City cruised to victory against bottom club Halifax at the Shay. After a period of early dominance in which Greaves and Eyre went close, the returning Theo Whitmore put the Tigers ahead on 22 minutes after some neat interplay with Clint Marcelle. A one-two with the Trinidadian allowed the Jamaican to drill the ball past Lee Butler between the sticks for the Shaymen. The home side had a brief spell of pressure but was unable to trouble the alert Musselwhite sufficiently.

The Tigers reasserted their dominance in the second half and doubled their lead on 57 minutes, Clint Marcelle raced on to a David Brightwell long punt, lost his markers and put his shot underneath one time Tiger’s loanee Butler from 15 yards. Halifax nearly pulled one back when another former loan Tiger, Gerry Harrison, hit the woodwork after the ball was knocked down for him. Whitmore then hit the post after rounding Butler and Eyre had a good effort cleared. The three points saw us leap two places in the table to fifteenth. Want more good news? Defeats for York and Bradford. Happy days!