But it could also prove to be the turning point in the club's recent history with another new dawn just around the corner.
Supporters are right to approach the impending takeover deadline with some trepidation.
After all, we have seen it so many times in the past.
But should everything go smoothly - and who reading this does not have their fingers crossed? - the club will be better placed than at any time in the past 10 years.
The Shaymen actually approached the campaign with some optimism and even the season-opening 2-1 defeat at Weymouth was not all doom and gloom as Chris Wilder's side battled hard before going down 2-1.
But the home form that had been so impressive in the previous couple of campaigns started to let them down when they returned to West Yorkshire with a two goal lead squandered against Altrincham and a failure to find the net against unambitious Histon leaving them with just a couple of points from the first nine on offer.
A run of one defeat in the next seven lifted Town up to 10th in the table approaching the end of September, but that was as high as they got and a run of seven games without a win soon saw them slip out of potential contention for a top five spot.
There were some bright spots before Christmas - a 3-0 thrashing of Crawley at the Shay and a 3-2 win at Stevenage where they had been two down at the break - spring immediately to mind.
But too often the darker side of the team emerged, like the 3-0 Boxing Day defeat at derby rivals Farsley Celtic.
The campaign appeared to be ambling quietly to a close, with no news on the protracted takeover until the Shaymen found some form.
They took 10 points from a possible 12 at the start of March and the 3-2 win over Torquay, who at the time were pushing Aldershot for the title, proved there was plenty of life left in the squad.
Then the news broke that the club was going to go into administration.
There was no lack of funds, although it emerged that the debt was large, and it was more of a calculated gamble.
The 10 points won would be knocked off and the effects on the players far worse than anyone imagined.
Just 24 hours after being told the news by consortium chief David Bosomworth, they lost 2-0 at Forest Green after conceding twice in the opening five minutes.
Worse was to follow.
They were defeated at home by an average Oxford side before travelling to Droylsden where they were abject in a 2-0 defeat.
A narrow loss at Exeter suggested that there might be light at the end of the tunnel and a home draw with Forest Green seven days later reinforced that belief.
No one was prepared for what came next.
Kidderminster arrived at the Shay in good nick and promptly thrashed Wilder's side 6-1.
There seemed no way back from that; Town were in serious relegation trouble.
A televised game against Ebbsfleet at the Shay two days later proved to be just what Town needed as a thumping Simon Heslop goal gave them the points.
And they battled back three times to claim a 3-3 draw at Grays two days after that.
In the end they got the points they needed with a 4-0 win at Crawley, completing their only league double of the season in the process.
But even then the drama was not over and they lost their last home game of the season in front of a season-high crowd of 2,229 before discovering that Altrincham had failed to win at Weymouth - the only possible result that could have sent Halifax down.
You could feel the relief.
Some say that Town only survived because of Weymouth.
It might be fairer to suggest that they secured their Blue Square Premier status despite having 10 points deducted.
Either way, they finished out of the bottom four and, with the rub of the green in the close season, may just be about to finally turn the corner.