Inside forward Joe Scott arrived at the club from Middlesbrough midway through the 1958/59 season as Ray Middleton`s side struggled near the foot of the Football League. For the next eighteen months Scott was a regular in the first team, scoring in the club record 10-1 win against Barrow in April 1959. Scott remained in the side throughout the next season as Pools finished bottom of the Football League. He joined York City in the summer of 1960.