Leeds 1-0 Harrogate: Largie Ramazani scores only goal as Daniel Farke's side secure victory in FA Cup third round tie
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Sutton United, Newport County and Crawley Town. They are the lower-league teams who have knocked Leeds United out of the FA Cup in the last eight years, and for an hour at Elland Road on Saturday night, home fans must have feared Harrogate Town were about to join that list.
![[Ramazani managed to find the net in the 59th minute of the tie at Elland Road]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/19/93995839-14274035-image-a-73_1736623735992.jpg)
As it was, the Championship leaders squeezed past the League Two strugglers thanks to Largie Ramazani’s header. But this was a nervous night for Leeds in the first-ever competitive meeting between the two Yorkshire sides and Daniel Farke ended it relieved to have avoided embarrassment.
![[Toby SIms of Harrogate is left frustrated after his effort was kept out by Karl Darlow]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/19/93996059-14274035-image-a-75_1736624537899.jpg)
The Whites boss saw his much-changed side enjoy two thirds of the possession and have 21 attempts at goal. Yet their wastefulness meant a team ranked 68 places below them in the football pyramid had hope until the final whistle. Opposing fans like to sing how Harrogate is just a ‘town full of tea shops’, while the club’s chief executive Sarah Barry was asked in the week if it was ‘too posh for football’. Well, Simon Weaver’s men put that myth to bed as they took the fight to their illustrious neighbours – even if they ultimately failed to give them a bloody nose.
![[Josuha Guilavogui of Leeds looks to retain possession under pressure from Jack Muldoon]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/19/93995311-14274035-image-a-57_1736622303646.jpg)
This was far from your usual Yorkshire derby at Elland Road. They are usually hostile affairs, but there was a more convivial atmosphere inside this old ground, perhaps because many home fans actually count Harrogate as their second club and will attend both Elland Road and Wetherby Road throughout a season.
![[Leeds' Mateo Joseph goes for goal during the FA Cup third round tie on Saturday evening]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/19/93995315-14274035-image-a-58_1736622308130.jpg)
Harrogate even train on the outskirts of Leeds, which is closer to Elland Road than the hosts. And Weaver – the longest-serving manager in the top four divisions – had called on his players to make sure they enjoyed what was the club’s second-ever third-round tie.
![[Daniel Farke saw his Leeds side progress to the fourth round despite him making eight changes]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/11/19/93995841-14274035-image-a-74_1736623770543.jpg)
