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FC Halifax Town 
Full nameFootball Club Halifax Town
Nickname(s)The Shaymen Town
Founded2008
GroundThe Shay,
Halifax,
West Yorkshire
(Capacity: 10,061 (5,830 seated)
Chairman
David Bosomworth
[1]
Manager
Neil Aspin
[2]
LeagueConference North
2010–11NPL Premier Division, 1st Champions
WebsiteClub home page
Football Club Halifax Town, otherwise known as
FC Halifax Town
are an
English
football
team who currently play in the
Conference North. The club replaced
Halifax Town A.F.C.
who went into
administration
during the2007–08 season. [edit]History[edit]Formation Huge tax debts buried
Halifax Town A.F.C.
after almost 100 years as a football club. New figures put to a reconvened creditors meeting in May 2008 showed the cash-strapped Shaymen owed over
£800,000 to
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. The Revenue refused any deal and that effectively finished the club – already over £2 million in the red.[3]
Administrators had been trying to broker a rescue package but speaking after five hours of talks that left liquidation near inevitable,
administrator
Rob Sadler said: "Halifax Town will probably perish." It was originally thought the club owed the taxman around £500,000, which might have left scope for a deal. But the news that it owed £814,000 meant that even if all the other creditors had accepted the 2.5p-in-the-pound offer originally on the table it would not have been enough.[4] At a meeting of
The Football Association, discussing the makeup of the
football pyramid
for the 2008/09 season, F.C. Halifax Town were not placed in either the
Conference National, the
Conference North
or the
Northern Premier League Premier Division. Halifax appealed against the decision to remove them from the
Football Conference.[5]
Though the appeal was rejected on June 11, the hope was that Halifax could play in the NPL Premier Division.[6]
This did not materialise, and eventually Halifax Town were accepted to play in theNorthern Premier League Division One North
in the new season under the new name
F.C. Halifax Town.[7] [edit]2008–09 The club's first game under the new name FC Halifax Town was a friendly away against
Tamworth
on 19 July 2008. There was to be no fairytale ending however, and the game ended in a 2–0 defeat. The club's first ever victory was against
Alsager Town
on 26 July 2008 by a 2–0 scoreline. Colin Hunter will be credited as the scorer of the new club's first ever goal after six minutes. Their first competitive Northern League Division One North match was at The Shay against
Bamber Bridge
on 16 August 2008, however the game resulted in a 3–0 loss for the Shaymen. The club got off to a poor start, despite recording their first competitive victory in the next match. However, a 7–1 home win against
Salford City
in late September seemed to turn the tide for Town. They went on an 8-game unbeaten run, 7 of those being victories, and shot to the top of the league table. The run eventually came to an end against
Rossendale United, who ended up doing the league double over Halifax and finishing the season bottom of the table. Despite the loss, Halifax remained top and more good results, including 5–1 and 4–1 victories against
Garforth Town
and
Wakefield
respectively, kept their promotion hopes alive. After the Wakefield match however, Halifax won just 2 of their final 14 league games, the wins coming against
Harrogate Railway Athletic
and
Clitheroe, both 2–1. This poor run led to the sacking of manager Jim Vince, and senior player
Nigel Jemson
stepped up to the manager's position for the remainder of the season. The automatic promotion places were certainly out of Halifax's reach going into the final 5 games, but the club needed to win a minimum of 3 of these final 5 games to have any chance of reaching the play-offs. They could only manage 2 draws and so a poor ending to the season cost them dearly, and they had to settle for a final position of 8th. [edit]2009–10 With new manager
Neil Aspin
taking the helm near the start of close season, Halifax Town got off to a much better start. Promising results in pre-season friendlies were consolidated after beating
Colwyn Bay
3–0 on their own turf in the first league match of the season. The results continued to be impressive, most notably in September, winning every game and conceding only one goal in the process. This included a 2–0 away victory over promotion-pushing
Conference North
team
Droylsden, before coming to a home defeat to
Wrexham
in the Fourth Qualifying Round in front of a then record gate for FC Halifax Town, 2,843.[8]
Furthermore, first-choice goalkeeper Jonathan Hedge was called up for the
England C national football team. Halifax's glory streak faltered a little after losing 1–0 away to
Prescot Cables
in the only game during the season where they failed to score. Halifax failed to record a game for over a month during the heavy weather in the winter, and
Lancaster City
dominated the promotion race for a while. However, Halifax continued to rake up impressive results, and during a congested schedule beat
Ossett Albion
5–0, and
Harrogate Railway Athletic,Prescot Cables
and
Colwyn Bay
3–0 apiece among other results. A decisive moment came against
Garforth Town
away, when, after a Garforth substitute being sent off, Halifax came back from 3–1 down to win 3–4 in the last stoppage time. That following Saturday, 10 April, Halifax faced
Lancaster City
at home, beating them 4–0 in front of a new record gate, 3,152.[9]
This result gained Halifax points over Lancaster for the first time since the beginning of the season. The Shaymen followed this excellent result on Monday 13 April by beating 3rd placed
Curzon Ashton
away 5–0. They held onto the top spot until the end of the season, becoming champions of the
Northern Premier League Division One North
with 100 points. The title was sealed with a 2–2 home draw against
Clitheroe
after beating
Ossett Albion
away 4–2 the previous Saturday in front of over 1000 travelling supporters. [edit]2010–11 FC Halifax Town start life in the
Northern Premier League
(or what is now known as the Evostik Premier Division) by signing defenders
Mark Bower
fromDarlington,
Matty Plummer
from
North Ferriby United
and Liam Hogan from
Woodley Sports, midfielders Harry Winter from
Northwich Victoria
and Simon Garner from
Clitheroe, winger Scott Metcalfe from
Trafford
and finally strikers
Jamie Vardy
from
Stocksbridge Park Steels, Danny Holland from
Eastwood Town
and Nathan Taylor from
Clitheroe
also. The pre-season kicked off with a game against local team
Brighouse Town, the same as the previous season. This resulted in a 5–0 win with debutant Nathan Taylor scoring four goals, and Danny Holland scoring one – an improvement on the 5–1 win a year before. On 26 November, James Dean became the first player to score 50 goals for the club, after only 69 games for The Shaymen. On
New Year's Day
2011, the home match to
FC United of Manchesterattracted a crowd of 4,023, an attendance record for the Northern Premier League in its current structure, and the highest overall since Wigan Athletic played Stafford Rangers on 28 December 1970 in front of 8,107 people.[10] FC Halifax Town finally won the
NPL Premier Division
Championship on 9 April 2011 with a 2–0 away win at
Retford United
and will play in the
Blue Square Bet North
for the 2011/12 season. [edit]The Shaymen's 30 game unbeaten record at The Shay Spanning into three seasons, The Shaymen went 30 games at
The Shay
unbeaten. The run lasted from 18 April 2009 to 20 November 2010. It all began as a disappointing 2008–2009 season was coming to a close with a 1–2 defeat to
Curzon Ashton, which ended any hopes of a playoff place that year, and cemented Curzon's. They won 18 and drew 3 in the 2009–2010 season to seal the
Unibond Division One North
championship with 100 points and 105 goals. A slow start to the beginning of the 2010–2011 season seemed to spell the end of the home run very soon, but with the return of injured left/right backs Danny Lowe andAaron Hardy
and star striker James Dean, The Shaymen's season quickly took off and they rose to top spot. The Shaymen's unbeaten run finally came to an end on 20 November 2010, when
North Ferriby United
outplayed Halifax and dispatched them 0–2. [edit]The Complete Run | Date | Team | Result | Scorers | | 18/04/09 | Trafford | D 2–2 | Jemson (Pen), Barnes | | 18/08/09 | Warrington Town | W 4–1 | Gray, Baker, Crossley, Peers | | 22/08/09 | Trafford | W 2–0 | Dean, Marshall | | 31/08/09 | Garforth Town | W 1–0 | Gray | | 19/09/09 | Leigh Genesis | W 3–1 | Gray, Dean, Marshall | | 29/09/09 | Curzon Ashton | W 1–0 | Payne (Pen) | | 10/11/09 | AFC Fylde | W 3–0 | Payne, Dean x2 | | 28/11/09 | Woodley Sports | W 2–1 | Dean, Marshall | | 12/12/09 | Salford City | W 6–1 | Dean x3, Gray x2, Marshall | | 15/12/09 | Wakefield | D 1–1 | Lowe | | 19/01/10 | Bamber Bridge | W 4–1 | Dean x3, Gray | | 13/02/10 | Harrogate Railway Athletic | W 3–0 | Marshall, Gray, Peers | | 20/02/10 | Mossley | W 4–2 | Crossley, Marshall, Gray, Winter | | 23/02/10 | Rossendale United | W 2–0 | Dean (Pen), Peers | | 02/03/10 | Ossett Albion | W 5–0 | Gray x3, WInter x2 |
| | Date | Team | Result | Scorers | | 06/03/10 | Prescot Cables | W 3–0 | Winter, Marshall, Lowe | | 13/03/10 | Colwyn Bay | W 3–0 | Lowe, Dean, Phelan | | 02/04/10 | Chorley | W 1–0 | Payne | | 10/04/10 | Lancaster City | W 4–0 | Gregory x2, Payne, Dean | | 15/04/10 | Radcliffe Borough | W 2–1 | Marshall, Payne | | 20/04/10 | Clitheroe | D 2–2 | Wilde, Baker | | 24/04/10 | Skelmersdale United | D 1–1 | Marshall | | 21/08/10 | Buxton | W 2–1 | Holland, Vardy | | 30/08/10 | Colwyn Bay | D 1–1 | Marshall | | 07/09/10 | Northwich Victoria | D 1–1 | Holland | | 18/09/10 | Whitby Town | W 5–1 | Dean x3, Holland x2 | | 28/09/10 | Hucknall Town | W 4–0 | Dean x2, Baker (Pen), Garner | | 19/10/10 | Bradford Park Avenue | W 1–0 | Holland | | 26/10/10 | Burscough | W 3–2 | Marshall, Baker (Pen), Dean | | 13/11/10 | Retford United | W 3–0 | Vardy x2, Bower |
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[edit]Current squad Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under
FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. [edit]Current StaffClub Officials - President: Robert Holmes
- Chairman: David Bosomworth
- Directors:
Bobby Ham, Stuart Peacock
Coaching and Medical Staff Other Staff - Kit Manager:
Ian Helliwell - Sales & Marketing Executive: Pete Stajic
- Club Secretary: Hayley Horne
- Groundsmen: Graham Osbourne, Mark Hans
- Accounts Manager: Arthur Wilson
- U19s Secretary: Sam Shaw
- Safety Officer: Ronnie Cowgill
[edit]Performance[edit]League Standings [edit]FA Cup | Year | Round Reached | Notes | | 2008–09 | 2nd qualifying round | Lost 1–4 to
Nantwich Town | | 2009–10 | 4th qualifying round | Lost 0–1 to
Wrexham | | 2010–11 | 4th qualifying round | Lost 0–1 to
Mansfield Town |
[edit]FA Trophy [edit]West Riding County Cup [edit]Unibond/Evostik League Challenge Cup [edit]Unibond League Presidents Cup | Year | Round Reached | Notes | | 2008–09 | 3rd round | Lost 0–2 to
Retford United | | 2009–10 | 3rd round | Lost 1–2 to
Stamford
after extra time |
[edit]Honours [edit]Rivals According to a survey conducted in 2003, Halifax's three main rivals are:[11] Reference is made to their rivalry with
Burnley
and
Rochdale
in their football chant 'I am a Shaymen fan'. Considering that Halifax is in
West Yorkshireit is surprising that two of the three main rivals are from another county. It is also very surprising to know that Burnley, Huddersfield and Rochdale are all a number of levels above, but the history of Halifax Town A.F.C. is what brings the Burnley and Rochdale rivalry. The Huddersfield rivalry is due to the close proximity of the clubs. [edit]Notes
 53°42′58″N
1°51′33″W Coordinates:
53°42′58″N
1°51′33″W
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