Story of the day: Oldham Athletic 0-0 Hartlepool United – lack of goals a growing concern for Pools
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Zaine Francis-Angol cleared the ball off the line early on at Boundary Park and Mark Shelton hit the post for Pools but that was as close of both sides came during a match of low quality in Greater Manchester.
The result sees Pools drop to sixth.
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FULL-TIME: Oldham Athletic 0 Hartlepool United 0
Key Events
- Pools XI: Killip; Ferguson (Ogle 73), Francis-Angol, Liddle, Byrne, Sterry; Featherstone, Shelton, Molyneux; Olomola (Cook 57), Fondop
- Pools subs: Mitchell, Odusina, Smith, Daly, Goodwin
- Pools bookings: Ferguson (42), Liddle (73)
- Oldham XI: Leutwiler; Clarke, Piergianni, Whelan (Bowden 71), Hope, Keillor-Dunn (Vaughan 71), Jameson, Diarra, Bahamboula, Bettache (Dearnley 84), Sheehan
- Oldham subs: Danielewicz, Fage, Da Silva, Couto
- Oldham bookings: Jameson (80), Piergianni (87)
- Referee: Charles Breakspear
- Attendance: 3,934 (946 Pools)
What Pools boss Dave Challinor had to say about the planned Oldham supporter protests
“As much as I can stand and agree and sympathise with the discontent, I don’t think, regardless of what your thoughts are, you should be affecting what happens in a football match,” Challinor said.
“What it is for us is something that we can’t control. At what point do authorities get involved? What you don’t want is Oldham fans protest and affect games on a Saturday.
“Ultimately the way to punish fans and clubs is to dock them points or is to forfeit games and things like that. No one wants to see that.
“I’ve got absolutely no issue at all with protests. I think that protests that affect 90 minutes on a Saturday or a Tuesday go beyond the line.
“I’d be more than happy to back them for what they’re doing because they feel that their football club is going in the wrong direction. I totally get that and I totally understand that.”
Welcome to our Pools live blog!
We’re back and in Oldham this afternoon as Pools look to finally break their away hoodoo against League Two’s bottom club.
The Latics have had a turbulent season so far and while Hartlepool fans will sympathise with the club’s situation off the field, they will be desperate to see their team win on it today.
It is sure to be an intriguing afternoon at Boundary Park and we’ll have it all covered right here.
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