Harrogate (24th/last) travel to Grimsby (8th)
Henry Gray (Ipswich Town FC | England) [Loan: Harrogate Town AFC]
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Massive away win for Harrogate who get up 3-1.
They stay last (24th) but only on GS from Barrow (23rd, who do have a game in hand).
Newport (22nd) only 1 point ahead. Bottom 2 teams relegated.
Highlights. Gray rushes out & is in no man's land for Grimsby's goal. But then comes up with a big crucial penalty save when it was 2-1.
Harrogate some nice goals.
He'll be quietly hoping now Sims is not starting the new Swedish league season in goal for GAIS, which kicks off Monday night.
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https://twitter.com/thenichecache/status/2040604286799970641
Henry Gray saves penalties too, if you didn't already know #FlyingKiwis pic.twitter.com/NIi9Qck6ZJ
— The Niche Cache (@thenichecache) April 5, 2026
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Gray in goal for a 2-3 loss. Doesn't look like it was his best game, with a low 5.2 Soccerway rating.
Harrogate stay bottom (24th), but they are only 1 pt behind Newport (22nd) and safety.
Their clash this weekend at Newport, big relegation, winner takes all maybe, 6 pointer.
Highlights. Gray could have done a bit better for the first 2 goals - though not big errors. Then thrusts out a foot to conceded a penalty for the 3rd Rovers goal. Pen converted sneaking under his body. Presumably Baze will be watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opPPq_ZRCjk
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Niche Cache.
Harrogate (north Yorkshire popn 90,000) is twin cities with Welly and even has a NZ Garden in town.
Simon Weaver, Harrogate coach: “It was big. It was a big moment for us and it could have been a turning point for Grimsby because their crowd are partisan. When the penalty award was given I was thinking that if we go in at 2-2, we will have to pick the players up from being two up. But it was a great response from Henry, I thought it was a superb save. He’s such an athletic lad, and fair play to him... He just got caught with the wind for Grimsby’s goal. He dithered a bit. It’s not easy in these conditions and he got caught under it and there was a bit of miscommunication. But, it is all about your reaction. Everybody on the pitch probably made a mistake, and that one was costly for him, but he redeemed himself with a fantastic save. He is an athletic goalkeeper and he has a great future ahead of him.”
That’s good to hear because there was a reversal of fortunes in the game after. Gray’s an excellent goalkeeper so he’s always going to make a few good saves in any match (supposing the shots are there to save)... but against Bristol Rovers his team twice coughed up leads on the way to a 3-2 defeat with the decisive goal coming from a 79th minute penalty that Gray himself gave away. Now, in Gray’s defence the penalty decision was seriously weak sauce. But that’s what happened. It’s not quite hero to villain but he wasn’t able to stay the hero. They would have climbed out of the relegation zone even with only a point there... nevertheless they’ve got four more games to make the magic happen.
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