Shaymen's faint play-off hopes almost certainly ended after goalless draw at Yeovil

FC Halifax Town’s lingering promotion ambitions were left hanging by the thinnest of threads following a 0-0 stalemate at Huish Park against Yeovil Town. The result means the Shaymen now require an unlikely sequence of results elsewhere to remain in the top-seven conversation, and their fate could be sealed before they next take to the field at The Shay next Saturday when Southend United visit West Yorkshire.

In a tense but ultimately fruitless contest, Halifax could not find a way past the home rearguard, registering their second blank in as many matches. The draw leaves the West Yorkshire outfit outside the play-off places with time running out in the regular season. Mathematically, a miraculous combination of heavy defeats for the sides above them and a sizeable swing in goal difference would be needed to resurrect their top-seven dream, but such a scenario appears remote.

Attention now turns to the weekend, when results around the division could officially extinguish any remaining hope before the Shaymen have the opportunity to respond on home soil.