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Season 2025-26
Harrogate Town (a) EFL Trophy Northern Group F

 
Date: Tuesday 11th November 2025, 7.45pm
 Live on Sky Sports+

Venue: The Exercise Stadium aka Wetherby Road

Admission: £10

Programme: £5



Harrogate Town

Newcastle U21s

 

 3 - 1


Half time: 1 - 1  
Score Sheet:
(12) Taylor
 (64) Cursons
 (78) Cursons		   Al.Harrison (45+4)
 
 

Teams
Belshaw
Evans
McClousky
O'Connor,
Sutton
Hill
Faulkner
Taylor
Smith
Fox
Gibson

 

 

 Taylor
Ashby
Heffernan
Pivas
McArthur
Munda
Seung-soo
Alabi
Al.Harrison
Neave
Parkinson
Substitutes:
(22) Asare for Gibson
(38) McAleny for Hill
(46) Cursons for McAleny
(86) Burrell for Faulkner 		Bailey for Munda (46)
Brayson for Parkinson (62)
C.Thompson for Ashby (62)
 Bryant for A.Harrison (83)
 Palmer for Neave (88)
Subs not used:
Oxley
Morris
Muldoon		   Ad.Harrison
Charlton
 
Bookings:
Faulkner  None
Dismissals:
None None
Referee: Richard Aspinall

Attendance: 1,469 (146 away followers)

Goals

12 mins Taylor shot 0-1

45+4 mins Alfie Harrison shot 1-1

 Half time: Town 1 Toon 1

64 mins Cursons shot 1-2

78 mins Cursons shot 1-3
Full time: Town 3 Toon 1

We said

Adam Lawrence said:

"to follow"

Stats


16 year-old midfielder Sam Alabi made his first competitive U21 start.

NUFC in the EFL Trophy - all time:

Played 29, Won 5, Drawn 5, Lost 19, goals for 29, goals against 67.

2017/18 Crewe Alexandra won 2-1
2017/18 Port Vale lost 0-1
2017/18 Oldham Athletic lost 1-4
2018/19 Doncaster Rovers won 3-1
2018/19 Notts County won 2-0
2018/19 Grimsby Town won 3-2
2018/19 Macclesfield Town drew 1-1 (won 5-3 pens)*
2018/19 mackems lost 0-4
2019/20 Macclesfield Town lost 1-2
2019/20 Shrewsbury Town lost 0-3
2019/20 Port Vale lost 1-2
2020/21 Shrewsbury Town lost 0-3
2020/21 Crewe Alexandra lost 0-1
2020/21 Bolton Wanderers lost 2-3
2021/22 Sheffield Wednesday lost 0-3
2021/22 Harrogate Town lost 0-2
2021/22 Mansfield Town lost 3-6
2022/23 Doncaster Rovers drew 0-0 (lost 2-4 pens)
2022/23 Barnsley lost 0-2
2022/23 Lincoln City lost 0-2
2023/24 Wrexham lost 0-1
2023/24 Port Vale drew 1-1 (lost 2-3 pens)
2023/24 Crewe Alexandra lost 1-2
2024/25 Bradford City drew 2-2 (won 4-3 pens)
2024/25 Rotherham United lost 1-3
2024/25 Mansfield Town lost 0-3
2025/26 Huddersfield Town lost 2-6
2025/26 Mansfield Town drew 2-2 (won 5-3 pens)
2025/26 Harrogate Town lost 1-3

* At SJP, all others were away ties.
The two sides met in this competition in October 2021, Newcastle losing 0-2 to Harrogate.
 

Waffle

With results elsewhere ending hopes of a knockout stage place, Newcastle's U21 side rounded off their EFL Trophy fixtures with defeat at a rain-soaked Wetherby Road on Tuesday.

Already assured of progression to the last 32, the hosts needed to avoid defeat in order to top Northern Group F ahead of Huddersfield Town and earn a home draw.

League Two Harrogate went ahead when Ellis Taylor cut in from the right wing in the 12th minute, before firing beyond James Taylor.

The green-clad Magpies were level at the break, after Harrison Ashby teed up Alfie Harrison to find the net with a left-footed effort in the fourth minute of added time.

Town regained the lead thanks to a 64th minute shot from Tom Cursons that went in off a post.

The Harrogate substitute had another strike ruled out for offside three minutes later but wasn't to be denied a second and was in the right place to net 12 minutes from time, after Ellis Taylor's shot was blocked and the ball ran free to him.

Another GW adventure