Career
After joining Manchester City"s academy from Macclesfield Town"s centre of excellence for a small fee, he went on to be part of the Manchester City FA Youth Cup winning side in 2007-2008 which beat Chelsea and signed a new one-year contract in March 2010. Having joined Bury on loan on 25 March 2010 until the end of the 2009-2010 season, he made his debut on 27 March in a Football League match against Aldershot, going on to make 9 appearances for the club, before being sent-off in the last league match of the season. On 13 October Poole joined Hartlepool United on a one-month loan deal, which was later extended by a month.
Poole made 6 appearances at Hartlepool, scoring his first goal in senior football in the League 1 game against Brighton & Hove Albion.
On 13 May 2011, Poole made a permanent move to Hartlepool for the 2011/12 season, signing a two-year contract. He stated in the Hartlepool Mail newspaper that he wanted to sign even more when he saw experienced midfielder Nolberto Solano was signing on the same day.
He scored a wonder goal on his first permanent game for Hartlepool away to MK Dons in a 2–2 draw. After a few appearances on the bench, Poole returned to the Hartlepool United team and scored 2 away to Chesterfield.
lieutenant might not look the best because it doesn’t fly in to the top corner from thirty-five yards or anything, but technically I was really pleased with the goal".
This goal also made national headlines after the two Hartlepool goalscorers were named Hartley and Poole. Poole signed a new contract with Hartlepool in 2013. He began the 2013-2014 season under new boss Colin Cooper playing in a midfield role but lost his place in a The Communications Advertising and Marketing position to Luke Williams.
Poole left the club in July 2014 turning down a new contract.
Poole went on trial with Melbourne City in pre-season but signed for Bury on non-contract terms in August 2014. Poole joined Conference side Dover Athletic on loan in November 2014. in September 2015 he joined Salford City.