The Harrogate Town Post
Market31 Aug 2026
Anthony O'Connor asks to leave Harrogate Town
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Darko Gyabi goes up and wins it — 7.97
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.97 for the rest of it.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ole Romeny
Harrogate Town asked and Oxford United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match29 Aug 2026
Harrogate Town see off Newport County
Three points for Harrogate Town, 1‑0 the final word against Newport County in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Harrogate Town
11 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Jonathan Hill, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Ellis Taylor was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 13. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The formation has left Favour Onukwuli behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Harrogate Town will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Lewis Cass
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- The dugout No place in the plan for Fabrício Kanté
- Squad Hugo Busto still has not settled
- Squad “I want to play”: Lamin Sillah speaks