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Halifax Fan here!

 

Of course we are pleased with our performance last night and our team so far looks alot stronger and fitter than we could have imagined. We knew the players we kept from last season could play football but overall we looked good. At the end of the day its only a pre season friendly and i remember our fans getting carried away last season and we lost our first game 3-0 to Bamber Bridge!

 

As for the Shay, it is the same site as the old ground and the only thing that hasnt changed really is the skircoat stand (opposite the new one) and the pitch. The rugby club sold their old ground in 2001 i think and moved in with the football club which made it more financially viable. the pitch looked in mint condition last night and to be fair does for most of the year. It does get a little bit ropey Jan/Feb time when both teams are playing on it but other than that its fine.

 

And the old guy upfront! His name is Ryan Sugden and played over 100 games for us in the conference a couple of years back, Hes 27!

 

Good luck for the season guys!

Good luck in your journey back into the football league. Halifax is a good town to visit and once that big stand is finished you will have a stadium to be proud of

Is it in the same place as the old Shay ? Down in the valley.....remember going there in FA Cup once 2nd round...Horrible day horrible place...won 1-0

yeah. theres a good video of them knocking man city out of FA cup in 1980 at the 'old' ground

what a dump!

Id much rather travel the extra few miles and ground share the shay than bloody spotland

anybody else impressed with the shay and its catering?

cheap beer and superb chilli

partly made up for unimpressive majority of triallists

Ive just got back

To be fair, halifax played some good stuff and there didnt seem to be much difference in sides, probably due to weather being so bad. They are practically still a conference side though

Some of triallists stood out, Allesandra played well

More of a fitness test more than anything

Have to say I was impressed by the Shay its much better than many grounds in the football league, apparently their council is paying for it being built, some guy said itll be 14,000 capacity when finished