Next game is 29 November at Salts

Bus: take 625/627 every 30 minutes from Odsal/Bradford Interchange, alighting at Cup and Ring.  Walk through Roberts Park towards Saltaire, turning right immediately after the Boathouse and follow road past cricket ground.

Train: Bradford Forster Square 12:48 train to Saltaire, walk down Victoria Road and follow road past cricket ground.  Return train is at 15:59.

Driving: A650 to Saltaire, then follow Hirst Lane over Swing Bridge to end then turn right to ground.

	Live Radio Cup Draw
	BBC Radio Leeds (92.4FM) broadcast the third round draw for the Women’s County Cup competition - live from County HQ - during the half time interval of the Leeds United v Leyton Orient match.
	The programme - hosted by presenter Nick Hatton - also featured reaction from the teams and a number of interviews by Radio Leeds presenter Dave Callaghan about the ongoing work at the county headquarters.    The Bradford Park Ave girls at the Cup Draw   West Leeds Ladies arrive to for the Cup Draw   Dave Callaghan is pictured at the top of the page (left) during the cup draw with (from left) Vicky Harrison of Brayton Belles, Bradford Park Avenue's Laura Wolfenden & County Officials Eric Beedham & Roy Carter.

---

Avenue entertained the successful League One Ossett Town in the Second Round of the County Cup last Sunday, played on a claggy pitch it was always going to be a hard fought match, however it was made considerably more difficult by a referee obsessed with penelties!!

This match showed the spirit within the team when up against it and was very pleasing to see, Ossett played well and pushed Avenue all the way and it would be no suprise to see them in the Premier League next season, but the Laides showed their class difference by remaining professional, compossed and seeing the job through. A result they can by very proud of, we now go to Round Three.

Brayton Belles  4 v 0  Bradford Park Avenue Ladies

A cold, wind swept afternoon saw the avenue ladies come unstuck for the first time this season, in an extremely physical contest that resulted in several injured players leaving the field at the end of play.

Battling into the wind in the first half Avenue struggled to get full control of the ball and Brayton took advantage with two wind assisted goals, the first of which coming from a foul on Tessa Shaw ignored by the ref and leaving a gap in the defence. However Brayton where the stronger (quite literally), and more productive team in the first half and at half time Avenue could have no complaints at the score.

The second half however saw Avenue dominate, play some quality football at times but unable to capitalise, one shot was cleared of the Belles line from a corner and after being camped in the oppositions half for the opening section of the half, the Belles broke and finished from distance to sink Avenue.

Further injuries to Christina Berry and Leanne Benjamin made life even harder for the Ladies and despite the result they can be proud of their resilience and determination considering the conditions and physicality of the game.

A wet and windy afternoon saw Avenue Ladies and City Vixens both drop their first points of the season in a tense match up of the top two sides in the league. All in all very much a game of two halves and probably a fair result on reflection, pleasing resilience and concentraion whilst suffering an onslaught of attacks and several exciting and dangerous attacking moves of their own should leave the Avenue Ladies feeling generally pleased with their performance, the disappointment at dropping points should really be a sign of how much this team is achieving at the moment considering it is their first season in the premier league.

Avenue Out-Foxed By Vixens

Bradford 2 Vixens 2: The first half saw Avenue in control playing some nice football but not fully taking advantage of the strong wind behind them, the ball made it past the Vixens back four on several occassions but wasn't capitalised on often enough making its way safely to the visiting keeper regularly. There was however a goal to Avenue in the First 45, Leanne Benjamin keeping her cool in front of goal to lift over the shot stopper. Christina Berry also came close with an almost identical oppourtunity but saw her effort land on the foot of the post allowing the Vixens keeper to collect safely.

The second half meant running into a stiff wind and several periods of driving rain for Avenue, this however didn't stop them doubling their lead through Skipper Sarah Huby who is slowly becomning a regular on the scoresheet from midfield, once again a lovley strike. This was the highlight for Avenue though, after battling well for the majority of the game a quick break from the Vixens saw them claw back a goal and from this moment onwards they dominated the closing stages. Panic at the back each time the Leeds side came forward saw the ball being lofted clear time after time allowing Avenues nearest rivals chance after chance around the box. Eventually their pressure paid off and the scores were level again. Although Vixens where confident and in assendency, it was pleasing to see soon after the equaliser a lovley team move from Avenue resulting in a last gasp clearence in front of goal stopping what would almost certainly been a goal from Leanne Benjamin.