2020–21 Harrogate Town A.F.C. season

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

Harrogate Town
2020–21 season
ChairmanIrving Weaver
ManagerSimon Weaver
StadiumKeepmoat Stadium (until 10 October)
Wetherby Road

Background

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 will play all their home matches for the first month of the season at Doncaster Rovers' Keepmoat Stadium whilst the club replace their synthetic pitch at Wetherby Road.[4]

Transfers

Transfers in
Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
11 August 2020DMConnor Kirby Sheffield WednesdayFree transfer[5]
11 August 2020CBJake Lawlor WrexhamFree transfer[6]
13 August 2020LMTom Walker AFC FyldeUndisclosed[7]
14 August 2020CBKevin Lokko Dover AthleticFree transfer[8]

Transfers out
Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2020SSSam Jones UnattachedReleased[9]
1 July 2020CBMaxim Kouogun UnattachedReleased[9]
1 July 2020LBGeorge Smith GatesheadReleased[9][10]
1 July 2020LBMatty Taylor UnattachedReleased[9]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Competitions

League Two
Main article: 2020–21 EFL League Two

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Crawley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Exeter City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Forest Green Rovers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Grimsby Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Harrogate Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Leyton Orient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Mansfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Morecambe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Newport County 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2020. 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[11]

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round
Matchday1
Ground
Result
Position
Source: 11v11
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

FA Cup
Main article: 2020–21 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

EFL Cup
Main article: 2020–21 EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

EFL Trophy
Main article: 2020–21 EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

References
  1. Howell, Rhys (12 June 2020). "When the National League play-offs will take place and how you can watch them". Harrogate Advertiser. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. "Harrogate Town 1–0 Boreham Wood: Jack Muldoon winner secures Wembley National League final place". BBC Sport. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. Freeman, Jay (2 August 2020). "National League promotion final: Harrogate Town beat Notts County 3–1 to secure place in League Two". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. "Harrogate Town: Doncaster Rovers groundshare for EFL newcomers". BBC Sport. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. "Connor Kirby is our first summer addition". Harrogate Town A.F.C. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  6. "Lawlor signs up for our EFL adventure". Harrogate Town A.F.C. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  7. "Tom Walker Is Signing Number Three". Harrogate Town A.F.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  8. "Kevin Lokko Joins The Ranks". Harrogate Town A.F.C. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  9. "Harrogate Town Retained List". Harrogate Town A.F.C. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  10. "Heed complete first new signing of the summer as Smith returns to Tyneside". Gateshead F.C. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  11. "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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