Torquay United v FC Halifax Town LIVE

Sam Smart among the first of the Town players to walk onto the Plainmoor pitch

Torquay: PL25 W4 D7 L14 F28 A49 GD-21 Pts19

Halifax: PL24 W9 D5 L10 F24 A31 GD-7 Pts32

They’re putting up some goal nets on the far side of the pitch ready for the pre-match warm-ups. I’ll take that as a good sign that there’s no doubts over the match being played.

Bloody long way to come for a football match so fingers crossed it gets played. No rain at the moment and there doesn’t look to be any standing water on the pitch, it’s just pretty muddy in places, mainly beneath the main stand where I’m sitting, typing these very words you’re reading. Town really need to imrove their away form if they’re to break into the play-off places, and this is surely a golden opportunity to do that. Without underestimating Torquay, who will be fighting for their lives and boosted by a couple of additions this week, if Town have any pretensions of a promotion push this season, they need to be coming here and winning.

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Welcome to our live coverage of FC Halifax Town’s National League game at Torquay United from Plainmoor. We’ll bring you all the updates as they happen, plus there will be an on-the-whistle match report and post-match reaction from Town boss Chris Millington.