<P> Bradford Park Avenue were formed in 1863 originally as a rugby union team , in 1895 they joined the breakaway Northern Rugby Football Union and played what would become known as rugby league until 1907 when they turned to football and joined the Southern League . The following season they successfully applied to join the Football League , becoming the second team from Bradford to join the league after Bradford City five years previously . The club won just one title during its 51 years in the Football League , when it topped Division Three ( North ) in 1927 -- 28 , and also spent three seasons in the top flight of English football . In each of the four seasons from 1966 -- 67 to 1969 -- 70 the club had to apply for re-election and was eventually voted out of the league to be replaced by Cambridge United in 1970 . For four seasons they competed in the Northern Premier League before the club folded in 1974 . </P>
<P> Bradford Park Avenue were formed in 1863 originally as a rugby union team , in 1895 they joined the breakaway Northern Rugby Football Union and played what would become known as rugby league until 1907 when they turned to football and joined the Southern League . The following season they successfully applied to join the Football League , becoming the second team from Bradford to join the league after Bradford City five years previously . The club won just one title during its 51 years in the Football League , when it topped Division Three ( North ) in 1927 -- 28 , and also spent three seasons in the top flight of English football . In each of the four seasons from 1966 -- 67 to 1969 -- 70 the club had to apply for re-election and was eventually voted out of the league to be replaced by Cambridge United in 1970 . For four seasons they competed in the Northern Premier League before the club folded in 1974 . </P>
when did bradford park avenue leave the football league
when did bradford park avenue leave the football league
1970
1970