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Hartlepool United 1-3 Worthing: Lee Clark quits! Pools boss leaves after nine games

Lee Clark stepped down as head coach of Hartlepool United just moments after their lunchtime home defeat against Worthing.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
20 September 2026

Hartlepool United head coach Lee Clark

By Mark Carruthers and Roy Kelly

HARTLEPOOL U 1
Harris 77

WORTHING 3
Adjetey-Brew 35, Aguiar 59, Marquez 90+2

Lee Clark stepped down as head coach of Hartlepool United just moments after their lunchtime home defeat against Worthing.
Goals from Cory Adjetey-Brew, Ricky Aguiar and Jose Marquez subjected big-spending Pools to a sixth defeat from seven games.
Boos rang around Victoria Park at full-time, cranking up the pressure on the former Huddersfield Town, Birmingham City and Blackpool boss.
And he wasted little time in confirming he had ended his nine-match tenure less than 20 minutes l...

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