Presentation Night x 2

We are planning an informal presentation evening / night this Saturday 4th May - all supporters are welcome and the format will be as follows:

Players will arrive 5.30pm onwards. Supporters will have the opportunity to have a chat with their favourite player(s).
We will be providing a light snack for the players and with a little bit of luck Hamil might lay on some nibbles for the supporters!

Irving will have a brief word, summarising the season and laying out his hopes for next season
Simon will be interviewed by yours truly and this will lead into a Q&A session where supporters will have the opportunity to ask questions of their own.
There will then be 3 presentations:

Players Player of the Year
Supporters Player of the Year
Clubman of the Year

It would be good to encourage as many supporters (families, adults children etc etc) as possible to come down and recognise all the players and staff for their contribution, and to give the players the chance to show their appreciation for the support you give them - there will also be a video of the seasons highlights on the big screen from 5.30pm.

Players are expected to leave at about 8pm to celebrate in Town.

If this wasn't enough, we are planning a second presentation evening where we will be presenting the Harrogate Town Supporters Club Player of the Year along with presentations to the Academy and u17 side. We are hoping that a former Premiership Player and International Footballer will be presenting the awards as well as discussing anedotes from his time in the game. Unfortunately we cannot give a date until later in the week because it looked like he would be involved in League 1 play offs until one of the most extraordinary finishes to a football match meant they were promoted as champs - I will keep you informed of progress and hope we can get a good turnout for this evening.
Night night

Right, who is going then? I am certainly going!! (my missus has no say so in this!!!)

Over the season, there has been praise and criticism of the players, staff and club in pretty equal measure from reading back over multiple feeds.

As forum members, this is now an excellent opportunity to attend the 1919 venue, speak to the players and staff and able to ask them the burning questions that have been on your minds over the season. I will certainly be asking multiple questions about certain matters, thats for sure.

Lets all get down there, congratulate the players and staff on what has been one of the most memorable seasons in quite a few years, have a few beers and have a good chat. Then whoever wants to, can lead the way to Harrogate for more drinking!

Ged: Its been noted that the players will be leaving to go into Harrogate at about 8pm. Why not just stay at the club and have a lock in??

can we have some better seats than those awfull wibbly wobbly ones? i keep falling off them but it could be the drink

I intend to be quite inebriated, so I'm blaming the seats!!

i might give this a go could be interesting


(I'm so old i remember it took two of us to carry a Wagon Wheel out of the shop )

Well, I attended on Saturday, and I felt sorry for the players and staff as the fan turnout was an absolute disgrace and it was absolutely shocking the numbers that attended. I was ashamed for the club staff and players after all the effort they have put in this season and the fan turnout they got?

On a more positive note, I got to spend some time with the players and staff at the club, and in town afterwards. What a cracking bunch they are. Everyone who I spoke to was very warm and welcoming, especially Mike Woods, Simon Weaver and Phil Lee. The positivity and passion about the club was evident to see. That made me extremely proud to be a supporter of the club.

I'm really looking forward to next season now!

Onwards and upwards.

i wondered why they was nothing on here about the night maybe if we had reach the playoffs instead of throwing it away at home and the poor results of the last ten games (relegation form) there might have been more there anyway with some quality signings next season maybe things will be different we can only hope

I think been stuck with a 3 and 5 yr old is a good enough excuse.

So Neil did you ask whether Simon would show up on here again? also any transfer speculation? Is Bolder buggering off to his home town?

No. I didnt ask him about the translator alias. That's something we will never know. There was no speculation, and I didnt ask about bolder. The night was about celebrating what has been achieved. I talked about more positive things.

Oh it's a good job I didn't go then, would have lowered the tone after a jar or 10 (not in a negative way just putting a few of them on the spot)........Would be good to get confirmation on Bolder though

Well, I think if a lot more fans had attended, there would have been a lot more questions posed.

I'm safely assuming they will all find out this week if they are being retained, or not as the case may be.

Like Neil, I was very disappointed with the fan turnout. Strange as it was a very good evening once the team turned up. Shame my wife and I had to go as our stomachs thought our throats had been cut (the Chinese we got went down VERY quickly).

Great to talk to some of the lads at the bar. Gives me a very good feeling for next season. But looking round at the presentation, there was some very interesting body language going on.

body language? you will have to expand on that one

Well as long as they don't bring in a Will Turl type player, great in the leagues below, played like a one legged donkey for us. Here is one - would you rather a proven striker from the leagues above but in his final years or an unproven unknown from the leagues below? Just putting it out there, I wouldn't be bothered either way if he banged the goals in.

why not both?

Thats true!

We havn't really had much luck with strikers banging them in in lower leagues and then signing for us, after all Hardy fits that category. I guess its a gamble, sometimes it pays off. There may be interesting developments at Guiseley, will Kittrick stay, and if not will the new man bring in new players, and let some good ones go? What will happen if Halifax beat Brackley, Aspin may need to rebuild his squad for the Premier. And you never know, Damien Reeves may feel like a change from Alty Imagine Reeves and Ryan Kendall as our front men next season...

[quote]Imagine Reeves and Ryan Kendall as our front men next season...

Your teasing me now Paul "stop it"

And I had it on good authority as well (my fevered imagination)! Sadly, the Non-League Paper tells us that Reeves has signed up for Alty again, so thats one fantasy gone to pot! Ryan Kendall still possible though...if only