FM_TNSSO
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UNBELIEVABLE JEFF!! A HARTLEPOOL UNITED STORY!!
Jeff Stelling, probably Hartlepool United's most famous fan...and a man that most of the UK football community know and love! Getting us through Saturday afternoons for as long as most of us can remember, I can't imagine anyone else ever taking over Soccer Saturday from the main man himself!
Now Jeff's not had it easy as a Pools fan over the past few years and we've had to witness the anguish, disappointment, pain and disbelief through our TV screens! Jeff shows the emotion that we all feel as football supporters and this story is in honour of him as I take over as manager of his beloved club and try to give him something to celebrate and bring the good times to Hartlepool!
The long term aim is to take them all the way to the top of English football. Something that should take me quite a while, with them currently languishing in the National League (4th tier), having occupied non league status for the past couple of seasons now! Between 1958 and 2017, the club fluctuated between League One and League Two always kind of being the mediocre side that would battle for playoffs in League Two and struggle against relegation in League One!
The Hartlepool fans have had nothing....absolutely nothing to celebrate over the years as they've never won a single trophy!! The highlights being a runners up spot in League Two in both 2003 and 2007, but no Hartlepool player has ever won a winners medal for anything...something else I will be trying to change!
The club play their home games at Victoria Park, a pretty old stadium which was built all the way back in 1886! It has a capacity of 7,856 and during my tenure here, I'd like to see us into a new stadium altogether!
As far as my profile goes for this game, I have started with the recommended badges and experience as suggested by FM for this level! That means I have a Continental C Licence and playing experience as a professional footballer at local level!
Career Progress
2018/19 Season
Vanarama National League; Winners
Emirates FA Cup; 3rd Round (Coventry City)
Buildbase FA Trophy; Semi Final (Halifax Town)
2019/20 Season
Sky Bet League Two; Winners
Emirates FA Cup; 2nd Round (Barrow)
Carabao Cup; 4th Round (Man City)
Checkatrade Trophy; 2nd Round (Man City U23s)
2020/21 Season
Sky Bet League One; 4th (Playoff Winners)
Emirates FA Cup; 1st Round (Forest Green)
Carabao Cup; 1st Round (Preston)
Checkatrade Trophy; 2nd Round (Liverpool U23s)
2021/22 Season
Sky Bet Championship; 7th
Emirates FA Cup; 3rd Round (West Brom)
Carabao Cup; 3rd Round (Rotherham Utd)
[FONT="]2022/23 Season[FONT="]
Sky Bet Championship; 6th (Playoffs; Lost in Final to West Brom)
Emirates FA Cup; Quarter Final (Arsenal)
Carabao Cup; Quarter Final (Manchester City)[/FONT][/FONT]
Trophy Cabinet
1x Sky Bet League One Playoff Winners (2020/21)
1x Sky Bet League Two Champions (2019/20)
1x Vanarama National League Champions (2018/19)
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