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WE ARE PROUD OF HART & SOUL
The Non-League Football Paper
|February 09, 2025
FC HARTLEPOOL were playing on a pitch without a barrier, stands or floodlights just a couple of years ago now they're thriving at Step 6 of the National League System and aiming for more.
An integral factor of the Northern League Division Two outfit's rise has, like many Non-League. clubs, been a hardworking board and volunteers.
Promotion from the Weirside League last season - and reaching ground grading - has seen their Grayfields home upgraded rapidly.
And that's been thanks to the help of the Premier League Stadium Fund that has seen more than £207m has been distributed to 1,000 men's & women's clubs for stadium improvements since 2000.
FC Hartlepool have benefited from £95,000 for LED floodlights, a covered spectator stand and pitch barriers to allow them to meet requirements.
Tuesday evening saw the Premier League trophy in town for pictures with the club's junior players ahead of a first team game with Billingham Synthonia.
And chair Salaam Shaheen says it's remarkable to look back on how far they've come in a short space of time.
This story is from the February 09, 2025 edition of The Non-League Football Paper.
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