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Clark has renewed zest for Pools quest

Lee Clark is relishing the opportunity that lies ahead at National League club Hartlepool United.

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
17 May 2026

LEE CLARK tried to put on a brave face during the fallow decade that followed his departure from Blackpool in 2015.
By Chris Dunlavy

He tried to pretend that he was enjoying the break, and that he hadn’t missed the pressures that came with managing Huddersfield in League One or Birmingham in the Championship.
He made the best of brief stints at Bury and Blyth Spartans, broadened his horizons by managing in the African Champions League with Sudanese side Al-Merrikh and spent two months in Oman with Al-Ittihad.
Then, in March, the former Newcastle and Fulham midfielder was handed a short-term...

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