Graeme Lee: Last News

Hartlepool United have appointed former Celtic, Aberdeen and Hearts midfielder Paul Hartley as their new manager, after agreeing compensation with Cove Rangers.

Paul Hartley has been sacked by Hartlepool United after a disastrous run of results that have left the club sitting second bottom of League Two.

A Lanarkshire man has told how a fellow Rangers fan came to his rescue after he was forced to go a 100-mile taxi journey to catch a plane.

Hartlepool United midfielder Mark Shelton has been ruled out their League Two trip to Scunthorpe - because he got a cotton bud stuck in his ear.Yes, you read that correctly. The 25-year-old won't travel south for the penultimate game of the season following a trip to the hospital this week to get the foreign object removed."Mark's had a cotton bud in his ear that has gone in too far," Pools boss Graeme Lee told BBC Radio Tees.

Crystal Palace have donated to a fundraiser for Hartlepool United manager Graeme Lee’s wife, who has an inoperable brain tumour, and are encouraging their supporters to do so too.The Premier League Eagles will take on League Two Hartlepool at Selhurst Park in the FA Cup on Saturday, with Lee's wife Gemma, in attendance. Gemma, who is a mother of two, was diagnosed with a rare grade four glioblastoma in January 2019 and given just 12 months to live.Despite that diagnosis, the 40-year-old continues to defy the tumour with the aid of trial medication from Germany, which costs £5,000 a month.A fundraiser was set up by her pal Beth Badman a couple of months ago to try and ease the family's financial burden - and it has now attracted the attention of Crystal Palace.