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What's next for Shaymen?
HALIFAX Town still technically exist this morning - but the end is not far away.
That was the honest assessment of administrator Rob Sadler after talks to get the club out of administration failed in Leeds yesterday.
But he has offered fans some hope of keeping professional football alive in Halifax in the form of a fans' run club.
It has happened elsewhere, the best example being Aldershot Town who have returned to the Football League 16 years after they went bust.
"Halifax Town as a club still exists, but currently does not have a division in which to play," said.
"We have no tangible assets so there would be nothing to stop the supporters trust, for example approaching the Shay Stadium Trust and saying they would like to be the team that plays here.
"They are going to have to make an application to the FA and go through that whole process.
"But it is possible, as Scarborough have shown."
Town would need substantial backing to begin any higher than the Northern Counties League - even if the football authorities allowed it.
And Sadler added that the funds were unlikely to be provided by the David Bosomworth/ Bobby Ham consortium.
"I would be hugely surprised if they remained interested at this level," he said. "I think they feel thoroughly jaundiced by the whole process and it has cost them an awful lot of money."
Town's sole assets are the contracted players - the likes of Jon Shaw and Adam Quinn.
But Sadler does not envisage being able to get any money for them.
"We have the rights to the players' contracts, but there is a position where you have to ask yourself whether someone would want to pay for a player or just wait."
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