During the 1965–66 English football season, Hartlepools United competed in the Division Four, the FA Cup and the League Cup.
Season summary The club was a perennial struggler and had repeatedly had to apply for re-election to the Football League, having finished in the bottom two of the Fourth Division five times in the past six seasons. After sacking Geoff Twentyman (two years later he joined The Boot Room in Liverpool F.C.), the Board appointed the 30-year-old Brian Clough in October 1965 to his first managerial role. He accepted the job and immediately asked former Middlesbrough goalkeeper Peter Taylor (then managing non-League Burton Albion) to join him as his assistant. Also, Clough offered the trainer spot to Jimmy Gordon a former Middlesbrough assistant during his player stage in that team, however, Gordon rejected the offer and continued to work with Blackburn Rovers as its club trainer. Teenage midfielder John McGovern joined the club after Taylor scouted him at Central Park.
Squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from TypeFWJimmy MulvaneyWhitby Town DF Bobby McLeod Sunderland DF Brian Drysdale Lincoln City GK Les Green Burton Albion DF Tony Parry Burton Albion FWErnie PhythianWrexham A.F.C. Out Pos. Name To Type MF Neville Bannister Rochdale F.C. FW Bobby Entwistle FW Terry Francis Consett F.C. MF Bobby Morrell Thornley Colliery Welfare
Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Johnny Gill Mansfield Town DF Brian Grant Nottingham Forest FW Joe Livingstone Carlisle United Out Pos. Name To Type MF Jimmy Cooper Addington F.C. DF Alan Fox Bradford City MF Billy MarshallHorden Colliery Welfare
Results
Division Four
League table
Results by round
Matches .- Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/hartlepool-united/tab/matches/season/1966/
FA Cup
Round one
Round Two
Round Three
League Cup
Round one
Round Two
Statistics Squad statistics
References