The Guardian - Manager Simon Weaver, who has Gareth Southgate in town and Marcelo Bielsa nearby, has taken team to League Two summit
Yorkshire is home to managerial royalty, from Gareth Southgate to Marcelo Bielsa, but in the eyes of Harrogate supporters, Simon Weaver also belongs in that category, even if the England manager is usually the centre of attention.
“A newspaper said that I was happy to be the second-most famous manager in the town and I didn’t like that line because it looked like I was giving it the big one,” he says. “My wife went: ‘You didn’t say that, did you?’ I said: ‘There’s no way I’d ever say that.’ Continue reading...