From Deadpool to Dead Pools: a season of abject misery for Hartlepool United
How Hartlepool United fell back into the abyss during the worst season in the club’s history. “The ambition has always been that if the new players gel in, we should be there or thereabouts with the play-offs. It hasn't been the best of starts, but I think if we can put some results together there is no reason why we can't be up there. "It seems like a big ask at the moment, but I am confident we are going to start putting some points on the board.” Raj Singh, Sky Sports News. September 9, 2022. By the time the Chairman had spoken to Keith Downie, the broadcaster’s North East man, he was already seeking his second permanent manager of the season. There was still another one to come later. Singh couldn’t have been more wrong about the play-offs – don’t forget he had already spoke of a ‘play-off budget’ - while bizarrely claiming there was “no reason why we can’t be up there.” (Note: back in 2011, the Darlington chairman claimed after sacking boss Mark Cooper that: “I fe