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Hartlepool need to kickstart great escape with or without Jeff Stelling’s help | Nick Ames

The harsh truth is that factors far beyond the Sky presenter or Dave Jones are behind the club’s decline and a survival-boosting win at Cheltenham is a mustIf the howls of anguish coming from the Soccer Saturday presenter’s chair are a little louder than normal this weekend there may be a justifiable reason for it. Hartlepool United’s 96-year grip on a Football League place is in grave peril and a defeat at Cheltenham Town, two places and four points above them in League Two, may be enough to apply the final wound with a game to spare. The club’s plight should be familiar to anybody who has regularly seen Jeff Stelling, their most visible fan, in action this season and...

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