FC Halifax Town hoping end is in sight with play-offs

FOR many clubs in the National League, the lack of leadership, communication and consultation from the league’s hierarchy has been damning during the Covid-19 crisis.
FC Halifax Town chairman David BosomworthFC Halifax Town chairman David Bosomworth
FC Halifax Town chairman David Bosomworth

Among those who believes that the division’s overlords have been found wanting is FC Halifax Town chairman David Bosomworth.

Speaking to The Yorkshire Post, he said: “The consultation from the top has been unbelievably bad.

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“Everybody accepts it is a difficult situation. But you can talk about the situation and the whys and the wherefores and take on board any solution.

“We probably got the letter on about the 24th of April (stating that the season was ending) when we had played our last game on the 14th March.

“We have had no consultation to talk about things and the what ifs and so on.

“When they take a vote in the league in crude terms, if you split it into thirds, the bottom third want it scrapped as they don’t want to be relegated, the middle third don’t want to spend any more money and the top third are the only third who want it.”

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Having finished in a play-off position, Halifax are understandably in favour of participating in the end-of-season competition to successfully resolve the 2019-20 campaign when it is deemed as safe to do behind closed doors.

But there will be no decision on whether any play-offs go ahead until the fate of the EFL season has been announced.

Bosomworth continued: “Our driving force is that we desperately do want to see the play-offs; even if they are behind closed doors. It would bring some resolution to the season.

“We would desperately love to see some outcome. It seems a shame after playing 37 games – 80 per cent – of the season when you are well through. I don’t think there is something wrong with a mathematical conclusion that allows play-offs.”

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