Halifax - a town probably better known for its building society than its football team - is the furthest away destination so far this season for the blues so it is likely that the number of fans following the team up to Yorkshire will be fewer than at Kings Lynn or Wealdstone.
The current FC Halifax Town is a replacement club for the former Halifax Town AFC who were wound up in 2008 with huge debts to the HMRC among others. That former club had quite a few links with the Blues, no less than three of their managers in the last 10 years of their existence were former blues players (Dave Worthington, Peter Butler and Alan Little). Phil Brown is also a former "Shayman", as he says in his pre-match interview.
The phoenix club had to work their way up from the Northern Premier League Division One North (Tier 8 of English Football) but are now firmly established in the National League, finishing 10th last season. Their results this season have been mixed with defeats at home to Maidenhead and away at Yeovil and Wins at home to Altrincham and away at Woking. They sold last season's top scorer, Jake Hyde, for an undisclosed fee toHollywood FC Wrexham, and highly rated midfield, Jack Earing, to Walsall in the close season and have signed 10 new players with the proceeds.
Blues will no doubt be encouraged by last Saturday's draw with pre-season favourites Wrexham, although a draw after being 2-0 never feels quite the same. Nevertheless the performance was positive and there is much to build on.
Of most concern is whether Nathan Ralph will be sufficiently recovered from his concussion to make the trip, with the injury to Abu Ogogo as well the squad is already starting to look a bit threadbare and we're only in September.
So who would you start on Saturday, and what do you think the result will be?
The current FC Halifax Town is a replacement club for the former Halifax Town AFC who were wound up in 2008 with huge debts to the HMRC among others. That former club had quite a few links with the Blues, no less than three of their managers in the last 10 years of their existence were former blues players (Dave Worthington, Peter Butler and Alan Little). Phil Brown is also a former "Shayman", as he says in his pre-match interview.
The phoenix club had to work their way up from the Northern Premier League Division One North (Tier 8 of English Football) but are now firmly established in the National League, finishing 10th last season. Their results this season have been mixed with defeats at home to Maidenhead and away at Yeovil and Wins at home to Altrincham and away at Woking. They sold last season's top scorer, Jake Hyde, for an undisclosed fee to
Blues will no doubt be encouraged by last Saturday's draw with pre-season favourites Wrexham, although a draw after being 2-0 never feels quite the same. Nevertheless the performance was positive and there is much to build on.
Of most concern is whether Nathan Ralph will be sufficiently recovered from his concussion to make the trip, with the injury to Abu Ogogo as well the squad is already starting to look a bit threadbare and we're only in September.
So who would you start on Saturday, and what do you think the result will be?
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