"People know how much this football club and the town means to me, it's lovely to feel like a proper part of it."
19.08.26News
"It's perfect, he allows me to do my job and he doesn't interfere in anything at all. It's great, he's put good people into the right positions and he's letting them get on with their jobs."
17.08.26News
"We know how it felt last season not even finishing in the play-offs, so we don't want to replicate that. We want to do as well as we can."
13.08.26News
"The people of Hartlepool have been crying out for someone like him for years, an owner who's open and wants to take the club to the next level."
01.08.26News
"The key thing that Americans find so interesting is the promotion and relegation. If Wrexham put the spotlight on that process, then we have a real opportunity to engage people here. People will follow the story, they love an underdog story."
29.07.26News
"All the new signings look really encouraging, I think Lee Clark's got a good staff in place. It seems right, it really does seem right this year."
28.07.26News
"It's nice to be feeling excited leading up to the new season for a change, there's been a lot of doom and gloom over the last few years."
"The Hartlepool staff, Leigh Bromby and company have been great. The process of appointing Lee Clark was really smooth, I have no complaints."
27.07.26News
"It's an absolute honour to be custodian of this club, it's the honour of a lifetime."
"Whisper it quietly, but Pools are beginning to look like a Football League club in waiting. Whether that happens next season or further into the future, the winds of progress are beginning to sweep over Hartlepool United."
22.07.26Opinion
Hartlepool United's American adventure is coming to an end, but Pools owner Landon Smith is hoping this week's trip to Fanatics Fest is only the beginning of an exciting new chapter.
19.07.26News
"The meeting I was in was really good, really productive, and I could tell it was headed in a positive direction. Beyond that, there's momentum there, it just needs to be followed up on and executed."
"They got so much attention for that, when I talk to a president or a director of a company, I'm going 'this is Wrexham, part two with The Hobby'. I just took a two-hour meeting into five seconds. Wrexham's story is extremely advantageous for us."
18.07.26News
"We don't just want to get promoted, we want to stay in the Football League. We want to establish ourselves. If we get promoted, we're halfway there. Believe me, we're going to stay."
"We're already up, now we've just got to see how far up we can get."
"After several false dawns under Singh, Pools are set to begin a genuinely new era under Smith. It's little wonder, then, that Poolies are daring to dream."
09.07.26Opinion
Hartlepool United are heading Stateside as the club prepare to showcase their history, folklore, unique footballing culture and passionate fanbase at the world-renowned Fanatics Fest in New York City next week.
08.07.26News
"We ran a lengthy process and we ended up on Lee Clark, who is a fantastic person, his experience is amazing, his knowledge of the North East but in particular Hartlepool is outstanding."
30.06.26News
"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."
30.06.26Opinion
"Having him be a part of this football club is, for everyone involved - the fans included - such an opportunity and a blessing."
29.06.26News
Hartlepool United president Jeff Stelling believes new owner Landon Smith has "made a lot of the right steps" since taking charge of Pools.
22.06.26News
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