By Jeff Bowron

HOT ROD! Devante Rodney levels for Hartlepool before Nicky Deverdics takes the plaudits for scoring what proved to be the winner inset
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SOUTH SHIELDS were unable to claim a hat-trick of North East scalps in the FA Cup as Hartlepool came from behind to win at a packed Mariners Park.
Shields had seen off Darlington and York City in the previous two rounds and they deservedly led at the break through Carl Finnigan’s strike.
A rejuvenated Hartlepool, however, were ahead by the hour and were the better side in the second period as Shields’...