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CAR-SHARE BLUES - by: MerseysideBlue

Tue, 07 Feb 2025 22:04:33 +0000

Looks like I'll probably be driving up to the Blackpool game this weekend from Merseyside.

Got space in my car for three (four at a push but it'd be cramped!) Setting off from Liverpool about half 9/10ish, depending on who wants a lift will go via M62 and M6 so can pick up Manchester-ish/Lancashire and on route.

Let me know here if interested.

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Another Keeper on Loan? - by: Lakelandterrier

Tue, 11 Jul 2025 10:42:49 +0100

I think the main point to me is that a loan player can be taken back. Unless it's in the contract he can't be recalled.
Two loan goalkeepers on loan is not ideal.
I would prefer a permanent signing in case Bonham is recalled.

Dean Henderson - Grimsby - by: CCU

Tue, 11 Jul 2025 10:40:42 +0100

LakesBlue1 wrote: Henderson supposedly signing for Shrewsbury this week.

Confirmed yesterday...

Shrewsbury Town FC ✔ @shrewsweb

DONE DEAL: @Deanoooo97 delighted to have joined Town on season-long loan from @ManUtfd #salop >… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

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Eric Kinder - by: LakesBlue1

Tue, 11 Jul 2025 10:40:31 +0100

Be Just and Fear Not flag - by: Bumble

Tue, 11 Jul 2025 10:35:14 +0100

Looks like I will be going to the Penrith match tonight Deano, just watching but I'm sure you will be able to find me in the crowd

£40800 - by: CCU

Tue, 11 Jul 2025 10:22:20 +0100

moose wrote: No need to Barry, they are trialling driverless trains, I reckon tube drivers have 10-15 years max, the Waterloo and City Line runs trains without drivers already, it's only a matter of time.

Very easy to do on the W&C, given it's a standalone line between two stations.

Would require entire resignalling on several lines to be rolled out across the network - I pity the poor sods who get that gig!

It'll come, but maybe take a bit longer...

The Lake District deemed a UNESCO World Heritage Site - by: Dancingbear

Tue, 11 Jul 2025 08:16:12 +0100

What a disappointment that John Nixon didn't take first place.

Benny Hill - by: Dancingbear

Tue, 11 Jul 2025 08:12:36 +0100

Markovitch wrote: Bod is Gaelic for penis

Really. I thought thesilentone was

Barrow reject Carlisle bid for Richie Bennett - by: The Archer

Tue, 11 Jul 2025 07:31:22 +0100

Ross Balderstone wrote: Every season there are 4 or 5 National League clubs that really go for it and 'bet the farm'. There are also several others that are financially stronger than Barrow.
Barrow are often outbid in terms of both transfer fees and wages by other National League clubs, Casson will not over pay. BBCRC's Andy Wood is keeping in touch with the National League club budgets and transfers. The result of such diligence is that this season he expects Barrow to at best finish 10th, more likely 12th. Barrow are not one of the best paying clubs in their league. Of course money talks and Barrow will not shout. Last season was the ceiling, not the floor.
Bennett knows how high he can get now. He will leave Barrow but I doubt that he will join Carlisle United. If Carlisle United pay the rumoured £50,000 this will incense the creditors of the club and the legal pressure would be on. Obviously the current Carlisle United owners will not look to the club's future because they will fuck off by the end of the year.

Do you actually know the club has a list of creditors and is struggling to pay its bills or are you guessing based on their previous budget handling?

Legends Night 2 at Old Fire Station - by: Flatcap

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 23:49:22 +0100

Still higher on the list than Billy Paynter.

CUFC SQUAD 17/18 THREAD - by: Mush

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 22:29:48 +0100

I can only see us bringing one more in now and hopefully it's Richie Bennett.

Nadal - Muller - by: seesaw50

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 22:14:15 +0100

Yeah saw it ...bound to make the montage of clips they always do of daft happenings

LEAGUE TWO 2017/18 THREAD - by: CCU

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 21:45:58 +0100

L2 Transfer - Summer 2017

July 1st - July 10th

ACCRINGTON:
Jonny Edwards (Hull) - Loan

BARNET:
Richard Brindley (Colchester)
Craig Ross (Macclesfield)

CAMBRIDGE:
Ade Azeez (Partick)

CARLISLE:
Tom Parkes (Leyton Orient)

CHELTENHAM:
Mohammed Eisa (Greenwich Borough)
Jordan Forster (Hibs)
Jerrell Sellers (Aston Villa)

CHESTEFIELD:
Jack McCourt (Northampton)

COLCHESTER:
Rene Gilmartin (Watford)

COVENTRY:
Jack Grimmer (Fulham)

CRAWLEY:
Dennon Lewis (Watford) - Loan
Thomas Verheydt (MVV Maastricht)

CREWE:
Eddie Nolan (Blackpool)
Brad Walker (Hartlepool)

FOREST GREEN:
Bradley Collins (Chelsea) - Loan

LINCOLN:
Jordan Maguire-Drew (Brighton) - Loan

LUTON:
Elliott Lee (Barnsley)
James Shea (AFC Wimbledon)

MORECOMBE:
Mitchell Lund (Doncaster) - Loan

NOTTS CO:
Dan Jones (Chesterfield)

PORT VALE:
Tyrone Barnett (AFC Wimbledon)

SWINDON:
Chris Hussey (Sheff Utd) - Loan

WYCOMBE:
Adam El-Abd (Shrewsbury)

YEOVIL:
James Bailey (Carlisle)
Olufela Olomola (Southampton) - Loan

Total: 128 Transfers so far!

Brad Potts moving in Jan? - by: NORTHERNSOUL

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 21:27:13 +0100

CCU wrote:

Pete O'Rourke @SportsPeteO

Blackpool want £750,000 for Barnsley target Brad Potts. #bfc #barnsleyfc hitc.com/en-gb/2017/07/…

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Cant see anybody paying anywhere near that for a player whod be a free agent 6 months later

Be much cheaper to just bung him 100k to sign a pre contract and once hes done it offer the lashers 200k to loan him for the rest of the season and hey youve just saved yourself the best part of half a million quid.

McQueen Update - by: munchymagic

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 21:10:12 +0100

The interest will go to his head again and he will be off in a shot soon as his dad says that Bournemouth are enquiring for his services.

If your company is an unsatisfied creditor of Carlisle United let us know here. - by: Ross Balderstone

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 19:40:21 +0100

I do not expect any significant response to this. It would be bad etiquette. But if somebody was really pissed off it might occur.

Jacob Rees-Mogg - by: Markovitch

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 18:31:56 +0100

Laffy wrote: Met Jacob at the Test match on Friday-nice fella and I would put him in charge of the Club-none of that Billionaire pish

Shouldn't he have been at work on a Friday? Not a Commons recess

Sports players, trainers, managers with names of places - by: Dancingbear

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 18:12:07 +0100

seesaw50 wrote:
LakesBlue1 wrote: This thread got anything to do with James Phillips asking Salkeld whether he had ever heard of the place Salkeld, To which he replied "No i'd never heard of Carlisle before signing".

The way JP put it his answer should have been... eh?

He said something like... for a lad from Gateshead you have a very Cumbrian sounding name....to which he said he'd never heard of Carlisle before coming here.
TBF some in Carlisle and other Cumbrian outposts won't have heard of Salkeld either (Little or Great).

Think I first heard of it when I read a book of ancient monuments and stone circles at school and long meg and her daughters was in it. Never been to see it though.

Do you think that there is intelligent technological life in ..... - by: Ross Balderstone

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 16:42:37 +0100

triskelionblue wrote: apparently the age of the Earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old

humans have been around what? well supposedly we evolved 200,000 years ago and modern civilization as we know it has only been around 6,000 years and it is only the last 100 we learned to fly aircraft etc.

so there well may be life on other planets but the chances of us co-existing during the same time frame as probably pretty slim.

Hallam Hope probably has more chance of scoring 20 goals in a season than that.

Ah, you point us towards the Fermi Paradox, which has lots of different explanations.

Also there may be intelligent life out there which is non technological and thus not detectable from a long way away. There was intelligent life on Earth 6,000 years ago, indeed some would say even 200,000 years ago but not detectable from a vast distance away. Intelligent and technological life is all that we can currently search for.

Here is one aspect of the Fermi Paradox addressed. Arguably, we became technological round about 1900 with the use of radio. Within 60 years the then four major powers each had the means to terminate all life on Earth. So we could have been detectable for a mere 60 years and then gone unnoticed. This may have happened elsewhere.

Bryan Adams at Bitts Park - by: chesterviabothel

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 11:39:10 +0100

heilkmoon wrote:
idratherbeanonymous wrote: How do they secure the site given there's a path all the way round?

In this case I would imagine the music of Bryan Adams secures the site.

Presumably not to those trying to sneak out...

Raydale Cup - Saturday 8th, Sunday 9th July - by: CCU

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 11:29:56 +0100

Carlisle United FC ✔ @officialcufc

Thank you to Steve Durham for the images contained within our @GFC2008web summary, and well done the lads!… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

10 Jul 2025 11:26

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CheckATrade Trophy 17/18 - by: CCU

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 11:28:25 +0100

Against League 3 @AgainstLeague3

We're looking for as many football fans as possible to have their say on the #BTeamBoycott. Take our short survey: goo.gl/forms/os6DWv7f…

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Trialists in today? - by: chesterviabothel

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 11:05:23 +0100

Mush wrote:
CCU wrote: The lad down the left bore a passing resemblance to our random twitter follower!

www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joshua-bohui/profil/spieler/420812

You'd make a brilliant private detective Dan.

Or stalker...

Tour De France 2017 - by: walwynsgoat

Mon, 10 Jul 2025 08:17:19 +0100

Actually turned over the channel for 5 minutes after Porte and Martin crashed couldn't watch it, think we all had an idea that given how the top lads go down hill chances would be taken, Porte tho just lost it, Martin just unlucky or not given he could stand up and continue. Have £10 on Bardet at 20/1 so was hoping he could stay away. Pleased for Uran as he's a massive talent who has always been in the service of others bar one underprepared go at the Giro when he was at Sky when Wiggins jacked. Anyway we might need to get used to these Stages as there are a few to come yet. Can you imagine if it had rained as it was forecast yesterday, carnage.

* NEW KITS REVEALED * - by: seesaw50

Sun, 09 Jul 2025 22:50:19 +0100

Guy at the open day sporting said shirt (I presume) blue with fine vertical line and V neck . the blue looked faded which seemed funny ,sort of washed out .didnt think the type of material would wash out.

CUFC Open Day Today - by: Tom

Sun, 09 Jul 2025 21:22:20 +0100

Dancingbear wrote:
Tom wrote:
Dancingbear wrote: Well im about £50 lighter without venturing within 35 miles of BP

And you're a fool according to MRF Mr Dancing, bad day for you.

Itd be worse if the away kit was in as well. I have to say though that my lad loves wearing his Carlisle strips so to me its definitely money well spent.

Agreed, my boy is trying to support Coventry but the 'keeper kit has got him excited, well worth the money!

Nice day on the fells today - by: Alan

Sun, 09 Jul 2025 19:44:18 +0100

Mardale Head to High Street via Small Water and Mardale Bell III stunning views (Not) from start to finish

Religion - by: Markovitch

Sun, 09 Jul 2025 18:27:59 +0100

Wukkie wrote: The Ancient Astronaut Theory, i go for that one as much as any of the others. it could turn out the Earth is like one giant Zoo with creatures brought here from all over the Universe or even different dimensions.

Would certainly explain some of the posts on here.

The number of people who profess to loathe Nixon then in the next breathe tell us all that we have to vote for a political party that takes money out of their own pocket and puts it into his is legion. John Nixon certainly believes there is a God, no other way that process could be logically explained

Sol Campbell - by: ReturnedExile

Sun, 09 Jul 2025 16:48:08 +0100

beefsister wrote: Just watched the legends programme on Sky about him - claims he would have captained England more than he did if he had been white.

Guy clearly has a racism chip on his shoulder.

Doesn't matter what colour you are - being a knobhead is not not colour specific Sol.

That's the only area in which race could come in to play with him not getting a job in football. He's dangerous and likely to cry racism if anything doesn't go his way.

Cricket - by: Ross Balderstone

Sun, 09 Jul 2025 15:23:03 +0100

It's an interesting Test Match. But England have not had a consistently good spinner at Test Match level for many years. A typical England spinner could not make a ball turn if he was bowling in a cobbled street.

For the South Africa second innings Shane Warne was advising that de Kock should be up. Who could possibly disagree with that?

PSF - Carlisle City (A) Match Thread - by: CCU

Sun, 09 Jul 2025 10:13:09 +0100

Dave wrote: Etuhu and Parkes looked very strong - may give a welcome boost to our defensive capabilities. Etuhu also had a good range of passing. Hope looked lively and a lot bigger than I thought he was. Bonham not really troubled. Too early to make conclusions but a good start

Level of opposition too weak to make proper judgment, but thought Etuhu did stand out as you say...

Mike Jones - by: CCU

Sun, 09 Jul 2025 09:51:33 +0100

Was at the Ground, seemed to be walking fine, probably just easing him back...

May, Trump, Merkel and Putin - by: heilkmoon

Sun, 09 Jul 2025 08:57:14 +0100

Sounds like the possible side effects of some sort of medication.

CUOSC - by: Gannadan

Sun, 09 Jul 2025 05:58:48 +0100

D'Artagnan springs to mind.

Goalie Top - by: CCU

Sat, 08 Jul 2025 23:55:25 +0100

There you go...

Squad Numbers 17/18 - by: crunchblue

Sat, 08 Jul 2025 19:40:35 +0100

They were wearing squad numbers as above today, however Devitt was 11 and Hope was 9.

Lummy - by: pie

Sat, 08 Jul 2025 16:01:43 +0100

Can confirm that speed is critical for the student population. When you've got naff all else to do except wank yourself into a frenzy all day the last thing you need is some buffering at the vital moments.

Clibbens coming up on Deekaboot - by: NORTHERNSOUL

Sat, 08 Jul 2025 15:00:48 +0100

Ross Balderstone wrote: The word that he was looking for was cunt.
The £1 million facility will by now have been more than used up. Perhaps it has been increased, which obviously cedes power to EWM. Unlike the loans from Jenkins, Nixon and Pattison this is debt that is actually collectable on demand, with the ownership of Brunton Park changing hands upon default, but that just represents the first million. Clearly at this time of year nearly all tier 4 clubs will be losing money, albeit this deficit being reduced by season ticket sales. Carlisle United will of course be losing significuntly more by virtue of the ineptitude of the three main owners.

A total clearout of at least Jenkins, Nixon, Pattison and Clibbens is urgently needed. Jenkins, Nixon and Pattison desperately need to escape. Any potential new owner can just relax and watch the situation deteriorate, with no need for that person to do a deal. There will be no negotiations, the three twats are utterly fucked.

Absolutely spot on and totally correct and the really clever thing is Jenkins and his sidekick Bernard cant see it coming.

Compared to this time last year - by: Dancingbear

Sat, 08 Jul 2025 14:33:42 +0100

Is 2 Raynes or Gillesphey?

Jeremy Corbyn - by: NORTHERNSOUL

Sat, 08 Jul 2025 14:22:30 +0100

Northumbrian wrote:
NORTHERNSOUL wrote:
Northumbrian wrote:
NORTHERNSOUL wrote:
Northumbrian wrote:
Markovitch wrote:
Northumbrian wrote:
Markovitch wrote:
orfc wrote: The good enough Indians can already get work visas here. The shit cheap ones with 6 months programming experience are the ones rbs etc already outsource to. There's no commercial advantage for firms having Indian it workers move to the UK, it's the cheapness of them being in India that's the plus.

Not for what we used them for, Oracle implementation. They have to be on site to understand the user needs, design input screens, run the testing and give the training. You can't do that remotely.

It's not that the company is close to the wire Marko... of course they could find it... but that is money that we need to put back into expanding the company, exploring new markets and products... it is money that won't benefit the company or earn and additional income... you could argue that the staff would be more productive... but it's call centre workers we are talking about, so there is a small benefit at best. It is money that hasn't been budgeted for. Small companies can't jyst aboard additional costs and still be just as competitive... it's just not possible. Particularly if you are hit with corporate tax increases during potential tricky Brexit period. It's easier just to let a few employees go and remove that risk... the rest would just have to cover extra calls or the customer would have to wait a minute longer. A lot if I dustries won't have an issue with it because they can put prices up. We can't as we are in a global market place. Ironically our owner is a jock and a bit of a socialist at heart.

Oh and the company isn't close to losing money... We grew revenue by over 20% last year... but we have saturated the UK market and are getting into newer geographic markets... which is very expensive. Due diligence on each new market and legal advice is about £25k per country.these new markets are there for the taking but we have to control Labour costs as we are getting hit with these other legal costs.

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Good to see us Scots are leading the way south of the Border! Glad its going well. Again you know your company much better than I do. My impression is that your business is technical, if you can retain staff in the call centre, is there not a value in that? Not having to retrain etc. In new geographical markets are they English speaking? Or do you need new call centres situated in France, Germany etc?

You are bang on Marko. It's a technical industry. Yes you are correct there is a benefit to retaining call centre members in terms of service...but that is relatively small compared to the danage caused by reducing funds available to innovate new products and enter new markets.

We will need to recruit foreign language speakers for each new market... normally at least 3 per market. We are working closely with universities in the North East to give new language graduates an opportunity but we had discussed moving the call centre abroad as part of contingency plans for Corbyn. Ideally we want to retain those jobs in the UK if possible. Poland is the other location we were considering as we have a small team over there already looking after the Polish market for us. I'd love to pay the call centre staff more but the reality is we are competing with people who have outsourced centres already. Any increase in Labour costs makes overseas outsourcing more likely... that is the reality. We want to avoid it as we win on service levels... but it is a fine balance

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I.m pretty sure the Labour manifesto mentions legislating penalising companies who make people redundant here and outsource their jobs so that may not be an option either very soon.
I'd like to see how that would work... there is not a chance in hell you could make tgat stand up legally. As long as correct employment procedure is followed regarding redundancies, how the hell could the UK government prevent a company opening an office in another state? Not a chance that is workable.

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Pretty simple really you just add overseas operations into the legistlation that already exists

Like you cant close a call centre down in one part of the country where wages and rents are high making people redundant and open up in a depressed part of the country with lower wages and costs.

Simplest way to explain is you dont make people redundant you make jobs redundant and you cant do that and then re create them at a lower cost doing abroad is exactly the same just needs including in the legislation to make it illegal.
Which would simply force companies to bring forward outsourcing decisions and make positions in UK call centres redundant earlier to beat the legislation. It's a typical Corbyn idea .. in theory it sounds great until you look at what would happen in reality and how companies will react.

The reality is that it is pretty easy for companies to get around redundancy rules... first there is paying a decent wedge for voluntary redundancy. Second you just scrap the role and then you give the new role a different job title, job description and you change something in the way the work is carried out... hey Presto it's a new totally different job. That happened to me a few years ago... the massive company I worked for made us all redundant... created almost identical jobs with a different title but different terms (lower basic and higher commission ) and we couple apply for the "new" jobs.

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And thats exactly the sort of things that a government with social injustice at its heart would stop companies from doing Plenty of ways of achieving that. iI know a company who were formally based in Cumbria did exactly what you describe guess what happened the next time they tried to apply for some government grants. They were reminded of those redundancies and how much it was about to cost them.

Bite the bullet pay the money and deal with whatever comes

And then take the credit with doing your bit towards funding the NHS Social care Emergency services etc as people on £10 need to claim less in "in work" benefits and might even be liable for a bit of tax.

All it does is transfer the responsibility for meeting our responsibilities to society from the individual to companies

I.ll bet if the 10 highest earners all reduced their pay by 10% it would go a long way to meeting the companys increased minimum wage costs

Denied access - by: NORTHERNSOUL

Sat, 08 Jul 2025 10:41:19 +0100

And heres the latest bit of Trust manipulation

Heres the latest guy theyre shoehorning onto the Trust board by stiffleing applications from anybody they think might not toe their Jenkins arselicking agenda

journalisted.com/malcolm-nugent

Worked for the Sun newspaper which is a little strange as at last weeks conference the FSF and trust movement in general voted to accept a motion of boycott against the Sun

Motion 2: Boycott of The Sun newspaper

The FSF requests its members and affiliated supporters groups and trusts to call on all retailers and vendors of newspapers in their area to stop selling The Sun.

Vote - Motion carried

Wonder if the CUSAT chairman has got round to removing them from sale in his shop yet.

Clearly theyre just getting someone onto the board to pedal their "Operation Arselick Jenkins" propaganda for them.

Guilford Park next Saturday - by: seesaw50

Sat, 08 Jul 2025 10:29:19 +0100

seesaw50 wrote: Anybody going for a look....CC have tweeted to park away from GP as spaces are limited! ...who's gonna figure in this one when we don't have many fringe players am wondering . don't need to be picking up injuries before kicking a FL ball!

few faces in since posting this .....

Bradley Lowery - by: Zebby

Fri, 07 Jul 2025 21:46:09 +0100

Yes, this little lad has touched the hearts of many and lovely to see the football world gather round him and his family..

My thoughts are with this little lads family and the thousands of other parents going through similar, its unimaginable what they must go through..

RIP little fella

New Catering - ABM Catering Solutions - by: CCU

Fri, 07 Jul 2025 20:04:35 +0100

shaldon1 wrote: If it is about making money then chips are the answer.However,there should also be hot soup and quality pies

Finally we know who keeps asking about Soup at Forums!!!

Where Will We Finish In The Coming Season.... - by: sussexrob

Fri, 07 Jul 2025 16:13:34 +0100

Top 7. Do not agree with a lot of fans that we are worse off than last season. As long as we can sign another striker with a semblance of ability we are going the right way. If we play the right line up I think our midfield is good enough to stop most teams from getting at our back 4.

Trust - When if ever..... - by: thesilentone

Fri, 07 Jul 2025 12:53:07 +0100

When (if ever ) are the Trust to be given a seat on the Holdings Board ????

Personal car leasing - by: carwash

Fri, 07 Jul 2025 08:56:31 +0100

PCPs have revolutionised private car buying in this country with the majority of private individuals' new car purchases now being done this way. So much so that the Bank of England has warned about the potential risks to the economy. Next to no credit checks are done on the purchasers as if they default on the monthly payments the car is simply re-possessed. The big risk though is a collapse in used car prices which would bankrupt the finance providers due to all the 3 year old cars being handed back. The Bank has basically said that this is an accident waiting to happen.

From a private individual's point of view PCPs are what everyone else is doing and seem to offer very good value.

OT: Any mechanics? - by: Prawncrackhead

Fri, 07 Jul 2025 07:44:46 +0100

zoney wrote: a lot of EGR faults are caused by them sticking . Taking them off and cleaning all the crap out of them normally solves the problem with out the need of a replacement

Yeah so I believe. I'm gonna try clean it but it's a right ball ache to get at and the back of my hand was crimson getting the clamp back on. I read that the electronics can fu ck up from it being stuck. Anyway for 70 quid if it lasts another 10 years, I'll never see it again.

Thanks for the replies torque wrench is a brilliant idea.

New kit supplier - by: crunchblue

Thu, 06 Jul 2025 23:17:06 +0100

Happyblue wrote:
bejustandfearprokas wrote: Pretty sure we've played the odd preseason game in old kits. Wouldnt be surprised if we did this sat.
But the difference here is we have a new kit supplier, so new contract, in the seasons it was the the same supplier (same parent company ).

Exactly this. The last time we changed supplier (FILA to Sondico) we played all of pre season in the new sondico kit.

Team for 1st game of the season (as it stands) - by: Urban Designer

Thu, 06 Jul 2025 15:13:14 +0100

We'll never get promoted with that defence. The only addition we have made is Parkes who was part of a defence that was the worst in the league by a long way.

Virgin Trains Tickets - by: ParcelPete

Thu, 06 Jul 2025 14:41:37 +0100

franksidebottom wrote: Booked Crewe away earlier, £10 return.

Just bought 4 at £10 quid each.

Cassius Camps - by: LakesBlue1

Thu, 06 Jul 2025 12:47:38 +0100

crunchblue wrote:
LakesBlue1 wrote: Going to Cassius Camps for a third consecutive year.

Good luck. Hope you get a lot out of it.

Pretending you know how good or bad incoming players are? - by: sussexrob

Thu, 06 Jul 2025 11:46:22 +0100

Right or wrong , we are entitled to have an opinion about players when they come here. I for one did not want us to sign Liddle, purely because I don't think he's much good, but there are plenty of others rate him. It's all about personal opinions. I've seen Parkes a few times and do not rate him, but I am hoping he comes good in a Carlisle shirt, just as I hope that the new keeper is a revelation, Hope becomes top scorer in L2, and Etuhu is brilliant alongside Mike Jones. I'd also like to think we have discovered a real gem In Samir Nabi. I do not think anyone on here believes they know best....just offering their own opinions.

For Those of You Who Were Insisting a Takeover Was Imminent - by: sussexrob

Thu, 06 Jul 2025 11:29:02 +0100

After giving it another season last year, I am now with Mullen and MRF. I will no longer attend any home matches until these 3 amigos are gone. I'll continue going to a fair few away games, as I always have done, but for me I am not prepared to waste any more long trips to Brunton Park until we have different custodians.

CUSG June Meeting - by: markredfox73

Wed, 05 Jul 2025 22:54:01 +0100

Riveting read. Zzzzz

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5 years ago - by: Mush

Wed, 05 Jul 2025 20:35:22 +0100

nobbyblue wrote: Some top players there!

Some shit ones too!

Much #banter flying about with the new lads yet? - by: Mashie Niblick

Wed, 05 Jul 2025 16:15:12 +0100

markredfox73 wrote: Can folk actually put a sentence together these days without the need for a [censored] hashtag??

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Epic bantz m8. #banter

New Players - by: Mullen103

Wed, 05 Jul 2025 09:55:43 +0100

The only sensible thing on this thread is its reminded me not to go to the Isle of man!

Tom parkes - by: chesterviabothel

Wed, 05 Jul 2025 09:00:59 +0100

MerseysideBlue wrote: Having watched the video the club put up of his highlights he loved to bomb forward - I'm in full approval of this signing now, at least he should entertain us!

I thought that, reminiscent of big Stephane in his pomp. Just hope he tracks back a tad quicker...

FAO Munchy - by: munchymagic

Tue, 04 Jul 2025 23:17:08 +0100

Oh forgot about them, a mate wants to see them in Carlisle, maybe they have already played but yeah they are a bit strange in a good way - bit like Sleaford Mods.

FAO Moose - by: moose

Tue, 04 Jul 2025 22:18:26 +0100

Yes love, just dropped the cowboy outfit off at the dry cleaners.

Tom Parkes Signs - by: munchymagic

Tue, 04 Jul 2025 21:48:40 +0100

Dancingbear wrote:
munchymagic wrote: Thought that you would jump at the Ellis post crunch, almost as easy as mentioning The Levellers

Hey mouth!!!

I dream of Mark Chadwick becoming head of EMI, you will hear the news first on here believe me

Gilliead to Luton according to N&S - by: LakesBlue1

Tue, 04 Jul 2025 21:39:27 +0100

Back to Bradford again.

Ben Williams - by: Northumbrian

Tue, 04 Jul 2025 18:19:04 +0100

NORTHERNSOUL wrote:
lbtufty wrote:
LakesBlue1 wrote: Gone to Blackpool.

Every circus needs a few clowns........

Blackpool fans totally unimpressed

So they should be.

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Bailey Contract Withdrawn - by: PaddockRanger

Tue, 04 Jul 2025 17:32:50 +0100

Wukkie wrote: .....Mark Beck, Franny Zoko.

Don't knock the Bailey signing as it's potentially weakening a relegation rival for this season.

the only cast off they have of ours, apart from Bailey, is Zoko.......Berrett went to Grimsby via York city, Mark Beck went to Darlington via a loan to Wrexham.

Signing Number 4.. - by: Dancingbear

Tue, 04 Jul 2025 16:37:34 +0100

We do have a few over 25 with a IQ of 8 though

Tom Ince - by: sirjimmyglass

Tue, 04 Jul 2025 15:22:15 +0100

I heard he was the signing that was due to be announced in the next 24 hours but Huddersfield have pipped in at the last minute and got him. That's why we haven't heard anything today.

Would You Keep Proctor If We Could? - by: NORTHERNSOUL

Tue, 04 Jul 2025 15:08:35 +0100

Flatcap wrote: We tried bulking him up with Jenkins pies.
Problem was he didn't like them and I don't blame him.

Wasnt really thinking in terms of pies lol

Transfer Rumours - by: Markovitch

Tue, 04 Jul 2025 14:49:42 +0100

Jose Arragantio?

Richie Bennett - by: LakesBlue1

Tue, 04 Jul 2025 12:21:38 +0100

Put my comment in another thread instead, No delete button.

Car Paintwork Recommendations - by: Markovitch

Tue, 04 Jul 2025 07:25:10 +0100

Thought that was Roddy Collins Mercedes when he gave it back

Mike Ashley - by: NORTHERNSOUL

Mon, 03 Jul 2025 15:30:32 +0100

carwash wrote: Sports Direct management meetings sound like fun!

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/03/spor...-took-naps-meetings/

Aye sounds like it might have been him who lost the spoof game as well

I know one or two of them pubs from my time in Worksop and theyre really not the most salubrious of places to be holding board meetings.

Sounds a whole lot more fun in an hour there than in 9 years of the Grey Men of Brunton Park

F.A.O. Laffy. - by: Laffy

Mon, 03 Jul 2025 15:29:45 +0100

Priceless

Carlisle Correspondent D3D4 Football - by: Dancingbear

Mon, 03 Jul 2025 12:02:34 +0100

Your absolutely right you included general elections as well. Good job its all in jest eh

seesaw50 replied the topic:Re:Notes from CUSG meeting
Notes from CUSG meeting

Category: Main Forum

cufcdeano wrote:

Dancingbear wrote:

franksidebottom wrote:

Deano, these are the same people who have to vote in the EU Referendum as well as other major elections................might as well say it ....Shakes head!!!!!

Jack Bonham in on Half Season Loan - by: LakesBlue1

Sat, 01 Jul 2025 23:34:32 +0100

Former player Stephen Elliott talking about Jon Parkin's pre season.

www.sportdec.com/app/article-single/180o2fa4x9vni1m1heaq7q7cdm

"He may not have been the most mobile player around but his brains and skill more than made up for that flaw in his game."

Temp Traffic Lights, Road Works and Road Closures. - by: Alan

Sat, 01 Jul 2025 21:06:39 +0100

Home flooded recently?
Tell you what we'll f**k you over again by digging your front up for a poxy extra lane for traffic.

Sign this petition to stop this farce please.

www.change.org/p/cumbria-county-council-...re_for_starters_page

Players you would like to see signed within the budget - by: PaddockRanger

Sat, 01 Jul 2025 19:56:04 +0100

LakesBlue1 wrote: Michael O'Halloran been told he can leave Rangers.

Didn't he cut short his loan to us from Bolton during the Abbott years? He made 1 appearance from the subs bench. Bad apple?

Gillespie Moves On - by: Wukkie

Sat, 01 Jul 2025 16:51:50 +0100

beefsister wrote: Lets be honest here, GianLuigi Buffon and David De Gea would both regress behind our defence.

They'd definitely have their work cut out but having shown very good attributes they'd be sold for the nearest bid to 150K!

Kelvin etuhu and hallam hope - by: bluestblue

Sat, 01 Jul 2025 13:44:51 +0100

Ben Marshall got done for pissing in public as well

County Court Judgements against CUFC - by: Laffy

Fri, 30 Jun 2025 20:51:17 +0100

Without wishing to sound like Trump,'I read it somewhere' so it must be true.

Leyton Orient in the POOP for the season - by: LakesBlue1

Fri, 30 Jun 2025 19:56:51 +0100

Orient have just signed David Mooney, Excellent signing for the Conference.

Barry Hearn back in as honorary president.

Con/DUP Deal Agreed - by: CCU

Fri, 30 Jun 2025 19:55:34 +0100

Sadly you can't do a 'Constituency Accumulator' for that very reason...

Padraig Amond... - by: Happyblue

Fri, 30 Jun 2025 18:43:27 +0100

crunchblue wrote:
Happyblue wrote: Thanks for the mention crunch, but I think you deserve the place more for your love of brain dead footballers who run like headless chickens

You're lecturing me about football Betty.

Do you have an example of a brain dead headless chicken footballer that I love?

Oh sorry I kneel before your greater knowledge of football.

Driverless Cars - by: Flatcap

Fri, 30 Jun 2025 17:48:48 +0100

The terrorists will love them. A better option than suicide bombers.

"nobbyblue the Carlisle fan" - by: nobbyblue

Fri, 30 Jun 2025 15:59:46 +0100

ParcelPete wrote:
nobbyblue wrote: No I wasn't kidding.

This is me with me new mates complete with recent tattoo. I'm also getting one of Alan Shearer on my c*ck which I believe is obligatory for all members of the 'Toon Army'.

I feel sorry for your poor partner nobby. iv'e got Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Tattoo'd on mine.

Must be a bloody small font!

Preston fans not happy - by: CarlisleWhite

Fri, 30 Jun 2025 14:28:17 +0100

heilkmoon wrote:
CarlisleWhite wrote: At least Grayson has sorted his hair out - no more mad monk.

He's gone bald in a particularly unflattering way, not helped by lack of eyebrows. Reminds me of Gary Oldman's elderly Dracula.

Thought he'd gone full off now, but your right, the mad monk job was awful

The Jovial Sailor - by: spaffhead

Fri, 30 Jun 2025 11:13:54 +0100

munchymagic wrote: On the pub theme - anyone tried The Milbourne Arms of late, keep driving by it and looking at the chalkboards and says they do Sunday Dinners, new ales and band nights.

Looks like someone is trying to make a go of it, will have to pop in and have a look.

The Milbourne Arms is well worth a look in these days. I can't say what the food is like, but I went in there a couple of times earlier this year for a drink and was impressed. They even had an open fire on which was nice as it was baltic!

Where is Curle??? - by: Gannadan

Fri, 30 Jun 2025 03:14:05 +0100

Maybe KC used hidden camera's in a cunning blackmail plot and is now holding Hope here on a derisory wage with not so attractive bonuses. Under threat of the release of career ending pictures of Hope in a very uncompromising position with the man in the Big mask. Don't underestimate him, KC's a driven man.

Pre-Season Training - by: seesaw50

Thu, 29 Jun 2025 20:30:18 +0100

Mush wrote: does seem a bit strange that. I'm sure Keith has a valid reason.

As Bumble says pictures of KC on twitter.... in the meeting room the new lads seen introducing themselves ! So he's deff back ...maybe the new girlfriends been keeping him busy all summer in between chasing Hope around the flesh pots !

Patrick Brough - by: Wukkie

Thu, 29 Jun 2025 16:56:00 +0100

He should've at least been given a chance to prove his worth when Grainger got injured, otherwise what is a back-up LB for?

As far as I know he hasn't given the club any problems so good luck to the lad. It'll be interesting to see how he gets on.

SIGNING KLAXON - by: markredfox73

Thu, 29 Jun 2025 10:30:45 +0100

Could have a new sideways and backwards player...oh joys

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Carlisle Airport - by: munchymagic

Wed, 28 Jun 2025 23:47:46 +0100

Urban Designer wrote: Referring to an article in the news and star I'm not sure how they work out that it will be quicker than train from London to Carlisle when you have to fly from Southend airport to land 10 miles outside Carlisle. The Euston to Carlisle train is only 3hrs 20 mins.

Stobarts are normally quite efficient so travelling from one of their own airports to another one of their own airports should be a doddle for them.

Parking at Carlisle airport and a shuttle from Southend airport into London could appear attractive for some.

New Pitch.....Again!! - by: Laffy

Wed, 28 Jun 2025 21:50:36 +0100

Let me come back on that one....no

RAGE.... - by: Mr Quint

Wed, 28 Jun 2025 21:36:28 +0100

Fair comment. What a world! The 21st Century is not quite how I hoped it would be. There's some sick f@ckers hope they rot in hell.

All change for Sky Sports - by: Gannadan

Wed, 28 Jun 2025 18:45:37 +0100

I've liked this post now Wukie so I'm committed to the cause, all we have to hope for now is that Jenkins doesn't pull out an ace card in the next few weeks. The backlash on here will be merciless, it will give CCU Just the kind of dirty sleazy amunition he's been looking for and we could even be defrocked.

Diversity at Brunton Park - by: Gannadan

Wed, 28 Jun 2025 17:39:02 +0100

You know this is the strangest messaging site I've used, when I send you these private messages I always get this overwhelming feeling that the rest of the board can somehow see them. I doubt it though the site must be secure, and to be honest I don't care much for any of them anyway apart from that silentone. He seems a well natured well-balanced caring sort never a bad word for anyone. Still can't find my inbox, I don't know why I use this trashy site.

6 charged over Hillsborough - by: NORTHERNSOUL

Wed, 28 Jun 2025 14:35:43 +0100

Looks like the IPCC Investigation has been a total waste of time 6 West Midlands officers [ who dozens of people have named ] who went round altering and threatening people to alter their original statements as well as their superiors have been totally let off the hook.

And whats the bets that by the time it goes to court Duckenfeld has had another funny turn and is deemed unfit to plead

As well as numerous organisations against who there was enough evidence to charge that arent being charged simply because the current organisation or company isnt the same entity as the one who committed the offence and in the case of SWFC unless I..ve missed an administration or two its the same company who held the FL share at the time of the disaster as is the one who does today so god knows why they cant be charged i dont see what difference who actually owns it now makes whatsoever. Surely that just means now that if your company is facing possible corporate manslaughter charges just get your mate to takeover and youre in the clear.

And why South Yorkshire Police have got off with this is beyond me as its pretty certain that the decision to cut the cost of the police operation by 33% from the same game the season before which without doubt was the real reason this disaster occurred was taken a few pay grades above Duckenfield as would be the decision to appoint him in the first place despite him having no experience in managing events of that scale.

Would of been better to charge and try the lot of them get a guilty verdict and then accept that theres nobody to actualy punish as i thought the whole point of corporate manslaughter was to get a result against the company or organisation and who currently owns it shouldnt make a jot of difference.

But for me the one whos got away with this big style is the original coroner just about everything he did he got wrong from setting up the morgue at the ground to taking blood for alcohol tests from dead bodies thru to blatantly declaring that all the victims were dead by 3.21 pm when it was patently obvious that many of them werent.