BRADFORD Park Avenue will be fuelled by revenge as they look to kick-start their faltering season at home to Salford City in the FA Cup second qualifying round tomorrow.

The Ammies, part owned by Manchester United legends Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Nicky Butt and the Neville brothers, Gary and Phil, dumped Avenue out of the competition last season.

Bradford travelled to Salford in the third qualifying round last term and booked a replay at Horsfall Stadium after Richard Marshall netted a penalty in a 1-1 draw.

Salford, who were then a division below Avenue on the football pyramid, won through thanks to a Richie Allen goal in extra time.

Since then the Ammies have earned promotion into National League North and they are currently sixth, just three points off the summit despite suffering back-to-back defeats in their last two fixtures.

Avenue remain rooted to the foot of the table after an eighth consecutive defeat on Wednesday night, when they lost 2-1 to Darlington 1883.

Bradford boss Alex Meechan has been developing his squad over recent weeks and brought in experienced striker Emile Sinclair as his latest addition.

The former Nottingham Forest, Peterborough and Guiseley forward, who began his career with Bradford City, scored on his debut in midweek after signing from fellow National North strugglers Altrincham.

With their league position looking perilous and a quarter of the season gone without so much as a single victory, a win in a cup tie against high-profile opponents could see Avenue turn a corner.

Following last weekend's home loss to Worcester City, a club who were below Bradford two games previously, the City boss Carl Heeley said: "I spoke to Meeks (Meechan) after the game and said that we were down there but just look how quickly it can turn.

"I told him to keep doing what he's doing and not to lose belief in his own ability and what he's working to achieve at Bradford.

"He's a good coach, a good manager and, given time, the results will come. He's also a really nice guy with a great knowledge of the game."

Meechan reflected: "It's a case of where that win will come from. To win games the players need desire, commitment and better decision-making awareness.

"They have the ability but individual errors have let us down and we need, as a group, to learn from those mistakes."