HART-BREAKER! Hartlepool fans look dejected – in stark contrast to South Shields

Supporters celebrating FA Vase success
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IT HAS not been a vintage season for the North-East. Aside from Newcastle United’s Championship success, the region – often described as a hotbed of football – has seen relegation for Sunderland and Middlesbrough and to cap it all, Hartlepool United dropping out of the Football League. Thank heavens South Shields and the FA Vase have brought some relief to the area.
In the days when clubs had to seek...