 The following two seasons once again saw Humphreys as an ever @-@ present in the Hartlepool side under new manager Neale Cooper . In the 2003 – 04 season , Hartlepool once again made the play @-@ offs , only to go out after conceding two last minute goals to Bristol City , a memory which Humphreys described as more painful than Cheltenham . Due to the injuries of Michael Barron , Humphreys began regularly captaining the side . 
