2024–25 Harrogate Town A.F.C. season

Harrogate Town
2024–25 season
Chairman	Irving Weaver
Manager	Simon Weaver
Stadium	Wetherby Road
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 111th season in the history of Harrogate Town Association Football Club and their fifth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2024^[a]	RM	Stephen Duke-McKenna	Queens Park Rangers	Free	^[1]
8 July 2024	CB	Zico Asare	Maidenhead United	Undisclosed	^[2]
16 July 2024	LW	Ellis Taylor	Sunderland	Free	^[3]

^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Queens Park Rangers contract expired

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
14 June 2024^[a]	LW	Abraham Odoh	Peterborough United	Undisclosed	^[4]
24 June 2024	CB	Rod McDonald	Notts County	Undisclosed	^[5]

^ The transfer was announced on 21 May, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opens

Loaned in

Date	Position	Player	From	Date until	Ref

Loaned out

Date	Position	Player	To	Date until	Ref

Released / Out of Contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2024	CB	Will Smith	FC Halifax Town	1 July 2024	^[6]^[7]
30 June 2024	CM	George Horbury	Chorley	4 July 2024	^[6]^[8]
30 June 2024	GK	Peter Jameson	Darlington	5 July 2024	^[6]^[9]
30 June 2024	CF	Emmanuel Ilesanmi	Derby County	11 July 2024	^[6]^[10]
30 June 2024	CF	Josh Brodella			^[6]
30 June 2024	CM	Alfie Lee			^[6]
30 June 2024	LB	Joe Mattock			^[6]
30 June 2024	GK	Jonathan Mitchell			^[6]
30 June 2024	GK	Alex Mooney			^[6]
30 June 2024	CB	Ollie Nicholson			^[6]
30 June 2024	RM	Finn O'Boyle			^[6]
30 June 2024	CF	Elijah Samuels			^[6]
30 June 2024	CB	Lewis Smalley			^[6]
30 June 2024	CB	Cadarn Taylor			^[6]
30 June 2024	GK	Lewis Thomas			^[6]
30 June 2024	RM	Bradley Williams			^[6]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 16 May, Harrogate announced their first pre-season friendly against Lincoln City.^[11] A day later, a second fixture was confirmed, against Huddersfield Town.^[12] A further two matches were added to the schedule, against Sheffield United and Darlington.^[13] On 7 June, two more home pre-season friendlies were announced against Middlesbrough and Leeds United.^[14]^[15]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

13 July 2024 Friendly	Harrogate Town	2–3	Huddersfield Town	Harrogate
15:00 BST	Duke-McKenna Trialist	Report	Ward Healey Sørensen	Stadium: Wetherby Road

19 July 2024 Friendly	Harrogate Town	0–3	Leeds United	Harrogate
19:30 BST		Report	Firpo Rutter Chambers	Stadium: Wetherby Road

23 July 2024 Friendly	Harrogate Town	v	Sheffield United	Harrogate
19:00 BST				Stadium: Wetherby Road

27 July 2024 Friendly	Harrogate Town	v	Lincoln City	Harrogate
15:00 BST				Stadium: Wetherby Road

31 July 2024 Friendly	Harrogate Town	v	Middlesbrough	Harrogate
19:30 BST				Stadium: Wetherby Road

3 August 2024 Friendly	Darlington	v	Harrogate Town	Darlington
15:00 BST				Stadium: Blackwell Meadows

Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Fleetwood Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Gillingham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Grimsby Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Harrogate Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Milton Keynes Dons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Morecambe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Newport County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[16]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.^[17]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

10 August 2024 1	Harrogate Town	v	Bromley	Harrogate
15:00 BST				Stadium: Wetherby Road

17 August 2024 2	Accrington Stanley	v	Harrogate Town	Accrington
15:00 BST				Stadium: Crown Ground

24 August 2024 3	Colchester United	v	Harrogate Town	Colchester
15:00 BST				Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium

31 August 2024 4	Harrogate Town	v	Barrow	Harrogate
15:00 BST				Stadium: Wetherby Road

7 September 2024 5	Cheltenham Town	v	Harrogate Town	Cheltenham
15:00 BST				Stadium: Whaddon Road

12 September 2024 6	Harrogate Town	v	Doncaster Rovers	Harrogate
20:00 BST				Stadium: Wetherby Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 14 September, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[18]

21 September 2024 7	Crewe Alexandra	v	Harrogate Town	Crewe
15:00 BST				Stadium: Gresty Road

28 September 2024 8	Harrogate Town	v	Bradford City	Harrogate
12:30 BST				Stadium: Wetherby Road
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.^[18]

FA Cup

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Harrogate being drawn away against Lincoln City.^[19]

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round	Lincoln City	v	Harrogate Town	Lincoln
19:45 BST				Stadium: Sincil Bank

EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Harrogate were drawn into Northern Group E alongside Blackpool, Crewe Alexandra and Liverpool U21.^[20]^[21]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Qualification
1	L1	Blackpool	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Crewe Alexandra	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Harrogate Town
4	ACA	Liverpool U21

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: EFL

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
—	GK	ENG	James Belshaw	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	GK	ENG	Mark Oxley	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
—	DF	ENG	Zico Asare	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ENG	Warren Burrell	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ENG	Matty Foulds	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ENG	James Moorby	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	IRL	Anthony O'Connor	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	DF	ENG	Toby Sims	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
—	MF	SCO	Dean Cornelius	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Matty Daly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	NIR	Stephen Dooley	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	GUY	Stephen Duke-McKenna	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Josh Falkingham	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Liam Gibson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	Levi Sutton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	MF	ENG	George Thomson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
21	FW	ENG	Ellis Taylor	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	ENG	James Daly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	ENG	Sam Folarin	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	ENG	Josh March	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
—	FW	ENG	Jack Muldoon	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

References

^ "Duke-McKenna becomes first summer signing". Harrogate Town AFC. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Zico Asare is our second Summer signing". Harrogate Town AFC. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ "Ellis Taylor becomes our third Summer signing". Harrogate Town AFC. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
^ "Odoh to join Peterborough United for undisclosed fee". Harrogate Town AFC. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
^ "Rod McDonald Departs for Notts County". Harrogate Town AFC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Released and retained list confirmed". Harrogate Town AFC. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
^ "Will Smith Joins The Shaymen". FC Halifax Town. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "George Horbury is back for good!". Chorley FC. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
^ "Pete Jameson Returns To Quakers!". Darlington FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
^ "Quartet Join Up With Rams Under-21s". Derby County FC. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
^ "Town to host Lincoln in pre-season". Harrogate Town AFC. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
^ "Huddersfield are our first pre-season opponents". Harrogate Town AFC. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
^ "Town to host Sheffield United in pre-season test". Harrogate Town AFC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
^ "Town to host Middlesbrough in pre-season test". Harrogate Town AFC. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "Town take on Leeds United in pre-season clash with first-team schedule now confirmed". Harrogate Town AFC. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
^ "Bromley face Harrogate in club's first ever EFL match". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Doncaster and Bradford fixtures moved for live TV coverage". Harrogate Town AFC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
^ "Bristol Street Motors Trophy Group Stage confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[1] The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Queens Park Rangers contract expired

[5] The transfer was announced on 21 May, and would become official on June 14 once the transfer window re-opens

[2] "Duke-McKenna becomes first summer signing". Harrogate Town AFC. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[3] "Zico Asare is our second Summer signing". Harrogate Town AFC. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

[4] "Ellis Taylor becomes our third Summer signing". Harrogate Town AFC. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.

[6] "Odoh to join Peterborough United for undisclosed fee". Harrogate Town AFC. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.

[7] "Rod McDonald Departs for Notts County". Harrogate Town AFC. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

[RetainedList-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Released and retained list confirmed". Harrogate Town AFC. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

[9] "Will Smith Joins The Shaymen". FC Halifax Town. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[10] "George Horbury is back for good!". Chorley FC. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

[11] "Pete Jameson Returns To Quakers!". Darlington FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

[12] "Quartet Join Up With Rams Under-21s". Derby County FC. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

[13] "Town to host Lincoln in pre-season". Harrogate Town AFC. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.

[14] "Huddersfield are our first pre-season opponents". Harrogate Town AFC. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.

[15] "Town to host Sheffield United in pre-season test". Harrogate Town AFC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

[16] "Town to host Middlesbrough in pre-season test". Harrogate Town AFC. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[17] "Town take on Leeds United in pre-season clash with first-team schedule now confirmed". Harrogate Town AFC. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[EFL_Regulationsb-18] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

[19] "Bromley face Harrogate in club's first ever EFL match". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

[DoncasterBradfordTV-20] "Doncaster and Bradford fixtures moved for live TV coverage". Harrogate Town AFC. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[21] "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[22] "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.

[23] "Bristol Street Motors Trophy Group Stage confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.

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