Came across a feature on YouTube about the away day experience of Harrogate fans at the Vic and at the final whistle the Harrogate players walked towards the Rink End applauding their fans followed by their Manager who unlike his players had his focus firmly fixed not towards his own fans, but over his left shoulder at the crowd in the Mill House, cheering the Pools players....probably thinking Aah, now that’s what I call support.

afraid it is what it is for him with them. if they have a really poor season the harrogate massive will be the size of some NL southern outfit at the vic. they do not know the bad days and i doubt they could take them.

I often wonder if Luke Armstrong thinks the same thing.
It was nice/interesting to see him purposely not celebrating his goal on Saturday.

Funny you should say that, I noticed it too.

No he will be thinking about his increasing bank balance.

just like we do when we move jobs for more money. he was never a pools fan but a pro footballer who the club paid for a few months who gave his best. hope he didn,t get any stick at the game.

Thats right. He is a decent lad who is trying to make a living just like everyone else. I wish him well except of course when he is playing against us.

We wouldn't be in League Two if Luke Armstrong hadn't opened the scoring down at Bristol. Making him out to be some kind of mercenary is absurd. He was under contract at Salford when he scored those goals for us, and it was Salford who sold him to Harrogate.

Players kissing the badge and all that palaver is par for the course these days, but I doubt there's many who wouldn't celebrate a goal out of respect for a club they'd only ever been on loan to!

he genuinely cared for the club and really did enjoy playing for Pools - the many post game interviews he gave you could tell plus i know his dad and his dad would say how much he enjoys being at a north east club pushing them on. The lads a legend in my eyes. No doubt will end up at Stockport next season but ill still feel the same way about him. Got us where we are today !

In the game at The Vic in October at the end of the game he walked around the ground clapping all sides of the ground. I thought then that he had wished he could have signed for us in the summer & not Harrogate.

think if everything had been equal, the money and length of contract he would have done. he never got any shit when he went through his little lean spell with us and would not have had it if the same happened this season. not sure how harrogate fans would react to this.

think if everything had been equal, the money and length of contract he would have done. he never got any shit when he went through his little lean spell with us and would not have had it if the same happened this season. not sure how harrogate fans would react to this.