The Harrogate Town Post
Squad17 Aug 2026
Mark Oxley damages knee ligaments — 153 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 153 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Anthony O'Connor falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Harrogate Town
Ben Fox was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jack Evans gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match15 Aug 2026
Bristol Rovers take the points off Harrogate Town
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Harrogate Town turn down the training-ground plan
It is the quietest way a club tells you what its ambitions are. The money was asked for, the money was refused, and the people who work there every day now know exactly where they stand.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Reece Smith
Successful dribbles: 13. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market17 Aug 2026
The shop window has Tom Hill in it
Harrogate Town have let the market know Tom Hill can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Market17 Aug 2026
Harrogate Town borrow Elkan Baggott
A season-long look at somebody else’s player: Elkan Baggott arrives from Ipswich Town with something to prove and a return ticket in the drawer. Good loans make everybody richer; this one starts Saturday.
In brief
- Market Harrogate Town bring in Robert Cook on loan
- Player ratings Elkan Baggott spends the afternoon fouling