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!