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Only club in the 92 whose ground is on a seperate island and not on the mainland UK.
 

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Some more tinpot claims...

First club in the north west to install floodlights........
But not first to play a match under floodlights apparently. It seems that Southport Central played South Walton in front of a crowd of 3,000, "illuminated by the Wells Patent Limelight," on 31 December 1889.

The 7.30 kick off was delayed because, although the visitors were there, Southport were still down the pub - they "had a reputation for lateness at that time." Originally a re-scheduled Lancashire League match (inaugural season), the visitors lodged an objection before kick-off and a friendly was played, Southport losing 2-1.

It was more than 70 years before floodlights were erected at Haig Avenue - and I think I remember them visiting Holker Street in the NorthWest Floodlit League in around 1967/68.
 

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But not first to play a match under floodlights apparently. It seems that Southport Central played South Walton in front of a crowd of 3,000, "illuminated by the Wells Patent Limelight," on 31 December 1889.

The 7.30 kick off was delayed because, although the visitors were there, Southport were still down the pub - they "had a reputation for lateness at that time." Originally a re-scheduled Lancashire League match (inaugural season), the visitors lodged an objection before kick-off and a friendly was played, Southport losing 2-1.

It was more than 70 years before floodlights were erected at Haig Avenue - and I think I remember them visiting Holker Street in the NorthWest Floodlit League in around 1967/68.
We beat them to that.

Even though floodlights weren't installed at Gigg Lane until 1953 we played a game under the same "wells patent limelight" back on 5th November 1889.
 

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We were the first team to score following a free kick being moved forward 10 yards for dissent. Shrewsbury opening day of the 2000-2001 season.
 

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The only team below Yeovil in the alphabet.

The only club whose ground has been named after a chocolate bar.

Won twice at Wembley in the same season.
 

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In 1998, our bacon butties put us at the top of "Colman's Football Food Guide" league table. We still go on about them but at present we'd probably struggle to get in the top 50 - although the Habbin (especially the Balti Pies) seem to better than the rest of the ground.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/football_food/53014.stm

Pools and Wycombe were the only current L2 sides in the top 20. Oxford were a place above Wembley at 88.

Except for emergencies, I tend to avoid the stadium offerings on my travels these days. However, (beer sometimes takes priority over food pre-match) Burton's faggots or pie and peas deserve special mention for their quality and value, even though they fall far short of the non-stadium offerings available at places like Dagenham's pie & mash shops or the meatballs at Tranmere's Villa Venezia.
 

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Only stadium surrounded by flood defences?
Only stadium to have had a stand sponsored by a union?
Anyone else had Elton John play at their stadium?
 

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Only stadium surrounded by flood defences?
I think Boston United are at or below sea level, so there must be a few sandbags around somewhere.

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The only team below Yeovil in the alphabet.

The only club whose ground has been named after a chocolate bar.

Won twice at Wembley in the same season.

So did Cambridge, just not twice in 8 days
 

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Town were, and still are, to my knowledge the only club to have had a bloke in a boat retrieving footballs from a river outside their ground.

Fred Davies, The Gay Meadow Coracle Man.

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Fred notably also ran the line against Chesterfield in 1971 after the referee had to leave the field due to illness.
 

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In 1998, our bacon butties put us at the top of "Colman's Football Food Guide" league table. We still go on about them but at present we'd probably struggle to get in the top 50 - although the Habbin (especially the Balti Pies) seem to better than the rest of the ground.

Cambridge's bacon butties are legendary.:10:
 

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Only club in the 92 whose ground is on a seperate island and not on the mainland UK.
I did not know that, just been on Google Earth and Wikipedia to learn more, after London, Portsmouth is the most densely populated city......you'd think in my 50 years I'd have known that... Do they do trips around the island?
 

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Of course Pools are the most successful at being re elected 14 times entered 14 times successful .....no one has come close......

Plus longest sequence without scoring,probably some more shit records i can't remember.
Last season we were the only league team to turn out 11 english players
The only ground to be bombed by the kaiser in WW1.
Celebrity fans;
Jeff Stelling
Meatloaf
Des Barnes,Coronation St.
 

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Jeff stelling and meatloaf fine, but des Barnes from corrie is pushing it a little!?
 

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We were known as 3 different names in under 10 years , upto 68 Hartlepools United, upto 77 as Hartlepool FC and from 77 Hartlepool United!
 

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Anybody mentioned that Bury are the only team to have scored over 1000 goals at all 4 levels of the football league?
 

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Or a director pushing a black pudding across the pitch with his nose.
 

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David Seaman played his last ever professional game against us in 2004 for Manchester City, getting injured and then retiring soon after.
 

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We finished Brian Cloughs career when be broke his leg
 

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[QUOTE="AdamStag, post: 120309, member: 881but des Barnes from corrie is pushing it a little!?[/QUOTE]

Yes.But we haven't got much going for us.
 

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Brian Clough's 1st game as a manager at Hartlepool was a pre-season at Eton Park against Burton Albion. The Southern league cup holders were then managed by his old mate from his playing days at Middlesbrough, Peter Taylor. Later that season he joined Cloughie and the rest is history !
 

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