadium (formerly known as Valley Parade) in Bradford, England. ...
Valley Parade, currently known under a naming-rights contract as Bradford and Bingley Stadium, is the home ground of Bradford City F.C. in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. ...
In the late 1980's a Bradford City supporters' publication 'Bernard of the Bantams' introduced a cartoon figure 'Boring Stan the Avenue Fan' featuring an old Bradford supporter suffering a mid-life crisis. Bradford City supporters have contemptuously referred to followers of the reformed Bradford Park Avenue club as 'Stans' but the nickname has not been adopted by the club itself. Bradford City Association Football Club is a football team based at the Bradford and Bingley Stadium (formerly known as Valley Parade) in Bradford, England. ...
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First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First...
Ron Greenwood CBE (November 11, 1921 — February 8, 2006) was an English football player and manager, best known for being manager of the English national football team from 1977 until 1982. ...
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First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First...
Derby County F.C. is an English football club, currently playing in the Football League Championship. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001...
First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Scotland 9 - 0 Wales (Glasgow, Scotland; 23 March 1878) Worst defeat Uruguay 7 - 0 Scotland (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954) World Cup Appearances 8 (First in 1954) Best result Round 1, all European Championship Appearances 2 (First...
Founded in 1898, Portsmouth Football Club are an English association football club based in the south coast city port of Portsmouth. ...
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football team based in Newcastle upon Tyne, nicknamed the Magpies, who currently play in the FA Premier League. ...
Cardiff City Association Football Club is a football team based in Cardiff. ...
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Len Shackleton, born on 3 May 1922 in Bradford, was a great British footballer of the post-war period. ...
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Sunderland Association Football Club (Sunderland AFC or SAFC) is a profesional football club who play in the Football League Championship for the 2006-2007 season, based at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, North-East England. ...
First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First...
Name note Though officially called Bradford A.F.C., Park Avenue (the location of the club's original stadium) is nearly always appended to their name to avoid confusion with Bradford City A.F.C. Bradford City Association Football Club is a football team based at the Bradford and Bingley Stadium (formerly known as Valley Parade) in Bradford, England. ...
External links - Official site
- Complete Records of Bradford Park Avenue's League Positions
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