Story of the night: Hartlepool United 1-0 Everton under-21s – Antony Sweeney starts with a win as Huddersfield Town loanee is the hero again
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Matty Daly’s fourth goal of the competition saw Pools go top of the Group A and secure their place in the next round in Antony Sweeney’s first match back in caretaker charge.
The victory also sees them net £10,000 in prize money.
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FULL-TIME: Hartlepool United 1 (Daly 71) Everton under-21s 0
Key Events
- Antony Sweeney takes caretaker charge for Pools tonight in the Papa John’s Trophy.
- Pools XI: Mitchell; Jones, Francis-Angol (Molyneux 60), Byrne, Odusina, Ogle; Crawford, Smith, Shelton; Goodwin (Cullen 80), Grey (Daly 70)
- Pools subs: Killip, Hendrie, Featherstone, Daly, Molyneux, Cullen, Fondop
- Pools bookings:
- Everton u21s XI: Tyrer; John, Astley, Welch, Campbell, Price, Warrington (McAllister 84), Onyango, Hughes, Cannon (Anderson 46), Dobin
- Everton u21s subs: McAllister, Cuirk, Barret, Anderson, Mills, Whittaker, Hunt
- Everton u21s bookings:
- Referee: Anthony Backhouse
- Attendance: 1,990 (52 Everton)
The Toffees’ team is in
Everton u21s XI: Tyrer; John, Astley, Welch, Campbell, Price, Warrington, Onyango, Hughes, Cannon, Dobin
Everton u21s subs: McAllister, Cuirk, Barret, Anderson, Mills, Whittaker, Hunt
The Pools line-up has been confirmed
Pools XI: Mitchell; Jones, Francis-Angol, Byrne, Odusina, Ogle; Crawford, Smith, Shelton; Goodwin, Grey
Pools subs: Killip, Hendrie, Featherstone, Daly, Molyneux, Cullen, Fondop
Good afternoon - welcome back to our Pools live blog
It’s been an eventful few days at Hartlepool and the dust is still yet to settle.
A 5-0 defeat at Leyton Orient followed by the effective departure of manager Dave Challinor has left us all wondering just what went wrong in such a short space of time?
But it’s a quick turnaround for Pools as they host Everton under-21s in the Papa John’s Trophy at Victoria Park this evening with the winners progressing to the next round of the competition.
Antony Sweeney will be in caretaker charge for the match and we’ll have all the build-up and updates throughout the evening here in our live blog...