Hartlepool United FC

Hartlepool United Football Club is an English football club, founded in 1881 as Hartlepool Amateur Football Club. Hartlepool is a professional club In 1908, and the name changed to Hartlepool United Football Club.

In the 1921/22 season Hartlepool makes his appearance in the Professional League. The first game in the League is won 2-0 to Wrexham . In that season, a player sold for £ 10 and a box of smoked herring. A club-record at that time.

From 31 August 1946, when Hartlepool plays its first game after the war, the club plays in the blue and white striped shirt. In the period from 1943 to 1957 know to climb to the Fourth Division Hartlepool (the current Football League Two).

On January 5, 1957 plays Hartlepool are memorable contest. In the third round of the FA Cup with Manchester United's 4-3-at the time, nicknamed Busby Babes -lost. Matt Busby, the Manchester United coach, mentioned the contest in his biography the most exciting match he had ever seen. On 4 april 1959 the club achieves its highest victory in the competition. Barrow is with 10-1 records.

In the 1967/68 season promoted to the Third Division Hartlepool Hartlepool as AFC (the current Football League One). However, it degrades the season after again. From the 1977/78 season plays went under the name of Hartlepool United.

Buy the Scottish oil company In 1997 Increased Oil Recovery Ltd. (IOR) the club. In that season know IOR the Norwegian international Jan Ove Pedersen for three months to get to the club. He is seen as the best player ever for Hartlepool has come true.

In 1999 the English know Hartlepool legend Peter Beardsley to put on.

In the 2002/03 season promoted Hartlepool to the Second Division. The Second Division is after the first season that Hartlepool played there, and promotion via the play-offswas missing, renamed League One.

Also in the season 2004/05 the club know weather to reach the play-offs. After a victory on penalties on Tranmere Rovers plays the club on 29 may 2005 the play-off final against Sheffield Wednesday. The promotion to the second highest level of the English professional football is in the Nick missed: Hartlepool loses the match after OT 4-2.The season then is disastrous and Hartlepool degrades even to the Football League Two.

For the beginning of the season 2006/2007 is sold striker Adam Boyd. He was club top scorer in the season 2004/2005 but was in the season 2005/2006 not to many goals come because of injuries. During his peak he was in the interest of Liverpool FC and Newcastle United. Boyd departed for a sum of 500 thousand pounds to Luton Town, which plays in the Championship. Despite the loss of Boyd achieves Hartlepool a second place in its series and promotes it to the League One. ==Palmares[ Edit] == Hartlepool has (yet) no major awards. ==Well-known (former) players[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Peter Beardsley
 * Adam Boyd
 * Rune Long
 * Tony Parry
 * Jan Ove Pedersen
 * Jacky Newton
 * Nolberto Solano