August: Bright Beginnings
After a 'meh' preseason, we have really picked up our form at the start of the National League North season. I have began to search for my own new property to actually complete my work in peace and quiet without the regular teatime calls from my mum. But we, as in Bradford Park Avenue began the season at home in Horsfall Stadium against Alfreton. We fielded nine of our new signings against Alfreton, as we came to a 2-2 draw, earning our first point of the season.
Fixtures
BRADFORD PARK AVENUE (Potts 53 Pepper 75) 2, ALFRETON TOWN 2 (Ironside 7, 71)
BPA Lineup: Liversedge, Wilkinson, Greaves
(Wylde), Piwowarczyk, Holt
(Turner), Potts, Pepper, P Marshall, McCarthy, Hallahan, Fletcher
(King)
ATFC Lineup: Duke, Moyo, Berry, Heaton, Allan, Bradley
(Thanoj), Jordan
(Wilson), Ferguson, Jackson, Robertson
(Johnston), Ironside
STALYBRIDGE CELTIC 0, BRADFORD PARK AVENUE 4 (Fletcher 3, 18 Holt 22 McCarthy 53)
SCFC Lineup: McMillan, Caines, Higgins, Shaw, Aird
(Farrell), McKenna, Dixon, Chalmers, Chippendale
(Wisdom), Tames, Johnson
(Hughes)
BPA Lineup: Liversedge, Wilkinson, Greaves, Piwowarczyk, Holt, Potts, Pepper, P Marshall, McCarthy, Hallahan
(King), Fletcher
NUNEATON TOWN 0, BRADFORD PARK AVENUE 3 (St Juste 17 Fletcher 25 McCarthy 60)
NTFC Lineup: Smith, Clifton, Keane, Lane, Keane, Byrne, Chettle
(Whitehouse), Williams
(Repstad), Canavan
(Harewood), Reid, Daniels
BPA: Liversedge, Wilkinson, Greaves, Piwowarczyk, Holt, Potts, Pepper, P Marshall, McCarthy, St Juste, Fletcher
(Bentley)
BRADFORD PARK AVENUE 5 (McCarthy 9 Marshall 19 Fletcher 25 St Juste 44, 69), AFC FYLDE (Marrow 3)
BPA Lineup: Liversedge, Wilkinson, Greaves, Piwowarczyk, Holt, Potts, Pepper, P Marshall, McCarthy, St Juste
(Bentley), Fletcher
AFCF Lineup: Hinchcliffe, Collins, Langley, Hannigan
(Gibson), Whittle, Marrow, Barnes
(Charnley), Baker, Wilson
(Jarrett), Rowe, Lloyd
CORBY TOWN 0, BRADFORD PARK AVENUE 1 (Fletcher 16)
CTFC Lineup: Curca, Colmer, Courtney, Pepe-Ngoma, Kennedy
(Revan), Taylor
(Haley), Gascoigne, Wassi, Carruthers, Brown, Weir-Daley
(Sammons)
BPA Lineup: Liversedge, Wilkinson, Greaves, Piwowarczyk, Holt, Potts, Pepper, P Marshall, McCarthy
(Walshaw), St Juste, Fletcher
BRADFORD PARK AVENUE 2 (St Juste 18 Topliss (o.g) 58), NORTH FERRIBY UNITED 3 (Fry 25 Kendall 25 Emerton 84)
BPA Lineup: Liversedge, Wilkinson, Greaves
(Wylde), Piwowarczyk
(Ainge), Holt, Potts, Pepper, P Marshall, Hallahan
(Turner), St Juste, Fletcher
NFUFC Lineup: Nicklin, Plews, Hone, Gray
(Forrester, Middleton), Davie, Emerton, Fry, Bolder, Clarke
(Topliss), Bateson, Kendall
HARROGATE TOWN 0, BRADFORD PARK AVENUE 0
HTFC Lineup: Crook, Turner, Ellis, Thirlwell
(Kerry), McWilliams, Colbeck, Bloomer, Fallowfield
(Beesley), Daniels, Clayton
(Nyoni), Thewlis
BPA Lineup: Liversedge, Wilkinson, Greaves
(Wylde), Piwowarczyk
(Ainge), Holt, Potts, Pepper, P Marshall, McCarthy
(St Juste), Hallahan, Fletcher
A highly-impressive month leaves us in third place in the National League North, just three points behind top-spot Boston United, who are currently unbeaten. We will face Boston in January, before doing it again near the end of the season. Just in front of us, though, is AFC Fylde, who we thrashed 5-1 at Horsfall Stadium this month, which is quite surprising.
Matthew Fletcher is our August Player of the Month after some excellent performances up front and firmly keeping the likes of our other strikers Warren Bentley and James Walshaw out of the running for the number nine spot. At the end of August, Fletcher saw himself as the joint-second top scorer in the league with five goals in seven matches.