IOR in talks with Wednesday

By Eggy_Poolie
March 9 2007

According to several sources IOR chairman Berger Larsson could be about to ditch Hartlepool to become the co-owner of Sheffield Wednesday

Hartlepool could soon be up for sale if the rumours about IOR owner Berger Larsson becoming a co-owner of Sheffield Wednesday are true.
Over the past few seasons a rivalry seems to have built between the two clubs. First they took Chris Turner and Colin from us and then they took a few of our players e.g. Graham Lee, Paul Smith.
Then the big playoff final where they cheated their way to promotion after winning a penalty after Drew Talbot was fouled by fresh air.

IOR have ran Hartlepool for over 10 years and have ploughed plenty of money into the club turning the club from Division relegation strugglers to League 1 promotion contenders and making improvments to the ground and pitch as they went along.
Hartlepools chairman is Ken Hodcroft who controlls the running of the club but if IOR become owners of Sheff Wed they will have sell Pools and Hodcroft will lose his job as chairman of Pools.

"If Larsson was to take a significant stake in the Owls then he would have to give up his command of Hartlepool, who are pushing for promotion from League Two with two former Owls bosses Danny Wilson (manager) and Chris Turner (director of sport) on board." From the Sheffield Star

It is not certain that Hartlepool will be leaving with consortiums from China, Ireland and England still supposedly interested in the once 'big' club.