By Kurt Schubothe
December 18 2005

Crawley Town score from the spot early as the Shaymen have to come back with two goals of their own. Crawley Town leave the Shay with a point. The Shaymen fail to secure all three points as Crawley's Tristram Whitman struck late in the match.
Daryl Clare put the visitors  ahead with a penalty after Steve Burton was brought down by Adam Quinn. Crawley Town went in a half time with a goal lead.

In the second half the Shaymen came back as Danny Forrest headed in Martin Foster's free-kick to level the scores.  Then Forrest set up strike partner John Grant who smash home a second goal.

However Halifax brokedown late in the match and Crawley Town came away from the Shay with a point.

Halifax: Legzdins, Haslam, Quinn, Atherton, Doughty, Leister (Jacobs 45), Foster, Prendergast (Midgley 66), Grant, Forrest (Young 81), Killeen.
Subs Not Used: Senior, Bowler.

Goals: Forrest 57, Grant 62.

Crawley Town: Smith, Judge, Armstrong (Whitman 69), Woozley, Opinel (Blackburn 75), Scully, Brown, Simpemba, Giles, Clare, Steve Burton.
Subs Not Used: Ward, Mendy, Keehan.

Booked: Simpemba, Brown.

Goals: Clare 13 pen, Whitman 82.

Att: 1,616