Lucky Hartlepool fans grab tickets for play-off final in Bristol on Sunday

Hartlepool fans have been queueing down the street at Victoria Park in the hope they can grab a ticket for the National League play-off final on Sunday.

The game sees Pools travel to Bristol's Ashton Gate where they'll take on Torquay United in a battle for promotion back into league football.

Once prominent players in League One, Hartlepool was relegated to League Two in 2013. Then, in 2017, ended its 96-year run in the Football League with relegation into the National League.

Since then, the club has faced money problems - with Raj Singh saving the club from liquidation in April 2018, plenty of managerial movements, and of course has had to deal with the impact of Covid on non-league football.

However, this season, Hartlepool has proven strong under David Challinor's management, ending within the play-off places and full of hope for promotion.On Saturday 12 June, Hartlepool secured its place in the National League play-off final with a 1-0 win away at Stockport County. Player of the season, Rhys Oates, got the goal that sends the club into the final.

3,100 fans will be able to travel from Hartlepool to Bristol this weekend, for kick-off on Sunday at 2pm.