Harrogate Town player ratings with plenty of graft but Sulphurites lack the finishing touch
Harrogate Town bowed out of the Football League with a 2-1 defeat at home to Barnet.
There was no lack of hard work from the Sulphurites, who came into the final day of the season in the relegation zone, but knowing a victory would most likely keep them up. In the end, though, they were unable to score the goals they needed, and their time in League Two comes to an end after six years.
Mark Oxley – left high and dry for the opening goal but made some important saves to give his side hope 7
Lewis Cass – nothing spectacular from the right-back 6
Bobby Faulkner – made some important challenges, but unable to stop Phillip Chinedu's winner 7
Cathal Heffernan – at fault for the opening goal, but did well after that 6
Jacob Slater – he was a big reason why Harrogate looked at their most dangerous down the left 7
Jack Evans – played a key role alongside Bryn Morris in midfield, but put his shooting chance wide 7
Bryn Morris – scored the equalising penalty and drove his side on throughout with some excellent passing 8
Tom Hill – worked hard before succumbing to injury 6
Reece Smith – struggled to connect the midfield to the centre-forward 6
Tobias Brenan – wasted a good opportunity with an indecisive moment that was his last of note 6
Shawn McCoulsky – worked very hard but was too isolated and when his chance came, he hit the crossbar 7
Substitutes:
George Thomson (for Brenan, 65) – no fairytale ending for the only survivor of the Conference North years 6
Stephen Duke-McKenna (for Hill, 73) – put plenty of balls across after coming on as a left winger 6
Not used: Acquah, Headman, Sutton, Gibson, Waller.