Penalty point

The Seasiders were a goal down when Brett Ormerod was judged to have been brought down in the box on 72 minutes. There was a hint of theatrics when Ormerod went down after taking the ball past Brian Carey, but no complaints from the home fans when he converted the spot kick by sending Wrexham keeper Tommy Wright the wrong way.

Defender Clark Carlisle provided the aerial inspiration in the first half, no doubt leading to his man of the match award, nodding just over the bar on six minutes and forcing a save from Wright following a corner half an hour later.

His supply work was equally good as he set up both Phil Clarkson and debutant Simon Sturridge in a matter of minutes, though both chances were squandered.

Wrexham were restricted to just a handful of first half chances, mainly through some good defending from John Hills who pulled off a vital clearance on the line to keep out a goal-bound effort from Mark McGregor.

The visitors broke the deadlock just short of the hour mark when Kevin Russell stole past Hills.

His low shot was palmed away by Pool keeper Steve Banks straight into the path of Karl Connolly who was gifted his 17th goal of the season.

Pool's penalty conversion warmed up the side with Ormerod causing problems down the wing and Junior Bent springing to life, but it was too little too late and poor final touches have left the Seasiders having it all to do to avoid being sucked into the relegation mire.

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