BRUNTON Park, Carlisle has played host to Olly Murs and Louisa Johnson this [Saturday] evening, the second night of music, as UB40 and Level 42 performed on Friday night. Other recent concerts at Brunton Park have included Rod Stewart, but Saturday [3rd June] marked the tenth anniversary of Elton John at Brunton Park.
For the Elton John & His Band setlist, thoughts, memories and reflections on an evening attended by over eighteen thousand, take a look at the original Elton John at Brunton Park post on Reporting From The Fox Tower, by clicking here. Enjoy.
THE forty six League Two matches had been completed. Carlisle United Football Club finished the season in sixth place. Carlisle United qualified for the League Two Play Offs, which were scheduled as follows:
The first leg was United v Exeter City at Brunton Park, Sunday 14 May, 6:30pm.
Here are the match highlights, courtesy of Carlisle United:
Sunday 14th: Sky Bet League Two [Play Off]: United 3 - Exeter City 3 (Attendance: 9708)
Image of some of the 9708 crowd, courtesy of Carlisle United Football Club.
The second leg was on the evening of Thursday 18 May, 7:45pm at St James Park, the home of Exeter City. With the aggregate score of 3-3 from the first leg, this second leg would be a winner takes all match.
Here are the match highlights, courtesy of Carlisle United:
Thursday 18th: Sky Bet League Two [Play Off]: Exeter City 3 - United 2 (Attendance: 7450)
Exeter City won the second leg 3-2 and took the tie 6-5 on aggregate.
Carlisle United's season has ended; Exeter City will face Blackpool at Wembley Stadium for a place in League One. Blackpool defeated Luton Town in their Play Offs.
Thank you for following The Season So Far posts here on RFTFT.
I would like to thank everyone at Brunton Park for another rollercoaster season, the staff there through the week, the Blues store staff, the matchday programme and Golden Gamble ticket vendors (including Ewan and the Blues Lotto team too!), the ticket office staff, the stewards, the caterers, the turnstile staff, matchday PA - So proud to be a supporter of the Club, of Mr Curle and the playing staff, of the ground staff for once again being recognised for their work in keeping the playing surface one of the best.
To all the other unsung heroes that aren't in this post, thank you too.
Let's keep building together and do it all again next season - With a promotion!!
STORM Desmond early in December flooded Brunton Park and the surrounding area of Carlisle. Unprecedented rainfall brought flooding throughout Cumbria from Thursday 3rd December (West Cumbria), through Friday 4th and Saturday 5th (Eden Valley) to Sunday 6th (Carlisle & North Cumbria). This has impacted on Carlisle United, as only three fixtures have been played in December. The results of which are as follows:
Sky Bet League Two - Season 2015-2016.
The FA Cup, Round Two : Sunday 6th : Welling United 0 - United 5 (Attendance: 2028)
League : Saturday 12th : Oxford United 1 - United 1 (Attendance: 5936)
League : Saturday 19th : United 3 - Notts County 0 [Match played at Deepdale, Preston] (Attendance: 3336)
Getty Images captured an image of Brunton Park from the air, when the flood waters were at their highest:
In the aftermath of the flooding, the Club and fans came together to support the community. In the days following the Welling United game, the players volunteered their time to help residents of Warwick Road and surrounding areas remove flood damaged goods from their homes:
United players Michael Raynes, Joe Thompson and Jason Kennedy (Pictured left to right, above) removing flood damaged goods. United also appealed to fans who could safely get to Brunton Park to help them with the clear out of flood damaged areas of the Club. The following video from Carlisle newspaper News & Star shows the fans helping to clear out Brunton Park.
As the results at the head of post show, United fulfilled their fixtures away at Oxford United on Saturday 12th and the home fixture against Notts County on Saturday 19th was played at Deepdale, the home of Preston North End. United playing their 'home' fixtures at other grounds was to the chagrin of John Coleman, the Accrington Stanley manager, whose own team have had matches postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. United were due to play Stanley at The Wham Stadium on Boxing Day (Saturday 26th), but this was postponed, due to... A waterlogged pitch.
United were due to play Hartlepool United at home on Bank Holiday Monday (28th) - It would have been United's final fixture of the year - But this match has been postponed. It has been rescheduled for the evening of Tuesday 23rd February. It was rumoured Newcastle United's St James' Park could have staged the game.
Following the visit to Deepdale for the Notts County match, United will be on a tour of Lancashire for their next two home fixtures: United will play a League Two fixture against Plymouth Argyle at Ewood Park, the home of Blackburn Rovers, on Saturday 2nd January; United will play Yeovil Town in Round Three of the FA Cup at Bloomfield Road, the home of Blackpool, on Sunday 10th.
United's other scheduled fixtures for January: Barnet (away), York City (home) and Dagenham & Redbridge (away).
