Shay Stadium
History was made on September 3rd 1921 when Halifax Town played their first match in the Football League at The Shay. `This match was against Darlington and was watched over by a crowd of over 10,000. the score being - Town won: 5-1.
The club had been here for just over 10 years having been formed at the Saddle Hotel on May 23rd 1911.
Increasingly the team worked their way up through various lower leagues before taking on the Football League itself in 1921. The team’s original home ground was at Sandhall Lane, Pellon and then at Exley but on August 4th 1920, Halifax Corporation agreed to lease the Shay to Halifax Town as their main home ground.
In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture. Halifax is the largest town in the wider Calderdale borough. Halifax is a large market town in West Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 90,000 in 2021.Halifax has been ranked as one of the happiest places to live in Yorkshire, according to Rightmove. It is well known as a centre of England's woollen manufacture from the 15th century onward, which dealt through the Halifax Piece Hall.
