The Harrogate Town Post
Match21 Aug 2027
Harrogate Town end the wait against AFC Wimbledon
It had gone 18 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.
Market23 Aug 2027
Grant Horton 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 ratings23 Aug 2027
Mason Bennett scores twice — 8.37
Two goals and a mark of 8.37 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Norwich City tell Harrogate Town: Tammer Bany is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Harrogate Town make their move for Adam Mayor
$75.0K on the table at Millwall. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Harrogate Town
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match17 Aug 2027
Barrow AFC take the points off Harrogate Town
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market23 Aug 2027
Harrogate Town promote Benjamin Harvey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Benjamin Harvey has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market23 Aug 2027
James Bell steps up from the Harrogate Town academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James Bell has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market Harrogate Town promote Edward King from within
- The dugout No hiding place for Sam Waller
- Match Harrogate Town find a way past AFC Wimbledon