Bradford Avenue target 18th unbeaten game

The league leaders travel to West Auckland Town on Tuesday aiming to extend their unbeaten run.

Bradford (Park Avenue) will visit West Auckland Town at Darlington Road on Tuesday 10 November, with kick-off scheduled for 7.45pm. Avenue are top of the Northern Premier League East Division, two points ahead of Dunston, who are due to play Lincoln United at the same time.

The Bradford side will be seeking an 18th consecutive match without defeat after a week of change at the club. Manager Craig Elliott was appointed by Darlington FC on Friday. Assistant manager Ryan Toulson and academy director Craig Large then led the team for Saturday’s home match against Blyth Spartans, which Avenue won 4-0.

Luke Parkin, Scott Duxbury, Marcus Carver and Jake Thompson scored in the victory at the Horsfall Community Stadium. Blyth are among the sides competing near the top of the division.

West Auckland’s start in the division

West Auckland Town were promoted from Northern League Division One through the play-offs last season. They are 11th in the table and one point outside the play-off places, having taken 13 points from their last six matches.

Their most recent result was a 2-0 away win against Matlock Town on Saturday. Fin O’Gorman and James Harrison scored, with O’Gorman taking his tally to four goals in his last six appearances.

The clubs last met in September 2010, in an FA Cup first qualifying round tie at West Auckland. Avenue were eliminated after a 3-1 defeat.

West Auckland is also associated with the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, an international competition held in Turin before the FIFA World Cup began. The club represented Great Britain after the English FA declined to enter a team. West Auckland won the tournament in 1909, beating Stuttgart and then FC Winterthur without conceding. It returned in 1911, defeated Juventus 6-1 in the final and retained the trophy after winning it for a second time.

Match information

• West Auckland Town v Bradford (Park Avenue)
• Tuesday 10 November, kick-off 7.45pm
• Northern Metal Recycling Stadium, Darlington Road, West Auckland, DL14 9HU
• Admission: adults £9, concessions £7 and under-16s £4

Audio commentary was scheduled to begin at 7.35pm on AvenueOnAir. The club also planned to show a live stream at the Len Shackleton Bar at the Horsfall Community Stadium, subject to the technology working, with the bar due to open at 7pm.