← Back Home / Sports / Football clubs / Bradford Park Avenue Against expectation Every English top-flight match this club has played, scored against the odds an Elo rating gave it before kick-off. Over 3 seasons from 1914-15 to 1920-21 it has fallen short of them by −3.6 match points.
1914-15 to 1920-21 one bar per season · height in match points
Best season against expectation
1914-15 +5.8 league pts
41 points on 35.1 expected as Bradford Park Avenue
Worst season against expectation
1920-21 −11.6 league pts
24 points on 35.6 expected as Bradford Park Avenue
Season points use that season’s own scoring, two for a win before 1981-82 and three after; the bars use match points so the whole series is comparable. The rating only starts telling you much after about 1960. Before that, knowing the era’s home-and-away split is almost as good as knowing the teams.
Leeds-Bradford against expectation → How this is measured →
Greatest games Bradford Park Avenue's top matches by the club Game Score: closeness, stakes, quality and upset over one unified rating of league and European play. H, A and N mark home, away and a neutral venue; a ★ is a curated all-time classic (tap it for the model's own score).All-time board .
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1 1915-04-14 · First Division
2 1920-02-21 · FA Cup · Round 3
3 1938-01-26 · FA Cup · Round 4
4 1948-01-10 · FA Cup · Round 3
5 1921-05-02 · First Division
6 1938-02-12 · FA Cup · Round 5
7 1950-01-07 · FA Cup · Round 3
8 1915-04-03 · First Division
9 1920-04-02 · First Division
10 1920-03-22 · First Division
# Date↕ Stage Result Score↕ 1 1915-04-14 First Division H home L 1-2 v Everton game score 77.02 1920-02-21 FA Cup · Round 3 A away W 4-3 v Notts County game score 62.33 1938-01-26 FA Cup · Round 4 A away W 2-1 v Stoke City game score 61.44 1948-01-10 FA Cup · Round 3 A away W 1-0 v Arsenal game score 59.65 1921-05-02 First Division A away W 1-0 v West Bromwich Albion game score 59.56 1938-02-12 FA Cup · Round 5 A away L 0-1 v Sunderland game score 56.27 1950-01-07 FA Cup · Round 3 H home L 0-1 v AFC Bournemouth game score 56.28 1915-04-03 First Division A away L 2-3 v Sheffield United game score 56.09 1920-04-02 First Division A away W 1-0 v Manchester United game score 55.110 1920-03-22 First Division H home W 2-1 v Manchester City game score 54.2
Footprint Tiers played
L1, L2, L3, L4
Lower-tier league seasons
49
The Heartbreak Index7.7 · #278 ▸ The Numb · Never won it, waiting since 1909
The clocks
First major trophy since 1909 1.9 Heaviest wounds
relegated from the top flight, 1921 · relegated from the second tier, 1940 · relegated from the second tier, 1950 · relegated from the second tier, 1922
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Season-by-season ▾ Most recent season first. Covers Levels 1 through 5 of the English pyramid. Rows tagged "national playoff" are pre-modern formats where the workbook records only playoff participants, not round-robin standings.
1970 Fourth Division (4) · P24 ↓
46 P · 6-11-29 · 41:96 · -55
1969 Fourth Division (4) · P24
46 P · 5-10-31 · 32:106 · -74
1968 Fourth Division (4) · P24
46 P · 4-15-27 · 30:82 · -52
1967 Fourth Division (4) · P23
46 P · 11-13-22 · 52:79 · -27
1966 Fourth Division (4) · P11
46 P · 21-5-20 · 102:92 · +10
1965 Fourth Division (4) · P7
46 P · 20-17-9 · 86:62 · +24
1964 Fourth Division (4) · P13
46 P · 18-9-19 · 75:81 · -6
1963 Third Division (3) · P21 ↓
46 P · 14-12-20 · 79:97 · -18
1962 Third Division (3) · P11
46 P · 20-7-19 · 80:78 · +2
1961 Fourth Division (4) · P4 ↑
46 P · 26-8-12 · 84:74 · +10
1960 Fourth Division (4) · P11
46 P · 17-15-14 · 70:68 · +2
1959 Fourth Division (4) · P14
46 P · 18-7-21 · 75:77 · -2
Show all 52 seasons Year League Team Pos Notes Domestic Cup Eur Comp P W D L Pts GF GA GD Eur Qual (next yr) 1970 Fourth Division (4) Bradford Park Avenue 24 relegated 46 6 11 29 23 41 96 -55 1969 Fourth Division (4) Bradford Park Avenue 24 46 5 10 31 20 32 106 -74 1968 Fourth Division (4) Bradford Park Avenue 24 46 4 15 27 23 30 82 -52 1967 Fourth Division (4) Bradford Park Avenue 23 46 11 13 22 35 52 79 -27 1966 Fourth Division (4) Bradford Park Avenue 11 46 21 5 20 47 102 92 10 1965 Fourth Division (4) Bradford Park Avenue 7 46 20 17 9 57 86 62 24 1964 Fourth Division (4) Bradford Park Avenue 13 46 18 9 19 45 75 81 -6 1963 Third Division (3) Bradford Park Avenue 21 relegated 46 14 12 20 40 79 97 -18 1962 Third Division (3) Bradford Park Avenue 11 46 20 7 19 47 80 78 2 1961 Fourth Division (4) Bradford Park Avenue 4 promoted 46 26 8 12 60 84 74 10 1960 Fourth Division (4) Bradford Park Avenue 11 46 17 15 14 49 70 68 2 1959 Fourth Division (4) Bradford Park Avenue 14 46 18 7 21 43 75 77 -2 1958 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 22 relegated 46 13 11 22 37 68 95 -27 1957 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 20 46 16 3 27 35 66 93 -27 1956 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 23 46 13 7 26 33 61 122 -61 1955 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 16 46 15 11 20 41 56 70 -14 1954 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 9 46 18 14 14 50 77 68 9 1953 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 7 46 19 12 15 50 75 61 14 1952 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 8 46 19 12 15 50 74 64 10 1951 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 6 46 23 8 15 54 90 72 18 1950 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 22 relegated 42 10 11 21 31 51 77 -26 1949 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 17 42 13 11 18 37 65 78 -13 1948 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 14 42 16 8 18 40 68 72 -4 1947 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 16 42 14 11 17 39 65 77 -12 1940 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue - relegated 3 0 1 2 - 2 7 -5 1939 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 17 42 12 11 19 35 61 82 -21 1938 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 7 42 17 9 16 43 69 56 13 1937 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 20 42 12 9 21 33 52 88 -36 1936 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 16 42 14 9 19 37 62 84 -22 1935 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 15 42 11 16 15 38 55 63 -8 1934 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 5 42 23 3 16 49 86 67 19 1933 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 8 42 17 8 17 42 77 71 6 1932 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 6 42 21 7 14 49 72 63 9 1931 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 6 42 18 10 14 46 97 66 31 1930 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 4 42 19 12 11 50 91 70 21 1929 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 3 42 22 4 16 48 88 70 18 1928 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 1 promoted 42 27 9 6 63 101 45 56 1927 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 3 42 24 7 11 55 101 59 42 1926 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 2 42 26 8 8 60 101 43 58 1925 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 5 42 19 12 11 50 84 42 42 1924 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 5 42 21 10 11 52 69 43 26 1923 Third Division North (3) Bradford Park Avenue 2 38 19 9 10 47 67 38 29 1922 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 21 relegated 42 12 9 21 33 46 62 -16 1921 First Division (1) Bradford Park Avenue 22 relegated 42 8 8 26 24 43 76 -33 1920 First Division (1) Bradford Park Avenue 11 42 15 12 15 42 60 63 -3 1915 First Division (1) Bradford Park Avenue 9 38 17 7 14 41 69 65 4 1914 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 2 promoted 38 23 3 12 49 71 47 24 1913 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 13 38 14 8 16 36 60 60 0 1912 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 11 38 13 9 16 35 44 45 -1 1911 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 12 38 14 9 15 37 53 55 -2 1910 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 10 38 17 4 17 38 64 59 5 1909 Second Division (2) Bradford Park Avenue 16 38 13 6 19 32 51 59 -8
