In what possible way? You’re already mouthing it! Surely only Jimmy Glass and that 400 mile schlep? Lloyd Langman, long suffering Plymouth fan and joint editor of The Two Unfortunates reckons not.
Whenever I hear of Carlisle United or see those sparse end terraces, I still find myself thinking [...]
Here’s Dan Garlick on our long serving testimonial man. Brings a tear to the eye…
I began to watch Carlisle in the late 90s, as I am the tender age of 9. It was always a treat to get to see the Blues after enduring a 200 mile car journey from Leicester, despite the game [...]
‘Support’ in the most obvious form of the term is given shape by the Nick Hornby we read about in ‘Fever Pitch’ – allowing the fortunes of ones club to froth into the nether regions of personal life, allowing result to dictate mood and the mind to wander to the palaces of football [...]
The January transfer window looks set to be a hot one at Brunton Park and Greg Abbott has wasted little time in filling the ‘Rory Loy shaped hole’ in attack by snaffling the Sunderland schemer Jordan Cook on an initial month’s loan. The chaps from the excellent Sunderland site Roker Report who you can follow [...]
I was recently asked by the ‘Scunthorpe Telegraph‘ to provide a Carlisle United Fan’s View ahead of last Saturday’s game. I felt the outcome represented a nice summary of the season so asked to reproduce it here. Thanks very much to Sports Editor Chris Sumpter for agreeing – the questions are all his [...]
Steve Soley is not your average ex-footballer. He wasn’t your average footballer either. This much is patently apparent during the hour long chat I had with him earlier in the month. The man himself puts it down to his late breakthrough into the professional ranks and his background and apprenticeship as a bricklayer in Lancashire [...]
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In Search of Keith Mincher
‘Do you remember when there was that speculation that he was going to merge us with Clydebank?’ asks my drinking companion. I confess that I’d entirely forgotten, but that this gentle prod had brought back that perishing thought. ‘That was all in a week’s work. Schemes like that never stopped coming.’