Harrogate & District FA have been drawn in a group which includes:- Bradford FA, Goole & Thorne FA, Keighley FA and Wharfedale FA.

 

Our two home games this season are against Bradford on Sunday 1 November 2009 at Knaresborough Town with a 1.30pm kick off and against Goole and Thorne on 7 March 2010 at Harrogate Railway also with a 1.30pm kick off.

 

 

The Harrogate FA Representative side played their first game in the West Riding County Minor Cup competition against Bradford FA at Manse Lane and were successful in winning 3-1. Harrogate dominated the early stages and midway through the first half took the lead through Sam Hashmi but the Bradford Captain and County rep David Boote was outstanding at the back and marshalled his team extremely well.  As expected the early stages of the second half saw Bradford forcing the game to Harrogate but within 10 minutes of the restart Harrogate were 2-0 up when Brandan Irving caught the Bradford defenders on the break.  Kieran Glennon was then fouled in the penalty area and with 30 minutes still to play Harrogate were leading 3-0 when Captain Jordan Hart scored the subsequent penalty.  However, the Bradford FA players never gave up and scored a consolation goal with almost the last kick of the game.
 
A special thank you to Knaresborough Town for allowing us to use their pitch and facilities for this game. 

 

Wharfedale FA 1 - 9 Harrogate & District FA

 

The Harrogate FA representative side returned to action after a number of postponements to play their second game in the West Riding Minor Cup competition at Pool against Wharfedale FA. Both teams came to the game unbeaten with Wharfedale winning their first two games and Harrogate FA having won their only game against Bradford FA.  Harrogate FA started very strongly and within five minutes a Blaine Hobson free kick was not cleared properly by the Wharefdale defenders and some good follow up work by Sam Kellegher led to a tap-in by Captain Jordan Hart. Sam Kellegher was then brought down by the Wharefdale keeper and Jordan Hart scored the subsequent penalty.  Within 15 minutes it was 3-0 with Sam Kellegher scoring the third.  Harrogate continued to dominate and by half-time were winning 7-0 after two goals from Brandon Iriving, one by Gavin Trotman and a second goal for Sam Kellegher which capped a fantastic first half performance. Wharfedale reorganised for the second half but Brandon Irving completed his hat-trick before Wharefdale scored a penalty.  Gavin Trotman scored his second and Harrogate's ninth goal with 10 minutes left to play. 

 

 Harrogate & District FA 9 - 0 Goole & Thorne FA