Halifax F.C. Explained

Halifax F.C. should not be confused with Halifax F.C. Women.

Clubname:Halifax
Fullname:Halifax Football Club

Halifax F.C. was an English football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire.

History

The club was a founder member of the first incarnation of the Yorkshire Football League in 1897, but finished third bottom and resigned from the competition after just one year.[1]

The team was a part of the bigger Halifax Cricket and Football Club, who were beset by financial problems for many years before finally being wound up in the 1900s.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Halifax. Football Club History Database. 2015-10-05.
  2. Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 21 May 1908