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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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]
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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
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Results summary
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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46
16
9
21
52
61
−9
57
8
5
10
24
29
−5
8
4
11
28
32
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Results by round
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Matchday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Ground A H A H A H A A H A H H A A H H A A H A A H A A H A H H A H H A A H A H H A H A H H H A H A Result W D D L W W W L D L L D L W L L L W L W L D D L W W L W L W W W L W L L L D L L D W L D W L Position 1 3 6 12 8 7 4 6 8 11 14 12 14 12 15 17 17 17 17 16 18 18 18 20 20 14 15 13 15 13 12 11 11 10 11 13 15 15 16 17 17 16 17 17 16 17
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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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Date Time Opponent Venue Result[lower-alpha 2] Scorers Attendance Referee Ref.
12 September 2020 15:00 Southend United Away 4–0 Muldoon (2) 25', 69', Kerry 44', Martin 60'0 Antony Coggins [39]
19 September 2020 15:00 Walsall Home[lower-alpha 4] 2–2 Martin 32', Muldoon 42'0 James Adcock [40]
26 September 2020 15:00 Port Vale Away 0–0 0 Ben Toner [41]
3 October 2020 15:00 Bolton Wanderers Home[lower-alpha 4] 1–2 Thomson 61'0 Ben Speedie [42]
12 October 2020 19:45 Bradford City Away 1–0 Kerry 74'0 Darren Drysdale [43]
17 October 2020 15:00 Barrow Home 1–0 Muldoon 22'0 Declan Bourne [44]
20 October 2020 19:45 Grimsby Town Away 2–1 Muldoon (2) 25', 43'0 Seb Stockbridge [45]
24 October 2020 15:00 Colchester United Away 1–2 Stead 61'0 Will Finnie [46]
27 October 2020 19:00 Stevenage Home 0–0 0 Graham Salisbury [47]
31 October 2020 15:00 Newport County Away 1–2 Smith 44'0 Paul Howard [48]
3 November 2020 19:00 Tranmere Rovers Home 0–1 0 Ross Joyce [49]
14 November 2020 15:00 Crawley Town Home 1–1 Muldoon 85'0 Martin Coy [50]
21 November 2020 15:00 Leyton Orient Away 0–3 0 Neil Hair [51]
24 November 2020 19:00 Mansfield Town Away 1–0 Miller 27'0 Carl Boyeson [52]
1 December 2020 19:00 Scunthorpe United Home 2–5 Muldoon 35', Hall 90+2'0 Paul Howard [53]
5 December 2020 15:00 Forest Green Rovers Home 0–1 410 Marc Edwards [54]
12 December 2020 15:00 Morecambe Away 0–1 0 Ollie Yates [55]
15 December 2020 19:45 Exeter City Away 2–1 Kiernan 31', Muldoon 75'1,559 Lee Swabey [56]
19 December 2020 15:00 Salford City Home 0–1 495 Trevor Kettle [57]
26 December 2020 15:00 Oldham Athletic Away 2–1 Thomson (2) 30', 71'0 Ben Speedie [58]
9 January 2021 15:00 Cambridge United Away 1–2 Muldoon 10'0 Carl Brook [59]
19 January 2021 19:00 Exeter City Home 0–0 0 Scott Oldham [60]
22 January 2021 19:00 Salford City Away 2–2 Muldoon 37', Francis 90+3'0 Marc Edwards [61]
26 January 2021 19:00 Tranmere Rovers Home 2–3 McPake 25', March 72'0 Andy Haines [62]
30 January 2021 15:00 Newport County Home 2–1 March 34', Martin 66'0 Christopher Pollard [63]
6 February 2021 15:00 Crawley Town Away 3–1 Martin 13', March 30' (pen. ), Power 45+3'0 Dean Whitestone [64]
9 February 2021 18:00 Cheltenham Town Home 0–1 0 Graham Salisbury [65]
16 February 2021 19:00 Carlisle United Home 1–0 March 28' (pen. )0 Seb Stockbridge [66]
20 February 2021 15:00 Scunthorpe United Away 1–3 March 27' (pen. )0 John Busby [67]
23 February 2021 19:00 Mansfield Town Home 1–0 Martin 46'0 Ross Joyce [68]
27 February 2021 15:00 Grimsby Town Home 1–0 Beck 77'0 Trevor Kettle [69]
2 March 2021 19:00 Barrow Away 1–0 Muldoon 84'0 Robert Lewis [70]
6 March 2021 15:00 Stevenage Away 0–1 0 Scott Oldham [71]
9 March 2021 19:00 Colchester United Home 3–0 Beck 1', Smith 45+1', McPake 56' 0 Simon Mather [72]
13 March 2021 15:00 Forest Green Rovers Away 1–2 Williams 90+1'0 Christopher Pollard [73]
20 March 2021 15:00 Morecambe Home 0–1 0 Josh Smith [74]
27 March 2021 15:00 Southend United Home 0–1 0 Leigh Doughty [75]
2 April 2021 15:00 Walsall Away 0–0 0 Will Finnie [76]
5 April 2021 15:00 Port Vale Home 0–2 0 Rebecca Welch [77]
10 April 2021 15:00 Bolton Wanderers Away 1–2 Beck 13' 0 Sam Allison [78]
13 April 2021 19:00 Leyton Orient Home 2–2 Jones 58', McPake 74'0 Anthony Backhouse [79]
17 April 2021 12:30 Bradford City Home 2–1 Muldoon 22', McPake 89' 0 James Adcock [80]
20 April 2021 19:00 Oldham Athletic Home 0–3 0 Carl Boyeson [81]
24 April 2021 15:00 Carlisle United Away 1–1 Muldoon 11' 0 Chris Sarginson [82]
30 April 2021 19:00 Cambridge United Home 5–4 Kiernan (3) 9, 20, 32' (pen. ), Beck 13', Lokko 84' 0 Ollie Yates [83]
8 May 2021 15:00 Cheltenham Town Away 1–4 Muldoon 7' 0 Ben Speedie [84]
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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
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
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[93]
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Appearances and goals
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Top scorers
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Cleansheets
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total cleansheets are equal.
Last updated 9 May 2021.
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Rank
Position
Nationality
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EFL League Two
EFL Cup
EFL Trophy
FA Cup
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1
GK 1 James Belshaw 11 0 0 0 11
2
GK 13 Joe Cracknell 2 0 0 0 2
TOTALS
13
0
0
0
13
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Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 9 May 2021.
Brackets around club names denote the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Harrogate
Harrogate Town's score shown first
Match played behind closed doors
"Sunderland 1–0 Town" . harrogatetownafc.com . Harrogate Town A.F.C. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020 .
"Hull (H)" . Sky Sports. Retrieved 11 November 2020 .