Colin Cooper has quit as Hartlepool United manager.

Cooper quit after his side's 3-0 home defeat to Carlisle sent the club to the foot of the Sky Bet Football League Two table.

Former Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest defender Cooper, 47, offered his resignation just over 16 months after being appointed as John Hughes' permanent successor.

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