Harrogate Town’s stirring performance against Wrexham AFC left Simon Weaver ‘feeling good’

Simon Weaver said he was left “feeling good” by the spirited nature of Harrogate Town’s performance against high-flying Wrexham.

Two quick-fire first-half goals saw the Sulphurites fall two behind at Wetherby Road on Tuesday evening, but strikes either side of the interval got them back on terms as they roared back into the contest.

Harrogate Town's stirring performance against Wrexham AFC left Simon Weaver 'feeling good'

And, having dominated a big chunk of the second period, it was the home side, rather than their second-placed visitors, who looked most likely to go on and take all three points.

“The performance, it felt really good, especially the second half,” the Harrogate chief reflected.

“We were disappointed with the two goals that we conceded, but fighting back shows a lot of character and we could have ended up with a win.

“Coming back from 2-0 down, it’s hard to come back like that against a team of such quality, who are as physically powerful as they are. We had to get the ball down and play, and we did that in the second half.

“We said at half-time, ‘you are back in it, what’s done is done’. It wasn’t about pointing fingers, we just wanted the lads to be positive because we felt that we could hurt them a bit more. We moved Ibby [Abraham Odoh] onto the left, went two up front and really went for their throats.