My first ever game was (if i remeber correctly) in August 1987 in the good old john smith's yorkshire cup against a team called Mansfield Marksmen ) believe we won the game 56 -0, and i have been going ever since, It was a group of mates who used to go every week, sorry to say i am the only left out of the group who still go.

When i met the Wife in 1999, i told her back then if she wanted to see me on a sunday she would have to come to the games, lucky for me (well maybe not ) she got hooked, and we go most weeks.


I also used to tape Scrumdown every week, and have kept them all, currently stored in my moms loft so Greg i may still have a copy of your claim to shame

(Greg)My claim to shame when i was young was that i was once on Scrumdown stood where the players came out and a Hull player got sent off and i could be seen making rude gestures to the player. Oops

The Supporters Trust have offered many times to go out and about around town with a few players and free kids tickets but it never gets taken up. We even came up with the idea of paying for Benji the Walshs open top bus and taking the players around town and up to the big supermarkets. I was looked at as if I was mad , the main thing our club needs to do is to increase our crowds .
You cannot go out once a season either and expect it to work you have to go out regular and the players are the most important commodity of selling the club.You cannot keep sitting in the Shay and expect folk to come to you , you have to go out and get them.
My favourite game was probably the infamous "what a waste of money game " at Thrum Hall our team was fantastic that day.There have been lots of highlights for me most of them at Thrum Hall I cannot muster the same feelings at the Shay it is Souless.

1960 Halifax at Thrum Hall V Rochdale Challenge cup game.
Attendance 18,000 Fax won, I was hooked

i was injected with a 'accelerating fax supporters formula' whilst in the womb.

other than that, 1st memories stood in the scratching shed at TH freezing! remember a game against Wigan around xmas time i think it was a draw, where it must have been 10 below with wind chill, but to see 9000 blue and white wearing heros stood there bracing it like it was 25 degrees left a mark on me!

quote from my dad

" it doesn't get better,........ or worse than this son!"

"daaaad can we go now??!!"

dad "whaaaaaat!????? no chance!!!!!!!"

will be getting wet a mount 'notso' pleasant tonight aswell i predict!

i also think the noise of fax fans whilst asleep (for the whole match!) on my grandmas knee at wembley in 1987 at 14months old had something do do with it!

must have seen wilfs 'try' and JP save 20 times now though!