2016–17 Hartlepool United F.C. season

The 2016–17 season is Hartlepool United's 109th year in existence and their fourth consecutive season in League Two.^[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Players

As of 30 August 2016.^[2]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Trevor Carson
2	DF	Carl Magnay
3	DF	Jake Carroll
4	MF	Nicky Featherstone
5	DF	Rob Jones
6	DF	Matthew Bates
7	MF	Nathan Thomas
8	MF	Brad Walker
9	FW	Pádraig Amond
10	FW	Billy Paynter
11	FW	Rhys Oates
13	GK	Adam Bartlett
14	MF	Michael Woods
15	FW	Lewis Alessandra
16	DF	Ben Pollock
17	MF	Nicky Deverdics

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Lewis Hawkins
19	MF	Jordan Richards
20	FW	Jake Orrell
21	DF	Josh Nearney
22	DF	Aristote Nsiala
23	MF	Connor Smith
24	MF	Kieran Green
26	DF	Scott Harrison
27	MF	Jack Blackford
28	MF	Josh Laurent
29	DF	James Martin
31	GK	Ben Dudzinski
33	DF	Liam Donnelly
36	DF	Harly Wise
37	DF	Isaac Assenso

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Player	From	Fee	Ref
12 May 2016	GK	Ben Dudzinski	Durham City	Free	^[3]
24 May 2016	DF	Ben Pollock	Newcastle United	Free	^[4]
24 May 2016	DF	James Martin	Queen of the South	Free	^[5]
6 June 2016	MF	Nicky Deverdics	Dover Athletic	Free	^[6]
7 June 2016	FW	Jake Orrell	Chesterfield	Free	^[7]
16 June 2016	DF	Aristote Nsiala	Grimsby Town	Free	^[8]
20 June 2016	FW	Pádraig Amond	Grimsby Town	Free	^[9]
29 June 2016	FW	Lewis Alessandra	Rochdale	Free	^[10]
19 August 2016	DF	Liam Donnelly	Fulham	Free	^[11]
20 October 2016	DF	Harly Wise	Queens Park Rangers	Free	^[12]
28 October 2016	DF	Isaac Assenso	Scunthorpe United	Free	^[13]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref
17 June 2016	DF	Michael Duckworth	Fleetwood Town	Free	^[14]
24 June 2016	DF	Dan Jones	Grimsby Town	Free	^[15]
4 July 2016	FW	Scott Fenwick	York City	Free	^[16]
1 August 2016	MF	Ebby Nelson-Addy	Worcester City	Free	^[17]
3 August 2016	GK	Peter Denton	Stamford	Free	^[18]
5 August 2016	DF	Harry Worley	Salford City	Free	^[19]
8 August 2016	MF	Kudus Oyenuga	Greenock Morton	Free	^[20]
22 August 2016	FW	Rakish Bingham	Hamilton Academical	Free	^[21]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Player	From	Date until	Ref
30 August 2016	FW	Bradley Fewster	Middlesbrough	10 November 2016	^[22]
30 August 2016	FW	Tom Heardman	Newcastle United	10 November 2016	^[23]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Player	To	Date until	Ref
2 September 2016	FW	Rhys Oates	Gateshead	30 September 2016	^[24]
28 October 2016	MF	Jack Blackford	Whitby Town	25 November 2016	^[25]
25 November 2016	GK	Ben Dudzinski	Darlington 1883	23 December 2016	^[26]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Friendly	Billingham Town	0–4	Hartlepool United	Bedford Terrace, Billingham
15:00		Report	Alessandra 18' Paynter 22' Dixon 25' (o.g.) Amond 60'

20 July 2016 (2016-07-20) Friendly	Hartlepool United	0–3	Sunderland	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:30		Report	Defoe 7', 20' Khazri 16'	Attendance: 6,021 Referee: Tony Harrington

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	Livingston	0–0	Hartlepool United	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Seaham Red Star	1–1	Hartlepool United	Seaham Town Park, Seaham
19:30	Kerr 17'	Report	Harrison 75'

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Guisborough Town	0–6	Hartlepool United	King George V Ground, Guisborough
19:45		Report	Paynter 14' Alessandra 16', 85', 86' Amond 25' Hawkins 57'

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	Hartlepool United	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Report	Van Veen 9'	Attendance: 1,136

League Two

Main article: 2016–17 Football League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Crawley Town	19	6	5	8	21	32	−11	23
17	Morecambe	19	7	2	10	23	36	−13	23
18	Hartlepool United	19	5	7	7	28	32	−4	22
19	Notts County	19	6	4	9	24	32	−8	22
20	Accrington Stanley	19	5	6	8	20	25	−5	21

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
19	5	7	7	28	32	−4	22	2	5	2	11	10	+1	3	2	5	17	22	−5

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L
Position	14	6	7	13	15	19	14	17	15	15	13	13	14	17	20	15	18	13	18

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

On 22 June 2016, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.^[27]

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 1	Hartlepool United	1–1	Colchester United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Paynter 27' (pen.)	Report	Eastman 4'	Attendance: 4,055 Referee: Paul Tierney

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 2	Exeter City	1–2	Hartlepool United	St James Park, Exeter
15:00	McAlinden 31'	Report	Woods 74' Paynter 75'	Attendance: 3,322 Referee: Mark Heywood

16 August 2016 3	Crewe Alexandra	3–3	Hartlepool United	Gresty Road, Crewe
19:45 BST	Dagnall 31' Kiwomya 45' Cooper 56'	Report	Magnay 42', 76' Amond 72'	Attendance: 3,482 Referee: Ben Toner

20 August 2016 4	Hartlepool United	1–2	Notts County	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Nsiala 8'	Report	Laing 65' Stead 76'	Attendance: 3,708 Referee: Michael Salisbury

27 August 2016 5	Hartlepool United	2–2	Newport County	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Featherstone 2' Amond 38'	Report	Rigg 4' Parkin 27'	Attendance: 3,261 Referee: Andy Haines

3 September 2016 6	Stevenage	6–1	Hartlepool United	Broadhall Way, Stevenage
15:00	Pett 27' Walker 44', 57' Wells 53' Tonge 69' (pen.) Godden 78'	Report	Thomas 4'	Attendance: 2,401 Referee: John Busby

10 September 2016 7	Yeovil Town	1–2	Hartlepool United	Huish Park, Yeovil
15:00	Butcher 56'	Report	Thomas 67', 90'	Attendance: 2,749 Referee: Charles Breakspear

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 8	Hartlepool United	0–0	Mansfield Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00		Report		Attendance: 3,775 Referee: Darren Handley

24 September 2016 (2016-09-24) 9	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Hartlepool United	Home Park, Plymouth
15:00	Jervis 84' (pen.)	Report	Thomas 21'	Attendance: 7,591 Referee: Gavin Ward

27 September 2016 10	Hartlepool United	1–1	Luton Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Thomas 45'	Report	Sheehan 78'	Attendance: 3,533 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

1 October 2016 11	Grimsby Town	0–3	Hartlepool United	Blundell Park, Grimsby
15:00		Report	Amond 25', 36' Thomas 60'	Attendance: 5,713 Referee: Chris Sarginson

8 October 2016 12	Hartlepool United	1–1	Crawley Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Alessandra 12'	Report	Collins 74' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,693 Referee: Robert Jones

15 October 2016 13	Carlisle United	3–2	Hartlepool United	Brunton Park, Carlisle
15:00	Ibehre 20' Grainger 68' Raynes 79'	Report	Alessandra 66' Amond 75'	Attendance: 7,333 Referee: Darren Bond

22 October 2016 14	Hartlepool United	1–3	Leyton Orient	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Laurent 45+1'	Report	Sandro Semedo 55' Palmer 62', 71'	Attendance: 3,700 Referee: David Webb

29 October 2016 15	Barnet	3–2	Hartlepool United	Canons Park, London
15:00	Akinde 43' 68' (pen.) Gambin 76' Batt 79'	Report	Thomas 31' Amond 53'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,690 Referee: Nick Kinseley

12 November 2016 16	Hartlepool United	2-0	Cheltenham Town	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Alessandra 45+6' Bates 79'	Report		Attendance: 3,316 Referee: Graham Salisbury

19 November 2016 17	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Hartlepool United	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
15:00	Marquis 23' Mandeville 90'	Report	Amond 42' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,009 Referee: Mark Haywood

22 November 2016 18	Hartlepool United	2-0	Accrington Stanley	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:45	Deverdics 62' Alessandra 90'	Report		Attendance: 2,514 Referee: Richard Clark

26 November 2016 19	Wycombe Wanderers	2–0	Hartlepool United	Adams Park, High Wycombe
15:00	Kashket 23'	Report		Attendance: 3,288 Referee: James Adcock

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Cup

6 November 2016 First round	Hartlepool United	3–0	Stamford	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
14:00	Deverdics 65' Gordon 82' (o.g.) Paynter 85'	Report		Attendance: 2,461 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

3 December 2016 Second round	Port Vale	v	Hartlepool United	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Vale Park

EFL Cup

On 22 June 2016, the first round draw was made, Hartlepool United were drawn away against Preston North End.^[28]

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) First round	Preston North End	1–0	Hartlepool United	Deepdale, Preston
19:45	Doyle 90'	Report		Attendance: 4,509 Referee: Andy Woolmer

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2016–17 EFL Trophy

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Rochdale	3	2	1	0	0	5	3	+2	8	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Sunderland Academy	3	2	0	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Notts County	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	L2	Hartlepool United	3	0	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

31 August 2016 (2016-08-31) Group stage 1	Notts County	2-1	Hartlepool United	Meadow Lane, Nottingham
19:45	Snijders 20' Burke 36' (pen.)	Report	Oates 29'	Attendance: 1,095 Referee: Darren England

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04) Group stage 2	Hartlepool United	0–1	Sunderland U23	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:30		Report	Love 63'	Attendance: 1,295 Referee: John Brooks

9 November 2016 Group stage 3	Hartlepool United	1–2	Rochdale	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
19:30	Oates 85'	Report	Noble-Lazarus 21' Gillam 67'	Attendance: 380 Referee: Scott Duncan

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		Other
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Trevor Carson	18	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF		Carl Magnay	8	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF		Jake Carroll	20	0	17	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
4	MF		Nicky Featherstone	18	1	16	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Rob Jones	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Matthew Bates	11	1	8	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF		Nathan Thomas	16	7	15	7	0	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF		Brad Walker	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW		Pádraig Amond	21	7	19	7	1	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW		Billy Paynter	18	3	14	2	1	1	0	0	3	0
11	FW		Rhys Oates	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
13	GK		Adam Bartlett	7	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
14	MF		Michael Woods	15	1	12	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
15	FW		Lewis Alessandra	22	4	19	4	1	0	1	0	1	0
16	DF		Ben Pollock	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF		Nicky Deverdics	19	2	15	1	1	1	1	0	2	0
18	MF		Lewis Hawkins	20	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
19	DF		Jordan Richards	15	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
20	FW		Jake Orrell	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
22	DF		Aristote Nsiala	21	1	18	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
23	MF		Connor Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF		Kieran Green	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	DF		Scott Harrison	15	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
28	MF		Josh Laurent	21	1	17	1	1	0	1	0	2	0
29	DF		James Martin	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
32	FW		Bradley Fewster	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	DF		Liam Donnelly	11	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	FW		Tom Heardman	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36	DF		Harly Wise	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	Name	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Total
1	Pádraig Amond	7	0	0	0	7
1	Nathan Thomas	7	0	0	0	7
2	Lewis Alessandra	4	0	0	0	4
3	Billy Paynter	2	1	0	0	3
4	Nicky Deverdics	1	1	0	0	2
	Carl Magnay	2	0	0	0	2
	Rhys Oates	0	0	0	2	2
5	Matthew Bates	1	0	0	0	1
	Nicky Featherstone	1	0	0	0	1
	Josh Laurent	1	0	0	0	1
	Aristote Nsiala	1	0	0	0	1
	Michael Woods	1	0	0	0	1

Clean Sheets

Rank	Name	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Total
1	Trevor Carson	4	1	0	0	5
2	Adam Bartlett	1	0	0	0	1

Penalties

Date	Name	Opposition	Scored?
6 August 2016	Billy Paynter	Colchester United	Y
8 October 2016	Nathan Thomas	Crawley Town	N
19 November 2016	Pádraig Amond	Doncaster Rovers	Y
22 November 2016	Pádraig Amond	Accrington Stanley	N

Suspensions

Date Incurred	Name	Games Missed	Reason
27 August 2016	Aristote Nsiala	1	(vs. Newport County)
31 August 2016	Aristote Nsiala	3	(vs. Notts County)
24 September 2016	Scott Harrison	1	(vs. Plymouth Argyle)
27 September 2016	Nicky Featherstone	3	(vs. Luton Town)
29 October 2016	Liam Donnelly	1	(vs. Barnet)

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Hartlepool United F.C. seasons

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National teams

Senior (2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying round)
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U19 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)
U17 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round)

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League 1, League 2)

Levels 5–6	National League

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Combination League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League United Counties League Wessex League Western League West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) FA Community Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase (Final)

EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Bournemouth Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Hull City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterbrough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Blackpool Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

Summer 2016 transfers
Winter 2016–17 transfers
Summer 2017 transfers

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