Hartlepool United

[jonthefox]

Only 15 days away from administration. Something I’m sure we can all relate to.

 

https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/timeline-of-decline-for-troubled-hartlepool-united-1-8950138

[Finnegan]

Enter Jeff, stage left. 

[Fox92]

Yet another football league club falling. Shame.

 

Can't believe the size of some of those clubs in non league. The likes of Hartlepool, Halifax, Tranmere...

[Wymsey]

4 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Enter Jeff, stage left. 

Am sure he'll provide them with some much-needed funds. He's quite an avid fan.

The area in itself is quite a dump, no offence to the fans; and can see it being a big group of locals plugging in as a result of no big international investors wanting to back the club.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

20 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Yet another football league club falling. Shame.

 

Can't believe the size of some of those clubs in non league. The likes of Hartlepool, Halifax, Tranmere...

 

Even York and Orient, some of them have just been terribly handled. It's funny when it's Cov but I feel bad for others.

[GaelicFox]

They hung a Monkey 

 

lets hope they go bust 

[boots60]

16 minutes ago, GaelicFox said:

They hung a Monkey 

 

lets hope they go bust 

Not just a monkey but also a French spy 

 

Edited 10 January 2018 by boots60

[Vacamion]

It's awfully sad.

 

After Darlington imploded a few years back, the area has had it rough.

 

I've got rellies in Hartlepool. 

 

My uncle used to tell me as a little 'un that when he arrived in Hartlepool, he was looking for their ground and was told to follow the crowd,  and ended up in the Co-op.

 

Gullible boy , I totally believed him...

 

We see middle ranking players in the Prem who don't play much earning obscene amounts, while lower tier clubs go bust.

 

Trickle-down doesn't seem to work down at the bottom of the football pyramid.

 

[davieG]

22 minutes ago, Vacamion said:

It's awfully sad.

 

After Darlington imploded a few years back, the area has had it rough.

 

I've got rellies in Hartlepool. 

 

My uncle used to tell me as a little 'un that when he arrived in Hartlepool, he was looking for their ground and was told to follow the crowd,  and ended up in the Co-op.

 

Gullible boy , I totally believed him...

 

We see middle ranking players in the Prem who don't play much earning obscene amounts, while lower tier clubs go bust.

 

Trickle-down doesn't seem to work down at the bottom of the football pyramid.

 

Reflecting life.

[foxfanazer]

Unbelievable Jeff

[Leicesterpool]

Could that mean ten point deduction which would but them second from bottom currently in the national league

[Brainy]

I'm sure there will be a passionate cry from Jeff read from a script on Soccer Saturday

[MC Prussian]

Just think about how easily teams like Hartlepool could be saved or at least given a lifeline if some of these rich football ****ers were to join forces and donate a fraction of their *cough* hard-earned money.

 

Sometimes, football can save lives. I think it's not an overstatement when I say that football is what's keeping a whole region alive up there in No Man's Land.

Here's to the club getting out of troubles soon.

Edited 10 January 2018 by MC Prussian

[Mendi]

I really hope the club is saved.

[Ross-Kemp]

5% of all transfer fees and 1% of every premier league players wage should go to the FA, with a clear audit trail.

 

This pot can be used to keep clubs like this afloat, the rest goes back into grass roots football. The interest on this money can go to pay off the Wembley debt.

[jonthefox]

It does make you wonder if the money from TV rights is evenly distributed. I mean, would we really miss £200 k from the 100 million we receive every season?. 

[SemperEadem]

Chucked some money their way.

Used to go watch Hartlepool when they had away games in the Midlands way with an old school mate.

 

Looking like Middlesborough fans abd board are rallying around to help Pools after they in turn helped save Boro in the 80's.

[Steven]

9 hours ago, MC Prussian said:

Just think about how easily teams like Hartlepool could be saved or at least given a lifeline if some of these rich football ****ers were to join forces and donate a fraction of their *cough* hard-earned money.

 

Sometimes, football can save lives. I think it's not an overstatement when I say that football is what's keeping a whole region alive up there in No Man's Land.

Here's to the club getting out of troubles soon.

Professional footballers should contribute 0.5% of their gross wage to a solidarity fund. Though only issue with that is that it might induce some crap owners to rely on such a fund.

[Voll Blau]

Club needs saving if just so we can keep enjoying their fans' traditional en masse fancy dress fun on their last away of the season.

[Richard]

A group of players, led by Juan Mata, have clubbed together to donate 1% of their wages albeit to charity rather than to other football clubs...

 

Including our own Kasper

[walkerleeds]

Looking forward to a load of rich people in the football world asking poor people for money to save Hartlepool United.

[StanSP]

Preston have just bought Conor Simpson from them. Wonder if there's enough funds in that deal to help them out. 

[GaelicFox]

Need 200k to stay alive till Feb 1st 

 

Jeff is a little short 

Edited 12 January 2018 by GaelicFox

[purpleronnie]

1 hour ago, GaelicFox said:

Need 200k to stay alive till Feb 1st 

 

Jeff is a little short 

[Leicesterpool]

Any news on this, have they reached there target?