National League

Mac predicts Pools splash

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 July 2026

Aaron McLean says Hartlepool United’s summer shopping puts them in the title conversation.
By Tom Blackett

The former Conference hot-shot turned pundit has been impressed with how Pools have recruited under new boss Lee Clark.
With new US owner Landon Smith aiming to fire the National League outfit back into the EFL, the north-east club’s arrivals have included former West Ham and Norwich forward Jordan Hugill, Morecambe’s 19-goal top scorer Jack Nolan and Will Harris, who scored 25 times for FC Halifax Town last season.
And former Aldershot and Ebbsfleet striker McLean – who went from Non-...

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