Not this time, Jimmy

Published 21 June 2008

BEATEN seven times in two 12-minute matches, Jimmy Glass was packing away his goalkeeping gloves after last Sunday’s Northern Masters when I asked him to describe how it felt to play for Carlisle United again.

Keiren will be at home on big stage

Published 21 June 2008

IF the mark of a special player is the number of times he causes your mouth to fall open involuntarily, or the frequency with which he leaves you wishing for immediate action replays in a League One ground, then Keiren Westwood has to go down as one of the most stunning Carlisle United performers of recent times.

Fans can deal in humanity, not just invective

Published 14 June 2008

IT is often at the worst of times that football supporters reveal the best of themselves.

Teenager Gary must be kept out of the spotlight by United

Published 14 June 2008

THERE was once a time – and it seems quite long ago – when football and its attendant hype would pack its bags for a couple of months every year.

Why Joe offers United a way out of the gloom

Published 24 May 2008

ON nights like Thursday we look everywhere for a defining image. Chris Lumsdon sat forlornly on the turf, staring into the nothingness of Carlisle United’s summer? Simon Hackney shuffling resignedly away from Brunton Park, before spying the Blues’ owner and quietly saying, “Sorry, Fred”?

Don’t go OT on Hunto

Published 10 May 2008

NEWSPAPERS only start campaigns they know they can win, so there will be no attempt here to talk Carlisle United supporters out of booing Paul Huntington when the Leeds centre-half returns to his home city for Thursday’s second leg.

A taste of his own medicine

Published 10 May 2008

FANS who were absent from Carlisle’s end-of-season awards night missed a riotous parting speech from John Haworth.

Sad Sumo’s warning to today’s stars

Published 10 May 2008

BACK in the days when he wasn’t fighting infernos at Gretna, Mick Wadsworth did a few remarkable things during his stint in charge of Carlisle United.

United’s most miserly keepers

Published 10 May 2008

Statistics that show keeper Keiren is up there with the greats

Published 10 May 2008

KEIREN Westwood has taken enough trophies, medals, backslaps and plaudits this season to keep him going for many a year, and yet today there is a need to bring even more compelling information to the table on the subject of Carlisle United’s brilliant young goalkeeper.

A taste of his own medicine

Published 10 May 2008

FANS who were absent from Carlisle’s end-of-season awards night missed a riotous parting speech from John Haworth.

Mission impossible? Just remember that Glass blast from past

Published 3 May 2008

A SIMPLE test needs to be taken by all Carlisle United’s supporters before they turn off Warwick Road this afternoon.

No need to provoke wounded Leeds

Published 3 May 2008

FEELS good, doesn’t it? No, not the wicked glee filtering through League One at the news of Leeds’ failure to wrest back their 15 points, but the knowledge that the ugliest caveat to today’s finale has been removed.

Scott’s ban is just Nott right

Published 3 May 2008

PLAY-OFF talk ought to be banned until much later this afternoon, but just in case the four-team roulette is what we are faced with by 4.45pm, here’s a thing.

Keiren puts his shirt on a cure for stricken Ernie

Published 26 April 2008

FROM the anxiety and confusion of this engrossing season comes an unexpected contribution from a Carlisle United player, one which should be cut out and stuffed into the back pocket of anyone preparing to speak of pressure and pain these next few days.

The real tooth about pretty Peter

Published 26 April 2008

IF PETER Murphy is expecting sympathy after dislodging a tooth in a collision during last Saturday's defeat to Southend, he would be advised to stride straight past his manager's office door.

Playing the numbers game

Published 26 April 2008

THERE are some who have argued long and hard this week that 4-4-2, as opposed to 4-5-1, is the solution of all Carlisle's ills, such as they are.

Huntington's moment of madness and a very modern controversy

Published 19 April 2008

IF ever an episode required a spot of light after so much damaging heat, it is the Paul Huntington affair.

Sir Jimmy joins legends’ line-up

Published 19 April 2008

JIMMY Glass, Kevin Gray, Tom Cowan, Andy Preece and Darren Edmondson are among the heroes of United’s recent past who’ll be tugging a blue jersey over their heads again at the Northern Masters in a couple of months’ time.