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
Here’s how the top half of League Two is looking ahead of today’s fixtures
Pools currently occupy the final play-off position but have played a game fewer than most teams around them.
Carlisle sit level on points with their hosts today and will obviously go ahead of them with a win today.
Three points for either side today could see them move into the automatic promotion places.
Today’s fixtures
Hartlepool v Carlisle
Harrogate v Exeter
Walsall v Stevenage
Crawley v Northampton
Leyton Orient v Bradford
Barrow v Bristol Rovers
Scunthorpe v Tranmere
Sutton v Oldham
Swindon v Mansfield
Salford v Newport
Forest Green v Port Vale
Gooooooooood morning! Welcome back to our Pools live blog
It’s just the small matter of Carlisle United in front of 6,000+ screaming Poolies at Victoria Park this afternoon. Have you got your ticket?
If not, don’t fret as we’ll have all the team news, build-up, updates and reaction right here as always in our live blog.
Pools have enjoyed a solid start to life back in League Two with six points from their opening three games.
They have won both their league matches at Victoria Park so far this season and boast the best home record in the country in 2021 but they’re up against a Carlisle side who are yet to taste defeat after four league matches so far this season.
To keep up to date throughout the day, simply refresh and scroll through our live blog.