2020–21_Harrogate_Town_A.F.C._season

2020–21 Harrogate Town A.F.C. season

2020–21 Harrogate Town A.F.C. season

Harrogate Town 2020–21 football season


The 2020–21 season was the first season Harrogate Town played in the Football League following their promotion from the National League in the previous season. They competed in League Two, the fourth tier of English football, alongside the FA Cup, EFL Cup, and EFL Trophy. The club began the season at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, whilst a grass pitch was installed at their traditional Wetherby Road stadium in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.

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Background

A socially distanced crowd at Wetherby Road in December 2020.

The 2019–20 season saw Harrogate Town finish second in the National League, and thus qualified for the play-offs.[1] They defeated Boreham Wood 1–0 in the semi-final,[2] before a 3–1 victory over Notts County in the final secured Harrogate's promotion to the Football League for the first time in their history.[3]

Since the EFL require all matches to be played on grass pitches, the club played all their home matches for the first month of the season at Doncaster Rovers' Keepmoat Stadium whilst the club replaced their synthetic pitch at Wetherby Road.[4]

At the end of June 2020, defenders Maxim Kouogun, George Smith and Matty Taylor were all released following the expiry of their contracts, whilst the contract of midfielder Sam Jones was terminated with immediate effect.[5]

Transfers

Transfers in

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Loans in

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Loans out

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Transfers out

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Friendly matches

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Competitions

League Two

League table

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Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2021. 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[37]

Results summary

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Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

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Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2021. Source: 11v11
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The League Two fixtures were announced on 21 August 2020, with Harrogate's first fixture being away to Southend United.[38]

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FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 26 October.[85] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.[86]

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EFL Cup

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The first round draw was made live on Sky Sports on 18 August 2020, with Harrogate being drawn away to fellow League Two side Tranmere Rovers, with the match set to be played on 5 September 2020.[89] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[90]

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EFL Trophy

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The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[93]

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Source: EFL.com
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Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated 9 May 2021.
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Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.

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Cleansheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total cleansheets are equal.

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Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 9 May 2021.
Position Nationality Number Name League Two EFL Cup EFL Trophy FA Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
MFEngland4Josh Falkingham8100001091
DFEngland6Warren Burrell7100001081
MFEngland17Lloyd Kerry6100001071
DFEngland5Will Smith2110100041
DFEngland20Connor Hall3100000031
DFEngland3Dan Jones4000001050
DFEngland2Ryan Fallowfield3000000030
FWEngland10Aaron Martin3000000030
MFEngland15Connor Kirby3000000030
MFEngland7George Thomson3000000030
DFEngland22Ed Francis2000000020
FWEngland24Josh March2000000020
DFEngland12Jake Lawlor1000000010
DFEngland27Jay Williams1000000010
DFEngland29Mitchell Roberts1000000010
MFScotland28Josh McPake1000000010
DFEngland26Kevin Lokko0000100010
MFScotland19Calvin Miller0000001010
TOTALS 50 5 1 0 2 0 5 0 58 5

Notes

  1. Brackets around club names denote the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Harrogate
  2. Harrogate Town's score shown first
  3. Match played behind closed doors
  4. Match played at the Keepmoat Stadium.

References

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