CHALLINOR'S A POOLS WINNER

DAVE CHALLINOR said his Stockport side have played better and lost after winning 5-0 at his former club Hartlepool.

Challinor, who left Pools in November 2021 after guiding them back to the EFL, made his first return to the club and saw Kyle Wootton’s first-half double put Stockport in control.

Paddy Madden’s header and goals from Callum Camps and Will Collar secured Stockport a seventh win in nine league games.

Challinor said: “It was a great result for us. In terms of an overall performance, we have been better and lost but we were functionally very good and clinical. That is the pleasing thing.”