SEASON 2000-2001

HARTLEPOOL UTD

1: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-1 Southampton
2: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-1 Leicester City (I thought they had put both Knowles + Nelson out for the rest of the season with some terrible challenges.  They are abviously a team out for revenge after last season, luckily Knowles only picked up a knock, but Nelson is injured for ?)
3: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-1 Everton (absouloutly incredible goals from Steve Halliday - bo!)
4: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 Tottenham H.
5: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-2 Arsenal (Howard nearly the hero woth both goals - Ian Wright was unstoppable
6: A) Hartlepool UTD 7-0 Walsall - LCR2L1 (Nice)
7: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Rapid Vienna - ECL Rnd 1
8: A) Hartlepool UTD 3-0 Wimbledon
9: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Chelsea
10: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Walsall - LCR2L2
11: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Nott'm Forest
12: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Lyngby - ECL R1
13: A) Hartlepool UTD 0-0 Aston Villa (somehow I had 11 shots with only 3 on target)
14: H) Hartlepool UTD 0-1 Liverpool (f***ing, w***ing, dirty, mo' f***ing b*****ds, impossible to stop Fowlers crappy shots.  And David James even saved one of my short corner crosses, it really does take the f***ing piss!  I forgot to save the match but I had loads of chances, either I was fouled, or James made a fluky save.)
15: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Port Vale - LCR3
16: A) Hartlepool UTD 4-1 Bolton Wanderers
17: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-1 PSG - ECL R1
18: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Manchester City
19: A) Hartlepool UTD 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
20: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
21: H) Hartlepool UTD 0-1 Newcastle United
22: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 Middlesborough - LCR3 (a tie I should have won)
23: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Rapid Vienna - ECL R1
24: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Leeds United
25: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 Manchester UTD
26: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-1 Middlesborough (A.E.T. 90mins 1-1) - LCR4 replay (An exciting, dramatic match.  They scored with a powerful Barmby drive.  Then I defended hard and worked my way back into the game with a good equaliser.  It went to extra-time and I won it in the 120th minute.)
27: H) Hartlepool UTD 7-0 Sunderland (biggest premiership win)
28: A) Hartlepool UTD 6-0 Lyngby - ECL R1 (3 pens from Nelson)
29: A) Hartlepool UTD 3-2 Middlesborough (Another battle)
30: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Southampton
31: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday - LC Q-F
32: A) Hartlepool UTD 5-0 Leicester City - (An amazing goal from devine from well inside my half.  There were 5 different scorers, Tair capping it off with a fine header.)
33: H) Hartlepool UTD 3-0 Everton
34: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Derby County - FA Cup R3 (the luckiest excape of the season when I hit my own bar, and then my best goal of the season whith a fantastic chip.)
35: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-3 PSG - ECL R1 (yeah, so what!  Trabzonspor in R2 - could be my big chance.)
36: H) Hartlepool UTD 3-1 Tottenham H.
37: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-1 Arsenal (another fight back from a goal behind)
38: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Wimbledon (old McDonald did a lob - eieio!)
39: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-1 Leeds United - FA Cup R4
40: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Leeds United - LC S-F L1 (Two world class goals in a match which I absouloutly bowed through.  1 backflick header by Knowles just before he was subbed through injury.  Then a nice lob over Nigel Martyn by Nelson.)
41: H) Hartlepool UTD 3-1 Trabonzpor - ECL Q-F (I certainly made amends after conceeding the first goal, a classy comeback)
42: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Chelsea (Nelson m/pen)
43: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 Nott'm Forest
44: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Leeds United - LC S-F L2
45: H) Hartlepool UTD 3-1 Aston Villa (Two of the very best goals, both incredible lobs)
46: A) Hartlepool UTD 1-1 Trabonzpor - ECL Q-F L2
47: A) Hartlepool UTD 0-1 Liverpool (AAAaaaaaaahhhhhHHH!!! For ****s sake! It's not bl**dy fair.  Tair was sent off too.)
48: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
49:     Hartlepool UTD 2-1 Manchester UTD - LC Final (A superb win and great match)
50: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-2 Manchester City (T**sers, last minute equalisers)
51: A) Hartlepool UTD 0-0 Manchester UTD - FA cup Q-F (Every match in this round was 0-0, boring!)
52: H) Hartlepool UTD 0-1 Real Madrid - ECL S-F L1 (Bl**dy difficult, that's all I can say!  £878,784 in gate receipts tho')
53: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday
54: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-2 Manchester UTD - FA Cup Q-F replay (The first half was 0-0, so I changed to more attacking tactics, but then Beckham scored a shite goal.   My equaliser was sheer beautiful football tho.  It went to extra-time, my tactics gave me some good chances but they were saved.  But then, in the 117th minute I kicked the ball urgently out of play at the halfway-line.  The reason was so I could bring Howard off the bench for the penalty shoot-out.  But the f***ing b*****ds that Man U are, they threw it straight to Cantona who scored with ridiculous ease.)
55: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Newcastle United (I roasted them : 66% possesion, and 6 times more shots than them on target)
56: A) Hartlepool UTD 3-0 Real Madrid - ECL S-F (What a match!  From the kick-off I obliterated them with 3 fine goals + then constant pressure - An amazing effort, I'll meet Milan in the final)
57: A) Hartlepool UTD 2-0 Leeds United (It is now 3 league games left and i'm 9 points clear after a steady season!!  Man U are 2nd place)
58: A) Hartlepool UTD 0-0 Manchester UTD (That's all I needed against second place Man U.  I am champion once again.)
59: H) Hartlepool UTD 2-2 Sunderland (A wierd match where I let in 2 very silly goals.  Knowles and Halliday saved the game tho.)
60: A) Hartlepool UTD 3-2 Middlesborough (I decided to rest Halliday by subbing him at half-time after he scored one of his trademark lobs to equalise.  I also subbed McDonald for Gerrard who came straight on and scored.  Howard made it 3-1 who was playing for the rested Nelson.  barmby scored another but the 3 points + the championship were in the bag.)
61: H) Hartlepool UTD 1-0 AC Milan - ECL Final (The match started in identical fashion to the Madrid game with Halliday lobbing the keeper in the 1st minute.  And after I had mcuh of the posession and most chances 1-0 was enough.  Hartlepool - European Champions!)
62:     Hartlepool UTD

PL 63; W 44; D 13; L 6; F 115; A 37;

Players/goals

Steven Pears 0
Stuart Ingram 0
Michael Barron 0
Glen Davies 0
Mark Devine 1
Chris McDonald 3
Mark Cooper 0
Mick Tair 1
Steve Halliday 16
Craig Nelson 28
Darren Knowles 48
Sean McAuley 0
Leo Gerrard 2
Keith Houchen 3
Darren Watkiss 0
Joe Allon 1
Stuart Johnson 0
Juninho 0
Steve Jones 0 (Did u really think that the reserve keeper would score) :-)
Ian McGuckin 0
Gary Bjornebye 0
Chris Beech 0
Paul Lomas 0
Steve Howard 12
Graham Lee 0
Muzzy Doncel 0

£ Seasons Buy/Sell £

+ Long term injuries +

Competitions won:-

FA Carling Premiership
League Cup
European Champions League

Comments: Well!