Bradford Park Avenue 0, Wigan Athletic 4: Avenue were outclassed by a sprightly Wigan side in a tiring run-out at a sparsely attended Horsfall Stadium.

Only 309 fans turned out to see the youngsters from the Division One side put on a sharp and enthusiastic performance for boss and former Bradford City hero Paul Jewell.

A howler or two from Chris Howe in the Avenue net did little to help things nor did some slack defending against class opposition who could easily have bagged another three or four on the night.

"They were a sharp side, you can see the difference being full-time makes," said Avenue boss Trevor Storton after the game.

"The youngsters were obviously turning it on a bit to impress Paul Jewell and our lads looked a bit tired to be honest.

"We had a tough session on Monday and one or two of the lads looked to be struggling a bit.

"For them to be chasing around all night probably won't do them any harm - this is pre-season it is meant to be tough."

And from the look of a handful of the Avenue side, who looked to be stretching their shirts a little bit too much, the hard work can only be of benefit.

But regardless of the extra weight being carried by some of the Bradford outfield players, it was keeper Howe who was to blame for too many of the Wigan goals.

The game was slow to start with the first chance of substance coming after 13 minutes when Graham Mitchell hooked a shot just over the bar of former City keeper Gary Walsh.

But the rest of the chances were to fall to the visiting side, with the lead being taken after 22 minutes.

The impressive Jason Jarrett lifted a free-kick on to the crossbar with Howe hopelessly out of position and from the rebound Joey Roberts drove home.

And just a minute later, it was two, when Howe threw the ball out to Benn in a poor position and Jarrett dispossessed the Avenue skipper, with the merest hint of handball, before lifting the ball over Howe into the net with the deftest of lobs.

Howe, who had played well in Saturday's win over Doncaster, did pull off a great low save to deny Jarrett after 42 minutes but then spoilt by flapping at a long-range David Moore effort a minute later for another soft goal. The fourth, coming just after the hour mark, was entirely the keeper's fault - the defence had gone AWOL - but he maybe should have kept out Moore's volley which was mis-hit into the ground and bounced over Howe into the far corner.

"You have to make these sort of mistakes," added Storton.

"And hopefully you can learn from them."