You can ‘like’ us on Facebook HERE Harrogate Railway have announced their eight pre-season friendly fixtures ahead of the start of the Evo Stik Division One North season in August. Billy Miller will take his Railway side to Manchester-based Irlam Town on July 20th to kick off the pre-season campaign. Rossington Main will be read more→
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Dave Merris signs for Ossett Town
You can ‘like’ Sports Performer on Facebook HERE. Dave Merris has been reunited with John Reed after signing for Evo Stik Division One North side Ossett Town. Highly-rated full-back Merris will combine playing duties with a coaching role at Ingfield. Merris, who recently finished his second spell at Harrogate Town, previously played for Reed at read more→
A Day in the Life of a Non League Football manager…Harrogate Railway’s Billy Miller
Sports Performer is now on Facebook. Click HERE to ‘like’ Words and photos by James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson) When I arrive Billy Miller has been at work since 7.30am. Almost every day he arrives at Askham Bryan College to lead a staff fitness session before pupils begin to turn-up on the gigantic campus. The Harrogate read more→
Bill Fotherby explains Ossett Town appointment
Interview by James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson) By own his admission, new Ossett Town director of football Bill Fotherby is a man in a hurry. Now in his eighties and “feeling the best” he has “in years”, the former Leeds United and Harrogate Town chairman is plotting his latest conquest – helping Evo Stik Division One read more→
Peter Crook has the potential to go far – Harrogate Town chief Simon Weaver
Simon Weaver believes highly-rated Harrogate Railway goalkeeper Peter Crook has the potential to go far in the game. 19-year-old Crook has spent the Evo Stik Division One North season on loan at Railway from Skrill North neighbours Harrogate Town. He has also deputised for Town goalkeeper Craig MacGillivray when needed, but it is his form read more→
Harrogate Railway want to finish the season on a high note
There’ll be no pyrotechnics just yet to celebrate the progress made by Harrogate Railway’s excellent season. That’s because Billy Miller and his assistant Lee Ashforth want to add to their points tally in their last four games. Railway will finish comfortably in mid-table in the Evo Stik Division One North table and Miller’s men look read more→
Minnows Eccleshill stun Harrogate Town to win the West Riding County Cup
A controversial last minute penalty secured minnows Eccleshill United the West Riding County Cup for the first ever time in their history. Star player Marcus Edwards kept his cool to score the history-making spot kick and earn them a shock 1-0 win over Skrill North Harrogate Town. The result denied Simon Weaver’s hopes of winning read more→
West Riding County Cup final victory would be a reward for the fans – Harrogate Town boss Simon Weaver
Simon Weaver is aiming to give his “magnificent” Harrogate Town supporters something to cheer about by leading his side to West Riding County Cup glory tomorrow night. Skrill North Harrogate will face Toolstation NCEL Division One outfit Eccleshill United at Valley Parade tomorrow night in the final and they have the opportunity to win the read more→
Bill Fotherby can take Ossett Town to another level – John Reed
John Reed believes Bill Fotherby’s arrival at Ingfield can inspire Evo Stik Division One North side Ossett Town to greater heights, writes James Grayson (Twitter: @jamesAgrayson). Former Leeds United and Harrogate Town chairman Fotherby was appointed as Ossett’s director of football yesterday after Reed recommended him to the club’s chairman James Rogers. Reed and Fotherby read more→
Opinion: Bill Fotherby will make things happen at Ossett Town
By his own admission Bill Fotherby “makes things happen” and his track record proves he does just that. The man who played a key role in returning Leeds United to the old First Division in the late 1980s and then turned Harrogate Town from nobodies to one of the top Non-League clubs in West Yorkshire read more→