There but for the grace of god.........or a rich Russian owner ! These two were facing off in League 1 as recently as 2013, last season Bournemouth were promoted to the promised land of the EPL, Hartlepool narrowly avoided relegation out of the Football League !  A week is a long time in politics, two years is a lifetime in football !

 

 

Capital One Cup: Hartlepool United- AFC Bournemouth

 

 

 

We discussed United at the end of last month, ahead of a home game with Cambridge United and those notes are reproduced below.