Boxing promoter Dennis Hobson set to take control at struggling Hartlepool

  • Dennis Hobson is leading a consortium to take over at Hartlepool
  • Norwegian owners Increased Oil Recovery have been in charge since 1997
  • Ronnie Moore is expected to be named the new manager of Hartlepool
  • Pools are struggling this season and are bottom of League Two

By CRAIG HOPE FOR MAILONLINE

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Boxing promoter Dennis Hobson is leading a consortium set to take over the Football League’s bottom club Hartlepool United.

Staff at Victoria Park were told on Monday that Norwegian owners Increased Oil Recovery were set to sell having been at the club since 1997.

And Sportsmail can reveal that it is a South Yorkshire consortium headed by Hobson who will take charge.

Boxing promoter Dennis Hobson (right), pictured here with Ricky Hatton, is set to take over at Hartlepool

Boxing promoter Dennis Hobson (right), pictured here with Ricky Hatton, is set to take over at Hartlepool

Ronnie Moore is set to be named Hartlepool manager and the takeover is not expected to change that

Ronnie Moore is set to be named Hartlepool manager and the takeover is not expected to change that

That will mean the end of chairman Ken Hodcroft’s tenure at the club.

But the takeover is not thought to affect the impending appointment of Ronnie Moore as Hartlepool manager.

His first task will be to save Pools from relegation and they are currently six points adrift of safety at the bottom of League Two.

 

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