F.C. Halifax Town

Football club infobox
clubname = FC Halifax Town


fullname = Football Club Halifax Town
nickname = The Shaymen
founded = 2008 (replaced Halifax Town A.F.C.)
ground = The Shay
Halifax
capacity = 14,000
chairman = David Bosomworth [http://www.halifaxafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/WhosWho/0,,10437,00.html]
manager = flagicon|ENG Jim Vince [http://www.halifaxafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10437~1337191,00.html]
assistant manager = flagicon|England Nigel Jemson
league = Northern Premier League Division One North
position = Conference National, 20th (as Halifax Town A.F.C.)
season = 2007–08
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Football Club Halifax Town, otherwise known as F.C. Halifax Town are an English football team currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One North. The club replaced Halifax Town A.F.C. who went into administration during the 2007-08 season and were eventually liquidated. The club was reformed and renamed FC Halifax Town in July 2008.cite news|url=http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/halifaxtown/New-club-name-revealed.4271113.jp|title=New club name revealed|date=2008-07-09|publisher=Evening Courier (Halifax)|accessdate=2008-07-12]

The club currently play at The Shay (hence the reason for their nickname "The Shaymen") in Halifax, West Yorkshire. The Shay Stadium is run by The Shay Stadium Trust Ltd, a not-for-profit company.

They have reached the second qualifying round of the FA Cup in season 2008-09.

Formation

Huge tax debts buried Halifax Town 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. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/halifax_town/7392851.stm BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Halifax Town | Halifax on the brink of collapse ] ] 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. [ [http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/local/Halifax-Town-Clockwatch-Wednesday-150pm.4056032.jp Halifax Town Clockwatch: Wednesday August 13 - Halifax Today ] ]

At a meeting of the Football Association, discussing the makeup of the football pyramid for the 2008/09 season, 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. [ [http://www.bluesqfootball.com/story/0,20970,13040_3665473,00.html BlueSq Premier | North | South | Latest news on the new Blue Square Premier, North and South season | Conference AGM news ] ] Though the appeal was rejected on June 11, the hope was that Halifax could play in the NPL Premier Division. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/halifax_town/7448831.stm BBC SPORT | Football | Non League | Halifax fail with demotion appeal ] ] This did not materialise, and eventually Halifax Town were accepted to play in the Northern Premier League Division One North in the new season under the new name F.C. Halifax Town. [ [http://www.halifaxafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/SupportersTrustDetail/0,,10437~1328189,00.html HTST Advise Town Accepted Into Unibond | Halifax Town | Fans | Supporters Trust | Supporters Trust ] ]

Players

:"As of 2 October 2008."cite news
title = Player Profiles
url = http://www.halifaxafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10437~1367124,00.html
publisher = FC Halifax Town
date = 2008-08-15
accessdate = 2008-08-15]

Current squad

Club Officials

Current Staff

Boardroom

* "Chairman": David Bosomworth
* "Vice Chairman":
* "Directors": Bobby Ham, Stuart PeacockManagement

* "Manager": Jim Vince
* "Assistant Player/Manager": Nigel Jemson
* "Physio": Alan Russell-Cox
* "Fitness Co-ordinator": Ian Helliwell
* "Club Mascot": Freddy the Fox
*

Notes

External links

* [http://www.halifaxafc.co.uk Official site]
* [http://www.shaymenonline.org ShaymenOnline.org (statistics archive)]
* [http://www.theshaymen.net Independent Messageboard]
* [http://www.freddythefox.co.uk Freddy the Fox (club mascot) website]
* [http://www.htst.org Halifax Town Supporters' Trust]

* [http://www.itvlocal.com/facup/?player=All_FaCup_15&void=229670 FC Halifax v Silsden in the FA Cup] Watch highlights of the match played 30/08/08