44-467: Wilson Hall may refer to: Wilson Hall (rugby league) , New Zealand rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s Wilson Hall (Bucksport, Maine) , a historic Methodist seminary building Wilson Hall (Arkansas Tech University) , Russellville, Arkansas, U.S. Wilson Hall (Miami University) , Oxford, Ohio, U.S. Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne , Australia Wilson Hall, at Fermilab Wilson Hall,
88-621: A club record 29,153 people in the third round of the Challenge Cup. Halifax won their third Championship in 1964-65 after finishing 7th in the league table and progressing through the new 16-team play-offs. They became Champions by beating St Helens 15-7 in the Championship Final held at Station Road, Swinton. Terry Fogerty of Halifax was awarded the Harry Sunderland Trophy for man-of-the-match. In 1965-66 Halifax again reached
132-411: A current capacity of 14,061 (5,830 seated). The Shay hosted games during the 2013 Rugby League World Cup . Halifax have traditionally played in blue and white. Their home jersey is blue and hoops and their away colours have been in recent seasons a combination of red, black and white, replacing their traditional red and white hoops. Since its formation in 1873, Halifax used the town's coat of arms as
176-457: A deal that covered the four remaining matches of this season. The club returned to their traditional Halifax RLFC name at the start of 2003. At the end of the 2003 season they were relegated from Super League to National League One. Halifax's financial troubles meant they were unable to retain a full-time team and they struggled in the new league. In 2004 having been saved from insolvency by their new chairman Howard Posner they narrowly avoided
220-556: A disappointing 6th place finish in 2016, the club again reached the qualifiers in 2017 and 2018 finishing 3rd and 4th respectively. This made the club the most successful part-time team in the RFL. Long serving director and chairman Michael Steele stepped down from the Board at the end of 2017. In December 2020, Halifax RLFC adopted the name Halifax Panthers . In the 2021 Championship season, Halifax Panthers finished in third place and qualified for
264-546: A game against amateurs Cawoods. Fax won only two matches all season and finished bottom of the rugby league pyramid. Chris Anderson was player-coach of Halifax from November 1984 to May 1987, then he retired from playing but remained as coach in 1987–88. He brought over Australian internationals such as Graham Eadie and Tony Anderson. The team climbed out of the Second Division, won the League Championship in 1985–86,
308-586: A group of young men from the Halifax Rifle Volunteers put an advert in the local press to invite anyone interested in "football" to a meeting at the Upper George Hotel. A year later, Halifax played their first inter-club rugby football game when they played Leeds Athletic Club in a match held at Woodhouse Moor in Leeds on the 21st of November 1874. This first game resulted in a draw. The first home game
352-645: A match against South Auckland for the Northern Union Challenge Cup which was drawn 20-20. Later in the same season he played against Auckland for the Auckland Province. The match was played at Carlaw Park and saw his side go down 18–44 with him scoring a try for the 'visiting team'. In 1926 he moved to Christchurch. Wilson Hall then represented the Hornby club, Canterbury and the South Island . He
396-455: A member of music group God's Pottery See also [ edit ] Woodrow Wilson Hall , James Madison University Woodrow Wilson Hall, or Shadow Lawn , at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey Wilson House (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wilson Hall . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
440-401: A second relegation to National League 2, with a last-gasp victory in a play-off with York City Knights . Anthony Farrell was asked to become temporary coach until the end of the year following the sacking of Tony Anderson. After saving the club from relegation the following season and taking the club within a whisker of a place in the grand final, they lost out to Castleford . The year after
484-522: A winter to a summer season. In the lead-up, the Halifax President, Tony Gartland, and former Chairman, Peter Marsland, left the board over plans to merge with rivals Bradford Northern and join the proposed Super League as single club. Halifax joined the Super League in 1996, the local newspaper did a poll of suggested nicknames for the club with Halifax Bombers topping the list. But the Board upon
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#1732851815289528-435: The 1953–54 Challenge Cup , featuring in the first ever drawn final against Warrington in 1954, losing in the replay at Odsal Stadium , Bradford in front of what was then a world record rugby league crowd officially given as 102,569, although estimates suggest another 20,000 plus entered unofficially. After securing a Yorkshire league and cup double in 1955–56, the club was in sight of winning " All Four Cups " . Wembley
572-538: The England rugby union team . In 1886, the club moved to Thrum Hall , which would be their home ground for the next 112 years. The first game there was played on 18 September 1886 against Hull F.C. and drew 8,000 spectators. After the 1890-91 season, Halifax along with other Yorkshire Senior clubs Batley, Bradford, Brighouse, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, Hull, Hunslet, Leeds, Liversedge, Manningham and Wakefield decided that they wanted their own county league starting in 1891 along
616-574: The League Championship four times the Challenge Cup five times. They have rivalries with neighbours Bradford of the Championship, Huddersfield of Super League, and also fellow Championship side Featherstone Rovers and Pennines rivals Rochdale . clubs traditional home colours are blue and white hoops, white shorts and blue and white socks. The club was founded as Halifax in 1873 when
660-463: The New Zealand All Blacks , including George Nēpia and Charles Smith , and these players now joined Halifax. In 1938, Halifax reached the semi-final of the Challenge Cup, after winning three replays in a row, before they were knocked out by Barrow at Fartown , Huddersfield in the dying seconds of the game. In 1939, Halifax became the last team to win the Challenge Cup final before
704-465: The Rugby Football Union over issues related to leglising payments to players and playing in competitive leagues. In 1896, Halifax lost out on winning the first ever Rugby Football League Championship by a single point, with Manningham becoming the inaugural champions. In 1902–03, they achieved the 'double' by winning the Challenge Cup and finishing top of Division One. They won the cup again
748-639: The Yorkshire League during the 1932–33 season . Hall was granted a free transfer by Castleford in September 1935 in recognition of his services. Halifax R.L.F.C. The Halifax Panthers are a professional rugby league club in Halifax, West Yorkshire , England . They play home games at The Shay and compete in the Championship , the second tier of British rugby league . Halifax Panthers have won
792-704: The 1986–87 Challenge Cup against St. Helens and made a second successive appearance in the Challenge Cup final in 1988 when they lost to Wigan . Despite this on-field success, Halifax were banned from signing new players by the RFL after complaints of non-payments in November 1988. In 1989, John Dorahy took up a position as captain-coach of Halifax for the 1989–90 season. Halifax players threatened strike action over unpaid wages in April 1990. The club sold Neil James for £20,000 to pay wages but were still in financial trouble including an unpaid tax bill of £70,000. Halifax went into
836-552: The Championship Final through the play-offs, after finishing 10th in the league table. Their opponents were again St Helens who this time ran out comfortable winners by 35-12. Halifax was hit hard by revenue shortfalls during the late 1960s, and 1970s. Fortunes on the pitch suffered as the shortfall was met by selling players. In 1970, a concert was held at Thrum Hall in an attempt to alleviate these financial troubles. Horrific weather conditions meant that only around 3,000 arrived to watch
880-540: The Halifax Pop and Blues Concert which made a loss of £6,000. Despite victory in the inaugural Regal Trophy Final (called the Players No. 6 Trophy for sponsorship purposes) in 1971–72, financial problems continued for the next decade. In 1983, local businessman, David Brook provided much needed investment in the club. The 1977-78 season saw Halifax hit rock bottom with a losing streak of 24 consecutive defeats, including
924-518: The Second Division Final at Old Trafford . During this season, In October 1990, the set its still current record victory – an 82–8 win over Runcorn Highfield at Thrum Hall. Roe was removed from office 24-hours after the 1991 Final, when he refused to a demand that he re-apply for his own job; the Halifax board had told him that he did not have the required experience for a club in
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#1732851815289968-454: The club as assistant coach from Rochdale Hornets and took full charge after Gary Mercer 's resignation. With the club threatened again by financial problems and the danger of relegation Halifax sacked coach Steve Linnane in August 2002, the morning after a 64–0 loss to St. Helens, which came after nine losses from ten games which put the club at risk of relegation. Replacement Tony Anderson signed
1012-467: The club on a sound financial footing, Howard Posner stepped down as chairman and was replaced by long time supporter and director Michael Steele. In 2010, Halifax won the Co-Operative Championship, beating Featherstone Rovers 23–22 in the final after extra time. It was the first trophy Halifax had won in 23 years. But the club were not promoted back to Super League as promotion to super league
1056-556: The final of the Northern Rail Cup but this time were victorious over favourites Featherstone Rovers beating them 21–12 in a match watched by over 7,000 spectators. In 2015 Halifax finished the regular season in the top four of the Championship, earning them a place in the qualifiers. Despite being the lowest ranked team in the competition, and part-time, they beat promotion favourites Leigh and Sheffield Eagles to finish 6th out of 8, and secured improved central funding for 2016. After
1100-602: The first week of the play-offs by York City losing 26-24. In September 2024, the club was threatened with closure due to an outstanding bill to HMRC . On 11 September 2024, the club managed to stave off liquidation after paying their outstanding debt to the HMRC. Shortly after they were founded in 1873, Halifax bought some land in Halifax from a farmer with the aim to build a multipurpose sports venue. Thrum Hall hosted rugby league finals and test matches as well as speedway . Halifax played at Thrum Hall for 112 years, until they sold
1144-429: The following season, and were the first ever Championship play-off winners in 1906–07. Halifax won their first Wembley Challenge Cup final in 1931, beating York F.C. 22–8. An estimated 100,000 people lined the route to a civic reception at the town hall. Towards the end of the 1937 season, Streatham and Mitcham folded after just one full season in the league. The club had made a number of high-profile signings from
1188-606: The ground during home fixtures and other fund-raising events, were able to raise £55,000. Howard Posner then came forward and announced that he would loan the club the remaining £35,000 in order to keep Halifax alive, repayment of the loan was waived. Posner and the new board of directors subsequently invested further sums to ensure the club could survive and that Halifax would be playing in National League One during 2007. Howard Posner, again became club Chairman and Martin Hall took up
1232-521: The hands of receivers, £760,000 in debt, a take-over bid having failed after the players refused to take a pay cut. The club was re-formed and the assets were purchased by the Marsland/Gartland consortium of local businessmen. Peter Roe was appointed as head coach at Halifax for 1990–91, during which the team achieved promotion to the First Division along with Salford, who were their opponents in
1276-587: The land for £1.5 million to ASDA to move to a new stadium in the Super League era. Thrum Hall was notable for its distinctive slope. As it was built on the side of a hill, the ground had a four yard slope from the main grandstand side to the outer wing. Thrum Hall had a spectator capacity of 9,832 when it closed as a sports venue. Halifax first played at the Shay in the 1998 Super League season and ground shared with association football team Halifax Town . The Shay has
1320-582: The lines of a similar competition that had been played in Lancashire. The clubs wanted full control of the league but the Yorkshire Rugby Football Union would not sanction the competition as it meant giving up control of rugby football to the senior clubs. Halifax were founding members of the breakaway Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895 when leading rugby clubs in Yorkshire and Lancashire left
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1408-483: The play-offs. After defeating Whitehaven in the first week, Halifax travelled to Featherstone with the winner to play Toulouse Olympique in the Million Pound Game . Halifax would lose the match 42-10 which ended their season. It was also the final game for the retiring Scott Grix . In the 2022 RFL Championship season, Halifax finished third and qualified for the play-offs. However, they would be eliminated in
1452-489: The post of director of football in October 2006. Assistant coach Matt Calland was then named the new head coach of Halifax. In the 2009 Challenge Cup Halifax came within moments of reaching the quarter-finals, losing by one point in extra time to Castleford. They also lost the final of the Co-Operative Championship to Barrow 26-18. However, Barrow were later stripped of the title due to salary cap breaches. In April 2010, with
1496-426: The recommendation of Chief executive Nigel Wood chose Halifax Blue Sox . However, this proved to be unpopular with most supporters who continued to refer to them as 'Fax'. Halifax finished third in Super League in 1998 under John Pendlebury . Halifax sold Thrum Hall for £1.5 million to Asda for a supermarket development in 1998, and moved across town to their present home, the Shay stadium, which they share with
1540-440: The top division, and would have to stand against other new applicants. Roger Millward took the coaching job at Halifax, but was only there 17 months before resigning. Mal Reilly became the coach in 1992. In August 1993, in financial trouble again, Halifax put seven players on the transfer list for a total of £170,000. In 1996, the first tier of British rugby league clubs played the inaugural Super League season and changed from
1584-405: The town's football club Halifax Town . The proceeds from the sale were supposed to enable Halifax RLFC to make a contribution to the costs of a redevelopment of the Shay stadium, but the money was swallowed up by debts. Under Chief Executive Nigel Wood, Halifax went to Jacksonville University , Florida , in 2000 to help develop American rugby league, along with Salford . Steve Linnane joined
1628-562: The war. Favourites Salford were beaten 20–3 in front of a record 55,453 spectators. During the Second World War, Halifax reached the Challenge cup finals in 1941 and 1942, but lost both times to Leeds in matches held at Odsal. In 1947, Halifax's Hudson Irving died from a heart attack while playing at Dewsbury. In 1949, Halifax's David Craven died after breaking his neck playing against Workington Town . The 1949 Challenge Cup final
1672-641: Was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s who represented New Zealand and later played at club level in England for Hull FC , Castleford and Dewsbury . From the Ngaruawahia club , Wilson Hall represented South Auckland in 1922. He was a half for South Auckland and the North Island in 1925. In 1923 he moved to Auckland and played for the Athletic club. He represented Auckland in
1716-456: Was less successful and after a poor series of results including a club record loss to Hull Kingston Rovers , Farrell lost his job. Martin Hall took over the role of head coach in June 2006. In August 2006, Halifax was on the verge of going bust. The club announced that it needed to raise £90,000 or it would go into liquidation. Rugby league fans nationwide rallied behind 'Fax', and through visits to
1760-464: Was on a franchise basis at that time. In 2011, Halifax reached the Northern Rail Cup Final at Bloomfield Road , Blackpool , losing narrowly to Leigh in the last minute. They were also unable to defend their Championship title, losing heavily to Sheffield Eagles in the play-offs. Karl Harrison took over as head coach at the end of the season. The following season, Halifax made it to
1804-554: Was played a month later against Wakefield Trinity on a cricket field in King Cross Street, which again resulted in a draw. In these early years, matches were played at Ovenden, Savile Park and Hanson Lane. After winning the first Yorkshire Cup in 1878 beating York in the final at Leeds, they went on to win it on another four occasions. Several players were picked for the Yorkshire County side in these years, and five were for
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1848-412: Was reached after an 11–10 Challenge Cup semi-final victory over Wigan at Odsal and Halifax beat St. Helens 23–8 in the Championship semi-final. However, St Helens ran out 13–2 winners in the Challenge Cup and a week later, Halifax lost in the Championship match against Hull at Maine Road , Manchester , a last minute penalty goal securing a 10–9 victory for Hull. In 1959, Halifax hosted Wigan before
1892-558: Was selected for New Zealand 's tour of Great Britain in 1926 . He played in two test matches against Great Britain and one against Wales . In 1927 the international transfer ban for players was lifted and many New Zealanders who had toured were signed by English clubs. Wilson Hall received interested from Halifax in June, before signing with the Swinton club . Wilson Hall then joined Castleford, and played in Castleford 's victory in
1936-467: Was sold out for the first time as 95,050 spectators saw Bradford Northern beat Halifax. In the 1950s, Halifax were Championship runners-up three times, beat Hull F.C. in Yorkshire Cup finals in 1954 and 1955, and were Yorkshire League winners in 1950, 1953, 1954 and 1956. Halifax were unbeaten at their home ground of Thrum Hall between December 1952 and November 1956. They played in a Wembley final of
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