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Thanks for a very informative piece. I was one of the 698 at Valley Parade on 2 May 1974 who saw Park Avenue going out of existence. The programme (3p) for the game is devoted mostly to the club's various fund-raising schemes and there's a resigned, we-did-our-best, almost matter-of-fact air to the contributions with the only real nod to the future being that the social committee would be continuing with its team in the local Sunday League. I think it was from this that the new club formed a few years later. There really wasn't much love for the club beyond its immediate support at the time which is very sad. There was also a "Farewell to Park Avenue Evening" planned for the following Wednesday at the Edwardian Club featuring "cabaret, dancing and buffet" all for 40p (including supper). I wonder how that went.

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