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Warren — FM 2011 Hartlepool United Aug-Nov Part 1 2013/14
Hi everyone and welcome back to the north of England and to Hartlepool United and who were about to play their first ever Premier League season. After a very active pre-season where no less than 12 players arrived we were now ready for an uphill challenge to fight for survival in England’s top division.
August Results
A very quiet month to start off our season with 1 win from 3 games but unfortunately the win was in the league cup so I am yet to gain my first point or even my first goal. A difficult few weeks saw me against Everton who finished just outside the European spots last year and were looking to make up for it this season and face the runners up from last season Manchester City. Two very good performances against these two sides put me in a positive mood even though we had lost both games.
September Results
In September there was only going to be a number of 4 matches played with a trip to Blackburn and three home games on the cards I felt that I would get my first goal and points in this month. Indeed that was the case when we secured our first ever Prem goal and win thanks to Lee Foyle against Wolves. A bump back to earth with a 2-0 loss against Blackburn before progressing into the 4th round of the league cup with a 2-1 win over Swansea with Stoyanov scoring against his former employees. The month ended in a sour affair with a poor performance and a thrashing off Stoke City after we had taken the lead with Foyle getting on the end of a Stoyanov cross.
October Results
October came with a similar structure to the fixture list in September but it was the other way round with Hartlepool on the road three times this month with one home game against reigning champions Chelsea. The month started off really well with a 3-1 win over strugglers Nottm Forest. A thumping from Chelsea didn’t show the whole story as we played well it was just the gulf in class that won the game in the end. Another good performance but another defeat followed in a 3-2 thriller with Liverpool. We finished off the month being dumped out of the League Cup at the hands of a fellow promotion team of Wolves.
November Results
With 5 games in total in November it was going to be a busy month and I was hoping for no injuries as my squad his quite bare. A decent draw against Birmingham City started off the month in a good fashion. That was followed with a 1-0 win over neighbours Sunderland and a Michael Turner own goal. The win but us up 14th but we were back down the table after two consecutive losses against Spurs and Man Utd. The month finished with an excellent 4-1 win over fellow strugglers West Brom this was a vital win and its teams like West Brom I need to pick points up against.
Performance of Part 1
The best performance was saved till last and 4 goals were scored, one of many records that I will achieve this season. Two goals from Henaini, Hines and Foyle completed the scoring.
Table
If I am going to be honest I am very pleased with the way we have started this premier league campaign with 4 wins under my belt before we had got to December. I wasn’t getting too over excited as there was only 2 points between us and the relegation spots but alternatively we were only 6 points from a top half finish.
Thanks for reading
Warren
P.S Sorry for the lack of a video but the embed code has changed and it wont let me put the video on the post