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Looks like a POTG. Though I know at that level e-tickets aren’t unheard of-only in Halifax. £10 adults & £7 concessions.

Plenty of attacking players on the bench for us yesterday who should be fresh for it so expect wholesale charges especially in midfield & attack. Runcorn seem a decent outfit for their level & lost the play off final to Marine last season so we need to treat them with respect & they’ll be bang up for it too.

For us regulars & traditionalists then the Cheshire Senior Cup still means something so hope we go strong enough to grab that final spot.

Good question. The 700 to York meant I’d have been confident of at least 1000 at ‘Fax, maybe a bit more. Presume with their cavernous ground as well everyone could have just paid on the day (cash only, of course) & they would have opened that large terrace behind the goal to our right for us. Luckily not something we had to contemplate.

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Hiw are halifax getting on , did they sell out?

Not sure if it's accurate but the stock levels on the Halifax website suggest there are only 13 tickets remaining in the away end and seats have sold out.

TBH since they put 956 tickets on sale on 17 March and grumbled at the time the home club had only given them that many, I'm amazed they still have tickets left. It's only about an hour away!

Halifax fan here, I don't think we will sell out, the apathy around the club is painful at the moment, and not even the prospect of a Wembley appearance looks like changing anyone's minds. It also doesn't help that we were at Wembley a few seasons back. Even if we won on Saturday, I couldn't imagine more than a few thousand attending.

On our forum, Alty have been held up as a beacon of a club on the way up. While with our Chairman we feel like we are are on a downward trajectory.

That is a shame. I remember when we lost 1 nil on BT Sport and then your PO pushes after and thinking thats where we need to be.

Your forum is more negative thatn ours, and that says something

Halifax’s forum reminds me a bit of Southport’s legendarily moaning & negative ‘Port Chat’ which if Parky & Jordan H think this place is bad they’d have a heart attack if they read that.

It’s a poor do from the club & I think they know they have erred & before next season a proper policy needs putting in place. Assuming the current top two go up then only Oldham & maybe Rochdale/Chesterfield will need more then 956 away tickets next season. Everyone else we get the full length of the Pop Side no ifs or buts.

I agree with Hughesy though that the solution & opening up much needed wider ground improvements is the away end. A roof & ability to sell beer to away fans & I think a lot of the stresses we see with away followings goes away. It’s not the current boards fault that there’s been no substantial improvement to the spectating facilities in 25 years but on their watch with the increases crowds it’s come to a head.

Think my view is more in line with Golfroader.

Ditto. Whilst the manner of the sly free kick & the tale of two pens is frustrating they were absolutely top class. The pressing, the passing, the decision making-it was like watching a Conference version of Pep’s City I thought. IMO they play much better football then Wrexham even if they will finish second. Not sure mind why fewer then 600 away fans are allowed the last third of the Pop Side when there is a perfectly adequate terrace they haven’t filled. Seems a bit of last minute panic which is not ideal.

From our side, no one injured, no one sent off & the last 30 minutes was basically a testimonial pace, absolutely fine. We worked very hard, kept our shape & discipline & had the odd moment but now we move onto the main event.

If (when) Rochdale go down, as you say, other clubs will come in for him. I hope we have a good sell-on clause in place as that could be a nice little boost for next year's budget (along with the dosh from winning the Trophy 🏆) 🏅😎

Agreed. When Rochdale go down given about 3 other FL sides were allegedly interested in him then he won’t be going down with them. Good to have another local side in the division next season & one we’ll get another decent gate against too. Hope at least one of them or Oldham at home is a 3pm KO.

A win AND a clean sheet-hallelujah.

Definitely rode our luck & on the balance Sarfend will be wondering how exactly they lost that one through some last ditch defending by us & woeful finishing by them.

Marriot & Lundstram ran the show in midfield again & Burgess from Oldham showed promise when he came on. How good is it too to have a bloke in Linney who you have total confidence with on pens, so cool sending their GK the wrong way. Been an age since we’ve had that reliable penalty taker. I thought there were signs from Bennett too that he’s gradually getting there.

Great attendance too, the FZ doing a roaring at HT & so many kids & parents in. A really positive day for our club overall & more to come this week.