Varies from place to place.Despite having recently had premiership teams i would class Hull and Wigan as rugby towns.On the flip Huddersfield is massively football despite the rugby success.Halifax has long been a rugby town but for now the football is in ascendancy.

I totally agree about the football and rugby clubs finding ways to combine resources and save/share costs. Commercial activity such as marketing and merchandising seems an obvious one to me. Playing at the same ground and in the same colours would surely make this reasonably easy to do.

It would but Dave Bosomworth would want control and that would be the problem.

I've been saying this for years. Unfortunately it would seem to be too obvious and too simple for 'half hearted Halifax.

Soccer and rugby sharing certain things sounds a good idea but I'm not aware of any partnership between any clubs and there are plenty of towns / cities where they aren't doing that apart from using the same stadium as independent entities so unless they are all half hearted it might not be as simple as it sounds. To qualify the sleeping supporter I meant those who may turn out for the odd bigger game that comes along and recent history shows it in favour of football. It would take a winning side in SL for a sustained period of time to get back to 1987 proportions and the post period from then for Fax and even then it may not happen.

Why can't Halifax be the first to try a new partnership? They could start by having a sports shop at the ground selling both teams merchandise, a fully stocked shop being open to the general public and being manned more than on match days.
Or are their too many egos that would need massaging first, never mind the council letting both clubs use a facility within the Shay to make profit.

Old ground, Town, much as I love em, are in the right league now, any higher and they cannot compete as they don't have the finances. For them to ever entertain competing at the top level we need a lunatic with a tonne of cash.

Once they start getting spanked in mid winter and get into relegation battles, the fans decide to watch Premier League.

Fax however, also need a lunatic with a tonne of cash, but not quite as much, and it is attainable given a fair wind and bit of luck.

I'm fairly comfy with where both clubs are at, Town in the National League, they'll get some decent away support in the North Stand now, probably a better atmosphere than the Fax games, and Fax in with a shout of playing against SL's worst. Next mission for both clubs for me is to try get to 2500-3000 for home games.

Dare to dream, and all, but enjoy a nice cup of freshly ground coffee also.