Preview: FC Halifax Town (H)

It’s a quick turnaround for the Iron on this bank holiday weekend, as the team return to action when they face FC Halifax Town on Monday afternoon in the National League (3:00pm kick off).

United lost 1-0 at Bromley on Saturday afternoon, following a Callum Reynolds’ close range strike. The team will look to make amends for the defeat just over 48 hours later.

Tickets and hospitality news

Click here for full ticket details ahead of the match against Halifax. Tickets are on sale for the fixture and the early bird rate will be available both in person and online up to three hours before kick off. Tickets bought after 12noon on Monday will have a match day rate. East stand car parking can also be purchased via www.sufctickets.com.

Pre-match views

Tony McMahon (click here to read) – Jai Rowe (click here to watch).

Iron team news

Following Saturday afternoon's defeat at Bromley, assistant manager Tony McMahon confirmed that there are no fresh injuries from the game at Hayes Lane.

Kgosi Nthle (calf) will miss the game, as will Jordan Hallam (hamstring).

The opposition

Halifax Town currently sit bottom in the National League on one point. The team also suffered defeat on Saturday, when they were beaten 4-1 by Notts County. The team have been in the fifth tier of English football since their promotion from the National League North in 2017.

Chris Millington has been the manager since he took over in May after the departure of Pete Wild.

For more information on the away side, click here.

The officials

The referee will be Lewis Smith, with Scott Chalkley and Andrew Ellis as assistant referees. The fourth official is Dane Mccarrick.

Head-to-head

FULL RECORD

SEASON/DATE	COMPETITION	RESULT	IRON SCORERS
2005-06 - Tue Dec 13	FLT R2	Halifax 1-3 Iron	Sharp, Keogh, Johnson
2001-02 - Sat Jan 26	DIV 3	Iron 4-0 Halifax	Thom, Torpey 2, Calvo-Garcia
2001-02 - Fri Oct 5	DIV 3	Halifax 0-0 Iron
2000-01 - Sat Mar 10	DIV 3	Halifax 3-4 Iron	Jackson, Calvo-Garcia, Harsley, Quailey
2000-01 - Sat Oct 7	DIV 3	Iron 1-0 Halifax	Ipoua
1998-99 - Tue Apr 27	DIV 3	Halifax 1-0 Iron
1998-99 - Sat Oct 3	DIV 3	Iron 0-4 Halifax
1992-93 - Sat Jan 30	DIV 3	Iron 4-1 Halifax	Helliwell 2, Martin, Buckley
1992-93 - Sat Aug 22	DIV 3	Halifax 0-0 Iron
1991-92 - Tue Mar 3	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Halifax	Buckley
1991-92 - Sat Jan 18	DIV 4	Halifax 1-4 Iron	White 3, Hamilton
1990-91 - Sat Mar 23	DIV 4	Iron 4-4 Halifax	Flounders, Taylor, Humphries, Lillis
1990-91 - Sat Oct 6	DIV 4	Halifax 0-0 Iron
1989-90 - Sat Mar 3	DIV 4	Halifax 0-1 Iron	Daws
1989-90 - Sat Jan 6	DIV 4	Iron 1-1 Halifax	Taylor
1988-89 - Sat Mar 25	DIV 4	Iron 0-0 Halifax
1988-89 - Mon Jan 2	DIV 4	Halifax 5-1 Iron	Hamilton
1987-88 - Sat Mar 12	DIV 4	Halifax 2-2 Iron	Harle, Lister
1987-88 - Sat Oct 10	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Halifax	Johnson
1986-87 - Fri Apr 3	DIV 4	Halifax 1-1 Iron	Lister
1986-87 - Sun Nov 9	DIV 4	Iron 2-1 Halifax	Johnson, Lister
1985-86 - Sun Dec 22	DIV 4	Iron 3-3 Halifax	Hawley 3
1985-86 - Sat Nov 16	FAC R1	Halifax 1-3 Iron	Hill, Broddle, Lister
1985-86 - Fri Aug 23	DIV 4	Halifax 2-1 Iron	Cammack
1984-85 - Fri Feb 1	DIV 4	Halifax 1-2 Iron	Whitehead, Broddle
1984-85 - Fri Sep 28	DIV 4	Iron 4-0 Halifax	Broddle, Cowling, Broddle, Matthews
1982-83 - Fri Apr 1	DIV 4	Iron 2-0 Halifax	Lester, Cammack
1982-83 - Tue Dec 28	DIV 4	Halifax 3-1 Iron	Parkinson
1981-82 - Sat Apr 24	DIV 4	Iron 0-0 Halifax
1981-82 - Sat Nov 28	DIV 4	Halifax 1-2 Iron	Cowling, Moss
1980-81 - Sat Feb 7	DIV 4	Iron 2-2 Halifax	Stewart, Grimes
1980-81 - Sat Sep 13	DIV 4	Halifax 1-0 Iron
1979-80 - Tue Apr 8	DIV 4	Halifax 2-2 Iron	Oates, Cammack
1979-80 - Fri Dec 21	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Halifax	Cammack
1978-79 - Fri May 18	DIV 4	Halifax 2-3 Iron	Couch, Grimes, Gibson
1978-79 - Mon Apr 16	DIV 4	Iron 1-0 Halifax	Earl
1977-78 - Tue Mar 28	DIV 4	Halifax 2-2 Iron	Lumby, Grimes
1977-78 - Sat Oct 29	DIV 4	Iron 2-0 Halifax	Lumby, Keeley
1976-77 - Sat Mar 19	DIV 4	Iron 2-1 Halifax	Lumby, Keeley
1976-77 - Sat Oct 9	DIV 4	Halifax 0-1 Iron	Wiggington
1972-73 - Sat Dec 9	FAC R2	Iron 3-2 Halifax	Heath, Fletcher, Barker
1972-73 - Sat Jan 27	DIV 3	Halifax 1-0 Iron
1972-73 - Fri Sep 8	DIV 3	Iron 0-3 Halifax
1968-69 - Thu Dec 26	DIV 4	Halifax 2-0 Iron
1968-69 - Fri Oct 4	DIV 4	Iron 0-1 Halifax
1967-68 - Tue Jan 30	FAC R2	Halifax 1-0 Iron
1957-58 - Thu Dec 26	DIV 3 (N)	Halifax 0-1 Iron	Waldock
1957-58 - Thu Oct 31	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 1-1 Halifax	Davies
1956-57 - Sat Jan 19	DIV 3 (N)	Halifax 1-0 Iron
1956-57 - Sat Sep 15	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 6-1 Halifax	Luke 2, Jones 2, Fletcher, Brown
1955-56 - Sat Apr 28	DIV 3 (N)	Halifax 0-3 Iron	Haigh, Gregory, Brown
1955-56 - Wed Sep 21	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 1-0 Halifax	Davies
1954-55 - Sat Dec 18	DIV 3 (N)	Halifax 3-1 Irob	McGill
1954-55 - Sat Aug 21	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 2-2 Halifax	Haigh 2
1953-54 - Sat Apr 17	DIV 3 (N)	Halifax 0-3 Iron	Brown 2, Haigh
1953-54 - Sat Nov 28	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 3-2 Halifax	Haigh, Brownsword, Bushby
1952-53 - Sat Apr 4	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 1-1 Halifax	Whitfield
1952-53 - Sat Nov 15	DIV 3 (N)	Halifax 2-1 Iron	White
1951-52 - Sat Mar 15	DIV 3 (N)	Halifax 2-1 Iron	Whitfield
1951-52 - Sat Oct 27	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 2-1 Halifax
1950-51 - Sat Mar 10	DIV 3 (N)	Iron 2-2 Halifax	Mosby, Cumner
1950-51 - Sat Oct 21	DIV 3 (N)	Halifax 3-3 Iron	Mulholland, Cumner, Rees
1948-49 - Mon Dec 6	FAC R1 R	Iron 1-0 Halifax	Barker
1948-49 - Sat Nov 27	FAC R1	Halifax 0-0 Iron

Our full record against Halifax is as follows: 

	IRON WINS	DRAWS	HALIFAX WINS
FL TROPHY	1	0	0
FA CUP	3	1	1
LEAGUE	26	18	14
TOTAL	30	19	15