But was told by someone with pretty good connections to pools ? Apparently pools never got to notts county till 1905 on tuesday if true that not giving the team long to get sorted for a 19.45 ko ,, and after the game cooper was quoted as going ape shit and having a right go at the team ? That's not what this guy said !, he was apparently quiet as a mouse which I find hard to believe

i know 100 percent that he wasn't quiet as a mouse because my mate is doing work experience and was in the dressing room. He said he and Barron both lost it and were going absolutely bonkers.

Good thread then eh!!!

Thread has potential...

If that is true( and I'm sceptical to say the least) then every one will find out within the next couple of weeks or so. Because Pools would have had to hand the team sheet in to the referee for 645(1 hour before KO). therefore the referee will put that in his report and Pools will be hit with a fine.

Unless someone got to the ground before the rest did and handed in the team sheet in the required time as that's the only rule the actual players can turn up 20 minutes before KO and just go straight out to play without warming up.As long as they on the pitch for the designated KO time.

If it helps Pools did the same thing several years ago, under Cooper, on a long losing away streak at Wrexham, and won 5-2.

if travel becomes too problematic, in the future games will be staged with a real team versus virtual opponents (with a travelling army of synthetic supporters c. HMHB). Only the home team fields "real players"