2025–26 Harrogate Town A.F.C. season

The 2025–26 season is the 112th season in the history of Harrogate Town Association Football Club and their sixth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2025[a]	LW	Mason Bennett	Burton Albion	Free	[1]
1 July 2025[b]	CB	Tom Bradbury	Cheltenham Town		[2]
1 July 2025[c]	CB	Lewis Cass	Grimsby Town		[3]
1 July 2025[d]	LB	Jack Evans	FC Halifax Town		[4]
1 July 2025[e]	CF	Shawn McCoulsky	Maidenhead United		[5]
1 July 2025[f]	LW	Reece Smith			[6]
8 August 2025	CF	Conor McAleny	Salford City		[7]
21 November 2025	CB	Kyle Jameson	Newport County		[8]
1 January 2026[g]	CB	Grant Horton	Waterford		[9]
15 January 2026	CB	Chanse Headman	Brentford	Free Transfer	[10]
	CB	Cathal Heffernan	Newcastle United	Undisclosed	[11]
23 January 2026	CF	Aiden Marsh	Truro City	Free	[12]
2 February 2026	GK	Sam Waller	Burnley	Undisclosed	[13]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
2 July 2025	CF	Jack Bray	West Bromwich Albion	Undisclosed	[14]
13 January 2026	GK	James Belshaw	Notts County		[15]
30 January 2026	CF	Tom Cursons	Boston United		[16]

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
2 July 2025	CB	Bobby Faulkner	Doncaster Rovers	31 May 2026	[17]
1 September 2025	LB	Jacob Slater	Brighton & Hove Albion	31 May 2026[a]	[18][19]
12 January 2026	GK	Henry Gray	Ipswich Town	31 May 2026	[20]
13 January 2026	CF	Emile Acquah	Dundee		[21]
23 January 2026	CF	Emmerson Sutton	Queens Park Rangers		[22]
2 February 2026	CM	Tobias Brenan	Wigan Athletic		[23]

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Date until	Ref.
25 September 2025	CB	Marcus Etherington	Ossett United	23 October 2025	[24]
15 January 2026	CB	Marcus Etherington	Stocksbridge Park Steels	12 February 2026	[25]

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
30 June 2025	CM	Dean Cornelius	Ross County	1 July 2025	[26][27]
	CF	Josh March	Crewe Alexandra		[28][29]
	RB	Toby Sims	Greenville Triumph		[26][30]
	LW	James Daly	Yeovil Town	2 July 2025	[26][31]
	AM	Matty Daly	Hartlepool United	25 July 2025	[26][32]
	LB	Matty Foulds	St Johnstone	28 July 2025	[26][33]
	CM	Stephen Dooley	Galway United	29 July 2025	[26][34]
21 January 2026	CB	Kyle Jameson	Morecambe	14 February 2026	[35][36]

Date	Pos.	Player	Contracted until	Ref.
2 June 2025	CB	Anthony O'Connor	30 June 2027	[37]
3 June 2025	CF	Jack Muldoon	30 June 2026	[38]
31 July 2025	LB	Liam Gibson		[39]
28 August 2025	LM	Ellis Taylor	30 June 2027	[40]

On 19 May, Harrogate Town announced their first pre-season friendly, against Ilkeston Town.^[41] In June, four further frienlies were confirmed to be against Carlisle United, Barnsley, Rotherham United and Guiseley.^{[42][43][44][45]}

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On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced, with Harrogate away to Bristol Rovers on the opening day.^[47]

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Harrogate Town v Shrewsbury Town

20 September 2025 9	Harrogate Town	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Harrogate
12:30 BST	Muldoon 65' McAleny 87'	Report		Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 2019 Referee: Ross Joyce
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved live Sky Sports broadcasting.[48]

Harrogate Town v Swindon Town

3 February 2026 25[50]	Harrogate Town	0–1	Swindon Town	Harrogate
19:45 GMT	Morris  39'	Report	Clarke  23' Drinan 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: TBC Referee: Ross Martin
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 4 January, but it was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[51]

Harrogate were drawn away to Mansfield Town in the first round.^[53][54]

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Harrogate were drawn at home to Lincoln City in the first round.^[55][56]

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Harrogate were drawn against Huddersfield Town, Mansfield Town and Newcastle United U21 in the group stage.^[57] After the winning group, Town were drawn at home to Blackpool in the round of 32.^[58][59] and away to Stockport County in the round of 16.^[60][61]

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As of match played 14 February 2026

Players with no appearances are not included on the list; italics indicate a loaned in player

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Mark Oxley	9	0	4+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Zico Asare	20	0	10+4	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+1	0
3	DF	IRL	Jacob Slater	22	0	18+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Jack Evans	34	0	29+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Tom Bradbury	10	0	8+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Warren Burrell	30	1	22+3	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	3+1	0
7	MF	ENG	George Thomson	9	0	3+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Bryn Morris	34	1	26+2	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+2	0
9	FW	ENG	Shawn McCoulsky	24	1	10+8	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+3	0
10	FW	ENG	Mason Bennett	11	1	3+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
11	MF	GUY	Stephen Duke-McKenna	20	6	15+2	5	1+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
12	FW	ENG	Emile Acquah	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	GK	NZL	Henry Gray	8	0	6+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	FW	ENG	Conor McAleny	27	3	7+14	3	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+3	0
15	DF	IRL	Anthony O'Connor	32	2	25+2	0	1+0	1	0+0	0	3+1	1
16	DF	ENG	Chanse Headman	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Levi Sutton	13	0	7+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
18	FW	ENG	Jack Muldoon	29	7	16+9	5	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	2
19	MF	WAL	Thomas Hill	6	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
20	DF	ENG	Bobby Faulkner	16	0	9+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+1	0
21	MF	ENG	Ellis Taylor	23	4	14+4	1	1+0	0	0+1	1	2+1	2
22	FW	ENG	Reece Smith	39	2	30+2	1	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+2	1
23	FW	ENG	Emmerson Sutton	6	1	5+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	ENG	Lewis Cass	21	0	14+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Grant Horton	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
27	MF	ENG	Ben Fox	20	0	10+5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
29	MF	ENG	Lucas Barnes	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	DF	ENG	Liam Gibson	7	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
31	DF	IRL	Cathal Heffernan	7	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW	ENG	Aiden Marsh	4	1	2+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	MF	ENG	Tobias Brenan	2	1	0+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	MF	ENG	Josh Falkingham	4	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
Players who featured but departed the club during the season:
23	DF	ENG	Kyle Jameson	5	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW	ENG	Tom Cursons	16	5	6+6	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+2	3
31	GK	ENG	James Belshaw	24	0	22+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0

As of match played 14 February 2026

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	League Two			FA Cup			EFL Cup			EFL Trophy			Total
1	4	MF	Jack Evans	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0
2	15	DF	Anthony O'Connor	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
3	8	MF	Bryn Morris	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0
4	3	DF	Jacob Slater	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
5	18	FW	Jack Muldoon	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
6	6	DF	Warren Burrell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	21	FW	Ellis Taylor	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	27	MF	Ben Fox	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9	9	FW	Shawn McCoulsky	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	11	FW	Stephen Duke-McKenna	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	16	DF	Chanse Headman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	17	MF	Levi Sutton	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	19	DF	Thomas Hill	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	20	DF	Bobby Faulkner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
15	2	DF	Zico Asare	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	5	DF	Tom Bradbury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	7	MF	George Thomson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12	FW	Emile Acquah	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	13	GK	Henry Gray	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14	FW	Conor McAleny	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	22	FW	Reece Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	23	DF	Kyle Jameson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	24	DF	Lewis Cass	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	25	FW	Tom Cursons	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	38	MF	Tobias Brenan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	44	MF	Josh Falkingham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals				56	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	61	1	1