I have never been able to raise even the slightest ire about Halifax at any point since 1980. The most animosity I've been able to raise towards them had more to do with the amount of rain that fell on my head one Boxing Day in the final years of Thrum Hall.

Each to their own I guess, but the mere sight of a letter H has me foaming at the mouth.

You had better not look over in my direction on Friday evening. I'll be the one in the stand wearing my Halifax scarf....... Dont want you having a seizure.

In my experience the vitriol from Fax fans has always been worse than any ill feeling we've sent in their direction, witness the "retards" insult in the Fax programme for instance.

However that issue was long ago put to bed and I had no qualms about supporting them financially when they were 3 weeks from closure a few years back.

Neither did I and a few mates. It wasnt done patronisingly just that not to assist in such a great clubs survival would have been unthinkable.
Great memories of truly uncompromising (nay, brutal) matches usually played at Odsal in a quagmire.

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You dont have to tell me. I sit amongst some fans who still hate Bradford with a passion and cant really understand why I go to so many Bradford games, but thankfully they are a small minority.

I do tell them, that its not Afghanistan or Iraq and nobody gets killed, its just a game of rugby and the Bulls are in a different league to us, so we dont even have any friendly rivalry at the moment.

If we ever get back in to Superleague then I will shout for Halifax all the way when we play Bradford, but I will still want them to do well in all other games.

Fax did a lot of things badly when they were in SL, but not everything was wrong.



They had the cheek to pass a bucket collection around in my local, there was a fair bit inside so I nicked it.

Indeed, I thought the pre match entertainment of two women having a pillow fight on the pitch was superb.

would rlthisrl make you look like you had rabies then?

Re relations Fax/Bradford.

I don`t think Caisley did help matters a few years ago and that caused a lot of ill feeling. I went to Odsal to watch Halifax play Northern and we sat in the old directors box with Joe Phillips who was a friend of my dads.
Mind you I would now rather shove a wasps nest up me a-se than go to Odsal or watch the Bulls unless of course they were playing Fax!

the relations always seemed to be sourer from Halifax's end than Bradfords.

Back on topic. Seeing Matt James play last week against Barrow I thought he looked a good player and hope he does well even if it means we don`t get him back.
Just a note for Asim.Many supporters are just like him and me one club men and very blinkered in their views. We are proper supporters who view other clubs in different ways. I do not like the way the Bulls and Pies have conducted themselves in the past and delight in seeing them lose or struggle.The only time I want the pies to win is when they play Bradford!!!
Don`t have any real problems with other teams apart from Shuddersfield.

How did Matt James play last night?

got 17minutes or so in middle of second half but didnt stand out.