After supporting Pools for 35 years, Dave King shares his views on the Club's history with us.

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What's been your favourite moment supporting Pools?

The whole weekend at Cardiff for the Play-off final, the proudest and most emotional time of my life.

What's the best thing about supporting Pools?

Walking towards the turnstiles on a matchday is and always will be the best thing about supporting Pools, I still get the same butterflies in my stomach now as I did the very first time I went as a 9 year old.

Who has been your favourite ever Pools player?

Bob Newton, he always gave 100%, was a great player in a poor Pools team at the time and always had, and still does have a great rapport with the fans.

Who has been the unsung hero of the 100 years?

Hard to name a single one because one thing Pools have always had is the people behind the scenes who have kept the club going over the years, even now the people working in the commercial, administration and other departments away from the football itself do a fantastic job without ever winning the acclaim they should.

If you could sign one player for Pools, who would it be?

Apart from Bob Newton in his heyday or another Ritchie Humphreys, I can't think of one, as long as we sign players who show passion and commitment to the cause of HUFC I'll be happy

What are your hopes for the new season?

I'd like to see us mount a serious and sustained challenge for the play-offs, and then to win them. This club is no smaller than Colchester, Scunthorpe, Southend and the likes and there's no reason why we shouldn't enjoy a season or two in the Championship.

Really I just hope we can have a Centenary Season that we can all remember.

What grounds are you looking forward to visiting next season?

Leicester City

Who do you think will be Pools' biggest threat in League One next term?

Ourselves at times, sometimes our fans can be too impatient and this rubs off on the players, really we shouldn't fear anyone, after all we ARE Hartlepool and the players AND fans should be proud of that and stand UNITED right through the season.