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Leeds face local cup tie as Harrogate head to Elland Road
National World - LocalTV
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10/01/2025
Daniel Wales and Lee Sobot preview Leeds United vs. Harrogate Town in the FA Cup.
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It was a game that was played in pre-season, not, I think, probably thinking that this
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is not going to be a game that's actually going to get played as a competitive fixture
00:09
as these things often are, because you think, okay, Leeds can play Harrogate pre-season,
00:13
fair enough.
00:14
Local, it's convenient for both clubs and realistically, they're not going to be rivals
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in a competitive fixture.
00:20
And yet here we are, Leeds hosting Harrogate, of course it was Harrogate hosting Leeds in
00:25
the summer.
00:27
I mean, it should be a formality.
00:30
You'd expect Leeds to rotate and make changes, but overall, they should have too much.
00:37
I say this with a little bit of a tempered, you know, just caution a little bit just because
00:43
this is the FA Cup and we all know what can happen, but realistically, they should be
00:46
fine, shouldn't they?
00:47
Well, they should be fine.
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I always like throwing you my odds for these ones when you might not have seen them before.
00:52
Yes, what are they?
00:55
How can I interest you in 29-1 for Harrogate Town?
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Wow.
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I mean, that is, you know, I remember with the draw, it's funny, obviously, because I
01:02
live in Harrogate and I had many years covering Harrogate Town at the Harrogate Advertiser
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and great years covering the team and it's fantastic how they've done to get themselves
01:10
up to League Two.
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The thing everybody will say with this, well, I don't know, it's a bit different, I suppose.
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The thing everybody will say with this is that the League matters more and of course
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it does.
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Obviously, Leeds United getting promoted to the Premier League is the only thing that
01:20
matters this season.
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With Harrogate Town, the main thing that matters is staying in League Two, you know, because
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obviously only two teams go up from the National League and they work very, very hard to get
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to this position.
01:29
And, you know, the main thing is just stay where they are and obviously it's getting
01:32
quite tight for them as well.
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I think that, like, while they're fifth bottom, they're 21st at the minute, fourth bottom,
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so they had a good win at Barrow at the weekend and stuff and, you know, that's the main thing.
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But, yeah, I remember when the draw came out and obviously, you know, having close connections
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to both teams and obviously Harrogate Town doing very well to get to the third round.
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I sort of said to a few people, I wonder if it'll be Leeds v Harrogate Town and of course
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that's what we got.
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And it is quite amazing, really.
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First ever competitive meeting between the two teams, which is not a surprise, really.
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But I don't think even I expected it to be quite that disparity in the odds.
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I mean, like, as I say, nearly 30 to 1 for Harrogate Town and 1 to 10 for Leeds.
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I mean, it's absolutely massive.
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But I mean, you can see why.
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I mean, the 67 places, I think it is between the two teams, it should just be a huge, huge
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golfing class.
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That said, there's no doubt about it that obviously Harrogate Town's big day out and,
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you know, they'll try and pull off a shock, obviously, and stuff, whereas Leeds will obviously
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make, you know, I mean, I don't know how many changes Daniel Farquhar will make, but it'll
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be a lot.
02:26
You know, I don't think he'll quite make 11.
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He might do, but I think it'll be a lot.
02:29
It's certainly been more than half a team.
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That said, they do have a week off afterwards again.
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It's not like they're playing Harrogate Town and they play again midweek.
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So I mean, there is a full week to sort of, like, you know, recuperate after that.
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So it might be a bit of a balancing act and stuff.
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But yeah, I mean, like, look, I mean, it should be should be an absolute formality, realistically.
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But I don't think it'll be like an absolute hammering.
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I mean, I don't think it's because I think, obviously, you know, Harrogate Town will be
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going for it and stuff and it'll be a fantastic atmosphere.
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You'll have the Leeds changes to factor in as well.
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You'll have the fact it's the FA Cup as well.
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