Three In A Row As Fleetwood Beat Pools 2-0

Fleetwood made it three wins in a row, with another cleansheet also kept, when Hartlepool were beat 2-0 at Highbury on Saturday afternoon with Alex Marrow having a ‘second debut’ to remember.

The Cod Army got off to a dream start, if you could call it that at Hartlepool’s expense with Jordan Richards sent off with just three-minutes played. A rash tackle earned the defender a straight red card and left the visitors playing virtually the entire match with 10-men.

Hartlepool couldn’t be broke down before the break though, the closest we came being a shot from Charlie Taylor deflecting off David Ball but not into the goal.

Half Time: Fleetwood 0 Hartlepool 0

Steven Schumacher almost changed that within minutes of the second half starting, the pressure was on from the off in the second half but his effort was cleared off the line.

The 10-men had goalkeeper Scott Flinders to thank with him making a brilliant save to prevent Jon Parkin putting the Cod Army ahead but it was eventually Parkin that did make the breakthrough.

If it was thought that would be enough to win the game, Marrow made sure just two-minutes after Parkin’s goal. Mikael Mandron, who was reportedly a target of Hartlepool’s before we got him on loan from Sunderland, passed to the midfielder and his second spell on loan started with him scoring.

Hartlepool almost got one back when Andy Monkhouse rattled the crossbar from fully 30-yards but the reality was the Cod Army should’ve won by a greater margin but it was more than enough to get the points.

Full Time: Fleetwood 2 Hartlepool 0