Crawley Town v Hartlepool United RECAP: Omar Bogle earns Pools back-to-back wins in League Two

Timi Odusina in action at Crawley Town. Picture by Cory Pickford

Omar Bogle capped an excellent week with the club by scoring his second goal in four days to seal the win five minutes before the break.

Graeme Lee’s side had to dig in during the second half as the home side looked for a way back and they just about held firm for back-to-back wins for the first time since October.

Lee went with the same XI who earned a come-from-behind win over Barrow in midweek but had to withstand some heavy pressure out of the gate as John Yems’ side twice hit the woodwork in the opening stages.

Hartlepool United face Crawley Town at the People's Pension Stadium. (Photo by Pete Norton/Getty Images)

George Francomb looped a header onto the top of the bar from a corner before Jack Powell fired a wonderful effort off the angle of post and bar from a freekick.

And it was the wake up Pools needed as they edged back into the game with the quality of Bryn Morris.

Pools were rewarded five minutes before the break when a cross from the left came to Jamie Sterry who saw his shot cannon back into the path of Bogle on the edge of the area and he expertly picked out the corner with a curling left footed strike to give Pools the lead.

There was an alarming stoppage early in the second half as James Tilley needed treatment for a ball which hit him in the face.

It resulted in 11 minutes stoppage time but Pools we able to hang on for another big win.

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Crawley Town 0-1 Hartlepool United RECAP: Omar Bogle strike earns Pools all three points in Crawley

Key Events

Omar Bogle gives Hartlepool the lead
Hartlepool United XI: Killip, Sterry, Byrne ©, Odusina, Ferguson, Morris, White, Crawford, Grey, Bogle, Molyneux
Subs: Bilokapic, Ogle, Liddle, Shelton, Holohan, Fletcher, Cullen
Crawley Town XI: Morris, Tsaroulla, Tunnicliffe, Craig, Francomb ©, Ferry, Powell, Payne, Tilley, Nadesan, Oteh
Subs: Davies, Gallacher, Grego-Cox, Matthews, Hutchinson, Seymour

Fri, 11 Feb, 2022, 22:36 BST

𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣

Marcus Carver is close to a return for Hartlepool United according to manager Graeme Lee.

Carver is a new signing at the Suit Direct Stadium having joined for an undisclosed fee from Southport last month but has endured a bit of a stop-start time since making the switch.

Carver made his debut in the defeat at Bristol Rovers with Pools supporters encouraged by what they saw from their new striker but the 28-year-old only managed 53 minutes in his second start at Carlisle United three days later after picking up a slight groin strain.

Carver’s move from non-league concerned Lee in terms of the players fitness with him not being up to speed with the rigours of the Football League.

And Lee has suggested the club are managing his return by building up his fitness so that there will be no recurrence of the injury when he does return to the fold.

“He’s close. He got back into training last week but I wanted him to get a bit of a mini pre-season into him,” said Lee.

“I think from him coming in we said we knew he came from non-league and his lack of fitness was a massive thing.

“And from playing one game he got fatigued and got a little strain so we need to make sure he’s right up to speed.

“We’ve put him through his paces this week and worked him hard and we’ll continue to do that.

“But the last thing I want to do is put someone back in for him to pull out again, so we need to make sure he’s up to speed.”

Fri, 11 Feb, 2022, 21:58 BST

Good afternoon and welcome to the People’s Pension Stadium here in Crawley as Hartlepool United look to build on a solid win over Barrow in midweek.

Graeme Lee’s side ended a seven game winless run on Tuesday and will be looking for back-to-back wins for the first time since October here this afternoon.

Pools have won just once away from home all season but face a Crawley team who have won just four of their 13 home games this campaign.

And you can follow all the action here live with the Hartlepool Mail this afternoon in our blog.