Chris Turner signed striker Jermaine Easter from Wolves in 2001. The pacy youngster spent around three seasons with the club but struggled to get into the first team ahead of more established strikers and he eventually left the club in 2003 having failed to make a single first team start. After leaving Pools Easter spent time at various bottom tier clubs before finally establishing himself at Wycombe, for whom he scored in every game during a memorable run to the 2006/07 League Cup semi-final