Story of the day: Hartlepool United 2-1 Carlisle United – bank holiday weekend joy for Pools in front of bumper crowd
and live on Freeview channel 276
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
48: Featherstone’s corner is spilled by Norman in the Carlisle goal
For a split second it looked as though Burey would poke the ball in but the referee was quick to award a free-kick.
Half-time player ratings
Ben Killip - 6
Jamie Sterry - 7
Neill Byrne - 5
Gary Liddle - 6
Zaine Francis-Angol - 6
David Ferguson - 7
Nicky Featherstone - 6
Gavan Holohan - 6
Mark Shelton - 7
Tyler Burey - 8
Will Goodwin - 7
GOAL! Carlisle equalise through Zach Clough
Out of nothing the visitors are level as Clough finds the bottom right corner from close range.