And here at the Hartlepool Mail, there was only one place to start – putting the game into auto pilot mode and simulating the 2020-21 National League campaign to see where Hartlepool United finished in the table.
For a bit of fun, scroll and click through the pages to see where Pools and their fifth tier rivals ended up:
13. 11th - Kings Lynn Town - 60 points
P44 W16 D12 L16 GF50 GA52 GD-2 Photo: Matthew Lewis
14. 10th - Hartlepool United - 60 points
P44 W15 D15 L14 GF57 GA54 GD+3 Photo: Christopher Booth
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