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Story of the day: Hartlepool United 1-1 Exeter City – Pools drop points at Victoria Park for the first time this season
Hartlepool United were denied a Victoria Park victory for the first time in League Two this season as they drew 1-1 with Exeter City.
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Luke Molyneux’s first Football League goal gave Pools a first half lead before Exeter’s Sam Nombe equalised before the break.
The second half saw a few half chances but neither side were able to find the winner as they had to settle for a point.
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FULL-TIME: Hartlepool United 1 (Molyneux 25’) Exeter City 1 (Nombe 41’)
Key Events
- Hartlepool United, with a newly contracted Dave Challinor, host Exeter City at Victoria Park this afternoon.
- The Grecians sit level on points with Pools in the table but are a place above them due to superior goal difference.
- Pools XI: Killip; Jones, Francis-Angol, Byrne, Hendrie, Sterry; Featherstone, Shelton, Daly; Molyneux, Fondop
- Pools subs: Mitchell, Odusina, Ogle, Smith, Goodwin, Cook, Cullen
- Pools bookings: Byrne (90)
- Exeter XI: Dawson; Caprice, Ray, Jay, Nombe, Key (Edwards 84), Dieng (Atangana 69), Taylor (Collins 56), Brown, Sweeney, Hartridge
- Exeter subs: Lee, Atangana, Collins, Amond, Daniel, Kite, Edwards
- Exeter bookings: Ray (46), Dieng (59)
- Referee: Leigh Doughty
- Attendance: 5,194 (171 Exeter)
68: Daly forces a save from Dawson
The Pools midfielder finds himself in space on the edge of the box and opts for placement over power as his stroked effort is collected by Dawson with a comfortable diving save.
60: ALMOST! Molyneux breaks away
Molyneux charges down the right and plays a low ball into the box which just misses Fondop’s foot which would have surely seen the net bulge had it made contact.
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