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Hartlepool United

Hartlepool United F.C. are an English football team currently playing in League Two. more...

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Hartlepool play their home games at Victoria Park, which is situated on Clarence Road near the town's coastline.

The most famous person to be associated with Hartlepool United is Brian Clough, who went on to achieve managerial glory with Derby County and to an even greater degree Nottingham Forest. He began his managerial career at Hartlepool in October 1965 but moved on to Derby two seasons later.

Another famous ex-manager is Cyril Knowles, who took over as manager in December 1989 and the following season helped them win promotion to the Third Division. Unfortunately, he was suffering from brain cancer by the time of Hartlepool's promotion success and had to retire just after the end of the season. He died three months later, aged 47.

Mike Newell, one of the most promising managers in English football, began his management career with Hartlepool in November 2002. He took them into Division Two that season but was sacked as the team squandered a 16 points lead at the top of the table. Newell has since gone to be successful with his current club Luton Town.

Hartlepool's main footballing rivals are Darlington. Early in the 1986-87 season, their ground staged one Middlesbrough game because the team from the other side of the Tees were locked out of Ayresome Park by the bailiffs.

History

In 1905, the amateur team West Hartlepool won the FA Amateur Cup which at the time was considered second only to the FA Cup. Partly as a result of this the opportunity for a professional team arose in 1908, when West Hartlepool Rugby Club went bust leaving their stadium ‘The Victoria Ground’ vacant. The stadium was bought and the current club was founded under the name ‘Hartlepools United Football Athletic Company’, representing both the town of West Hartlepool and the original settlement of Old Hartlepool.

The new team joined the professional North-Eastern league and West Hartlepool F.C. lost some of their players to the new professional side. West Hartlepool managed to continue for a few seasons however it wasn’t long before they broke up leaving Hartlepools United as the only team in town.

Hartlepools United made many early applications to join the Football League however their proximity to Sunderland, Newcastle and Middlesbrough led to these applications being rejected. In 1920 the FA decided to form a third division, however in practise this was simply achieved by absorbing virtually the entire top division of the Southern League, with Grimsby Town the only northern representative. This was rectified the following season when a northern third division was created with Hartlepool being one of the founder members.