Mick O’Connell says Harrogate Railway are fighting for second place as he reckons runaway leaders Campion are uncatchable.
Railway’s fight is for second place – O’Connell
Mick O'Connell
Railway youngsters to get wing wizardry coaching
Wing wizard Rob Youhill is an outstanding choice to be the new Harrogate Railway under 19s manager, according to Mick O’Connell.
Railway need to hold nerve as play-offs race heads into final furlong
Toolstation NCEL Division One Mick O’Connell is urging Harrogate Railway to hold their nerve as the race for the play-offs heads into the final furlong. Railway are fourth and have a five point buffer on fifth-placed Rossington Main and O’Connell says his men are in control of their own destiny. “We are where we set read more→
Brownlee hails O’Connell’s work at Railway
Toolstation NCEL Division One Aodhan Brownlee may be injured and currently concentrating on rolling out Pundit Games to pubs across the country but he has seen first-hand the amazing job Mick O’Connell has done at Harrogate Railway. Two years ago Railway were sinking towards the West Yorkshire League. Fast forward to 2022 and former jockey read more→
No title talk as Railway prepare for biggest game in years
Toolstation NCEL Division One Mick O’Connell insists title talk is off the agenda as Harrogate Railway prepare to go into battle in the club’s biggest game in years. In-form Railway welcome faltering contenders North Ferriby to Station View tomorrow and a win will throw the revitalised club right into the fight for top spot. The read more→
Rampant Railway storm to demolition of Selby
Toolstation NCEL Division One Selby Town 0-4 Harrogate Railway Clinical Harrogate Railway claimed a sixth straight league win by brutally dispatching in-form play-offs rivals Selby Town on their own turf. Jacob Robertson, captain Dan McDaid, Joe Crosby and Ryan Gothard’s own goal pushed Railway further towards a potential shot at being part of the title read more→
O’Connell wants Railway to book quarter-final place
West Riding County Cup Harrogate Railway manager Mick O’Connell is taking the West Riding County Cup second round tie with Steeton very seriously. Railway, who last reached the County Cup final in the 1980s, host Steeton at Station View this evening and O’Connell is not taking Roy Mason’s side for granted. “We may make some read more→
Crosby scores FOUR as Railway ruthlessly defeat Worsbrough
Toolstation NCEL Division One Harrogate Railway 4-0 Worsbrough Bridge Joe Crosby smashed in all FOUR as Harrogate Railway ruthlessly breezed past play-offs rivals Worsbrough Bridge thanks a brutal first half display at a foggy Station View. Crosby is now Railway’s leading goal-scorer as his haul takes him past Dan Thirkell. Worsbrough’s penalty area was under read more→
Railway entering defining period – O’Connell
Toolstation NCEL Division One Mick O’Connell says Harrogate Railway are entering a make-or-break period which could define their season. Railway visit struggling Swallownest tomorrow and that fixture is followed by clashes with Worsbrough Bridge, Glasshoughton Welfare, Ollerton Town, Selby Town, Hallam and unbeaten leaders North Ferriby. “I’ve said to the lads that in this league read more→
Railway’s progress under-lined by frustrations at not winning – O’Connell
Toolstation NCEL Division One Mick O’Connell says Harrogate Railway feel they are capable of winning every game and are frustrated if they don’t. That under-lines the progress made under O’Connell who inherited a side hurtling towards the West Yorkshire League back in early 2020. O’Connell has lifted them the seabed and turned them into play-offs read more→