Doncaster Rovers 'lionheart' has lifted Harrogate Town as EFL Trophy draw made
Harrogate Town manager Simon Weaver says it is in the changing room Harrogate Town have to change their fortunes, which is why the return of Bobby Faulkner has further lifted spirits at Wetherby Road.
The Sulphurites are bottom of the Football League 31 games into the League Two season, having played more matches than the three sides directly above.
But last week they ended a run of 20 winless league games and now they have been lifted by the return of Doncaster Rovers loanee Bobby Faulkner, out since November with a hamstring injury.
The 21-year-old centre-back is in Weaver’s plans for Saturday's League Two trip to Chesterfield.
"He's a lionheart we've missed for several months. It was a big blow losing him in the final minute of the cup game against Huddersfield," commented the league's longest-serving manager.
"Having his big smile around the place has already lifted the group again and to get him back on the pitch will be a big boost."
The spirit Weaver has called for has been driven recently by Jack Evans, captaining the side in the absence of Warren Burrell.
"Jack Evans has taken to captaincy like a duck to water," said his manager. "He's a great character and he's been a driving force.
"He epitomises on the pitch what we want to be.
"It's in the changing room we have to make a difference and we can make a difference with leaders like him."
The ties are due to be played in the first week of March.