1pm 22 June 2025
Bradford Summer Cup, Group A at Idle Cricket Club, Bradford
Clayton Albion 5 Halifax Amateurs 1 (att 38)
The final game of my 2024/25 football season was a second match of the day in the Bradford Summer Cup.
Idle Cricket Club, just a short drive from the day's earlier fixture at Peel Park, is an interesting venue. As far as I can tell Idle Cricket Club no longer exists, or at least if it does it no longer plays at the ground.
Although it is unmistakably still a cricket ground, it now appears to be solely used for football, and is the the home of Bradford Sunday Alliance side Prospect FC.
What was once the cricket outfield has a steep gradient up towards the pavilion and changing rooms, providing an elevated area from which to watch the action.
This tie pitted Sunday Alliance Clayton Albion against Halifax Amateurs, who in the season just finished played on Saturdays in the Halifax and District League. It can be hard to judge sides based on summer football, but Clayton were much stronger.
Good finishing helped them establish a 4-0 lead by half time. After the break, despite creating plenty of chances, they found it less easy to hit the net. Halifax pulled a late goal back before Clayton finally scored a fifth.
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