FC Halifax Town v Barnet LIVE

“At a time when we are in with a chance of reaching the play-offs and playing three teams all with their own end end of season opportunities, we should be enjoying a level of revenue to help us get through to the end of the season. Instead we are facing increased costs, reduced income as inevitably fans will find the cost of travel difficult and so the gates will be down.”

“You will fully understand it is every bit as frustrating for ourselves. In addition, to the inconvenience to all concerned both outside and within the club, the financial implications are dire.”

“For any inconvenience caused by our fixture switch we can only apologise to the fans of both clubs, sponsors, staff and all the regular agencies involved in staging our games.”

“Let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room as we’re unfortunately not playing the game at The Shay stadium this afternoon. After what has been the wettest winter and spring for some time with February seeing the worst rainfall in over 100 years, the toll of seemingly constant rainfall and two codes of sport being played has caught up with the playing surface.”

Well, this is weird. For the first time in nine years, FC Halifax Town have a home game that isn’t at The Shay. They host Barnet at Accrington Stanley’s Wham Stadium, the first of two (possibly three) matches in a row that will be played here. Hopefully Town make it feel like home straight away with what would be a fantastic win against a very impressive Barnet team who look like they will be finishing second in the table.

Welcome to The Sh.......The Wham Stadium for our live coverage of FC Halifax Town v Barnet.

We’ll bring you all the updates from the game as they happen as well as an on-the-whistle match report and post-match reaction on the Courier website.