[3] He moved to West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer in July 1995, but made just two first team appearances for the Baggies (both as a substitute).
[9] On 17 May 2009, he scored Torquay's first goal as he captained them in a 2–0 victory over Cambridge United in the Conference National play-off final at Wembley.
In January 2010 Hargreaves completed a return to Oxford United,[10] where he won promotion out of the Conference for the second successive season.
[13] Hargreaves left his role with Rovers by mutual consent in February 2022 having seen a number of his Development Squad players progress into the first team picture including Alfie Kilgour, Luca Hoole and Jed Ward.
[15] Following a poor start to the season, Hargreaves was sacked on 27 October 2022 with the club sitting in the relegation zone, one point from safety.