Harrogate Railway 1-0 Harrogate Town U23s Kieran Greenway was Harrogate Railway’s hero as Mick O’Connell’s men beat neighbours Harrogate Town u23s to lift the George Smith Memorial Trophy at Station View. The result continues the progress made Railway during pre-season, despite the string of injuries they have picked up. Young starlet Greenway curled a long read more→
Mick O’Connell believes Harrogate Railway can benefit hugely from Harrogate Town’s promotion to the Football League. Railway’s near neighbours will be playing in League Two this season and O’Connell expects the quality of players across all ranks at Town will shoot up and reckons that can be only a good thing for his club. “It read more→
Mick O’Connell’s path to the Harrogate Railway dugout has been unconventional considering AP McCoy and Frankie Dettori were two of his sporting adversaries less than a decade ago. O’Connelll was one of the country’s leading flat jockeys until a serious back injury in late 2013 brought his career as a professional sportsman crashing down. O’Connell read more→
Harrogate Railway have appointed a new goalkeeping coach and two youth development officers. Former Harrogate Town stopper Lee Steel takes up the post of goalkeeper coach under manager Mick O’Connell’s new regime. Steel is well known around Harrogate on the local football circuit and is an experienced coach. Across three spells in the 1980s and read more→
Harrogate Railway manager Mick O’Connell has called on the FA to restructure the pyramid this summer rather than next year. The FA’s original plan was to introduce various new leagues across the country for the 2020/21 campaign, but following the decision to expunge last season they pushed to restructuring to 2021. That surprised many as read more→
Harrogate Railway will focus on developing young players and giving them opportunities in men’s football next season and Mick O’Connell expects other clubs to follow the same philosophy. O’Connell is preparing his first full season in charge of Harrogate, whenever that may begin, and he has a clear plan of where he wants to take read more→
