Bradford Park Avenue v FC United of Manchester

[Peever]

Slightly off topic, but I really like FC United's proposed stadium for a non-league ground.

That looks fantastic

 

[sir albion]

How on earth did fc of manchester make the playoffs,last time i looked they finished 6th and one goes straight up,im confused?

 

[Boys 9d]

Unfortunately the Manchester City Council have withdrawn their offer to help fund this project and the Club are looking at a less ambitious project at another site in Moston with a much reduced Council Grant (or Loan?).

 

[Boys 9d]

How on earth did fc of manchester make the playoffs,last time i looked they finished 6th and one goes straight up,im confused?

They took the place of second place Northwich Victoria who were demoted to a lower Division because of Ground issues.

 

[Cian]

How on earth did fc of manchester make the playoffs,last time i looked they finished 6th and one goes straight up,im confused?

2nd place team was expelled.

 

[perseus]

Oy! Less of the "non-league"!

In 1907, the Southern League was one of TWO leagues of equal status ... The Football League and The Southern League. It was only later (post WW1) that the FL finally achieved its superior status, when they absorbed the leading Southern League clubs, to become a proper national league.

Equal status Out of the six meetings the respective league champions had in the Shield, however, only one was won by the Southern League champions.

Except that Southampton St Marys and Tottenham Hotspur got the FA Cup Finals.

In 1907, the Southern League had illustrious teams like Bradford Park Avenue.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

They took the place of second place Northwich Victoria who were demoted to a lower Division because of Ground issues.

Ground issues combined with the financing of the club. The last straw was the discovery that they had failed to comply with the terms of the CVA.

Northwich Victoria now consigned to sleeping on neighbours' floors | Football | guardian.co.uk

Vics expelled from Northern Premier League From Northwich Guardian)

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Equal status Out of the six meetings the respective league champions had in the Shield, however, only one was won by the Southern League champions.

Except that Southampton St Marys and Tottenham Hotspur got the FA Cup Finals.

In 1907, the Southern League had illustrious teams like Bradford Park Avenue.

The status of the Southern League was certainly in decline. But the facts are that nearly all of the teams that played in the Southern League were content that it was the only league for them. A small number of defections started the slide, but the truth is that the Football League remained predominantly a regional league until quite late in its evolution. It only became a truly national league (covering England and Wales, incidentally) in 1920.

Bradford were an ambitious club in 1907, but they had no pedigree to justify the description of "illustrious". Between 1895 and 1897 they played in the West Yorkshire League. Between 1897 and 1899, they were in the Yorkshire League. And between 1899 and 1907, they were dormant. The bust-up with the rugby league side of the club, in 1907 (the so-called "Great Betrayal") was what galvanised their football ambitions.

Bradford City FC were founded in 1903 and were immediately admitted to the second division of the Football League, without ever having played a competitive game against anyone. That, in itself, shows that the Football League was a fairly tinpot organisation in those years.

 

[Brovion]

Absolutely BRILLIANT result. Really really pleased for all the people connected with Bradford Park Avenue. Hopefully the club's upward trajectory will continue (they only lasted one season in the Conference North last time they were promoted) and hopefully they'll soon pass the Manningham lot and once again become Bradford's premier team.

"Aye aye rhubarb pie, Avenue will never die!"

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Absolutely BRILLIANT result. Really really pleased for all the people connected with Bradford Park Avenue. Hopefully the club's upward trajectory will continue (they only lasted one season in the Conference North last time they were promoted) and hopefully they'll soon pass the Manningham lot and once again become Bradford's premier team.

"Aye aye rhubarb pie, Avenue will never die!"

Agreed. The Evo-Stik League have propelled two inspiring teams up the pyramid this year. Bradford and the revived Chester FC.

 

[Brovion]

If anybody's interested here's a link to a set of photos from Horsfall yesterday. Note the running track! (The stadium is the same as Withdean, i.e. a council-owned athletics stadium). The goal was scored by Tom Greaves who is the only survivor from the club's last one-season spell in Conference North

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/108495703747347446948/albums/5739532668895335601

 

[Screaming J]

Bradford City FC were founded in 1903 and were immediately admitted to the second division of the Football League, without ever having played a competitive game against anyone. That, in itself, shows that the Football League was a fairly tinpot organisation in those years.

From memory they were a Rugby Club too weren't they? Manningham? They decided to switch codes and got straight into the Football League.