See there's paper talk putting him in the frame for the manager's job - no doubt utter bollox like several of the other names mentioned recently.

The main reason seems to be that 's he's still living in the North-East after being sacked by Sunderland. Ironic really, because when he was a (good) player for Pools he broke his contract because his missus was homesick for the bright lights of Glenrothes.

Wouldn't fancy it even if he claimed to be interested. I suspect he'd be like that other Scottish oath breaker John Duncan - who walked out on Pools for a better job after 9 games as manager in the 1980s. By Duncan's standards Challinor should have got a gold watch

You get the feeling his name, as well as a few others already mentioned, are just mentioned to get their names out on the circuit again. Or if they’re at a club to help negotiate them a better deal there. They will actually have zero interest in coming here I bet.

There’s people on those lists whose only connection to Pools is they were once diverted through the town on a train because of track work at Durham.
Tenuous.