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Simon Grayson: We’ve got a long road ahead!

The Hartlepool United manager assesses the long road his side will travel during his first season with the National League club.
ACTION: Yeovil Town’s Jake Wannell tackles Hartlepool United’s Jermaine Francis PICTURE: Alamy

By Simon Grayson - Hartlepool United manager

I thought the travelling was bad when I managed in India, but it wasn’t actually any worse than the journey from Hartlepool to Yeovil last weekend.
From stepping on the coach to arriving at our hotel was ten hours – pretty much the same as my flight from London Heathrow to Bangalore!
We actually missed a planned training session because the traffic was so bad but that’s part and parcel of football – we didn’t use it as an excuse and we came away with a 0-0 draw.
It wasn’t what we wanted but, in the circumstances, I think we can be satisfied.
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