Story of the night: Bradford City 1-3 Hartlepool United – Mark Cullen magic helps Pools secure first away win
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A brace from full league debutant put Pools in control before Paudie O’Connor headed Bradford back into the game going into the closing stages.
What threatened to be a nervy end to the game proved to be anything but as Yann Songo’o turned Reagan Ogle’s cross into his own net to put the result beyond doubt in stoppage time.
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FULL-TIME: Bradford City 1 (O’Connor 72) Hartlepool United 3 (Cullen 1’, 60’, Songo’o OG 90’)
Key Events
- Bradford XI: O’Donnell, Threlkeld (Cousin-Dawson 61), O’Connor, Songo’o, Cooke, Cook, Gillead (Lavery 61), Foulds, Vernam, Watt (Robinson 77), Sutton
- Bradford subs: Canavan, Kelleher, Evans, Robinson, Cousin-Dawson, Scales, Lavery
- Bradford bookings: Cooke (69), Sutton (87)
- Pools XI: Killip; Ferguson, Byrne, Hendrie, Sterry; Shelton, Featherstone, Daly, Holohan (Fondop 85); Molyneux (Ogle 89), Cullen (Grey 70)
- Pools subs: Odusina, Mitchell, Jones, Grey, Ogle, Crawford, Fondop
- Pools bookings: none
- Referee: Tom Nield
Bradford team is in!
Bradford XI: O’Donnell, Threlkeld, O’Connor, Songo’o, Cooke, Cook, Gillead, Foulds, Vernam, Watt, Sutton
Bradford subs: Canavan, Kelleher, Evans, Robinson, Cousin-Dawson, Scales, Lavery
Challinor hopeful of Molyneux being involved tonight
The Pools winger missed Saturday’s trip to Salford.
“It would have been a huge risk playing Mols because he trained on Friday and did a little bit,” Challinor said. “We’ll test him on Monday and put him through something more rigorous with the hope he’s available for Tuesday.
“If that’s not the case then it goes without saying, we can’t afford to lose another player, especially a forward one, for an extended period of time.
“He’s a player who is a goal threat for us and a creative threat so we need to be careful with him. Fingers crossed he’ll be fine for Tuesday.”
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We’re in Bradford this evening as Pools still search for their first away win of the new season.
After a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Bradford on Saturday, Dave Challinor will be expecting a reaction from his side in front of another bumper away following at Valley Parade.
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