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11

Aug 2020

Sport
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Harrogate Town bolsters squad with two new signings

Published: 11 Aug 2020, 19:00 BST

by Thomas Barrett

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Harrogate Town have announced Jake Lawlor and Connor Kirby will join the club as they prepare for their first-ever campaign in the English Football League.

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Harrogate Town have announced Jake Lawlor and Connor Kirby will join the club as they prepare for their first-ever campaign in the English Football League.

The two players will join Simon Weaver's history-making squad who celebrated their promotion with an open-top bus parade on Saturday through Harrogate.

Centre back Lawlor, aged 29, joins on a free transfer after his contract expired with Wrexham at the end of the season. The 6ft 4in Lawlor started his career at Osset Town before spells with Guiseley and Town's local neighbours Harrogate Railway,

As well as scoring against Town during his time at Guiseley, Lawlor started both fixtures for Wrexham home and away against Town this season and is familiar to manager Simon Weaver.

Weaver said:

"I’ve liked Jake for years, he’s a good player and to add someone of Jake’s experience still with that hunger to improve is a real lift."





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Midfielder Connor Kirby joins on a free transfer from Sheffield Wednesday after being named runner-up player of the season during a loan spell at fellow League Two outfit Macclesfield Town.

Weaver described him as a "really energetic midfielder".

He said:

"He’s local, talented lad and will do well here I’m sure - getting the right characters in means everything to us."
“He’s a really energetic centre midfielder who is willing to break forward and put a tackle in, a good all-round, honest, hungry and talented lad.
“He has already shown he can do it in League Two and he’ll attack it with confidence; as soon as I met him I thought he would be a great fit for us.”