Rodney’s salvo not enough

By Chris Dunlavy

HEARTBREAK: Hartlepool’s Carl Magnay shows the pain of relegation

DEVASTATED Hartlepool boss Matthew Bates took a thinlyveiled swipe at predecessor Dave Jones as Hartlepool’s 96-year stay in the EFL came to a heartbreaking end.
Trailing to Andy Williams’ firsthalf effort, two sensational late strikes from substitute Devante Rodney seemed to have secured another miraculous escape.
For six minutes dreamland beckoned, but Mark O’Brien’s 89thminute winner for Newport saw jubilation become ...