
This is the book every loyal Shaymen fan should possess. Featuring club history player profiles match summaries & statistics it is illustrated throughout with colour photographs some of which have never been published before. Halifax Town was formed in 1911 following a letter by E.A. Jones which appeared in the pages of the Halifax Courier" & two subsequent public meetings at the now long since defunct Saddle Hotel. The intention was to build up the club & take it to the higher echelons of the Football League. Instead the club found itself floundering for much of the time amid poor attendances poor results & dire financial straits. Some folk might argue the club was not worth the bother. But for those who embraced it over the years they could not
- or would not
- live without it. Over the years Halifax Town have written themselves into the record books though not always for the right reasons. The supporters have suffered more than most for if the yearly struggles were not hard enough to take then what of the clubs liquidation in 2008? Major successes over 97 years could be counted on two fingers
- promotion in 1969 & the Conference title in 1998
- though the back-to-back promotions the reformed club has achieved under Neil Aspin must not be overlooked. This book chronicles the history of Halifax Town from its humble beginnings the highs & lows & everything in between in fascinating detail as well as profiling all the clubs managers star players memorable matches & history of the grounds. In addition every game played by both Halifax Town & FC Halifax Town is listed with season-by-season grids covering the major first-team matches as are separate lists of every player to have turned out for club. A second section also covers the formation & first three seasons of FC Halifax Town thus encapsulating the full 100 years since the original club was formed. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs some of which have never been published before the result is a volume that is an essential addition to the bookshelves of any Halifax Town fan. Put simply this is a book that provides everything any Town fan & indeed any football fan would want to know about the club. It is as the title suggests the complete record of Halifax Town."