The list of players who have graduated from The Shay into the Football League gets longer every year, and includes players not featured here.
But we thought we’d compile a Halifax Town XI of former players who are now at Football League clubs that left The Shay in the last five years.
It certainly illustrates how the production line of talent leading from The Shay into the EFL has been running at full speed over the last few seasons.

5. Jack Senior
Left Halifax after lifting the FA Trophy at Wembley in 2023, joining Doncaster Rovers, where he is in his second season. Photo: Jess Hornby

6. Kieran Green
In his third season with Grimsby Town in League Two having left Halifax in the summer of 2022 - along with Niall Maher, who also joined The Mariners. Photo: George Wood

7. Kian Spence
Left Halifax at the end of the 2022-23 season and is in his second season at Barrow in League Two. Photo: Pete Norton

8. Kane Thompson-Sommers
A more recent departure from Halifax, the midfielder joined MK Dons at the end of the summer transfer window this year. Photo: Getty Images

