Hartlepool United will hold an open training session at the Prestige Group Stadium.

Hartlepool United have confirmed they will hold an open training session next week to allow supporters to ‘experience the first-team environment up close’.

With just weeks remaining in what has been a season of change on and off the pitch at Pools, supporters are being handed a unique opportunity to witness Nicky Featherstone and his coaching staff putting their players through their paces as they prepare for next weekend’s home game with Forest Green Rovers for the first of two successive home games as Southend United head to the North East just three days later. Pools have revealed the event will take place on Tuesday, April 14 and turnstiles will open up for fans at 10am, with training getting underway around an hour later and information over what will be on offer for the Pools faithful have now been released.

Members of the Pools squad will be available for photographs and autographs once the full training session has taken place and there has also been confirmation supporters will get ‘a full matchday experience’ with the club bar and catering outlets open for business, alongside ‘family-friendly activities’ that are being ran as part of a partnership with Hartlepool United Community Sports Foundation and club mascot H’Angus will also be in attendance.

Pools Commercial & Operations Director, Rose Stoker told the club website: “This is a fantastic opportunity for our supporters, especially younger fans, to get closer to the players and coaching staff and to experience first-hand what a typical training session looks like. It’s not something people often get to see, so being able to open that up and give supporters a behind-the-scenes insight into how the team prepares is really important to us. There will also be the chance to meet the players, take photos and get autographs, which always means a lot, particularly for younger supporters. Creating those moments and bringing people closer to the Club is something we place real value on.”

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