Jeff Stelling vows to go one step further than Gary Lineker if beloved team earn promotions

Jeff Stelling has said helium would big TalkSport without his pants if it meant Hartlepool would get promoted to the Championship aft being challenged connected whether he'd emulate Gary Lineker

Jeff Stelling claimed helium would big TalkSport bare if it meant Hartlepool were promoted each the mode up to the Championship.

The erstwhile Soccer Saturday big is known for his emotion of Hartlepool, who presently find themselves successful 13th successful the National League. The North East outfit were relegated from League Two backmost successful 2023 and are awaiting their instrumentality to the Football League.

They could inactive extremity that exodus this play but Stelling would spell to large lengths if it meant they soared up the shot pyramid. He joked that he'd bash his occupation without pants conscionable to spot them backmost successful League Two, fto unsocial the Championship.

Asked whether helium would emulate Gary Lineker who famously presented Match of the Day successful his pants helium said: “I would big talkSPORT meal without my pants successful bid for Hartlepool to get into the Championship. League Two would beryllium fine, ne'er caput the Championship.”

Lineker produced 1 of the much bizarre broadcasting moments erstwhile helium opened up the archetypal Match of the Day of the 2016/17 play successful conscionable immoderate Leicester City branded boxers.

The broadcaster had played for the Foxes earlier successful his vocation and remained a fan. He though continued to bat distant the thought of them mounting a season-long complaint for the rubric backmost erstwhile they did the unthinkable. Leicester claimed the apical formation erstwhile they were 5000/1 outsiders.

Lineker felt they couldn't prolong their situation and was truthful assured helium was close that helium offered to contiguous Match of the Day successful lone his underwear - a committedness helium delivered connected erstwhile Claudio Ranieri pulled disconnected a miracle.

Hartlepool meantime haven't been higher than the 4th tier since they were successful League One, suffering relegation backmost successful 2013. Since past they gone betwixt League Two and the National League.

This word Lennie Lawrence has Hartlepool sat conscionable a substance of points extracurricular the play-offs. Despite being successful 13th they are conscionable 2 points disconnected the spots which would mean post-season involvement. In Emmanuel Dieseruvwe they person won implicit the league's apical scorers.

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