AS he headed for his post-match media duties after last Saturday’s home game, Bradford Park Avenue boss Martin Drury was hijacked by a group of young supporters who wouldn’t let him escape before they had a ‘selfie’ team photo.

The teenagers had asked the manager to line up with them as photos were taken on mobile phones and shared among them and on social media.

Following that distraction – which the Avenue manager was more than happy to comply with – he approached the media to do the requisite post-match interviews.

Drury is helping the club to build more links with the local community and making his mark with the younger end – the new supporters of the old club that has a reputation for living in the past.

Victories such as last Saturday’s certainly help Drury in the popularity stakes.

His side were 2-0 down at half-time but cantered to a 4-2 win over Curzon Ashton, who had won the reverse fixture a week before.

Drury said: “When you have lost your last three games and you go into half-time 2-0 down in the fourth, it is not a time to panic.

“The players certainly didn’t and they came out and earned a well-deserved win.

"I was glad they did but that victory was for the fans, not just the ones that had turned out to help the ground staff move the snow and get rid of the surface water which ensured the game was played.

“The win was for all of our supporters because they have seen us play poorly at times but also lose some very close games.

"It was an important win because we could have found ourselves back down too close to the bottom three, but we got what we deserved, we got the three points.”

It was the archetypal game of two halves, with the visitors bossing the first half, while Avenue were in total control after the break.

There was also the tale of two penalties, one for Curzon in the first half and one for Bradford after the break. Drury felt the match officials didn’t show any consistency with the spot-kicks.

“I thought that the one given against Craig King in the first half was very soft. There might have been contact but Craig didn’t push him in the back with the force to bring that reaction out of their player.

“When we had a player fouled in the area I was surprised that there was no further action because I expected a card to be shown.

"First of all it was a bad foul that took Jason (St Juste) out and secondly I felt it was by the last man.

“It was a couple of yards off the goal line and I couldn’t see one of their (Curzon) players getting back to cover when Jason had controlled the ball.

"It was a clear red card offence for me and one the officials have either missed or failed to deal with.”