FC Halifax Town v Torquay United preview

Venue: The Shay

Date: Saturday, November 21

Kick-off: 3pm

Referee: Simon Mather. Sent off two players against Halifax last season (Jake Lawlor for Wrexham and Warren Burrell for Harrogate). Also awarded Town a late penalty in the 1-0 home win over Sutton last season.

Odds: Halifax win 9/5, draw 13/5, Torquay win 23/20


Last five games

Halifax: Yeovil (h) D 1-1, Woking (a) D 0-0, South Shields (a) L 2-0, Wealdstone (h) L 1-0, Notts County (h) D 1-1

Torquay: Dover (h) W 2-0, Aldershot (a) W 4-1, Hartlepool (a) W 5-0, Crawley (FAC h) L 6-5, Boreham Wood (h) D 1-1


Manager: Gary Johnson. Former Yeovil and Bristol City boss who guided the club to promotion from the National League South before sealing a 15th placed finish in the fifth tier last season.

Position: 1st

One to watch: 36-year-old striker Danny Wright is Torquay’s top scorer with six league goals so far, all of which have come away from home.


Match facts: Torquay are the highest scorers in the National League !18), and have scored the most goals in the division away from home (12).

The Gulls have scored in every game they have played this season.

Only Solihull and Sutton have conceded as few goals in the division as Halifax (5), but along with Dagenham and Redbridge Town are the lowest scorers in the National League (5).

Halifax have now gone seven games without a win in all competitions.


Last time they met: A goal midway through the second-half from Ade Azeez gave Torquay a 1-0 win over Town at Plainmoor in February.

Saturday’s National League fixtures:


Woking v Barnet

Wrexham v Aldershot

Yeovil v Hartlepool

Boreham Wood v Altrincham

Maidenhead v Bromley

Chesterfield v Notts County

Halifax v Torquay

King’s Lynn v Dover

Wealdstone v Sutton Utd

Follow all the action from FC Halifax Town v Torquay on Saturday afternoon with our Town writer Tom Scargill’s live blog at https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/sport/football/halifax-town where there will also be an on-the-whistle match report and post-match reaction from Town boss Pete Wild.