I haven’t mentioned any players names from Harrogate regarding payment, as I agree that discussing individuals on here isn’t right. However BBB you did ask for players to be name dropped, so can’t get on your high horse about it when it happened
As a club Harrogate require £15k of supporters money to carry out necessary repairs to the pitch….
I think it’s a more than reasonable assumption that gate players during the 2023/24 season received more than £15k in match fees alone. (£37 per player, per match on average)
And that’s what those on the outside looking in find fault with. If player payments hadn’t been made the funds would be available. If next season the club didn’t pay players, the funds would be available.
However as a club who has paid for a period of time given their recent history in the national leagues, it would be difficult to imagine what the future of Gates 1st team would look like with out player payments, but at least the club would have a pitch for all those mini and juniors to play on.