Chappell arrives on time

First half 2 minutes - Howson fed Fitzy from the right wing who shot along the floor just wide of the lefthand post. 6 minutes - edge of the area Fitzy hard shot saved well and pushed away from danger. 10 minutes - First shot by Harrogate. Boro couldn't clear the box from a thrown in as both opposition strikers were fairly strong and hard to deal with when they had their back to goal. The shot itself rose wide over the bar. 31 minutes - First Goal. Ball through the middle of Harrogate defence followed by a layoff from Fitzy which Chappell got on the end of to bundle home from inside the area. 34 minutes - Chappell on left wing showed nice skill to work an opening on the edge of the box before hitting a shot way off target. 42 minutes - Barging run by Lee Connell as he shoulder charged one of the Harrogate defenders put of the way before hitting a shot way wide from the edge of the area. Second half - 6 minutes - Poor clearance from Liam Sutcliffe the Harrogate goalkeeper which found Chappell whose shot was blocked before it reached the goal. 11 minutes - driving run by Chappell after picking up possession in th centre circle before beating a challenge and feeding Fitzy who fed a low cross into the box but there was no Boro player to latch onto it. 20 minutes - ball over the top from Harrogate caught Lee Unsworth out of position who misjudged and missed a headed clearance which put Railway striker Ben Jones through on goal but Phil Priestly came off his line well to smother the opportunity. 2 minutes into injury time - ball flighted across the six yard box towards goal and Priestly only managed to deflect it onto his post which luckily didn't lead to an undeserved late equaliser. Notes on the game - Encouraging debut for Owen Roberts at Left Wingback who looked comfortable in possession and willing to get forward at every opportunity. Last 15 minutes of the game saw the welcome return of Adam Roscoe from injury and as per usual his hold up play and physical presence looked top drawer which is surely a good sign for what lays in store when he can play the full ninety minutes of games again. Pick of the defenders was Simon Kelly who was strong and authoritative throughout. Put in a flawless display against a side who had both power and pace in the forward line but his efforts and those of his teamates managed to nullify the threat throughout the game. Man of the match was without doubt Neil Chappell who looked to have recaptured the form of last season as he made numerous lungbusting runs both with and without possession which helped to keep the opposition on the backfoot for the majority of the game. Nearly every scoring opportunity that Boro had came through his effort and endeavour. Throughout the ninety minutes he made a massive impact on the game.