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[TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/halifax_town/7392851.stm

[samba]

The BBC link sounds like they're definitely relegated now, is that so? 

[Alex]

i feel for the genuine fans of halifax i'd hate anything like this to happent to alty (imagine celebrating survival then getting home from work 2 weeks later to discover that you have to go to Witton)

hope they bounce back soon

[Leon]

From BBC Radio Leeds:

"Halifax Town have all but gone out of existence having failed to get
their rescue package past the creditors today.

At ten past two this afternoon Halifax Town's administrator Rob Sadler
announced that he had failed to get the rescue package through. The
Inland Revenue's policy of saying no meant that the club could not get
the 75 percent vote needed. Ironically if Halifax's debt had been two
and  a half million pounds rather than two million pounds, they might at
this stage still be safe.

What happens now is that the club will be relegated out of Blue Square
Premier and Blue Square North, and according to the administrator has
only a slim chance of fetching up in the Unibond League.

It's doubtful that the consortium who have been trying to buy the club
for a year will remain interested, and so it's expected that the
administrators Begbies Traynor will sack all the staff including manager
Chris Wilder and release any players still on contract."

[gazwarrington]

According to a text I have just got Radio 5 have just reported that Halifax have gone into liquidation.

[DarrenH]

But why doesn't the BBC story give any mention at the fact that Altrincham have / will be reprieved and mention that they are a solvent club instead of making us sound like a bunch of lucky B*****ds !!

[the shayman hate alty fan]

I have no sympathy for halifax or their fans if they do go bump.

their parting shot to me on their forum was

we're in BSP your playing in BSN

get used to it

you might take 50 to droylsden.

lets see how many they take to witton.

they were calling us for hoping they go bust so we can get a reprieve yet they expect all and sundry to accept 2.5p so they can carry on in the conference......todays meeting has been a farce as they knew they had to offer 10p in the pound and they started off offering sponsorhip of a stand that isn't built...they nit pick as to wether the HMRC £499.999 is just over or just below the 25% threshold and it's a formality of paperwork...then we find it's £800k odd.....

well in that case I hope it f**king happens to you too. 
sorry to all those sympathetic alty fans thanks for your support
this guy is a idiot so hope youget it too and see how it feels.

[TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe]

But why doesn't the BBC story give any mention at the fact that Altrincham have / will be reprieved and mention that they are a solvent club instead of making us sound like a bunch of lucky B*****ds !!

Let's be honest....we are a "bunch of lucky b*****ds" though to a fair degree! 

[Frosty]

you are right the guy is a wanker, sorry if you do go

[gazwarrington]

But why doesn't the BBC story give any mention at the fact that Altrincham have / will be reprieved and mention that they are a solvent club instead of making us sound like a bunch of lucky B*****ds !!

Let's be honest....we are a "bunch of lucky b*****ds" though to a fair degree! 

I'm sorry and this is harsh on Halifax fans and I'm sorry but how can we be lucky if another team pays more than they can afford to be better than us ?

[the shayman hate alty fan]

i agree where would we have been without jon shaw???

hes leaving 

[Longman]

I thought someone might remember John Cooper Clarke. Beesley Street was always the opener in the long dead Music Machine in Camden Town. Kung Fu international was my favourite but I married a monster from outer space was brilliant. Anyone under 40 will have no idea what we are on about. You never see a nipple in the Daily Express.

I'm 26 and I know him, he's hilarious!

[VofD]

But why doesn't the BBC story give any mention at the fact that Altrincham have / will be reprieved and mention that they are a solvent club instead of making us sound like a bunch of lucky B*****ds !!

Let's be honest....we are a "bunch of lucky b*****ds" though to a fair degree! 

I'm sorry and this is harsh on Halifax fans and I'm sorry but how can we be lucky if another team pays more than they can afford to be better than us ?

Exactly. For "lucky" substitute "good housekeeping".

[Longman]

I'm sorry for true Halifax fans but my god this is good news for us!

I've no shame whatsoever in expressing my jubilation if we are reprieved! 

[Reading Robin]

I have no sympathy for halifax or their fans if they do go bump.

their parting shot to me on their forum was

we're in BSP your playing in BSN

get used to it

you might take 50 to droylsden.

lets see how many they take to witton.

they were calling us for hoping they go bust so we can get a reprieve yet they expect all and sundry to accept 2.5p so they can carry on in the conference......todays meeting has been a farce as they knew they had to offer 10p in the pound and they started off offering sponsorhip of a stand that isn't built...they nit pick as to wether the HMRC £499.999 is just over or just below the 25% threshold and it's a formality of paperwork...then we find it's £800k odd.....

well in that case I hope it f**king happens to you too. 
sorry to all those sympathetic alty fans thanks for your support
this guy is a idiot so hope youget it too and see how it feels.

The problem was that most Halifax fans on the forum were aggressive towards Alty, giving a false impression as a whole.  Jezza's post on your forum was well put i thought, merely seeking to show our side of the situation.  The response to it was pathetic.

I'm sorry to see any club go in such a state, but i feel tougher financial rules are necessary in football along with rules on the owners of clubs.  Acceptance of the 2.5p in the pound offer would have been other hit to the creditibility of the Conference.