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Never Write Off a Wounded ‘Banger’ - Carlisle United Will Go Down Swinging

By on April 13, 2012 in the Category Uncategorized with No comments
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This time four years ago Carlisle United stood on the brink of glory. A single win from their last four games against Leeds United, Southend, Millwall or Bournemouth would have been enough for the Cumbrians to claim the final automatic promotion spot from League One and reach the heady heights of English football’s second tier for the first time in 20 years. Some fans will tell you that the intervention of a single player cost the Cumbrians that year - Middlesbrough’s Nicky Bailey, then of Southend, is held in peculiar affection at Brunton Park - his histrionics served to con referee Anthony…

The Monday Profile: Alan Smith

By on March 12, 2012 in the Category The Monday Profile with 6 Comments
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How many former England internationals are there currently plying their trade in the third tier? Not many, I’d wager. And how many League One players can boast that they once appeared in a Champions League semi-final against Valencia (even if that appearance was curtailed by a red card)? Again, not many. But, as of 29th January this year, there is at least one: Alan Smith. Even still, us Newcastle fans would be very wary of hiring a tent from the MK Dons fan who claimed Smith was a “marquee loan signing”… Smudger started out with hometown club Leeds, whose fans…