Hartlepool United seeking new ownership after Chairman steps down

National League side Hartlepool United's Chairman Raj Singh has resigned as they club looks for new ownership.

Singh resigned on Tuesday evening but confirmed he would continue to fund 'key club operations including player and staff wages until the end of the season.'

Singh first took over the club in 2018 and took the club out of administration.

However they have struggled on the pitch having been twice relegated from League Two into the National League, where they currently sit in 15th.

In a statement on the club's official website Singh said,

"As someone from the local area I stepped in to help the club when it was close to ceasing to exist and I have done my utmost to put Hartlepool United on a more secure footing. I have genuinely dedicated my time, funding and energy to help, and always with the best of intentions.

Regrettably, some supporters and notably a certain supporter group, have made it clear that they want new ownership, no matter what the consequences, and there comes a point where the personal abuse and misrep­res­en­ta­tion of information is untenable. In that sense those people are now getting their wish."

Singh went on to reiterate that the club has officially been up for sale since April 2023 but the only insisted that "the vast majority of takeover enquiries have concluded as timewasters".