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Hartlepool United are among the National League title favourites thanks to a strong summer on and off the pitch.
Opinion

How Hartlepool United have blown the National League wide open

"Of course, nothing is guaranteed in football, especially in the notoriously unpredictable National League. Yet Poolies are daring to dream. And let them, because this season is shaping up to be very special indeed."

30.06.26, 10:13 Updated 30.06.26, 10:13 8 Minute Read

Robbie Stelling

Robbie Stelling

Whisper it quietly, but something exciting is building at Hartlepool United.

It's been a long, long time since Pools fans were gearing up for a new season with quite the same level of optimism, confidence and expectation.

Ever since Pools were relegated back to the National League in 2023 - and, in truth, even before that - the club seemed to have lurched from crisis to crisis under the tumultuous stewardship of controversial former owner Raj Singh.

The tempestuous nature of Singh's turbulent reign reached its zenith last summer, when the 61-year-old's sudden and unexpected resignation in March plunged Pools into a perilous and uncertain position.

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