Dedicated football fans are hoping their new CD will be a top ten hit.

Hartlepool United may be a little off the League 1 pace at the moment, but the club's supporters are aiming to lift the players' spirits with their new record, Poolie Pride.

The Poolie Pride Project was launched in June when a group of supporters, known as the Monkey Hangerz, teamed up with local band the Passion Killers to record a new version of the 1972 Hartlepool United song Never Say Die and terrace anthem Two Little Boys.

The CD, priced at £2.99, goes on sale on Monday of next week (Nov 7) and just 3,000 sales are needed to land it in the top 30.

If sales of 10,000 can be achieved, a top ten spot in the charts is almost guaranteed.

John McQue, leader of the Poolie Pride Project, said: "We decided to produce the CD to celebrate the success of the football club in recent years and the ongoing regeneration of the town.

"The Never Say Die 2005 version has been rewritten and musically rearranged to reflect the positive fortunes of the football club and the town, which we are immensely proud of."

The CD also features a song by local schoolchildren and a folk song about the famous Hartlepool Monkey legend.

Hartlepool Mayor Stuart Drummond said: "All the tracks on the CD are synonymous with Hartlepool and are part of the town's heritage.

"I really do hope that people go out and buy the CD, which could propel it into the charts. This would be fantastic publicity for the town.

"The CD is an ideal stocking-filler and all the profits are going to local charities, which is an added bonus."

The CD will be available from ASDA in Hartlepool and Music Zone, in the town's Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, from November 7.

The Passion Killers will also be singing tracks from the CD at half-time during the Hartlepool v Gillingham game t The match heralds the return of popular former Pools manager Neale Cooper.