[retired_elysebona]

it is with some regret that i would like to resign my position from within your clan, I find it unexceptable that clan times are not adhered to and i have massive problems with the speed of the game and the number of players that play in it, rules seem to change or be expanded at the drop if a hat. all that being said you do have some very good players and i wish you all the best.

[retired_bmun2001]

ok mate its your loss and im sure we can get a 14th member to replace you no problem. Im sorry you got annoyed by the rules changing and the time running over in the first session. Wish you all the best in finding another clan

[retired_bmun2001]

just to let all members now clan games will always finish at 11 now (unless gaming times change on website) even if other members can play for longer. This is just to avoid upsetting members if they miss part of their teams games

[retired_elysebona]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ChampHolic:
ok mate its your loss <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

your probably right

[krazypyro217]

David Pleat announces Hoddle's replacement.

David Pleat today has announced Unknown manager Mike Law as his new number one at White Hart Lane.

Mike Law released a press statment today declaring that he aims to bring glory to tottenham both in demestic and european competions. Law said that he was looking to impove some of the areas of the tottenham squad, Mainly GK and middfield.

Law has signed tree young talented players to the club, LMC Damian Luna, GK Andreas Isaksson and SC Hjalmar Porarinsson.

Law has bad start to season.

Law has started the season badly losing 3.0 to Newcastle. Tottenham put in an abismal performance and they looked quite happy to let Newcastle walk all over them.

Law comes out on top in close game.

Law wins his second game beating Middlesbrough 2.0. Middlesbrough started the game on top creating lots of chances, but Tottenham showed good defecive abbility to hold out and they managed to take there chances, with Kanoute as their best attacking outlet.

Tottenham do well to come back from behide.

Tottenham started their home game very badly conciding two goals agaist Wolves. Tottenham did well to ogganise them selves and scored an early second half goal and a late equaliser, in a great game to watch.

Law draws again in close forght game at Villa

Tottenham ave drawn 0.0 at Aston Villa today. The game was uneventful with both teams finding it hard to hit the target.

[come_on_poolies]

Monkey Hangers appoint Lee as manager
Lee promises not to hang any french monkeys unless they "really annoy me"

In a move that has stunned the footballing world, Hartlepool United chairman Ken Hodcroft has sacked Neale Cooper for undisclosed reasons, and appointed rookie Michael Lee as the new man in charge. Lee, deadly at twelve paces with a knife and fork, said of his appointment:

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I'm incredibly pleased to have been given the chance to manage the club I supported as a boy, and I hope I can bring the glory days back to Victoria Park. And I promise not to hang any French monkeys. Unless they really annoy me.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Transfers

Due to Hartlepool being declared a no-go zone by the FBI, no-one has been allowed to leave or join Hartlepool.

NEWSFLASH

All matches played at Victoria Park, Hartlepool will be played wearing radioactive suits, due to the close proximity of Darlington.

Division 2 - Matchday 1

Grimsby Town 1 - Darren Barnard (18)
Hartlepool United 1 - Paul Robsinson (61)

A tough opening day fixture away to Grimsby saw them take the lead early on, only for Robsinson to equalise midway through the second half for a share of the points in Lee's first game in charge of the club.

See next post for Live Coverage of the League Cup first round match

Division 2 - Matchday 2

Port Vale 1 - Marc Bridge-Wilkinson (88)
Hartlepool United 2 - Eifion Williams (66), Steven Istead (77)

A rousing second half display after a dull first half saw Hartlepool take the points from a poor looking Vale side. Lee can be pleased with his players, as they put in a great performance to win 2-1.

Division 2 - Matchday 3

Hartlepool United 1 - Mark Tinkler (3)
Chesterfield 2 - Marvin Robinson (45), Caleb Folan (84)

A very depressing result. Mark Tinkler gave Hartlepool the lead early on, finding space in the box from an Istead free-kick. But Robinson equalised with literally the last kick of the first half, and Hartlepool never recovered. To be fair, they lasted until 5 minutes from time before Folan popped up with the winner, but that just made the defeat a little harder to take.

Division 2 - Matchday 4

Hartlepool United 1 - Steven Istead (13)
Plymouth Argyle 1 - Peter Weaterson (58)

A lucky draw for Hartlepool, although they had the majority of the play in the first half. Steven Istead netting his second of the season. However, once Peter Weatherson equalised for Argyle 13 minutes into the second half, Hartlepool had to withstand heavy amounts of pressure to come out of this one with a draw. A good result.

Division 2 - Matchday 5

QPR 4 - Danny ShÃ*ttu (12), Damian Spencer (41), Kevin McLeod (54, 73)
Hartlepool United 1 - Martin Rowlands (og 61)

Ahem. The less said about this the better. Completely outclassed, and had to rely on them to get us on the scoresheet. Not good.

Division 2 - Matchday 6

Hartlepool United 1 - Eifion Williams (25)
Barnsley 3 - Brian O'Callaghan (1), Tony Gallimore (75), Stephen Carson (78)

Another defeat for Pool, this time to Barnsley, who were always the better side on the day and deserved to win the match.

Division 2 - Matchday 7

Stockport County 4 - Aaron Wilbraham (44, 60), Rob Jones (58), Marc Goodfellow (90)
Hartlepool United 4 - Adam Boyd (18, 22, 45), Ryan McCann (55)



4-1 up after 55 minutes and cruising against ten men. Should be an easy win, no? Exactly. 2 goals in 3 minutes, then an injury time equaliser left Michael Lee seething at his players, and Hartlepool had snatched a draw from the jaws of victory.

Division 2 - Matchday 8

Hartlepool United 0
Notts County 3 - Paul Heffernan (13), Simon Baldry (70), Jon Ostembor (90)

Aha. Ahahahaha. No.

League Cup - 1st and 2nd rounds to follow

[come_on_poolies]

Hartlepool United's League Cup Extravaganza

LIVE and EXCLUSIVE from Victoria Park, Hartlepool

It's the League Cup 1st Round match between

HARTLEPOOL UNITED Vs WATFORD

Key Highlights and Reaction

First Half

4 - Matty Robson throws the ball into play from the right, Richard Lee punches clear and Gavin Strachan has a volley just wide for Hartlepool.

10 - Anthony McNamee puts Heidar Helgusson through, who lays the ball off for Danny Webber to shoot, and Jim Provett turns it wide.

11 - From the resulting Paulo Vernazza corner, Marcue Gayle heads Watford into an early lead. Hartlepool 0 - 1 Watford.

14 - Matty Robson plays a long ball down the left to Richie Humphreys. Humphreys plays a low ball to Mark Tinkler on the left edge of the Watford area, who has a shot just over the bar.

38 - Neal Ardley throws the ball into play from the right, finding the feet of Heidar Helgusson. He finds Danny Webber just outside the 6 yard box, who scores with a right footed volley low past Provett. Hartlepool 0 - 2 Watford.

40 - Gavin Strachan lays the ball off to Robson, who finds Humphreys down the left. Humphreys centers it for Paul Robinson, who has a smart left-footed drive well saved by Richard Lee in the Watford goal.

41 - Gavin Mahon puts a shot well wide following a long ball from the Watford defence.

Half time score - Hartlepool United 0 - 2 Watford

We'll be back in a moment with the second half

[come_on_poolies]

Second Half

47 - Strachan plays a long ball forward which Eifion Williams manages to keep in play on the goal-line. He crosses for Istead, who has a shot well saved by Lee.

49 - Matty Robson plays it long to Humphreys on the left once more, who passes first time to Paul Robinson in the penalty area. Robinson crosses for Eifion Williams to head home from the 6 yard line. Hartlepool 1 - 2 Watford.

51 - Mahon plays through Helgusson, who squares to Webber 25 yards from goal with only the goalkeeper to beat. However, under pressure from the defence, he skies his shot.

54 - Istead challengs McNamee on half-way and wins the ball. He plays it square to Robinson, who passes back to Istead, now on the right wing. Steven Istead cuts into the penalty area, and angles a low drive across the keeper and into the bottom corner of the net. Hartlepool United 2 - 2 Watford.

59 - Robson on half way passes forward to Humphreys in acres of space again. Humphreys controls well, gets into the penalty area, and puts across a beautiful cross which Eifion Williams head home for his second of the game. Hartlepool United 3 - 2 Watford.

60 - Substitution by Watford. Paulo Vernazza is replaced by Paul Devlin.

61 - Chris Westwood hits forward a free-kick for Hartlepool, which again finds Humphreys unmarked down the left. Humphreys gets to the byline, and puts in a cross to Robsinson. Paul Robinson turns his man, and fires into the net for Hartlepool's fourth goal in 12 minutes. Hartlepool United 4 - 2 Watford.

71 - McNamee plays Danny Webber through, but after being forced wide and challenged, McNamee puts the ball over.

72 - Watford make another substitution. Heidar Helgusson goes off, to be replaced by Bruce Dyer.

80 - Richie Humphreys swings over a corner from the left hand side, which Steven Istead nods in from the near post. Hartlepool United 5 - 2 Watford.

82 - Paul Devlin puts a cross in from the right, which Anthony McNamee has a shot from, but Provett saves well.

85 - Mahon plays it forward for Webber again, but once more the young striker puts the shot over the bar when a goal looked more likely.

90 - Istead wins the battle in the air for the ball, and nods it forward to Eifion Williams. Williams plays in Paul Robsinson, who puts the ball in, only for the goal to be disallowed for offside.

92 - Steven Istead picks up the ball on the right wing, and runs down the line with it. He swings a cross over which eludes everyone in the box and falls to Humphreys at the back post, who turns, knocks it in for Paul Robinson to get his second of the game and Hartlepool's sixth. Hartlepool United 6 - 2 Watford.

94 - Referee Barry Knight blows for full time.

Absolutely AWESOME. We ran them ragged, and the goals were well worked and we fully deserved to go through. 6 goals in the second half - I couldn't believe what I was witnessing.

:thup::thup::thup::thup::thup: out of 5 on the Thuppometer.

League Cup 2nd Round

Wigan Athletic 4 - Chris Brandon (3, 39), Nathan Ellington (9), Jason de Vos (71)
Hartlepool United 0

Blah. After the euphoria of round one, we go out a bit weakly here, outclassed everywhere. Unfortunate, but we can concentrate on our poor league form now.

Next - Can Hartlepool pick up in the league, or are they destined for a relegation struggle? Find out here!

[retired_deanna69]

With just under a month left before the premiership kick off, Aston Villa's fans were left shocked when it was revealed David O'Leary had been sacked after he was found guilty of match fixing.Villa quickly appointed unknown manager Fran Cochrane, who vowed to sort the club out and bring back the respect it deserved.

After assesing his squad the new manager dipped into the tranfer market looking to streghten.

With little money to spend Cochrane brought in 3 new faces, David Bellion on loan, Jan Kristiansen for 1.5M and unknown Romanian center half Radoi who he hopes will make a good patnership with mellberg in the center of defence.

In his first league game of the season in charge Cochrane won 2-1 against Liverpool with vassell grabbing both goals and a m.o.m display.

Next up was southampton, the score ended 1-1 in slow game with little chances.

Villa lost two of their next 3 games going down 1-0 to man utd, drawing 0-0 against spurs and losing 2-0 to fulham with Ronny Johnson recieveing red early on.

Things got better in thier next game with a 3-0 win away to Leicesterwith radoi grabbing his first goal.

With the league cup next Villa hosted Swansea where the home side won 1-0 in a game that could have gone either way

[retired_bmun2001]

im very sorry to hear that mate but surely you can still play as not too many games have been played and every session will finish at 11 now unless times officially change on website