Subsititute Steve Bushell scored against his former side

Roared on by almost 1100 travelling fans, Halifax Town's play off charge continues with a fine 2 v 0 win at the Kit-Kat Crescent, home of York City.

Top scorer John Grant's 12^th goal of the season early in the 2^nd half and a fine Steve Bushell strike 7 minutes from time secured another well deserved win, the 7^th away from home this season.

Dudgeon was names York man of the match

Flowing football was always going to be difficult on a rock hard pitch and with a gusting wind to contend with but all the football came from the men in the blue and white shirts who oozed confidence as they toyed with the opposition, particularly in the 2^nd half.

Goalmouth action was scarce in a wind dominated first half. Grant held the ball up well and passed to Brian Smikle but his 25 yards shot was well wide. York's best effort came from a Joe O'Neill header from a Dave Merris cross that narrowly cleared the bar. Town's best opportunity fell to Danny Forrest seconds before half time. Matt Doughty whipped over a teasing cross and keeper Chris Porter made a good save low to his right from Forrest's effort.

Playing towards the travelling fans Town came out looking for goals after the break and only had to wait 3 minutes. Steve Haslam's cross from the right held up in the wind and Grant got his head to the ball ahead of Porter and his effort looped towards goal seeming to take an eternity to get there. When it did the celebrations began.

The only cause for concern such was the dominance of the Town defence came moments later when Doughty intercepted a cross that Jon Kennedy has no option to catch. Referee Foster bizarrely adjudged this was a deliberate back pass and booked Smikle and Doughty in the ensuing protest and the age it the indirect free kick to be taken. Justice was done as the twice taken shot by Darren Dunning was blocked on both occasions.

York should have equalised on 67 minutes. Former Shayman James Dudgeon met a free kick on the far post and his header was miskicked by O'Neill yards from goal with Kennedy beaten.

Town's dominance was emphasised by the act this was York's sole threat. Steve Bushell who replaced Brian Smikle made the game safe with his second goal of the season. Martin Foster's corner on the Town left was cleared to Bushell who kept cool and his measured right foot shot gave Porter no chance. The referee's final whistle was the cue for the celebrations among the travelling fans and this excellent result takes Town 3 points closer to the play offs.

It would be unfair to single out any players as this was a real team effort, all 13 who played deserve enormous credit as do Chris Wilder and Wayne Jacobs. Roll on Crawley Town on Saturday.

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1	Chris Porter			:			Jon Kennedy	1
5	David McGurk			:			Steven Haslam	2
6	James Dudgeon			:			Adam Quinn	5
4	Mark Hotte			:			Greg Young	16
15	Dave Merris		79	:			Matthew Doughty	3
8	Emmanuel Panther			:	64		Brian Smikle	25
23	Stephen Thomas			:			Tyrone Thompson	18
12	Darren Dunning		54	:			Martin Foster	8
10	Joe O'Neill			:			Lewis Killeen	10
11	Andy Bishop			:	78		John Grant	20
9	Clayton Donaldson			:			Danny Forrest	26
19	Byron Webster			:			Lee Butler	24
18	Bryan Stewart		79	:			Chris Senior	15
7	Mark Convery		54	:			Peter Atherton	19
25	Aaron Reid			:	78		Ryan Sugden	11
16	Neil Bishop			:	64		Steve Bushell	4

Goal Attempts	5	:	10	Goal Attempts
On Target	2	:	7	On Target
Crosses	12	:	10	Crosses
Corners	2	:	6	Corners
Offside	3	:	1	Offside
Fouls	14	:	8	Fouls
Free kicks	11	:	18	Free kicks
Yellow cards	-	:	3	Yellow cards
Red cards	-	:	-	Red cards
% Possession	47	:	53	Possession %