LC control no. | nb2008000084 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | Bradford (Park Avenue) Football Club |
Variant(s) | Bradford Park Avenue FC (Soccer team) Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. (Soccer team) Bradford Park Avenue Association Football Club Bradford Park Avenue Community Football Club |
Beginning date | 1907 |
Associated country | Great Britain England |
Located | Bradford (West Yorkshire, England) |
Field of activity | Soccer |
Found in | Up the Avenue, 2007: t.p. (Bradford (Park Avenue)) p. 6 (Bradford Park Avenue FC) p.8 (Bradford Park Avenue Association Football Club, formed May 1907) BL auth file, 3 Jan. 2008 (hdg.: Bradford (Park Avenue) Football Club) Its website, viewed 17 May 2019: home page (Bradford (Park Avenue) AFC; address: Bradford Park Avenue, Horsfall Stadium, Cemetary Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD6 2NG) history page (Bradford Association Football Club was formed in 1907; used the name of its ground, Park Avenue, to distinguish itself from Bradford City AFC; the ground was established in 1880 as the home of Bradford Rugby Club which also had an Association Football team (Bradford [Football Club]) from 1895 (joined the Yorkshire League in 1897) until 1899; in 1907 the [Rugby] club joined the Southern League [football], resigned in May 1908 and joined the Football League; the Park Avenue ground was sold in 1973; liquidated in May 1974; began again in the local Sunday league; the "old club" was reformed in 1988; in summer of 2016 the club was officially ratified as a Community Benefit Society and became Bradford Park Avenue Community Football Club; Bradford is still the preferred title of the Club for many older supporters) Bradford Park Avenue Supporters Club. Newsletter, pre-season 1992/93: page 3 (Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.; Bradford Park Avenue Football Club) Companies House website, viewed 17 May 2019 (Bradford Park Avenue Community Football Club Limited; company number RS007337) |
Associated language | eng |