Editing Valley Parade (section)

==Other uses==
Valley Parade was the headquarters of [[West_Riding_Artillery|The 2nd West Riding Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force)]]. The ground hosted its first international football game just two months after its first Football League match. The game's governing bodies wanted to promote football in the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]] and chose Valley Parade to host a game between an English League side and an [[Irish Football League|Irish League]] side, despite the ground being below standard. An estimated 20,000 spectators attended the match on 10 October 1903, which the English League won 2–1. Over the next 20 years, the ground hosted a number of other representative games, including an [[England national football team|England international]] trial, the 1904 [[FA Amateur Cup]] Final and an under-15s schoolboy international between England and Scotland. On 6 April 1987, the ground hosted another international when [[England national under-18 football team|England under-18s]] drew 1–1 with [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]].<ref name="f62">{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |page=62}}</ref>

Other under-18 fixtures have been played since 1987, the last of which was between England and [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] in November 2000.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/8056944.Tickets_go_on_sale_for_youth_international/ |title=Tickets go on sale for youth international |date=25 March 2000 |access-date=4 December 2016 |work=Telegraph & Argus |archive-date=5 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305005220/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/search/8056944.Tickets_go_on_sale_for_youth_international/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thefa.com/England/U18s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2000/11/1051.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20041210164106/http://www.thefa.com/England/U18s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2000/11/1051.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 December 2004 |title=Rain fails to spoil England parade |date=6 November 2000 |access-date=16 March 2008 |publisher=The Football Association}}</ref> It hosted two [[England national under-21 football team|England under-21]] international friendlies; the first was against [[Denmark national under-21 football team|Denmark's under-21s side]] on 8 October 1999, which ended with a score of England 4–1 Denmark.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/archive/1999/09/30/Bradford+District+Archive/8063157.Bradford_will_get_a_big_boost_says_boss_Wilkinson/ |title=Bradford will get a big boost says boss Wilkinson |date=30 September 1999 |access-date=4 February 2013 |work=Telegraph & Argus |archive-date=24 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624025653/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/archive/1999/09/30/Bradford%20District%20Archive/8063157.Bradford_will_get_a_big_boost_says_boss_Wilkinson/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The other was against [[Italy national under-21 football team|Italy's under-21s]] on 26 March 2002, which ended in a 1–1 draw with 21,642 in attendance.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1892978.stm |title=England U21s draw with Italy |date=26 March 2002 |access-date=16 March 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-date=10 April 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030410035406/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1892978.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> Valley Parade's next international came seven years later when Bradford City hosted an under-19s European Championship qualifying game, in which England defeated [[Slovakia national football team|Slovakia]] 4–1.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/4407668.England_hit_form_at_Valley_Parade/ |title=England hit form at Valley Parade |date=29 May 2009 |access-date=4 June 2009 |work=Telegraph & Argus |first=Simon |last=Parker |archive-date=2 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602093358/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/4407668.England_hit_form_at_Valley_Parade/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[England women's national football team|England women's team]] have also played at Valley Parade, including their 1994 first home match under the auspices of [[The Football Association]] (FA) against [[Spain women's national football team|Spain]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/England/womens-seniors/News/2002/33002 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104223153/http://www.thefa.com/England/womens-seniors/News/2002/33002 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 January 2013 |title=England Statistics |date=3 December 2002 |access-date=1 February 2011 |publisher=The Football Association}}</ref>

[[Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.|Bradford (Park Avenue)]] have played 29 games at Valley Parade, including a 2–0 friendly victory over Swiss side [[AC Lugano]] in 1962, and all of their home fixtures in [[1973–74 in English football|1973–1974]], their last season before the club's extinction.<ref name="f62"/><ref>{{cite book |last=Inglis |title=The football grounds of Great Britain |page=356}}</ref> Bradford's [[rugby league]] side [[Bradford Northern]] played a number of fixtures at Valley Parade between 1920 and 1937, as well as three games in the 1980s and the 1990s.<ref name="f64">{{cite book |last=Frost |title=Bradford City A Complete Record 1903–1988 |page=64}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bantamspast.co.uk/TheGrounds/rugbyleagueatval.html |title=Rugby League at Valley Parade |access-date=16 March 2008 |publisher=A History of Bradford City Football Club| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225124634/http://www.bantamspast.co.uk/TheGrounds/rugbyleagueatval.html| archive-date = 25 February 2008}}</ref> Bradford Northern became [[Bradford Bulls]] with the advent of the [[Super League]], and played two seasons at Valley Parade in 2001 and 2002 while their home ground [[Odsal Stadium]] was redeveloped.<ref name="bulls">{{cite news |url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8049366.Bulls__big_price_rises/|title=Bulls' big price rises |date=11 November 2000 |access-date=4 December 2016 |work=Telegraph & Argus|archive-date=20 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220235805/http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8049366.Bulls__big_price_rises/ |url-status=live}}</ref>