Avenue travelled to Valley Parade & beat their promotion seeking neighbours 1-2, with Bobby Ham & Down scoring, though keeper John Hardie was the man of the match.
Such was the disparity for some teams in the rearrangement of fixtures. Everyone is so keyed up & keen’…. Turner dropped to the bench in place of Gould who’d suffered a back injury. The final tally was played 46, won 4, drawn 15, lost 27. Years later, Gerry Lightowler when asked about Rowley, referred to him as being poor on tactics & communication – 2 of the most basic requirements for the job, you’d have thought.
The defunct Horton Park Avenue ground. He was impressed by Alan Turner though, who he felt looked better than 4th Division material. However, he’d been sacked by both clubs, in both cases after declining their requests that he should resign. Gates are down, club spirit is not high; & the season long bickering between rival factions has only just subsided…The task facing Mr Rowley…is gigantic.”. Tanner returned for this game, having impressed his manager with his attitude in training. Many supporters walked out before the end & of those who remained, a large group gathered under the directors’ box chanting “we want our money back” & “we’re off to City” afterwards. Bobby Ham top scored with 16, but no-one else managed double figures.
I was commissioned to paint this portrait of the old Bradford Park Avenue stadium by a lifelong Avenue fan now living in Staithes on the Yorkshire coast. In the event, Avenue had to retain Gould as he was recovering from injury when his contract expired & he signed a new 1 year deal. It was not until the beginning of March that the weather relented and Avenue’s first home game for 9 weeks went ahead against Peterborough. On the Saturday the first vaccination centre was opened at the Edmund Street Clinic and later a second centre was opened at City Hall. John Giles returned to Bristol City after his loan spell expired. The 1960s began with Avenue winning promotion to the 3rd Division, while at the same time neighbours Bradford City were relegated to the 4th division.
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Wrexham, then struggling in Division 4, appointed him as their manager in January 1966 on a 2.5 year contract. 3 of the youngsters who’d made their debuts in 67/68, Blunt, Hart & Lyons were retained as amateurs, though Blunt departed to turn professional with Chester shortly afterwards.
In fact, there were 2 more games to play, both ending in draws, 2-2 at home to Exeter City including a goal from debutant Richard Sumpner, & 0-0 away to Halifax Town. Freed to join Barrow in the summer of 1966, he had been forced to retire after only 13 games due to a serious knee injury.
Sadly I never saw a game at Park Avenue, money was tight & I’d only been to the Dell a couple of times.
footballprogrammes.com Programme Promotions 2016. Rowley himself told it rather differently & perhaps mindful of his earlier dismissals, commented “Wrexham did not offer an increase to keep me & I must look to the future & think about my career”. BRADFORD
Christmas cheer was thin on the ground at the club’s AGM on 21st December. From a league position of 2nd in mid-September, Avenue slumped into the bottom 4 after Christmas – & stayed there. Darlington, Exeter, Halifax, Huddersfield
Down was restored to the side in place of Hemstock for the midweek League Cup first round tie at home to Darlington. I was commissioned to paint this portrait of the old Bradford Park Avenue stadium by a lifelong Avenue fan now living in Staithes on the Yorkshire coast. require. Kenny Hibbitt also needed a manipulative operation on an injured instep. 1960/61 League Division IV Football Programme, Official Stadium Edition Football Memorabilia From Bradford Park Avenue Football Club.
They opened their ground up as a public ice rink and charged admission. Bristol Rovers were two up in 12 minutes, however just 11 minutes into the second half Halifax equalized through Denis Fidler – game on! Avenue finished 23rd, on 35 points, 4 points ahead of bottom club Lincoln. The following week saw another 4-0 defeat, away at Crewe, with Ian Hughes back at number 7 for the first time since September & free transfer signing Drury making his debut as captain.
But the board knew who they wanted & 2 weeks later, they announced that Wrexham boss Jack Rowley would be their next manager. Interestingly Leeds United finished that season 19th in Division 2, meaning that Avenue were only 14 places behind them on the football ladder.
He had local connections – his parents ran the White Cross Hotel in Guiseley, but no senior experience.
Bradford Park Avenue 1960's 20'' x 30'' Box Canvas. The away side went home with the points, winning 0-2 & both Lloyd & Andrews picked up injuries; the latter’s ankle problem turned out to be a season ending one. But I don’t want to say anything while I still feel bitter about the matter”. Boston,
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