TROPHY LADEN: Dave Challinor, right, won the FA Trophy with AFC Fylde last season
PICTURE: Shane Healey

DAVE CHALLINOR is in pole position to take the Hartlepool United manager’s job. The 44-year-old former AFC Fylde manager watched from the stands as Pools visited Notts County yesterday.
Now he is expected to take over the reins from Antony Sweeney who has been standing in since the club parted company with Craig Hignett on October 10.
Challinor was sacked after a legendary eight-year spell at AFC Fylde where he took the club from Step 4 of the Northern Premier League to the Natio...