Heath appoints King as new Town skipper

King skippered North Ferriby to promotion last season and has captained Halifax during their unbeaten run in pre-season.

On his decision to appoint King, Heath, who confirmed defender Kevin Roberts is the club’s vice-captain, said: “He’s a winner. He’s calm, he knows when to gee players up and he leads by example.

“He’s not necessarily on to scream and shout but you’ll get a seven out of ten performance from him every week.”

Heath also confirmed he was hoping to add a new signing to his squad before Saturday’s season-opener at Nuneaton.