They did go bust, but only having failed to be re-elected. You may be thinking of Accrington Stanley, or at a later time Aldershot.Harps62 wrote:You beat me to that.
Think Bradford PA went bust rather than failed to get re elected as well.
For the oldies they bought some former Division 1 stars which didn't help the cause.
Mel Hopkins from Spurs and Ray Charnley from Blackpool were 2 of them.
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32Read a good piece about Bradford PA's old ground for anyone who's interested;Stan A. Einstein wrote:They did go bust, but only having failed to be re-elected. You may be thinking of Accrington Stanley, or at a later time Aldershot.Harps62 wrote:You beat me to that.
Think Bradford PA went bust rather than failed to get re elected as well.
For the oldies they bought some former Division 1 stars which didn't help the cause.
Mel Hopkins from Spurs and Ray Charnley from Blackpool were 2 of them.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... all-ground
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33Thank you for that. As you say a really good read and to me at least, a really sad one too.ref23 wrote:
Read a good piece about Bradford PA's old ground for anyone who's interested;
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... all-ground
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34Saw them in the last season in the league and they were in serious financial trouble thenStan A. Einstein wrote:They did go bust, but only having failed to be re-elected. You may be thinking of Accrington Stanley, or at a later time Aldershot.Harps62 wrote:You beat me to that.
Think Bradford PA went bust rather than failed to get re elected as well.
For the oldies they bought some former Division 1 stars which didn't help the cause.
Mel Hopkins from Spurs and Ray Charnley from Blackpool were 2 of them.
Like a Doppleganger with County some years later.
They were crap and we were just as bad on the pitch.
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