Anastasios Androutsos

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The Harrogate Town Post

31 Dec 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Jacob Knightbridge stands alone

19 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

The terraces

The mood at Harrogate Town has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Squad

A day Justin Clarke will not forget

4 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Justin Clarke at 21 — 9.95

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Justin Clarke did not need any: 9.95, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

The dugout

Jack Goodman says Harrogate Town went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

The dugout

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Market

Anastasios Androutsos puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Harrogate Town, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

Harrogate Town come up short against Mansfield Town

Mansfield Town left with the points after a 4‑6 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Remember the name: Justin Clarke

He is 21, he is averaging 7.18, and older professionals have started passing to him in the difficult minutes. That last part is the real scouting report.

In brief

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The Harrogate Town Post

13 Aug 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Harrogate Town's wait for a win

25 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Harrogate Town has to find a result from somewhere.

The terraces

The mood at Harrogate Town has turned into something else

Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Artem Sablin

49 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Harrogate Town lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad

A fracture rules Jonathan Hamilton out for 93 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Harrogate Town will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Terms done: Michelangelo Duranti is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Persita waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Harrogate Town is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market

Anastasios Androutsos is a Harrogate Town player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Squad

Colin Pawlak is a better footballer than he was

Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.

Squad

A falling-out at Harrogate Town

Justin Clarke and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Callum Feeney

Harrogate Town asked and Notts County said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

In brief