So Widnes its then

If they do manage to fiddle the attendance criteria.



They will fail on the rule that says each applicant must have a stadium with an operational capacity of 10.000

the capacity at the New Shay is 6561

According to wikipedia it's capacity is over 10,000 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shay That might have been before the stand was finished

According to wikipedia it's capacity is over 10,000 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shay That might have been before the stand was finished

The offical AFC Halifax web site posted the following on August 17th 2010



South Stand 3211

Skirtcoat Stand 2330

North Stand 1020



Total Capacity 6561

Are there not four sides to a football/rugby ground?

At some of the games that are televised they often only use three sides of the ground & in some instances they only use one or two sides of the ground