Harrogate Town player ratings: Three 8/10s and a standout 9/10 in National League win over Altrincham

Harrogate Town cruised to a 4-0 victory over Altrincham in a meeting of National League promotion hopefuls.

The hosts spent the bulk of the afternoon with a numerical advantage, as the visitors lost on-loan Leeds United defender Reuben Lopata-White to a red card after 13 minutes.

Simon Weaver’s men had to wait until the second half to break the deadlock, but the floodgates opened and Will McGowan, Morgan Williams, Michael Craig and Rohan Vaughan all found the target.

Here are The Yorkshire Post’s ratings from the Marcy Fitness Stadium.

Luke Hutchinson - Had little to do as Harrogate spent the afternoon in control, but did dig the Sulphurites out of trouble with a superb save to deny Lucas Weaver. 7

Sam Dreyer - Recovered well from being spun early on and looked assured. 7

Archie Baptiste - Strong in duels and distributed well from the back. 7

Grant Horton - Won his battles and was an aerial threat in the opposition box. 7

Lewis Cass - Did not look particularly natural performing wing-back duties but was tidy enough on the right flank. 7

Morgan Williams - Capped a strong display with a stunning goal to double the Harrogate lead. 8

Michael Craig - Industrious in the middle of the park - and smashed home the third goal of the afternoon. 8

Ellis Taylor - Tormented Altrincham down the left flank and was comfortably the best player on the pitch. 9

Josh Hmami - Forward-thinking throughout in a bright showing. 7

Will McGowan - Caused plenty of problems for Altrincham and opened the scoring. 8

Shawn McCoulsky - Worked tirelessly and created space for those around him, even if it was not to be his afternoon in front of goal. 7

Substitutes

Brad Dolaghan - N/A

George Thomson - N/A

George Thomson - N/A

Rohan Vaughan - Chipped in with Harrogate’s fourth of the afternoon from the bench. 7

Ciaran McGuckin - N/A