Buyout lifeline for Pools 'really close'

It has been - and, indeed, remains - an uncertain and daunting time for Pools fans.

- Robbie Stelling

Although Singh, whotook over with the club in chaos and teetering on the edge of oblivion in 2018, has divided opinion almost from the moment of his arrival, he has at least managed to keep Pools on a more or less stable financial footing.

Yet there have been times since his sudden and unexpected resignation, announced in a bullish statement at the beginning of March, when it was felt like the club were about to have the rug pulled from underneath them.

Having announced his decision to leave after what he termed "personal abuse and the misrepresentation of information" made his position "untenable", Singh declared his intention to stop funding the club at the end of the season.

That left Pools in a race against time to complete a takeover deal before the end of the season, which concluded on May 5.