CARLISLE United finished the 2005 - 2006 League Two season as Champions, with 86 points. The final game of the season was Saturday 6 May 2006, away at Stockport, which ended in a 0-0 draw. The team returned to Brunton Park for the medals and trophy presentation at 8pm that evening, an attendance of around seven thousand saw United crowned Champions on an amazing evening.
Monday 8 May saw a civic reception for the team at the Civic Centre, Carlisle, whilst the same day the team manager, Paul Simpson, announced his plans for the squad, which are as follows:
Kevin Gray (Captain), Paul Arnison and Derek Holmes have all accepted new one year contracts, Lee Andrews has been released whilst Simpson has said he will "listen to offers" for Glenn Murray, Simon Grand and Brendan McGill. News is Karl Hawley has signed a contract extension with the Club - Bring on League One!
Middlesbrough travelled to Eindhoven, Holland for the UEFA Cup Final on Wednesday night, losing 4-0 to Seville (Spain) - Enough said I think. Today saw the Cup Finals: Liverpool beat West Ham on penalties, as did Hearts against Gretna. All eyes now turn to Stade De France, Paris, for the Champions League Final this coming Wednesday: Barcelona v Arsenal. Then there's the small matter of a World Cup coming up, more about that nearer the time.
That's all for now, enjoy the sunshine!
- Martin
- I was born in the beautiful city of Carlisle, resident of Cumbria. The view from my home includes the Fox Tower, after which I named this blog.
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
C h a m p i o n s ! ! !
CARLISLE United visited Spotland this evening and recorded a 2-0 victory over Rochdale to secure the League Two Championship, goals from Danny Livesey and Peter Murphy.
Monday, May 1, 2006
Merry May Day!
I'M not entirely sure if the May Day holiday has a greeting, such as 'Happy Easter' which was doing the rounds a couple of weeks ago (or so). I am aware of the saying 'May Gosling', which I think is supposed to be something along the lines of the 'April Fool' greeting, or 'Beware The Ides of March', for the early days of that month. I'm not sure of traditions like those mentioned above, any ideas or help regarding the traditions of the sayings mentioned above will be most grateful, thank you, leave your comments in the Comments link below, please, interactivity is the key at Reporting From The Fox Tower (or how about RFTFT from now on?)! Anyways, enjoy your May Day holiday however you are spending the day.
The Weekend...
SATURDAY saw a visit to Brunton Park for the football match between Carlisle United and Torquay United. Bearing in mind the game was a fine line between League Two Championship and huge banana skin what with Torquay's position of twenty third in the League Two table (or thereabouts), the afternoon started brightly, the sun was shining and a party atmosphere was had by all - The Sporting Inn (a bar just behind The Paddock with an impressive view of the Brunton Park pitch) was absolutely heaving, a few familiar faces and some new faces for the day, plenty of songs were sung as the Promotion celebrations were getting underway, a week earlier Carlisle secured a point at Mansfield Town to be promoted to League One.
And so out into The Paddock, extra pre-match entertainment was laid on by the football club for the last home game of the season, the promotion celebration for the largest attendance of the season, as thirteen thousand made their way into Brunton Park for the match. The forth-coming 'Party On The Pitch' concerts (May 13 & 14) at Brunton Park were the focal point of the pre-match entertainment as a troupe of dancers took to the pitch to promote the weekend and my, those girls were hot. Check them out at Mark Fuller [Official CUFC photographer] 's page at Mark-Fuller.co.uk, follow the CUFC links for the latest pics v. Torquay Utd.
As the girls went off the pitch and the teams came on, it seems Torquay's 4-0 win over Stockport previous to this game had been forgotten, as Torquay came out all guns blazing to preserve their football league status, as Carlisle were possibly nervous at this game with a possible presentation of the League Two Championship trophy a mere ninety minutes away. And so it proved, Torquay took the lead on eight minutes, 2-0 at forty minutes. Not even the WA Developments helicopter circling the ground prior to half time was of interest, neither was its passenger, Alan Halsall (Corrie's Tyrone Dobbs) who drew the Golden Gamble prize draw at half time: the prize of over one thousand pounds is still waiting to be claimed! United started the brighter, Zigor Aranalde headed a goal for Carlisle, player-manager Paul Simpson put in a five minute cameo at the end of the game, Torquay winning 2-1.
An enjoyable day none the less, the crowd saluted the team at the end of the game, two games remaining at Rochdale and Stockport to round off a truly amazing season.
I feel that is enough for today, enjoy the day, have a great week!
The Weekend...
SATURDAY saw a visit to Brunton Park for the football match between Carlisle United and Torquay United. Bearing in mind the game was a fine line between League Two Championship and huge banana skin what with Torquay's position of twenty third in the League Two table (or thereabouts), the afternoon started brightly, the sun was shining and a party atmosphere was had by all - The Sporting Inn (a bar just behind The Paddock with an impressive view of the Brunton Park pitch) was absolutely heaving, a few familiar faces and some new faces for the day, plenty of songs were sung as the Promotion celebrations were getting underway, a week earlier Carlisle secured a point at Mansfield Town to be promoted to League One.
And so out into The Paddock, extra pre-match entertainment was laid on by the football club for the last home game of the season, the promotion celebration for the largest attendance of the season, as thirteen thousand made their way into Brunton Park for the match. The forth-coming 'Party On The Pitch' concerts (May 13 & 14) at Brunton Park were the focal point of the pre-match entertainment as a troupe of dancers took to the pitch to promote the weekend and my, those girls were hot. Check them out at Mark Fuller [Official CUFC photographer] 's page at Mark-Fuller.co.uk, follow the CUFC links for the latest pics v. Torquay Utd.
As the girls went off the pitch and the teams came on, it seems Torquay's 4-0 win over Stockport previous to this game had been forgotten, as Torquay came out all guns blazing to preserve their football league status, as Carlisle were possibly nervous at this game with a possible presentation of the League Two Championship trophy a mere ninety minutes away. And so it proved, Torquay took the lead on eight minutes, 2-0 at forty minutes. Not even the WA Developments helicopter circling the ground prior to half time was of interest, neither was its passenger, Alan Halsall (Corrie's Tyrone Dobbs) who drew the Golden Gamble prize draw at half time: the prize of over one thousand pounds is still waiting to be claimed! United started the brighter, Zigor Aranalde headed a goal for Carlisle, player-manager Paul Simpson put in a five minute cameo at the end of the game, Torquay winning 2-1.
An enjoyable day none the less, the crowd saluted the team at the end of the game, two games remaining at Rochdale and Stockport to round off a truly amazing season.
I feel that is enough for today, enjoy the day, have a great week!
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