So why not enjoy this updated photo tribute to the blue and white army?
Promotion parties, play-off heartache and fancy dress parades – they are all here for you below.
5. Poolie exodus
The first of several pictures from the Division One play-off final at Cardiff in 2005 as Hartlepool United bravely failed in their bid to reach football's second tier for the first time. More than 16,000 people - around a fifth of the town's population - made the lengthy trip. Photo: Frank Reid
6. True blues
Now here's Pools fans back at home in the Sports Bar, in Park Road, watching the same play-off final on television. Photo: TC
7. Bourn identity
Poolies celebrate reaching the 2005 League One play offs with a dramatic final day draw at promotion rivals Bournemouth. Photo: FLR
8. That's Ritch
Hartlepool United supporter Doreen Mee with her signed copy of Ritchie Humphrey's testimonial brochure in 2011. Photo: FRANK REID PHOTOGRAPHER 2011