FA Cup: I want supporters to feel proud of us, says Bradford Park Avenue boss (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Good luck you "Stans" at Donny get em done and if we can do the biz at Northampton again who nows maybe we can get a good old derby game on again :-)).

Good luck, Avenue.....do the business!

I hope this misleading article doesn't put supporters off from travelling to Doncaster.
Advance tickets are NOT required for this match, it's pay on the gate, £10 and £1 for kids.

Well done to Avenue you did yourselves proud it was a big ask but you did a great performance against a club who are hard to beat in the 1st division so well done. Good luck in the league. A Bradford City fan.

Whoisevans? wrote:
Well done to Avenue you did yourselves proud it was a big ask but you did a great performance against a club who are hard to beat in the 1st division so well done. Good luck in the league. A Bradford City fan.

Thanks Bradford City fan, good to see a few of you at the game today getting behind the other Bradford club.
Now you go off and shock Arsenal, we've not had much success in these parts lately, C'mon Bradford !!

what a great performance from the Avenue,for a 20 Minuit period after we got the goal we had them on the backfoot.

COME ON NOW,GET TO HORSFALL AND SUPPORT THE TEAM LIKE WE DID TODAY,THEY DESERVE IT.

As a long time Avenue fan,living on the east coast, I want to congratulate the team and the supporters for a great performance at Doncaster.If we can play as well as that in the league, we must have a great chance of the play-offs. Well done to all at Avenue, and good to see positive comments from Bantams fans. We need both BRADFORD teams to do well, and give the city something to be proud of.

Scoular's left boot wrote:
As a long time Avenue fan,living on the east coast, I want to congratulate the team and the supporters for a great performance at Doncaster.If we can play as well as that in the league, we must have a great chance of the play-offs. Well done to all at Avenue, and good to see positive comments from Bantams fans. We need both BRADFORD teams to do well, and give the city something to be proud of.

Thing is a lot of my fellow City fans were not around to take in a derby game and don't understand what the bragging rights were like in thoses days when you went into work Monday morning after your team had beaten the local rivals great times !!.

Wanna Have wrote:

Whoisevans? wrote:
Well done to Avenue you did yourselves proud it was a big ask but you did a great performance against a club who are hard to beat in the 1st division so well done. Good luck in the league. A Bradford City fan.

Thanks Bradford City fan, good to see a few of you at the game today getting behind the other Bradford club.
Now you go off and shock Arsenal, we've not had much success in these parts lately, C'mon Bradford !!

I have been to the odd game with Avenue v City in the 60's would be nice to see Avenue back in the league, you miss the banter like someone else said. I suppose more when you win lol.

nowt fresh wrote:
Good luck you "Stans" at Donny get em done and if we can do the biz at Northampton again who nows maybe we can get a good old derby game on again :-)).

Good to see your happy Avenue are heading back.

The story of "Stan".

once upon a time there was a dump of a ground called Valley Parade.
Surrounded by dark satanic mills with an unpleasing outlook of cooling towers firing sulphuric steam around the ground.

Stan was in charge of lavatory duties down the old Valley.
a somewhat thankless task where the strong pungence of the smell of s*** always seemed to be omniprescent down these poor parts.sadly the diet of Cityites of the day made poor Stans job all the harder.

the cooling towers helped him not one bit and he was constantly hauled before the board and warned as to his performance.

the meat pies were so bad that dysentry was ever present.
things got so bad in 1962 that the entire population of Bradford was required to be smallpox vacinned.

Stan carried on regardless trying his best to stop the rot in difficult circumstances of a thouroughly unpleasant surround.

One day Stan could take no more and with the toilets overflowing with brown brine he was put on final warning and walked out.
Stafford had dropped a brick so huge the entire Manningham sewer system was blocked solid.

Stan could not wait to escape this valley of stench and fled to pastures green out of town and stumbled upon a little ground of pleasing disposition next to a park with one side graced with an avenue of trees.
the air was fresh,the people pleasant and they actually welcomed women at Horton Park Avenue.

The Bradford park Avenue faithfull took pity on poor Stan and he was welcomed into the fold,which was far less messy than the fold he was escaping.
Stan had no such problems dealing with the sanitory arrangements of the Park Avenue ground and after a further 20 unblemished years service our Stan was finally put out to grass.

In appreciation a song was written for our Stan a simple little ditty that reflected on his escape from Valley Parade and still hummed to this day.

"stan,stan,the lavotory man
he"s the superintendent of the sh*t house clan.

plip,plop,plippity plop
oochie,coochie coo its the sh*t house rock"

God bless you Stan.

RIP.

You escaped legend and found happier times.

alfucham wrote:

nowt fresh wrote: Good luck you "Stans" at Donny get em done and if we can do the biz at Northampton again who nows maybe we can get a good old derby game on again :-)).

Good to see your happy Avenue are heading back. The story of "Stan". once upon a time there was a dump of a ground called Valley Parade. Surrounded by dark satanic mills with an unpleasing outlook of cooling towers firing sulphuric steam around the ground. Stan was in charge of lavatory duties down the old Valley. a somewhat thankless task where the strong pungence of the smell of s*** always seemed to be omniprescent down these poor parts.sadly the diet of Cityites of the day made poor Stans job all the harder. the cooling towers helped him not one bit and he was constantly hauled before the board and warned as to his performance. the meat pies were so bad that dysentry was ever present. things got so bad in 1962 that the entire population of Bradford was required to be smallpox vacinned. Stan carried on regardless trying his best to stop the rot in difficult circumstances of a thouroughly unpleasant surround. One day Stan could take no more and with the toilets overflowing with brown brine he was put on final warning and walked out. Stafford had dropped a brick so huge the entire Manningham sewer system was blocked solid. Stan could not wait to escape this valley of stench and fled to pastures green out of town and stumbled upon a little ground of pleasing disposition next to a park with one side graced with an avenue of trees. the air was fresh,the people pleasant and they actually welcomed women at Horton Park Avenue. The Bradford park Avenue faithfull took pity on poor Stan and he was welcomed into the fold,which was far less messy than the fold he was escaping. Stan had no such problems dealing with the sanitory arrangements of the Park Avenue ground and after a further 20 unblemished years service our Stan was finally put out to grass. In appreciation a song was written for our Stan a simple little ditty that reflected on his escape from Valley Parade and still hummed to this day. "stan,stan,the lavotory man he"s the superintendent of the sh*t house clan. plip,plop,plippity plop oochie,coochie coo its the sh*t house rock" God bless you Stan. RIP. You escaped legend and found happier times.

I'll have a couple of pint's of what your drinking alfucham !! unfortunately my wish will not come true as you could not overcome "the Mighty Donny" just watch how far we progress in another cup competition and don't be too GREEN & White with envy alfucham :-)).

alfucham wrote:

nowt fresh wrote:
Good luck you "Stans" at Donny get em done and if we can do the biz at Northampton again who nows maybe we can get a good old derby game on again :-)).

Good to see your happy Avenue are heading back.

The story of "Stan".

once upon a time there was a dump of a ground called Valley Parade.
Surrounded by dark satanic mills with an unpleasing outlook of cooling towers firing sulphuric steam around the ground.

Stan was in charge of lavatory duties down the old Valley.
a somewhat thankless task where the strong pungence of the smell of s*** always seemed to be omniprescent down these poor parts.sadly the diet of Cityites of the day made poor Stans job all the harder.

the cooling towers helped him not one bit and he was constantly hauled before the board and warned as to his performance.

the meat pies were so bad that dysentry was ever present.
things got so bad in 1962 that the entire population of Bradford was required to be smallpox vacinned.

Stan carried on regardless trying his best to stop the rot in difficult circumstances of a thouroughly unpleasant surround.

One day Stan could take no more and with the toilets overflowing with brown brine he was put on final warning and walked out.
Stafford had dropped a brick so huge the entire Manningham sewer system was blocked solid.

Stan could not wait to escape this valley of stench and fled to pastures green out of town and stumbled upon a little ground of pleasing disposition next to a park with one side graced with an avenue of trees.
the air was fresh,the people pleasant and they actually welcomed women at Horton Park Avenue.

The Bradford park Avenue faithfull took pity on poor Stan and he was welcomed into the fold,which was far less messy than the fold he was escaping.
Stan had no such problems dealing with the sanitory arrangements of the Park Avenue ground and after a further 20 unblemished years service our Stan was finally put out to grass.

In appreciation a song was written for our Stan a simple little ditty that reflected on his escape from Valley Parade and still hummed to this day.

"stan,stan,the lavotory man
he"s the superintendent of the sh*t house clan.

plip,plop,plippity plop
oochie,coochie coo its the sh*t house rock"

God bless you Stan.

RIP.

You escaped legend and found happier times.

Very funny Alfucham It reminds me of the little bird fed up with the cold weather in England decides to migrate, after several hours of flight weakens and lands in a pile of Cow dung. The warm dung brought the poor bird round and he popped his head out of the dung and started singing then a fox came by and ate the poor little bird. The moral of this story is if your feeling down and up to your neck in the s**t keep your F**k**g gob shut.

With hindsight maybe thats why I became an Avenue fan. Being at Carlton school meant that we had to 'cross country' along Midland Road past Stans lavatory then past the engine sheds at Manningham tuurning right onto Valley Road. Here we met the proper stinks. Gas works, power station and then Leathers Chemicals before turning to cross the old cast iron foot bridge back to school. Standing at the Horton end was like a day out in the Dales.