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Shaymen's winding up is dismissed

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Published Date: 25 June 2008

A HIGH Court action to wind up Halifax Town has been dismissed, administrators revealed last night.

A petition by the Inland Revenue against the club has been rejected, said administrators Begbies Traynor.

The company, looking after Town since the Shaymen went into administration in March with debts of £2million, did not make it clear what would happen next.

But it did say said it was aware a newly formed Halifax club was in talks with the Unibond League to play next season.

It suggested the company would remain in administration.

The statement said: "Although it is not possible for a Creditors' Voluntary Agreement to be approved and the Football Conference has expelled the club from its competitions, the administrators are continuing to act in order to try and maximise the realisations from the company's assets."

Players have now either been released or put on the transfer list.

Yesterday documents and a £5,000 deposit were sent to the Unibond League, paving the way for a Halifax team to compete in Unibond's Division 1 North.

League secretary Phil Bradley said: "At first glance, I do not see any problems."

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Last Updated: 25 June 2008 9:55 AM
Source: Evening Courier
Location: Halifax

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deegee,

cleethorpes 25/06/2008 14:02:10

There are eight weeks to the start of a new season, hopefully in Unibond North. We have no players, no manager,no pre-season friendlies arranged,no season ticket sales, no commercial activity. I have always believed that a consortium led club was the best way forward but realise now that I have been seriously conned. When are the consortium going to what is right for the club instead of pursuing their own secret agenda. It is inconceivable that someone would pump so much money into the club, despite not being the owners, just to keep it alive- without an ulterior motive. It is my belief that the consortium were put into the club to make sure something remained hidden or someone protected - maybe from a previous regime. We are now in a position where we could liquidate and go into the Unibond North debt free but the consortium are refusing to go down this route - can anyone explain why ? On Tuesday we were promised a statement from the Adminstrator to clarify the situation. What a joke! It indicated that a winding up order by the Inland Revenue had been dismissed. Why? What is the point. It also said they were trying to realise assets - of which there don't appear to be any. That was it - a very clear explnation of what is going on. I thought the Administrator was supposed to be impartial or acting on behalf of the creditors but this lot seem to be the lackies of the consortium -getting paid for what they are told to do. Prior to the second adjourned creditors meeting Mr.Sadler said that if a C.V.A. was not agreed by 10.00am the club would be liquidated by noon. Why was this not carried out? I wish now that we had voted for a trust run re-formed club. The consortium could then be left to play about with the old club to their hearts content.

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