| Halifax | | | | Full name | Halifax Rugby League Club | | Emblem | Crest | | Colours | Blue and white | | Founded | 1873 | | Sport | Rugby league | | League | National League One | | Ground | Shay Stadium | | Official website | www.halifaxrlfc.co.uk | Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, hence the former nickname: The Blue Sox. They share The Shay Stadium with football club Halifax Town. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Area of Halifax, West Yorkshire, the site of a football stadium where Halifax RLFC and Halifax Town both play their home games. ...
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History
The club was formed in 1873. After becoming the first ever winners of the Yorkshire Cup in 1878, the club went on to win it on another four occasions. Several players were supplied for the Yorkshire County side in these years, and five were picked for the full England rugby union team. The Yorkshire Cup competition was founded in 1878, and was open to all clubs in the Yorkshire area playing under the rules of the Rugby Union. ...
First international (also the worlds first) Scotland 4 - 1 England (27 March 1871) Largest win England 134 - 0 Romania (17 November 2001) Worst defeat Australia 76 - 0 England (6 June 1998) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 2003 The England national rugby union team (also...
The Halifax club were founder members of the breakaway Northern Rugby Union in 1895. In 1886, the club moved to their traditional home of Thrum Hall, this would be their home ground for the next 112 years. The first game was played on September 18, 1886 and drew 8,000 spectators. The Rugby Football League (RFL) is the governing body for Rugby League in the United Kingdom. ...
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In 1896, Halifax lost out on winning the first ever rugby league championship by a single point with Manningham being the champions. On field success continued producing one of their best ever teams in the early years of the twentieth century. In 1902-03 they achieved the 'double' by winning the Challenge Cup and finishing top of Division One. They won the cup again the following season, and were the first ever Championship Play-off winners in season 1906-07. The first ever Challenge Cup Final, 1897: Batley(l) vs St Helens(r) The Challenge Cup is a knockout competition for rugby league clubs in Europe. ...
Halifax enjoyed their first Wembley Challenge Cup final victory over York in 1931. They have since been to Wembley six more times, winning in 1939 and 1987, with their last appearance being in 1988 when they lost to Wigan. The 1949 Challenge Cup final was sold out for first time as 95,050 spectators saw Bradford beat Halifax. York City Knights are a British rugby league team hailing from York. ...
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The sides of the late 1930s and mid-1980s were outstanding teams, but many fans would claim the best of all was the team of the 1950s. During this decade they were Championship runners-up three times, Yorkshire Cup winners twice, and Yorkshire League winners four times. They played in two Wembley finals in 1954 and 1956, featuring in the first ever drawn final against Warrington in 1954, losing in the replay at Odsal Stadium in front of what was then a world record Rugby League crowd of 102,569. In 1959 Halifax hosted Wigan before 29,153 people in the third round of the Challenge Cup. Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league team in the town of Warrington, Cheshire in England. ...
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Chris Anderson was captain-coach of Halifax between 1985-88 where he enjoyed great success including the 1986-87 Challenge Cup victory against St Helens. Halifax sold Thrum Hall for £1.5 million to the American company Wal-Mart for a supermarket development in 1998, and moved across town to their present home, the Shay Stadium, which they share with Halifax Town AFC. The proceeds from the sale were supposed to enable Halifax to complete a redevelopment of The Shay stadium, but the money was swallowed by debts. Chris Anderson is a former rugby league winger who was recruited by Peter Moore from Forbes. ...
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Halifax joined the Super League in 1996 and became known as the Blue Sox. However, this proved to be unpopular with most supporters who continued to refer to them as 'Fax'. Halifax finished third in Super League in 1998 under John Pendlebury. Super League (Europe) began in March 1996 and is the only full-time professional rugby league competition operating in the northern hemisphere. ...
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The club returned to the traditional Halifax R.L.F.C. at the start of 2003. At the end of the 2003 season they were relegated from Super League to National league one. Halifax's financial troubles meant they were unable to retain a full-time team and they struggled in the new league. They narrowly avoided a second relegation to National League 2 in 2004, with a last-gasp victory over local rivals York. Martin Hall took over the role of head coach from sacked coach Anthony Farrell in June 2006. Martin Hall is the head coach of Halifax RLFC. He took over the head coach job from sacked coach Anthony Farrell in June 2006. ...
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In August 2006 Halifax RLFC was on the verge of going bust. The club announced that it needed to raise £90,000 otherwise it would go into liquidation. Rugby league fans nationwide rallied behind 'Fax', and through visits to the ground, during home fixtures, and other fund-raising events, were able to raise £55,000. Former Chairman Howard Posner then came forward and announced that he would loan the club the remaining £35,000 in order to keep Halifax RLFC alive. This ensured that Halifax RLFC would be playing in National League One during 2007.[1]
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Coaching Team | Nationality | Name | Position | |
| Martin Hall | Head Coach | |
| Matt Calland | Assistant Coach | |
| Karl Fairbank | Academy Head Coach | |
| Martin Gonzalez | Player Performance Manager | Image File history File links Flag_of_Wales_(bordered). ...
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Brad Attwood is a Rugby League full-back who plays for Halifax RLFC. He went on tour to Australia with the Combined English Schools side in 2001. ...
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Youth And Community Development Activities: Blue Base Study Support Centre is a community sporting initiative sponsored by Halifax RLFC, and part of the national Playing For Success educational scheme launched for school pupils to interact with professional sports teams, to help provide motivation to young people. Locally, Blue Base is working with an initiative established by the DfES, in partnership with Calderdale Children and Young People's Services and Halifax RLFC. Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ...
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The centre exists to support Calderdale schools in their drive to raise attainment levels with their pupils. This is achieved by developing young peoples levels of motivation, self esteem and helping them to have a more positive attitude towards learning by concentrating particularly upon literacy, numeracy and the use of ICT.
Mascots Original Mascot: (100 years ago) Smut The Cat [2] Recent Mascots: Billy & Bluey, Fat Cat, Bruno The Bear. Present Mascots: Halicat.
Major Honours - Championship: 1907, 1965, 1903, 1986 (4 times)
- Championship Finalists:1953, 1954, 1956, 1966 (4 times)
- Challenge Cup: 1903, 1904, 1931, 1939, 1987 (5 times)
- War Emergence League Finalists: 1943, 1945
- Challenge Cup Finalists: 1921, 1941, 1942, 1949, 1954, 1956, 1988 (7 times)
- Yorkshire Cup: 1909, 1945, 1955, 1956, 1964 (5 times)
- Yorkshire Cup Finalists: 1906, 1908, 1942, 1980 (4 times)
- Charity Shield Winners: Charity Shield Winners: 1986
- Charity Shield Finalists: 1987
- John Player Special/Regal Trophy Winners: 1972
- John Player Special/Regal Trophy Finalists: 1990
- Rugby League Premiership Trophy Finalists: 1986
- Second Division Premiership Finalists: 1991
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All-Time Statistics Match - Goals: 14 Bruce Burton at Hunslet 27/8/72
- Tries: 8 Keith Williams v Dewsbury 9/11/57
- Points: 32 John Schuster at Doncaster 9/10/94
Season - Goals: 147 Tysul Griffiths 1955-56
- Tries: 48 Johnny Freeman 1956-57
- Points: 362 John Schuster 1994-95
Career - Goals: 1,028 Ronnie James 1960-72
- Tries: 290 Johnny Freeman 1954-67
- Points: 2,191 Ronnie James 1960-72
Halifax Appearances - Career: Stan Kielty 482 (1946-58)
- Season: John Thorley 48 (1956-57)
- Consecutive: Dick Davies 108 (1925-28)
Representative Appearances - Great Britain: Karl Harrison 11
- England: Alvin Ackerley 6
- Wales: Arthur Daniels 13
- Yorkshire: Archie Rigg 14
- Lancashire: Ken Roberts 4
- Cumberland: Alvin Ackerley 13
Highest Score - 86 - 12 V Eccles & Salford Juniors 11/3/07
Biggest Loss - 6-88 v Hull KR (Northern Rail Cup) 23/4/06
Record Crowd - 29,153 v Wigan (Challenge Cup) at Thrum Hall 21/3/59
All club statistics are courtesy of Andrew Hardcastle (Official Club Historian)
Halifax RLFC Hall Of Fame - George Thomson 1875-85;
- Jimmy Dodd 1876-93;
- Archie Rigg 1891-1915;
- George Langhorn 1897-1913;
- Joe Riley 1901-15;
- Billy Little 1901-10;
- Asa Robinson 1904-23;
- Jack Beames 1913-22;
- Cyril Stacey 1915-29;
- Frank Todd 1916-28;
- Dai Rees 1921-32;
- Hudson Irving 1933-47;
- Hubert Lockwood 1934-46;
- Charlie Smith 1936-48;
- Harry Beverley 1937-41;
- Arthur Bassett 1939-48;
- Arthur Daniels 1945-57;
- Stan Kielty 1946-58;
- Ken Dean 1948-60;
- Jack Wilkinson 1948-59;
- Alvin Ackerley 1948-58;
- Albert Fearnley 1950-56;
- Tommy Lynch 1951-56;
- John Thorley 1952-60;
- John Burnett 1953-67;
- Johnny Freeman 1954-67;
- Garfield Owen 1956-61;
- Charlie Renilson 1957-69;
- Jack Scroby 1959-70;
- Terry Fogerty 1961-73;
- Ronnie James 1961-72;
- Colin Dixon 1961-68;
- Ken Roberts 1963-67;
- Gordon Baker 1964-82;
- Mick Scott 1974-91;
- Chris Anderson 1984-87.
External links - Official Website
- Independent Halifax Supporters Website
- RLFax.com
- Shay Stadium Trust
- The Fax Trust
- Match DVDs Available
- Official Matchday Broadcasts by Phoenix FM
- Blue Base Learning Support Centre
- Halifax RLFC Virtual Stadium Webcam Tour
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The Regal Trophy was a competition for British rugby league clubs that operated between 1971 and 1996. ...
The Rugby League Charity Shield was a trophy for British rugby league clubs that was held as a one-off match at the beginning of a new season. ...
The BBC2 Floodlit Trophy (also known as the BBC2 Television Trophy) was a competition for British rugby league clubs held between 1965 and 1980. ...
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