2021–22 Harrogate Town A.F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Harrogate Town's 108th year in their history and second consecutive season in League Two. Along with the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Harrogate Town

2021–22 season
Chairman	Irving Weaver
Manager	Simon Weaver
Stadium	Wetherby Road
League Two	19th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Jack Diamond (13) All: Jack Diamond (14)
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Pre-season friendlies

Harrogate Town announced they will play friendly matches against Huddersfield Town,^[1] Brighouse Town,^[1] Newcastle United U23s,^[1][2] Rotherham United,^[3] Sunderland,^[3] Darlington^[1] and Doncaster Rovers^[4] as part of their pre-season preparations.

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result[a]	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
10 July 2021	15:00	Huddersfield Town	Away[b]	0–1		0	[5]
13 July 2021	19:30	Brighouse Town	Away	1–0	Beck 74'		[6]
18 July 2021	14:00	Newcastle United U23s	Home	2–1	Hall 43', Martin 83'	0	[7]
21 July 2021	19:30	Rotherham United	Home	1–3	Armstrong 66'		[8]
24 July 2021	15:00	Sunderland	Home	0–4		0	[9]
27 July 2021	19:30	Darlington	Away	5–1	Power 8', Kerry 48', Hall 50', Muldoon 61', Martin 65'		[10]
1 August 2021	14:00	Doncaster Rovers	Home	2–3	Muldoon 48', Armstrong 65'	495	[11]

1. Harrogate Town's score shown first
2. Match will take place at Canalside Sports Complex.

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2021–22 EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Walsall	46	14	12	20	47	60	−13	54
17	Hartlepool United	46	14	12	20	44	64	−20	54
18	Rochdale	46	12	17	17	51	59	−8	53
19	Harrogate Town	46	14	11	21	64	75	−11	53
20	Carlisle United	46	14	11	21	39	62	−23	53
21	Stevenage	46	11	14	21	45	68	−23	47
22	Barrow	46	10	14	22	44	57	−13	44

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[12]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	14	11	21	64	75	−11	53	6	7	10	32	35	−3	8	4	11	32	40	−8

Last updated: 7 May 2022.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	L
Position	2	7	3	2	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	5	7	5	7	6	7	9	10	10	13	11	14	15	11	13	13	15	13	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	16	17	18	20	19	17	19

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2022. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Harrogate Town's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.^[13]

Win

Draw

Loss

Postponed

Date	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result[a]	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
7 August 2021	15:00	Rochdale	Home	3–2	Armstrong 5', Pattison 10', Burrell 90+1'	1,841	[14]
21 August 2021	15:00	Barrow	Home	2–1	Pattison (2) 60', 81'	1,564	[15]
24 August 2021	19:45	Leyton Orient	Away	2–0	Armstrong (2) 8', 31'	3,942	[16]
28 August 2021	15:00	Exeter City	Home	1–1	Muldoon 43' (pen.)	1,883	[17]
4 September 2021	15:00	Mansfield Town	Away	3–1	Armstrong 5', Muldoon 45+2', Thomson 81'	4,599	[18]
10 September 2021	19:45	Newport County	Home	2–2	Muldoon 34', Armstrong 43'	2,670	[19]
18 September 2021	15:00	Port Vale	Away	0–2	—	5,435	[20]
21 September 2021	19:45	Crawley Town	Away	2–2	Armstrong 2', Davies 53' (o.g.)	1,791	[21]
25 September 2021	15:00	Stevenage	Home	0–0	—	1,667	[22]
2 October 2021	15:00	Oldham Athletic	Away	2–1	Diamond 29', Armstrong 66'	3,729	[23]
9 October 2021	15:00	Scunthorpe United	Home	6–1	Muldoon (2) 8', 45+2', Pattison (2) 14', 30', Diamond 16', Orsi-Dadomo 83' (pen.)	3,180	[24]
16 October 2021	15:00	Colchester United	Away	0–1	—	2,439	[25]
19 October 2021	19:45	Tranmere Rovers	Home	2–2	Muldoon 39' (pen.), Armstrong 51'	2,573	[26]
23 October 2021	15:00	Hartlepool United	Away	2–3	Thomson 28', Byrne 35' (o.g.)	5,807	[27]
30 October 2021	15:00	Bristol Rovers	Home	0–1	—	2,614	[28]
13 November 2021	15:00	Walsall	Away	3–1	Power 20', Diamond 61', Armstrong 82'	4,651	[29]
20 November 2021	15:00	Salford City	Home	0–2	—	2,814	[30]
23 November 2021	19:45	Carlisle United	Away	2–0	Thomson 45+1', Pattison 78'	3,172	[31]
27 November 2021	15:00	Swindon Town	Away	1–1	Diamond 24'	8,199	[32]
7 December 2021	19:45	Forest Green Rovers	Home	1–4	Kerry 57'	1,619	[33]
11 December 2021	15:00	Northampton Town	Home	1–2	Diamond 23'	2,166	[34]
18 December 2021	15:00	Sutton United	Away	0–1	—	2,720	[35]
15 January 2022	12:30	Newport County	Away	0–4	—	—	[36]
22 January 2022	15:00	Oldham Athletic	Home	3–0	Muldoon (3) 17', 73', 89'	2,689	[37]
29 January 2022	15:00	Stevenage	Away	0–2	—	2,935	[38]
1 February 2022	19:45	Mansfield Town	Home	0–0	—	1,800	[39]
5 February 2022	13:00	Bradford City	Home	2–0	Diamond (2) 62', 71'	2,778	[40]
8 February 2022	15:00	Crawley Town	Home	1–3	Diarra 61'	1,785	[41]
12 February 2022	15:00	Rochdale	Away	3–3	Pattison (2) 3', 24' (pen.), Diamond 47'	2,228	[42]
15 February 2022	19:45	Exeter City	Away	3–4	Armstrong 4', Muldoon 19', Thomson 64'	3,852	[43]
22 February 2022	19:45	Bradford City	Away	3–1	Burrell 45+5', Page 62', Diamond 90'	14,512	[44]
26 February 2022	15:00	Barrow	Away	0–0	—	2,974	[45]
1 March 2022	19:45	Port Vale	Home	1–1	Pattison 23'	2,257	[46]
5 March 2022	12:30	Hartlepool United	Home	1–2	Armstrong 21'	2,638	[47]
12 March 2022	15:00	Bristol Rovers	Away	0–3	—	7,884	[48]
15 March 2022	19:45	Tranmere Rovers	Away	0–2	—	5,437	[49]
19 March 2022	15:00	Walsall	Home	1–1	Kavanagh 90+1'	2,570	[50]
22 March 2022	19:00	Leyton Orient	Home	0–3	—	2,339	[51]
26 March 2022	15:00	Scunthorpe United	Away	3–0	Smith (2) 22', 81', Diamond 62'	2,317	[52]
2 April 2022	15:00	Colchester United	Home	1–2	Muldoon 4'	1,615	[53]
9 April 2022	15:00	Salford City	Away	0–2	—	1,670	[54]
15 April 2022	15:00	Swindon Town	Home	1–4	Armstrong 90+4'	2,933	[55]
18 April 2022	15:00	Northampton Town	Away	0–3	—	5,168	[56]
23 April 2022	15:00	Carlisle United	Home	3–0	Diamond (2) 18', 90+1', McArdle 27'	2,707	[57]
30 April 2022	15:00	Forest Green Rovers	Away	3–1	Muldoon 40' (pen.), Diamond 46', Kerry 72'	4,040	[58]
7 May 2022	15:00	Sutton United	Home	0–2	—	2,484	[59]

1. Harrogate Town's score shown first

FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

Win

Draw

Loss

Date	Round	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result[a]	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
6 November 2021	Round One	15:00	Wrexham	Home	2–1	Power 73', Orsi-Dadomo 78'	2,403	[60]
4 December 2021	Round Two	15:00	Portsmouth	Away	2–1	Armstrong 44', Diamond 90+5'	7,857	[61]
9 January 2022	Round Three	12:30	Luton Town	Away	0–4	—	—	[62]

EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Win

Draw

Loss

Postponed

Date	Round	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result[a]	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
10 August 2021	Round One	19:45	Rochdale	Home	A–W[b][c]			[63]

1. Harrogate Town's score shown first
2. Match was postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases within the Harrogate squad.^[63]
3. The EFL announced in a statement Rochdale would receive a bye into Round Two, following the fixture being unable to be rearranged.^[64]

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Trophy

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Sheffield Wednesday	3	3	0	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L2	Harrogate Town	3	2	0	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	L2	Mansfield Town	3	1	0	0	2	8	8	0	3
4	ACA	Newcastle United U21	3	0	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: EFL.com

Win

Draw

Loss

Postponed

Date	Round	Time	Opponent	Venue	Result[a]	Scorers	Attendance	Ref.
31 August 2021	Group game 1	19:45	Mansfield Town	Home	3–1	Orsi-Dadomo (3) 44', 53', 69'	825	[65]
5 October 2021	Group game 2	19:45	Newcastle United U21	Home	2–0	Kerry 6', Orsi-Dadomo 45'	920	[66]
9 November 2021	Group game 3	19:00	Sheffield Wednesday	Away	0–4	—	5,433	[67]
21 December 2021	Second round	19:00	Tranmere Rovers	Away	2–1	Muldoon 53', Pattison 71'	—	[68]
4 January 2022	Third round	19:00	Carlisle United	Home	1–0	Armstrong 7'	928	[69]
25 January 2022	Quarter-finals	19:45	Sutton United	Away	0–1	—	1,499	[70]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
26 June 2021	FW		Luke Armstrong	Salford City	Undisclosed	[71]
1 July 2021	DF		Rory McArdle	Exeter City	Free transfer	[72]
1 July 2021	FW		Danilo Orsi-Dadomo	Maidenhead United	Free transfer	[73]
1 July 2021	GK		Mark Oxley	Southend United	Free transfer	[74]
1 July 2021	MF		Alex Pattison	Wycombe Wanderers	Free transfer	[75]
16 July 2021	DF		Lewis Page	Exeter City	Free transfer	[76]
16 July 2021	DF		Nathan Sheron	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	[76]
11 January 2022	CB		Leon Legge	Port Vale	Undisclosed	[77]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
31 August 2021	FW		Jack Diamond	Sunderland	End of season	[78]
4 January 2022	MF		Josh Austerfield	Huddersfield Town	End of season	[79]
4 January 2022	MF		Brahima Diarra	Huddersfield Town	End of season	[79]
13 January 2022	CB		Lewis Richards	Wolverhampton Wanderers	End of season	[80]
28 January 2022	CF		Calum Kavanagh	Middlesbrough	End of season	[81]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
1 July 2021	MF		Joe Leesley	Boston United	End of season	[82]
16 July 2021	MF		Connor Kirby	Altrincham	3 January 2022	[83]
23 July 2021	FW		Mark Beck	York City	January 2022	[84]
1 January 2022	FW		Danilo Orsi-Dadomo	Boreham Wood	End of season	[85]
24 January 2022	CF		Aaron Martin	FC Halifax Town	End of season	[86]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2021	MF		Scott Brown	Retired		[87]
1 July 2021	DF		Edward Francis	Notts County	Released	[88][89]
1 July 2021	FW		Brendan Kiernan	Walsall	Released	[88][90]
1 July 2021	DF		Jake Lawlor	Hartlepool United	Released	[88][91]
1 July 2021	MF		Calvin Miller	Chesterfield	Released	[88][92]
1 July 2021	GK		Melvin Minter	Chesterfield	Released	[88][93]
1 July 2021	FW		Jon Stead	Retired		[94]
1 July 2021	DF		Jay Williams	Banbury United	Released	[88][95]
16 July 2021	DF		Kevin Lokko	Aldershot Town	Free transfer	[96]
19 July 2021	MF		Tom Walker	Stockport County	Free transfer	[97]
23 July 2021	GK		James Belshaw	Bristol Rovers	Undisclosed	[98]
11 January 2022	CB		Connor Hall	Port Vale	Undisclosed	[99]

Notes

1. Harrogate Town's score shown first