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</TD></TR><TR bgColor=#000000><TD colSpan=2 height=3></TD></TR><TR class=articlesubheadblack bgColor=#ffffff><TD width="70%">Story by Kev Robinson
</TD><TD align=right width="30%">16 June 2005 </TD></TR><TR bgColor=#000000><TD colSpan=2 height=3></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE class=articlebodyblack cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=textjustify>An article submitted by up-and-coming journalist, Kevin Robinson.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE class=articlebodyblack cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=textjustify><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1lace>Hartlepool</st1lace> are facing a fight for the signature of former Irish international Thomas Butler.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>


The former <st1lace>Dunfermline</st1lace> winger spent the end of the season at Victoria Park and helped the club to the play-off final, which ended sourly for both the club and himself after limping out of the 4-2 defeat after just half an hour.

<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com[img] /><st1:City><st1lace><SPAN style=[/img]Butler</SPAN></st1lace></st1:City> made 14 appearances for <st1lace>Dunfermline</st1lace> last season following his switch from <st1lace>Sunderland</st1lace> but following his release he spent three month out of the game before signing a short term deal at <st1lace>Hartlepool</st1lace>.
His eleven appearances for the Pool last season alerted the attention of League One rivals Bournmouth and <st1lace>Bradford</st1lace> and now <st1lace>Hartlepool</st1lace> face a fight to keep him for next season.

<st1:City><st1lace>Butler</st1lace></st1:City> got two senior <st1:country-region><st1lace>Ireland</st1lace></st1:country-region> caps in 2002 but since then his international career went stale and he will, no doubt, be hoping that he can get regular football under his belt as he attempts to earn a recall to the international squad. <o></o>

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