@@SuperTonygrant I asked her if I could interview her and why before filming her, I asked if she liked football and she said yes, she was a bit shy and I think a bit overwhelmed that I just walked in and asked if she wanted to be on a KZbin Video I was doing, but they enjoyed doing it, I walked in again just before Christmas to thank them again and they want to be on the next video I do like this.

@@loyalroyal 😂it’s not that loud, apologies if it is in all seriousness.

@@alexgreen1370 I actually also followed Liverpool when I first got into football (and still have a lot of time for them), but then started going to The Shay just over 10 years ago and just got the bug for supporting them immediately, we didn’t even win the first time I watched them, I just got the bug, I think that’s all it takes, you go for the fun of seeing your local club, then you start going more and more and more, then make friends, then start making it part of your Saturday Afternoon/Tuesday Night routine and then the next thing you know that club is your life, you can watch football on tv, you can talk with your mates who all follow different teams, but ultimately that club is your own.

@@Ncfc-ek8il thanks mate, I do try and keep the positivity all the time here, just hoping others will have it soon .

@@declanodonohoe9589 Halifax won an FA Trophy in 2023 and been in the playoffs three times so far within the 2020s, and the crowds have diminished instead of getting larger, to get more success (I.e. promotion, more financially stable), Halifax needs supporters, it needs people who care about the club and recognise it as a valuable asset to the town (same with the rugby), even in Bankfield Museum, a museum in Halifax for the town’s history, they have more for the speedway team which no longer exists, than the football club, Halifax may have been successful in speedway and more successful in rugby and that should be acknowledged, but so should the football, so we’re gonna need to get bigger crowds to progress and achieve more success on and off the pitch, they’re now saying The Shay might be bought by Huddersfield Giants’ owner which I don’t know what to think yet, but fingers crossed it’s a step in the right direction, he might make some decisions which changes the clubs for the better.

@@johnsutcliffe888 I could be wrong, but I don’t think they’re allowed to sponsor us or any other club because they are a u.k. wide bank they couldn’t favour just one club and it might put customers off I know it sounds weird but that’s the rumour, they have put some money onto the club though, they invested in The Skircoat Stand, (West Stand), which has HBS written in The Stand.

@@jonathanwilson7771 good prices that.

@@anthonylefebour3088 thank you, believe or not, my Grandma’s cousin use to be Brighton’s keeper back in the 1960s, Brian Powney.

@ caught tail end of his career at our old ground the Goldstone not the biggest keeper but very agile played a lot of games. He still lives local

@ that’s good to know, I’ve never met him sadly, but he is one of my claim to fames, ever since My Grandparents told me about him.

@@styepen602 my Grandmother was originally engaged to one of the Mackintosh chocolate family before the war who I believe had a factory in or near Halifax

@ my Grandma worked for Mackintosh’s, for a fair few years as well, (about 1960s-1970s I think) small world eh!

@mub_lana69 we were in Division 3 (now League 2) back then, think average crowds were a lot higher back then.

@@COYWM2022 That’s the council’s fault, they own the stadium and couldn’t care less it’s there, or that two sports teams are there, they never look after the pitch, give proper funding, nothing, nothing at all. we would never leave The Shay, build a new stadium, we just need someone better to look after it, there are people trying to sort the problem out now, a small group of local investors.

@@davidrobinson6353 you’re always welcome to come down to The Shay at some point, some would argue it’s no different to Sunday League 😂.

@@juniorperavlova Cheers Thanks 👍

@@jintsfan She was lovely to talk to you.

@@Fercough thanks mate, we do get fans of clubs near us when they’ve got nothing to do on a Saturday, and every now and again do a special offer by lowering prices, but nothing like what you do for Man U/Man C season ticket holders, at this point, there seems to be many things we need to do.

@@jonsaddler3067 4,000 to 6,000 is certainly an upgrade, hopefully we can gain a few more supporters from the local community within the next few years and do something similar to yourselves, good luck for the future at Bescot mate!

@@joe-vl3nd who?

@@williamwootton9458 yeah I agree, not enough supporting their local clubs.

@@Damaz22There are smaller towns with bigger crowds than us and rugby league crowds aren’t what they use to be, I admire Alty for getting the crowds they get, literally sandwiched between the two Manchester clubs and all the big sides in that area, I think you do better than you think to be honest.

@@styepen602didn’t used to be like this, hard work off the pitch including building a fan zone to attract the casual day tripper fan

@ very interesting that, we should take tips from Alty really to build up our own fan zones.

@tescomealdeal4358 I agree with you that Bradford have a great model, but if we take that risk and don’t get the fans, in a town with a much smaller population, it could cost us a lot.

@@drtgaming6183 that’s the point 😂

@ wasnt hating btw 😂

@@drtgaming6183 I know 😂

@@RojiVerdeVgn thanks mate and would love to play Shrewsbury Town in the league one day, good luck yourselves!!!

Thanks. One other thing. I remember visiting the Shay in the 2003-04 season (Shrewsbury's first and only season in what was then the Conference). It was a 0-0 draw from memory. Your stadium looks redeveloped now. Would I be right in saying that when I visited the away end behind the goal was quite a large, steep, open, standing terrace?

@ we have extended the ground, East Stand is great now, but only South Stand and East Stand with fans in, North Stand never has anyone in, unless the opposition brings a lot of supporters same with The West Stand, Most Oppositions (with 100+ supporters or less) just go in the far end of The East Stand.

@@seanoconnell3140 its literally the quietest piece I could find 😂.

@@oioi5794 there is, just wanting and needing a bigger community of supporters, that’s all.

@@csnide6702 We’re not expecting anything massive, but when you take into account that teams like Altrincham are also based in market towns and play in the fifth tier to bigger crowds then you start to wonder why you can’t replicate that yourself, plus unlike Altrincham or Solihull, Woking etc., we’re one of the fourteen teams in The National League whose played in The EFL and for 75 years too.

@@styepen602 I imagine you lost some supporters when the original club folded . I think Darlington and Scarborough did when they folded . Although both these clubs as fan owned deserve huge credit for battling way up through the Divisions and up now against some much better financed clubs

@@Sportspenguin77 no I don’t think so, those who were there in 2008 when we folded didn’t stop, at least I don’t know anyone who ever did.

@@styepen602 Fair do . I think it helped that you didn't have to start at Step 6 like Scarborough did so started in NPL 1. Step 3

@@Sportspenguin77 yeah, I mean most people want to pay £22 every week for football that is our level, but the club does need money too, we’re not the best financially stable club, but we’ve always tried to keep going, more supporters are needed though, hence why I made this video.

@styepen602 Of course but it is a hard balance to get right. The jump up from Step 3 to 2 is one of the most difficult and we have seen well supported teams like FC United not been able to compete I think once you get to that level even just having a decent fan base is not enough . There are some well backed clubs at that level Likewise we see a lot of teams who get promoted to Step one National League struggle when they are promoted including ourselves until this season. Personally I feel your board and teams like Gateshead deserve a lot of praise for putting a side together that challenges in this league despite the lack of support season in season as they do at the moment and that is the message that should be portrayed and if people don't get behind that then they never really will.

@@Sportspenguin77 we do try our best behind the scenes, but I think more has to be done supporters wise, someone to play for and just us who go every week but the whole Town of Halifax.

@@styepen602 but I think that is hard for you especially when you have seemingly more glamorous clubs nearby . At York we have Leeds not too far and nothing really in other direction until Middlesbrough or Hull . For us after years of having no money all of a sudden we seem to have ambitious owners who are investing in the team . FFP does not seem to apply at this level so I will say again your board and football management deserves all the credit for competing at this level given the depth of competition in the National League . I will include teams like Alty, Gateshead and Curzon in the League below in this as well who all seem to do well year in year out but don't really attract a big support .

@@Sportspenguin77 Alty get more fans than us actually, Gateshead are probably the best comparison to us giving how many Newcastle Fans, Sunderland Fans and Middlesbrough Fans are in the area, Hartlepool obviously get quite a few supporters for the fifth tier too, so I can see them falling behind, I feel for them, could be another EFL Northwest Side and that would be great if you’re a neutral.

@@AaronPhelan-g8b yeah I know a few people who go watch Burnley, especially this season as they are pushing for another promotion to the premier league.

@@leewelch1247 it can help, but everyone chooses who to follow, I’ve known families where everyone has a different club they support and others where they all follow the same club, in the end it’s all down to choice and whether you can afford to go every week.

@@richardmerriman4347 I’ve talked to a lot of people who talk about Huddersfield Town’s season tickets being lower than us, it’s a shame, I’m sure that if our prices were lower we’d get a handful of neutrals at least every couple of weeks.

@@matthewrigby7054 non league refs mate, less said the better, I try not to say too much but I can’t help it sometimes 😂😂😂.

@@MarkSibthorpe-yg8zu it’s a long story, I currently work in Bradford and had some time off one afternoon, some of these people are friends of mine who are football fans, others I just asked that afternoon, the video was meant to ask people who were neutrals not necessarily people from Halifax and to some degree it was meant to be a bit of joke on most people’s reaction to seeing football that isn’t top tier sport (of course most people in Bradford aren’t gonna care about seeing Halifax Town 😂), although they all gave brilliant answers to my questions, I was planning to go to Leeds or some other towns/cities too, but I ended up only doing Bradford, plus at some point this month/next month I’ve got a video idea that involves The Town of Halifax coming up, so that will have more of a local feel to it, I’ve actually got a few ideas at the moment, but I can’t really say how many of them will be done this season, or at all, hope that clears it up.

@@CharlesWright-b6m definitely a big factor but might be more than that, we’ve always had low crowds even before the prices were that high, and a lot potentially reasons why.

@@ianhague8292 Wow! 920 fans for a 9th tier game, that’s fantastic!, mind you I’ve always wanted to go to Hallam FC as a neutral for historical reasons, isn’t Sandygate the oldest football ground in the world?

@styepen602 Sure is mate and you very welcome to come anytime! On Jan 14th We play Sheffield Fc at the Sandygate! In the cup! Oldest Derby in the world! 😀

I've just remembered,I've got a spare ticket! For the Sheffield Derby On the House,if want to come along 👌 Blessings 😀

@ not sure I can make that one, but definitely come one day in the not too distant future!

@@styepen602 No worries!! Have a gooden! 😀 👌

@@ryanking7787 as I keep saying that seems to be one of the big reasons, Boston have a decent ground at that moment and I thought your attendance was good to say you’ve been down in the 6th tier long enough, when I went earlier this season.

@@ryanking7787 It's not as simple as that though. If your attendance is only 100 higher in a League where you play some much better away followings than the National North then perhaps the club should have charged a bit more in order to put a more competitive team out on the pitch. The bigger picture is that this policy means you get fans for the future and unlike Halifax you don't have to worry about having bigger clubs on your doorstep but ultimately you can charge nothing but still won't get enough people in to buy drinks, merchandise etc to cover costs and outgoings at this level

@@borderlands6606 and unlike Rochdale and Hartlepool who were in League 1, 10-15 years ago, we’ve been a non league club for 23 years this year, actually being liquidated in 2008, so I guess length of time might have something to do with too

@@styepen602 Since the 4th Division era beginning in 1958, only 5 clubs failed to gain re-election. Hartlepool had to apply 11 times, Halifax, Rochdale and York City were equal third on 6 re-elections. Crewe separated them on 7. That suggests those clubs had compromised a football meritocracy, and all with the exception of Crewe now play "non-league" football. It's clearly the case that the difference between the have's and have-not's increased since Premier League money attracted billionaires into the game. On the other hand there are clubs who benefitted from the closed league system for as long as most people have lived, and finally succumbed to the inevitable. We can agree that getting out the 5th tier is as hard as it's ever been since 1987, with half the National League comprised of former league clubs, and some of the others being backed by wealthy interests.

@@borderlands6606 good point well made.

@@Paul-eb4jp yeah I know, wish it would change one day.

Halifax is a rugby area.

@@JosephSmith-zj9uk it’s certainly one of the big factors, as to why we don’t get many at the gates, just not sure if lowering the prices will get hundreds more though, I think there’s many reasons why we don’t get bigger crowds, £28 to watch second tier football is a bargain though (even if the football’s not the best at the moment).

​@@styepen602I'm a Huddersfield town fan and I can remember getting my season ticket in 2018 for our first year in the premier League for £249 which worked out at about £13:50 a game. I didn't realise Halifax was so expensive these days as I haven't been to watch them in years.

@@kayeb222 I’ve always appreciated that (at least until a few years ago), Huddersfield and Bradford’s ticket prices were better for higher leagues than ours were for non league.

@@peterdyson9590 thanks again bud, Yeah a good draw today and a good manager too, let’s hope for the best!!!

@@normanby100 hmmm, we did have 75 years in The EFL although most of that was lingering in the bottom tier, I’m not sure I can agree were a national league club at best, historically speaking, although most of our best moments in history have been as a non league side.

@@Jamesoafc85 I know what you’re saying, we have had some games where there’s been a special offer, cutting down the ticket price by a few quid, obviously that’s not gonna be good enough for the long term, and would be much better if people only paid so much every week, but as you said at the moment that seems to be every club in the country, but I look at clubs like Oldham and I know you were leagues higher than us for years, but I see a far bigger loyal local following for them and a town getting behind its club no matter what, (correct me if I’m wrong), I don’t feel like The Town of Halifax gets behind its club enough, it’s a town and a team big enough to get at least 2,000+ fans at the gate no matter the cost, and it’s a football club with potential to go further so its the little things that I’d like to see improve.

@@Mooreytheblade thanks for the comment mate and good luck getting back to the premier league!

@styepen602 hope the shaymen gets into the football league in next few seasons good luck, like I say hope we play you guys soon in a friendly or cup, definitely would come to the shay

@@Mooreytheblade yeah hope so too bud, I think last time we played in a friendly we won 2-1 at The Shay when Wilder first came to Sheffield United.

@@Moses_leonard10 it was a really low attendance.

@@Ciara.Higgins-xz9im 88,109 people, smaller than a lot of other cities and towns in West Yorkshire but bigger than some towns with EFL clubs in the north.

@LeedsUnitedMOT I wish they got more too mate, my dad is actually a Leeds fan whilst My Grandad has being going to The Shay for a fair few years now, we all go together now, I actually have a massive soft spot for Leeds United because of my dad.

@@briantimbs2866 that’s great crowds for non-league too.

that's pretty damn sad when the visiting team outdraws the home team......................

@@jacacc12 thank you for the comment, first of all I’m not a big fan of the way the vast majority of the local council treats The Shay or the teams that play there, I don’t think they could care less if there was a stadium there or a block of flats, but I think there are people whether they’re associated with the council or not who do care about the clubs there, I like our owner very much for helping us come back after we went bust in 2008, but I think he’s aware that the club needs more than what he can offer at the moment, we need more investment and sustainability behind the scenes of the club in the long term future and so we could do with some help off the pitch, we’re not a dying club but we’re certainly not the most financially sound either, and the whole reason I made this video was so the local community could be more aware and help Halifax more, Just me talking on camera and asking why would never do enough, the club needs to be looked out more in all ways, locals, council, owners etc., I know Halifax can be a bigger club certainly a League 2 side in the making, as long as everything is positive on and off the pitch, thanks for all the comments.

@@andrewcopeland I should have probably checked the crowds at those clubs before making the video, but I knew they got more than us by a fair few supporters, I couldn’t agree more with local marketing though, there’s not enough in Halifax for its sports teams, and the local council doesn’t do enough either, definitely think they should be more advertising and marketing for Halifax in its own town.

@@guyrhodes431 Was that to watch Speedway back when The Dukes were there?, I can’t think of a time we played on a Friday.

@styepen602 1980s when supporters of Leeds , Bradford, Huddersfield,Vill,man u man city loads more football fans used to come and support the shaymen .real good atmosphere

@@davidreed9671 yeah money certainly doesn’t help.