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:
19. 5th - Chesterfield - 74 points (play-off runners up)
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