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Harrogate 2-1 Bradford: Josh McPake steers Town to victory

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Highlights of the Sky Bet League Two match between Harrogate and Bradford.

On-loan Rangers winger Josh McPake's second goal in as many games earned Harrogate a first win in eight matches.

McPake struck after 89 minutes to clinch a 2-1 home win over Bradford just four days after earning Simon Weaver's side a share of the spoils with his equaliser in a 2-2 draw against Leyton Orient.

The hosts had earlier taken a first-half lead courtesy of Jack Muldoon's 13th goal of the season before Andy Cook levelled for the Bantams, whose play-off aspirations grew fainter after McPake's winner.

Clayton Donaldson, Finn Cousin-Dawson and Cook all went close to opening the scoring for the visitors before Muldoon latched on to a lofted pass by George Thomson through the right channel and fired across goal into the bottom corner from 10 yards.

After the break, Thomson rattled the crossbar with a fierce drive before the Bantams levelled with 72 minutes gone when a positive forward burst by substitute Ollie Crankshaw teed up Cook, who caressed a perfectly-placed shot into Joe Cracknell's bottom-left corner from 15 yards.

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But McPake went on to settle matters when he charged on to Muldoon's pass and cut inside from the left before bending an excellent effort into Richard O'Donnell's bottom-left corner.

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