IMO, if they are going to promote anyone it has to be Barrow, no one else.
If they talk about also promoting Harrogate then there is a big problem there as a lot of teams would be saying they could have been caught.

Yes Harrogate had Barrow to play at home, so in theory they could push Barrow for top spot. But over the season they have been top the longest etc. The saying goes its a marathon not a sprint, but the finishing line has been taken away which generally starts the "sprint" faze of the race.