The brief for Torquay United is simple: win all four of their remaining National League fixtures to avoid becoming the first former Football League side to be relegated to the National League South.
Back to back wins for the third time this season against Chester FC and Woking over the Easter Bank Holiday gave hope to the possibility of the Gulls pulling off a late resurrection. However, subsequent losses against Dover Athletic and AFC Fylde have left United facing into the abyss.
Defeat against FC Halifax coupled with fellow strugglers Woking beating Bromley would be enough to seal the Gulls' fate. However, there are factors that could that United can live to fight another day.
The Shaymen's visit to Plainmoor will be their fourth game in the space of seven days and their second in the space of 48 hours, as they drew 2-2 with Gateshead on Thursday night to extend their unbeaten run to six matches.
Then there is also the return of Rhys Healey - currently on loan from Cardiff City, an Easter gift from former Gulls' boss Neil Warnock - from a one-match suspension that he received following the two yellow cards that he was awarded in United's 1-0 defeat to Dover.
Healey, 23, marked his debut on Good Friday at Chester with the game's opening goal as the Gulls won 2-0, and they could be more to come from a player who was rumoured to be a loan target for Plymouth Argyle manager Derek Adams last season.
Early signs suggest there could be more goal to come from Healey, who was awarded a new contract by Warnock during an injury spell earlier in the season, between now and the end of United's National League campaign, as there are no illusions over the task that they face.
