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Adam Lakeland: FC Halifax Town must hit form in National League run-in to make the play-offs

Adam Lakeland knows FC Halifax Town are going to have to be red hot if they are to finish in the National League play-offs – and they will give everything to get there.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
15 March 2026

FC Halifax Town are in the National League play-off conversation again

By Matt Badcock

Adam Lakeland knows FC Halifax Town are going to have to be red hot if they are to finish in the National League play-offs – and they will give everything to get there.
The Shaymen came into this weekend occupying the final play-off spot, albeit having played more games than those around them.
While their destiny, at the moment, may not lie in their own hands, boss Lakeland – who took over in the summer after his surprise exit from King’s Lynn Town – told The NLP’s Non-League Goalmouth podcast they must be proud that they’re even in the conversation.
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