Game on: FC Halifax Town v Hartlepool United to go ahead as planned as pitch inspection cancelled

The fixture at The Shay was initially subject to a 1pm pitch inspection on Tuesday afternoon but this was quickly deemed unnecessary early on Tuesday morning.

And after the originally scheduled tie on January 2 was postponed due to a frozen pitch, it now looks as though the game will finally get to go ahead.

Pools will be looking to claim a fifth straight National League win for the first time.

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