Walsall 5-2 Hartlepool United: result and report

League One · Saturday 19 March 2011

Result

Walsall 5-2 Hartlepool United

League One · Saturday 19 March 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Walsall 5-2 Hartlepool United: match report

Walsall beat Hartlepool United 5-2 in the League One on Saturday 19 March 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.

Colin Larkin opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Walsall's goals came from Will Grigg (59'), D. Byfield (64'), Julian Gray (77'), Manny Smith (83') and E. Ledesma (90'). Hartlepool United scored through Colin Larkin (21') and Colin Larkin (52').

Discipline: Walsall received 1 yellow card; Hartlepool United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 21st on 36 points from 37 and Hartlepool United 13th on 47 points from 37. Walsall went on to finish that season 21st with 48 points, and Hartlepool United 18th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Walsall wins, 0 draws and 1 for Hartlepool United.

Going into the match Walsall's last five read D-L-D-W-D and Hartlepool United's L-W-L-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Colin LarkinHartlepool United · 0-1
  • 52'Goal · Colin LarkinHartlepool United · 0-2
  • 57'Yellow card · Marc-Antoine GbarssinWalsall
  • 59'Goal · Will GriggWalsall · 1-2
  • 64'Goal · D. ByfieldWalsall · 2-2
  • 77'Goal · Julian GrayWalsall · 3-2
  • 83'Goal · Manny SmithWalsall · 4-2
  • 90'Goal · E. LedesmaWalsall · 5-2

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Walsall 0, draws 0, Hartlepool United 1.

Team news

Walsall line-up

Jimmy Walker, Darryl Westlake, Manny Smith, Jordan Williams, Andy Butler, Matthew Richards, Julian Gray, Marc-Antoine Gbarssin, Darren Byfield, Jon Macken, Alex Nicholls

Hartlepool United line-up

S. Flinders, Evan Horwood, Steven Haslam, Peter Hartley, Gary Liddle, Leon McSweeney, Joe Gamble, Andy Monkhouse, Paul Murray, Sam Collins, Colin Larkin