FA Cup excitement builds at Railway

Emirates FA Cup Harrogate Railway v Consett Unsurprisingly, their latest FA Cup adventure has created a lot of excitement at Harrogate Railway. Railway reached the second round proper in 2002 and 2007 and Lee Ashforth is hoping his side can add another chapter to the famous history. “It is a big occasion and another test  read more→

Railway’s FA Cup adventure continues

Emirates FA Cup  Harrogate Railway 3-1 Norton & Stockton Ancients It was the Emirates FA Cup Preliminary Round at Station View on Saturday and by 5pm Railway were through but they were made to work really hard for the victory. Railway started well, passing the ball around with ease, retaining possession and took an early  read more→

Late Late Late finish at Harrogate

Toolstation NCEL League Cup Harrogate Railway 3-2 Ollerton Town (AET) It was ‘The Late Late Show’ for Harrogate Railway as they twice came from behind to book their place in the third ground. Ollerton Town arrived at Station View at 7:45pm, having been delayed en-route by a major accident on the motorway, the cup-tie eventually  read more→

Late goal condemns Rail to defeat

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Harrogate Railway 1-2 AFC Mansfield Harrogate Railway’s return to the NCEL ended in defeat at Station View, despite controlling the game for long passages of play. Railway started well, quickly getting possession of the ball and passing it around with confidence and real purpose. Mansfield looked compact and well organised, holding  read more→

NCEL season preview – Harrogate Rail

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division  Railway step back into the NCEL for the first time since 2006 after finishing second-bottom in the Evo Stik Division One North. The club have also had a change of chairman as Rob Northfield has returned to helm having previously held the position in the late 2000s. Manager Lee Ashforth Despite  read more→

Son of Bradford legend joins Railway

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division The son of Bradford City and Barnsley legend John Hendrie is one of two new signings at Harrogate Railway. Defender Jordan Hendrie featured for Albion Sports last season and ironically could make his Railway debut against his old club in Saturday’s Emirates FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round tie. Hendrie is a  read more→

Railway end pre-season on high note

Harrogate Railway 2-1 Norton and Stockton Ancients Harrogate Railway ended their pre-season campaign on a high note, and with a much-improved attacking display. Railway fired their first bullet on the half hour mark, with star striker Chris Ovington shooting low and hard past the Norton goalkeeper from just inside the penalty area. It took another  read more→

Railway give good account against Darlo

Harrogate Railway 0-2 Darlington 1883 Harrogate Railway gave a very good account of themselves against a strong Darlington 1883 side at Station View. Railway were holding their own until Darlington’s new boy Lewis Nightingale, the former Farsley Celtic midfielder, broke the deadlock against his old club with a deflected strike. An early second half Terry  read more→

Porter is latest new Railway signing

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Former Brighouse Town midfielder Gregg Porter is the latest new recruit at Harrogate Railway. Porter was influential during Brighouse’s rise from being a lowly Premier Division side to a title challenger. He was also Paul Quinn’s first managers’ player of the year. Porter is the third new signing at Station View  read more→

Deals for two new Rail faces completed

Toolstation NCEL Premier Division Lee Ashforth has completed his opening two new signings of the summer at Harrogate Railway. During their relegation season from the Evo Stik, the goalkeeper position was a problem area throughout, but Ashforth appears to have sorted it straightaway. Young Farsley Celtic goalkeeper Jake Lofthouse has been dual-registered with Railway after  read more→