SIMON WEAVER had nothing but praise for the way his Harrogate Town players approached their FA Cup second round clash with non-league Gainsborough Trinity.

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Simon Weaver was full of praise for the way his Harrogate Town players approached their FA Cup second round clash with non-league Gainsborough Trinity.

THE FA Cup gets talked down a lot these days but manager Simon Weaver says Harrogate Town's match at home to Gainsborough Trinity is a "massive game" and he expects them to approach it that way.

With time running out, Gainsborough mounted wave after wave of attack in desperate search of an equaliser; Aaron Simpson firing wide after a Trinity corner. And in the end it was not to be as Harrogate Town emerged victorious at the final whistle to reach the third round for only the second time in their history.

In one of the biggest matches in their history, Gainsborough Trinity travel to face League Two’s Harrogate Town in an Emirates FA Cup Second Round tie.

Gainsborough Trinity may have fell to Harrogate Town in the Emirates FA Cup on Friday night, but the club remembered their “amazing” run. The Northern Premier League side, who sit in the seventh tier of English football,

Having caused an upset themselves in round one, Harrogate Town will be doing their best to avoid becoming victims of an FA Cup shock when they entertain non-league Gainsborough Trinity on Friday evening.