Nicky Featherstone: Barnet repeat can turn around Hartlepool's fortunes

By The Newsroom
Published 28th Oct 2016, 06:35 BST
Updated 31st Oct 2016, 09:03 BST
Nicky Featherstone in action against Leyton Orient. Picture: TOM BANKSNicky Featherstone in action against Leyton Orient. Picture: TOM BANKS
Nicky Featherstone in action against Leyton Orient. Picture: TOM BANKS
Four games without a win, and two points above the relegation spots, the last time Hartlepool United visited The Hive their League Two landscape looked very different.

Ninety minutes, two goals from Lewis Hawkins and one from Nathan Thomas later, and Pools, under new boss Craig Hignett, had kick-started their season.

Seven months later, Pools head back to the place where their road to safety in 2015-16 began.

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And while their plight is nowhere near as bad this time around, midfielder Nicky Featherstone, who was influential that day, believes a win in London tomorrow could be just what the doctor ordered for Pools season.

Reflecting back on March 5, Featherstone said: “We had a blow in that game if I remember rightly. We were 1-0 down early on.

“But we showed some character in that game, just like we need to this weekend.

“Two excellent goals from Hawkesy and one from Nath, as well as a solid debut from Rob Jones ended up helping us to victory.

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