Story of the day: Hartlepool United 2-1 Carlisle United – bank holiday weekend joy for Pools in front of bumper crowd
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Goals from Tyler Burey and Gavan Holohan either side of Zach Clough’s goal for the visitors saw Pools climb up to fifth in the League Two table with three wins from their opening four matches.
Pools have now won 17 of their last 19 league matches at The Vic and continue to boast the best home record in England.
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FULL-TIME: Hartlepool United 2 (Burey 13’, Holohan 69’) Carlisle United 1 (Clough 38’)
Key Events
- Pools XI: Killip; Ferguson, Francis-Angol, Liddle, Byrne, Sterry; Featherstone, Shelton, Holohan; Burey, Goodwin
- Pools subs: Cullen, Mitchell, Odusina, Smith, Daly, Ogle, Molyneux
- Pools bookings: None
- Carlisle XI: Norman; Tanner, Armer, McDonald, Riley, Guy, Clough, Mellish, Abrahams, Feeney, Whelan
- Carlisle subs: Alessandra, Devine, Dickenson, Mampala, Toure, Jensen, Young
- Carlisle bookings: Clough (3)
- Referee: Andy Woolmer
- Attendance: 6,112
Zaine Francis-Angol on today’s win
“It’s crazy, just walking out for the warm up,” Francis-Angol said.
“The support was outstanding today and gives us that extra boost. I’m delighted with the win, the performance another solid display. We’re disappointed with the goal but it’s another win and another three points.”
Dave Challinor on today’s win
“We deserved it. We weren’t as effective as last week but you have to look at the opposition and they changed their system to match us and that made it a bit of an arm wrestle.
“Two great goals and we were good value for the win.”
WHAT A GOAL FROM HOLOHAN!
A wonderfully weighted half-volley from the edge of the box sails beautifully into the top left corner to give Pools the lead again.