Story of the day: Hartlepool United 3-2 Harrogate Town – Pools never say die as three goals in six minutes completes comeback
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After George Thomson and a Neill Byrne own goal put the visitors two goals up at the break, a frantic six minute spell at the start of the second half saw Pools turn the game on its head with goals from David Ferguson, Mark Cullen and Matty Daly completing the comeback by the hour mark.
It’s a sixth win in seven home matches at Victoria Park so far this season.
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FULL-TIME: Hartlepool United 3 (Ferguson 52’, Cullen 53’, Daly 58’) Harrogate Town 2 (Thomson 28’, Byrne 35’)
Key Events
- Pools XI: Mitchell; Ferguson, Byrne, Hendrie, Sterry (Ogle 33); Featherstone, Shelton (Liddle 46), Daly, Holohan; Molyneux, Cullen (Grey 72)
- Pools subs: Killip, Liddle, Ogle, Jones, Crawford, Grey, Fondop
- Pools bookings: Byrne (27)
- Harrogate XI: Oxley, Fallowfield, Page, Falkingham, Smith, Burrell, Thomson, Kerry (Power 63), Muldoon (Orsi 73), Diamond, Armstrong
- Harrogate subs: Martin, Orsi, Cracknell, Sheron, Power
- Harrogate bookings:
- Referee: Simon Mather
- Attendance: 5,807 (270 Harrogate)
Welcome back to our Pools live blog!
We’re back at Victoria Park this afternoon for a tough test against second placed Harrogate Town.
Pools have won five and drawn one of their six matches at The Vic in League Two so far this season but will have to be at their best in order to keep their unbeaten record intact.
We’ll have all the build-up and updates throughout the afternoon in our live blog.
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