The Hartlepool Mail's Robbie Stelling reacts to Saturday's hard-fought win over Halifax

The Hartlepool Mail's Robbie Stelling reacts to Saturday's hard-fought win over Halifax.

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00:00Here at the Shea where Hartlepool United have recorded back-to-back victories for the first

00:05time since November and just the second time this season after beating play-off-chasing

00:09Halifax Town 1-0. Reyes Cleary's 40th minute strike, his third goal in four games, made

00:15the difference for a poolside who dominated large parts of the first half but had to produce

00:19a spirited rear-guard action in the second as they begin to build a bit of momentum under

00:25Anthony Lindbrick. As you can probably see behind me, the conditions here at the Shea

00:29are not the best but Pools adapted well. They were more direct than they were in last weekend's

00:34win over Boston United having made one enforced change after the luckless Anthony Mancini

00:40was ruled out having missed training in the week to be replaced by Joe Gray. Pools were

00:46good for a large part of the first half, created a number of chances and caused Halifax plenty

00:52of problems. They sat off somewhat in the second period and Halifax had two penalty

00:58appeals waved away. Florent Hottie and Angelo Capello both fired over while Halifax substitutes

01:03Dubham Eze and Daniel Nkruber both made a difference for the hosts. However, it was

01:08the fourth game in a row that the Shea men have failed to score as Pools begin to build

01:12some momentum.