Brilliant day out. Brekkie in Leeds + footie/swingball in the garden with Samuel and Charlie. Then a trip to the coldest place on god''s earth for a cracking game of football. Absolutely baltic but a great little ground with a nice crowd and a view of HMS Trimcomalee in the distance. ''Big Monkey Man'' and ''Hey Hey We''re The Monkees'' both played pre KO + an announcement to move car reg no ? from outside the ticket office before Cleveland constabulary move it for you! Hangus the Monkey mascot went wild as hartlepool picked up all 3 points. First goal from Poole playing for the Poolies was a great piece of skill flicking a cross up/over 2 defenders and then volleying into the top corner. Equaliser from Jammall Campbell Rice was also excellent skill beating 3 players and shooting low. And the winner was a header that barely crossed the line but was given - the scorer was Hartley. Yep - the scorers for Hartlepool were Hartley and Poole!!!!!!!!!!! Unreal. And to cap it off it was keith Curles last match in charge of County - he was sacked within 24 hours. Shocking really - NCs home form has been poor but they went 22 away games unbeaten - a club record. They only got beaten away in the league for the first time in 11 months the week before this game. But a second away defeat and that''s it - sacked. Not the managerial departure I was expecting from Nottingham - thought McCleish would walk first! Forest lost 2-1 while all this was going on - away at Brum.