2020–21 Harrogate Town A.F.C. season
Harrogate Town 2020–21 football season
The 2020–21 season was the first season Harrogate Town played in the Football League following their promotion from the National League in the previous season. They competed in League Two, the fourth tier of English football, alongside the FA Cup, EFL Cup, and EFL Trophy. The club began the season at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, whilst a grass pitch was installed at their traditional Wetherby Road stadium in Harrogate, North Yorkshire.
Background
The 2019–20 season saw Harrogate Town finish second in the National League, and thus qualified for the play-offs. They defeated Boreham Wood 1–0 in the semi-final, before a 3–1 victory over Notts County in the final secured Harrogate's promotion to the Football League for the first time in their history.
Since the EFL require all matches to be played on grass pitches, the club played all their home matches for the first month of the season at Doncaster Rovers' Keepmoat Stadium whilst the club replaced their synthetic pitch at Wetherby Road.
At the end of June 2020, defenders Maxim Kouogun, George Smith and Matty Taylor were all released following the expiry of their contracts, whilst the contract of midfielder Sam Jones was terminated with immediate effect.
Transfers
Transfers in
Loans in
Loans out
Transfers out
Friendly matches
Competitions
League Two
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
The League Two fixtures were announced on 21 August 2020, with Harrogate's first fixture being away to Southend United.
FA Cup
The draw for the first round was made on 26 October. The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.
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