HARTLEPOOL UNITED contrived to throw away another home game, their second five days, as they lost to Solihull Moors.
After conceding in injury time to Guisley on Easter Monday, this time the decider came on 88 minutes.
A corner, played in low to the near post, was bundled in by striker Adi Yussuf. It lifted Moors out of the bottom four and in turn relegated Chester. The gap between Pools on the drop zone remains seven points because Barrow lost at Orient.
Pools confirmed that Raj Singh’s takeover is in place, a statement released minutes before kick-off was released.
Matthew Bates’ side were second best for most of the game and a shot from Josh Hawkes in the second-half which came back off the crossbar was as much as they managed.
Moors had the better chances, Yussuf missing two good openings.
The opposition went close in the first-half when a searching free-kick from Darren Carter into the six-yard area was met by Fiacre Kelleher, but he lifted high over the bar.
A goalbound header from Liam Daly was palmed away by Loach and the follow up from Kyle Storer was cleared off the line.
HARTLEPOOL UNITED (4-4-2): Loach; Hawkins, Laing, Magnay, Adams; Hawkes, Featherstone, Woods, Newton (Donaldson 69); Oates (Rodney 69), Cassidy. Subs: Catterick (gk), Munns, Owen.
SOLIHULL MOORS (4-1-3-2): O’Leary; Johnson, Daly, Williams, Reckford; Storer; Thomas (Reid 75), Osborne (Sterling-James 75), Carter; Hylton (Carline 90), Yussuf. Subs: Green, Lait.
Referee: Joe Johnson (Manchester)
Attendance: 2,782
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