Harrogate Town

Harrogate running out of time to preserve hard-earned Football League status

· The Guardian

The league’s lowest scorers continue to punch above their weight in the fourth tier but found Notts County too strong Walking up Wetherby Road, it is hard to believe there is a Football League ground lurking around the…

Leeds’ Largie Ramazani dashes Harrogate’s hopes of FA Cup history

· The Guardian

If FA Cup victories were awarded for effort, then Harrogate Town would have eased into the fourth round at Leeds. Unfortunately for them, industry only gets a team so far in football and it was the hosts who eventually…

Diving on ice: what I learned training with Harrogate for dream Leeds tie

· The Guardian

The chance to train in goal with the League Two side was too good to miss as excitement builds for Elland Road trip “Patrick Bamford! Joël Piroe! Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink!” are screamed at me as shots are thrashed…

FA Cup roundup: Harrogate pull off shock to knock out Wrexham

· The Guardian

League Two side into second round after 1-0 victory AFC Wimbledon beat MK Dons once again Harrogate pulled off an FA Cup upset as the League Two side beat Wrexham 1-0 to reach the second round. Jack Muldoon scored the…

James Belshaw: the goalkeeper with two degrees and a second world war thesis

· The Guardian

Harrogate player says he might have gone to medical school but for football and took a 50% pay cut to pursue his dream Harrogate Town’s James Belshaw loves diving around in Yorkshire mud at training as he lives out a…

FA Cup roundup: Harrogate strike late to knock out former winners Portsmouth

· The Guardian

Jack Diamond’s injury-time winner sinks Pompey National League Yeovil knock out Stevenage Jack Diamond scored an injury-time winner as League Two Harrogate sunk the former winners Portsmouth to reach the third round of…

Harrogate’s rise shows no sign of slowing in a land of football giants | Ben Fisher

· The Guardian

Manager Simon Weaver, who has Gareth Southgate in town and Marcelo Bielsa nearby, has taken team to League Two summit Yorkshire is home to managerial royalty, from Gareth Southgate to Marcelo Bielsa, but in the eyes of…

League Two: Bolton and Cambridge earn promotion, Cheltenham take title

· The Guardian

Cambridge beat Grimsby, Bolton sink Crawley Cheltenham win over Harrogate clinches top spot Cambridge and Bolton joined League Two champions Cheltenham in securing promotion on the final day of the season. Cambridge had…

'Really excited': Rebecca Welch the first female referee appointed to EFL match

· The Guardian

Welch to take charge of Harrogate v Port Vale on Monday ‘This opportunity to work in the EFL is amazing for me’ When Rebecca Welch blows her whistle at Harrogate Town’s home fixture with Port Vale next Monday, a…

Carabao Cup roundup: Bielsa accepts blame after Hull stun Leeds in shootout

· The Guardian

Alfie Jones scores winning penalty for League One side Brentford shock Southampton, West Brom sink Harrogate Marcelo Bielsa took full responsibility for Leeds ’s poor display after they crashed out of the Carabao Cup to…

The father and son team that has lifted Harrogate to new heights

· The Guardian

Irving Weaver took over Harrogate in 2011 with his son Simon in situ as manager. Now comes their first game as an EFL club As a town more renowned for tea rooms and sulphur springs than football, it is perhaps no…

Harrogate Town to groundshare with Doncaster while 3G pitch is removed

· The Guardian

Club need to replace playing surface for life in League Two Fans will have to travel 50 miles until October Harrogate Town, whose weekend win over Notts County saw them promoted to the Football League for the first time…

Harrogate Town 3-1 Notts County: National League play-off final – as it happened

· The Guardian

Harrogate Town will play in the Football League for the first time in their history after a 3-1 win at Wembley Harrogate’s chairman, Irving Weaver, tells BT that they’ve tried to build the club slowly, and get some…