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Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: STFC_Gazzza on Thursday, May 15, 2008, 17:37:35 Thrown out of the conference altogether and unlikely to be allowed to play in the Unibond Premier Division North.
http://www.accrington.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=109721 Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: Rich Pullen on Thursday, May 15, 2008, 17:39:31 Sad news for Halifax fans.
I blame Gareth Whalley. Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: Bedford Red on Thursday, May 15, 2008, 17:40:11 It is sad news for them, feel for the fans, i would hate it if that was us.
Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: STFC_Gazzza on Thursday, May 15, 2008, 17:45:11 A story from the local rag
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/halifaxtown/Football-Conference-board-expels-Halifax.4089855.jp Quote THE consortium are to be informed that a Halifax club will not be playing in the Conference next season. As predicted on our website earlier today the Football Conference board has expelled the club. "We feel that Halifax do not qualify," said conference general manager Dennis Strudwick. "There will be correspondence to the club hopefully today or tomorrow." Mr Strudwick said he had heard nothing from the administrators running the club since Friday when efforts to reach agreement with creditors failed. He said a Halifax club would now have to be reformed from scratch and seek approval from the Football Association and then be allocated a league to play in. Mike Appleby, league manager for the FA, said there would be a place for a Halifax team but the issue would be at what entry level. "We will accommodate Halifax. We are not going to let football die in Halifax," he said. The consortium and the Halifax Town Supporters' Trust have both indicated they were interested in running a club. "We have had notice of intent but not the detail," said Mr Appleby. The detail will now have to be worked up speedily but confusion surrounds the consortium's intent as it has been working behind the scenes leaving fans in the dark. The trust is now split with some wanting to back the consortium - with its financial standing and business expertise - and others want the trust to run a members' club. Mr Appleby said whichever group came forward to form a team it would have to prove security of lease. A team playing at the Shay can expect to compete in the fourth tier of non-league football in the Northern Premier League Division One North (Unibond). If games are not played at the Shay then the fifth tier Northern Counties East Football League is the likely scenario. Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: Reg Smeeton on Thursday, May 15, 2008, 17:52:58 I've never quite forgiven Halifax for coming back from 3-0 down at The Shay, with 20mins to go and winning 4-3, with 2 in the last 3 mins.....this was 62 I can still picture reading about it in The Pink with a stunned sense of disbelief...some fella called Tait scored a hat trick in about 15 mins.
I suppose they did sell us Ray McHale for about 8K, so maybe I should let go? Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: suttonred on Thursday, May 15, 2008, 19:17:23 Thank god you haven't got vigilante inclinations, time to let go i think
Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Thursday, May 15, 2008, 19:53:53 Bloody hell the conference like kicking out teams now. It's a shame really. I remember when Halifax were in the football league not so long ago. Still i won't be complaining if they chuck the scum out :mrgreen:
Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: flammableBen on Thursday, May 15, 2008, 20:38:00 I think the conference have decided to get strict before the rot from the lower football league kicks in. Understandably so to be fair. If there was a big football league bankruptcy fallout then it could leave the conference a bit fucked.
Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: Dazzza on Thursday, May 15, 2008, 21:29:37 Quote from: "flammableBen" I think the conference have decided to get strict before the rot from the lower football league kicks in. Understandably so to be fair. If there was a big football league bankruptcy fallout then it could leave the conference a bit fucked. Spot on and there's a lot of healthy non-league teams running a tight ship or being bankrolled along nicely without the weight of old league debts crippling them. It would end up like a nursing home for old and rotting league clubs to see out their days if they didn't grip the spanner by the horns. Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: Lumps on Friday, May 16, 2008, 10:15:22 There's a load of long standing pub football triva questions changing this season if we're not careful, the clubs with an X in their name are pretty bloody thin on the ground now, and the largest city never to have a top flight team might have to be reconsidered soon too.
Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: jayohaitchenn on Friday, May 16, 2008, 10:20:22 Quote from: "Lumps" There's a load of long standing pub football triva questions changing this season if we're not careful, the clubs with an X in their name are pretty bloody thin on the ground now, and the largest city never to have a top flight team might have to be reconsidered soon too. Milton Keynes? :D Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: pauld on Friday, May 16, 2008, 10:55:10 Quote from: "jayohaitchenn" Quote from: "Lumps" There's a load of long standing pub football triva questions changing this season if we're not careful, the clubs with an X in their name are pretty bloody thin on the ground now, and the largest city never to have a top flight team might have to be reconsidered soon too. Milton Keynes? :D Salisbury. Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: Ardiles on Friday, May 16, 2008, 10:58:51 Sadly, I think you are correct. I was actually pondering this one the other day when I realised that one of my favourite pieces of football trivia was about to change. (Hull City, by the way, is also the only club of the 92 that you can't colour any of its letter in.)
After Milton Keynes, I'd have thought other contenders for largest city never to have been represented by a top flight team would be Southend, Basingstoke and Gloucester...of which the latter two have not even been represented by league teams at all. Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: pauld on Friday, May 16, 2008, 11:02:05 Quote from: "Ardiles" Sadly, I think you are correct. I was actually pondering this one the other day when I realised that one of my favourite pieces of football trivia was about to change. (Hull City, by the way, is also the only club of the 92 that you can't colour any of its letter in.) After Milton Keynes, I'd have thought other contenders for largest city never to have been represented by a top flight team would be Southend, Basingstoke and Gloucester...of which the latter two have not even been represented by league teams at all. Basingstoke's a city?? :shock: Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: Ardiles on Friday, May 16, 2008, 11:06:31 No - thank God. I meant town/city.
And for the record - Milton Keynes isn't a city either, even though many of its inhabitants seem to think it is. (It's not really a town either...more of 1960s planning accident constructed entirely of plastic and concrete.) Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: Summerof69 on Friday, May 16, 2008, 11:29:19 Quote from: "Iffy's Onion Bhaji" Bloody hell the conference like kicking out teams now. It's a shame really. I remember when Halifax were in the football league not so long ago. Still i won't be complaining if they chuck the scum out :mrgreen: Don't forget last season when Boston were relegated from the FL, the Conference wouldn't let them in so they had to play in Conference North, the league below. Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: Bedford Red on Friday, May 16, 2008, 16:44:26 Quote from: "Ardiles" Sadly, I think you are correct. I was actually pondering this one the other day when I realised that one of my favourite pieces of football trivia was about to change. (Hull City, by the way, is also the only club of the 92 that you can't colour any of its letter in.) After Milton Keynes, I'd have thought other contenders for largest city never to have been represented by a top flight team would be Southend, Basingstoke and Gloucester...of which the latter two have not even been represented by league teams at all. Bedford's got a population of 150,000 and never had a football league team, and having been relegated twice in two seasons to Southern Div 1 it's not looking likely. Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: Ardiles on Friday, May 16, 2008, 17:37:41 Turning the question on its head, which is the smallest town that has been represented by a top flight club?
In recent times, I'd have thought Blackburn would be a contender. It barely makes a mark on the map. Title: Halifax Town Expelled From Conference Post by: Bogus Dave on Friday, May 16, 2008, 17:41:53 Accrington?
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