Harrogate Railway manager Mick O’Connell is frustrated at losing Joe Chisholm and wing wizard Rob Youhill to lengthly injury lay-offs. Railway’s right-winger Youhill, the club’s marquee summer signing, is out for the longest period with a dislocated ankle. He sustained the injury in the defeat to Knaresborough Town two weeks ago and he had to read more→
Mick O’Connell invited Non League Yorkshire up to Station View for pre-season training to catch-up on life at Harrogate Railway ahead of the new Toolstation Northern Counties East League Division One season. Mick O’Connell believes Harrogate Railway are in the strongest position they have been in for several seasons at this stage of the year. read more→
Harrogate Railway have brought back one of the heroes from the squad which secured the club’s highest ever finish. Wing wizard Rob Youhill has returned after several years away from Station View. The former Harrogate Town has played for Tadcaster Albion and local rivals Knaresborough Town since last playing for Railway in 2016. His biggest read more→
Former Knaresborough Town assistant manager Paul Clayton has joined Harrogate Railway as first team coach under manager Mick O’Connell. Clayton left Knaresborough after Paul Stansfield resigned to take up the post as Harrogate Town’s head of academy. The pair had enjoyed a very successful time in the Manse Lane dugout having led to the club read more→
Mick O’Connell insists the FA made a massive mistake not localising the leagues for the 2020/21 season. The Harrogate Railway supremo was one of several players and managers across Steps 5 and 6 who back in the summer called for a reduced season with leagues split in half. They all said that local leagues would read more→
Mike Morris only started playing Non League football when he was 26. Yet despite his lateness to the stage, Morris has enjoyed some fabulous moments and played in front of big crowds. He’s even seen a robot resembling Jesus bust out some dance moves in an opposition’s half. He was a key member of Billy read more→
Harrogate Railway manager Mick O’Connell is unimpressed with the Toolstation NCEL’s decision to restart the season earlier than originally advertised. The NCEL were hoping to get the league back underway in January and most clubs had written December off. However, the surprise announcement of spectators being allowed into grounds in Tier 3 areas led to read more→
Mick O’Connell hopes the return of prodigal son Dan Thirkell encourages more quality players to sign for Harrogate Railway. Thirkell, who came through the Railway junior ranks and later became club captain, returned recently after four years away. Railway have fallen on hard times since he left and O’Connell agrees that his decision to re-sign read more→
Harrogate Railway manager Mick O’Connell envisages players refusing to play if Covid-19 cases continue to rise. West Yorkshire is joining South Yorkshire in Tier 3 on Monday due to the large numbers of infections in the region. Railway travel to 1974 Northwich in the FA Vase tomorrow and O’Connell – who was a firm advocate read more→
At the age of just 24, Harrogate Railway assistant manager Josh Walsh is one of the youngest coaches in the Toolstation Northern Counties East League. Alongside Railway chief Mick O’Connell – a man he first met almost under the mistletoe – Walsh is helping to revive the famous Non League club who have fallen on read more→
