This will be your first visit to Halifax in some time.

Parking, from the motorway, unless you are dining, booked a disabled spot or are a director, please drive past the main entrance to the mini roundabout at the bottom of the hill. Take a left into Hunger Hill [uHX1 2JT.[/u
halfway up the hill we have hired the Halifax Bank's Multi-storey car park, the charge is £5.00. if you want a quick getaway after the game use the west car park just beyond the multi, charge is £5.00
This will probably be the last time we cross swords as you will be flying into the super league, perhaps we'll catch up with you in the future.

Or alternatively as I did when I last visited in 2013 for the World Cup, Italia v. Tonga, just park on the street for nowt.

Most people in Scallifax don't have cars, the occasional horse and cart or traction engine is all you'll encounter.

Bring your felt tip pens, it's still black and white down the Calder Valley.

Is there still a warm welcome in the Three Pigeons? Excellent pre-match watering hole I seem to recall.

Aye, still a decent boozer, Ossett Brewery, my 'Fax connections were telling me of a pub a bit further on, away from the ground that's also good, but I forget the name.

The Shay is a nice little ground, unfortunately both clubs have never had enough money to finish it off. And I'm certain the 'Fax fans would enlighten us to the reasons around that. Like I said not been since 2013 but the bits that were finished back in our NFP days seemed partly not accessible in 2013.

I hope I'm wrong but I have a feeling they maybe trouble at the game there's a rumour a lot of Halifax FC fans going along and there is only one reason for them turning up unfortunately

There aren't any people in Halifax, it's ace.

We go mid week t'pictures, because if you go to any fillem that's slightly not Block Buster, no one else goes.

My sister was born there, she's married, well, we managed to auction her off.

My God Father was from their, he was very cool.

An amazing engineer in the sixties apparently, smoked way too many fags.

Uncle Eric used to do calculation's on the wings of DC10's and was terrified that they couldn't mathematically stay in the air.

More Terrorista family japes to follow.

Let's hope the Wessy police have heard the same rumour and also turn up.
To be fair, they've had nowt t'do since the miners strikes so could do with some overtime.

It's obviously too long since the Robins visited Halifax, the Capital of Yorkshire. I also notice you've not lost your sense of humour. Parking on the streets for free, Hahahahah.
Do you think the football goons will be in or around the Shay when the Robins are in town, not in this lifetime.

If you are booked into the main car park, I'll be the first person you'll be speaking to, so I hope you have a great day.

No chance of bother even though it is an high profile game / like a grand final as you were paid by the rfl to rest half your squad against Toulouse and throw the game against them again

Hooligan 27 slandering a club and its officers on a public site is downright silly. think before you print

im sure we will have a enjoyable day, and if we manage a win lets hope feath can beat the onion sellers

Do you still sell home made cakes in the ground ?
l've a memory of home made bakewell tart bought from 2 lady's who told me they baked everything on offer ?
But alcohol and time does taint the past some what.

RUBBISH.

Why so sure

Most of the FC Halifax Town fans hate Halifax RLFC with a passion (they still believe that we're squatters at the Shay). The move to the Shay probably wasn't the best managed thing that's ever happened, and there's still a large degree of lingering animosity between the two clubs as a result.

What I can't believe is that any FC Halifax Town fans would pay an entrance fee just to have a go at you. You'll be in the North Stand, and tbh, I'd think they'd be more likely to go in the South Stand with the Fax fans if they really want to cause any trouble. Just be careful if you choose to go into the town centre before or after the game for a beer.

There's plenty of on-street parking around Halifax, but make sure you read the signs, as some of it is resident-only on a Sunday. Not much available in close vicinity of the Shay, but if you don't mind a 10 minute walk then no problem. That said, the multi-storey car park that Malfax advertised is a safe option, and a very short walk to the turnstiles.

Joking aside, 'Fax are a great club and I think this must be the highest number of fans that have taken the trouble to come on our board and give us tips and pointers as to where to park and where the decent pubs are this season.

Thanks.

They were always very funny on here back in the old NFP days.

Obviously as an adopted son of their main rival town, I didn't really mean any of that.

Really looking forward to Sunday, hopefully both teams will turn up to play, I think they will, 'Fax must be on a real high after the last couple of weeks.

Great game where the end result is up for grabs on the cards.

Bring it!

WELL it looks at this moment in time Rovers do not want to go to France

I was just about to rant about how terrible we're playing but I forgot the repercussions....

I know we don't want to win today, but for seventeen queens I expect them to at least pretend.

Decent pre match pint though.

Very poor and for those who suggest it has been a tactical loss by hull kr should be concerned, because on this showing Halifax will pose a much bigger threat in the playoffs than Toulouse, Halifax are a much better team than Toulouse in my opinion.
I've just listened to the sports team say on the radio humberside that rovers back three are not good enough for super league, they said they are not big or brave enough and haven't been all season, I could not agree more and have been saying exactly the same all season. Unless there is a huge improvement in some players I fear for our chances in the 8s.

Obviously the result doesn't matter hugely. Indeed, strangely, it probably benefits us a bit.

But it's not good at all from a confidence and momentum perspective. Also Sheens, who is better to listen to than our other recent coaches, repeatedly made the point early in the year that we'd improve as the season progressed. Not convinced that has happened. This league seems to taken a toll on our focus. And we've struggled for continuity. Some owing to injuries, some not.

Any knock, and there were bound to be some, was always going to bring back memories of 2016's failings. That soft underbelly that plagued us seems to be making an unwelcome return at just the wrong time. Still time to fix it for when it matters more - just about.

I've never been confident about us getting up, exactly. We've given ourselves a chance, but it was always a big task, and also bit of a lottery. Not sure today really changes how I feel, but to get no sort of reaction to losing to Toulouse is certainly not heartening.

Anyway... Business end.

We saved probably our best performance for the last game of the season for when it really mattered (to Fax). Both sets of players looked out on their feet at the end of the game, and I'll never be convinced that any team would play for a "tactical loss" in RL. It just mattered more to the Fax players (including them all getting a 10% salary cut from the start of the season back in their pockets) and our lack of mistakes and penalties was unrecognisable from most of our previous games.

The result has made a couple of thousand folk in Halifax very happy today. Not just for the extra funding for next season, but having played in the Championship Shield (bottom 8's) last year, it wasn't something we wanted to repeat (dwindling crowds in a pretty meaningless competition - unless you're at the relegation end of the table of course).

The ref seemed to let a lot go today (particularly holding down), although he was certainly on the ball with forward passes! A couple of strange decisions, but that's usual and tbh they do know the rules of the game better than most supporters.

All the best for the middle 8's. I obviously want Fax to do well, but I can't see us being able to raise our game every week. If it's not Fax, then I hope to see Hull KR in the MPG. From what I've seen this year, I can't really see any Championship team doing what Leigh did last time out and going straight up.

I take it Quinlan wasn't injured when Marsh came on? Did he come back on they didn't mention if he did on the radio?
Atkin sounded like he had a stinker.

I don't think so, looked like we were just giving Marsh game time, which might have been a good thing because hopefully he's played himself out of a shirt.

Atkin was absolutely terrible, I can cut a half back some slack for not knowing the playbook but I can't forgive kicking out on the full twice (got away with one because of a poor call from then referee) wanting the ball anywhere and throwing interception passes that you then can't be bothered to chase.

Once again, neither half back controlled or created anything. The only spark was Dockar-Clay when we eventually bothered to bring him on.