Who did what, 2011 - 2012

GREETINGS from Reporting From The Fox Tower on an exceptionally warm afternoon, so let's proceed with today's post: Who did what, 2011 - 2012, which refers to the recently completed football season, of course!

The results of the fixtures fulfilled by Carlisle United are still outstanding on this blog, so I shall complete those first:

Carlisle United results, February 2012:

• Saturday 4th: United 2 - Chesterfield 1
• Saturday 11th: Stevenage v United postponed.
• Tuesday 14th: United 0 - Tranmere Rovers 0
• Monday 20th: Brentford 4 - United 0
• Saturday 25th: United 3 - Yeovil Town 2

Results, March 2012 (all fixtures in npower League One):

• Saturday 3rd: Notts County 2 - United 0
• Tuesday 6th: United 2 - Rochdale 1
• Saturday 10th: United 4 - Bury 1
• Saturday 17th: Bournemouth 1 - United 1
• Tuesday 20th: United 0 - Preston North End 0
• Saturday 24th: Colchester United 1 - United 1
• Tuesday 27th: MK Dons 1 - United 2
• Saturday 31st: United 2 - Huddersfield Town 1

Results, April 2012:

• Friday 6th: Wycombe Wanderers 1 - United 1
• Monday 9th: United 0 - Scunthorpe United 0
• Saturday 14th: United 0 - Charlton Athletic 1 (This result promoted Charlton Athletic)
• Tuesday 17th: Stevenage 1 - United 0
• Saturday 21st: Sheffield Wednesday 2 - United 1
• Saturday 28th: United 4 - Exeter City 1

The final result, May 2012:

• Saturday 5th: Oldham Athletic 2 - United 1

Remaining on the Carlisle United theme for the final time this season, please visit the Peter Murphy Testimonial Year website. Thank you.

The final placings, 2011 - 2012:

Beginning with the trophies:

• Champions League: Chelsea
• Carling Cup: Liverpool
• Johnstone’s Paint Trophy: Chesterfield

Barclays Premier League:

Champions: Manchester CITY

Relegated: Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers, Wolverhampton Wanderers

npower Championship:

Champions: Reading

Promoted: Southampton

Play off winners: West Ham United

Relegated: Portsmouth, Coventry City, Doncaster Rovers

npower League One:

Champions: Charlton Athletic

Promoted: Sheffield Wednesday

Play off winners: Huddersfield Town

(Carlisle United finished the season in 8^th place)

Relegated: Wycombe Wanderers, Chesterfield, Exeter City, Rochdale

npower League Two:

Champions: Swindon Town

Promoted: Shrewsbury Town, Crawley Town

Play off winners: Crewe Alexandra

(Morecambe finished the season in 15^th place)

Relegated: Hereford, Macclesfield

Blue Square Conference Premier:

Champions: Fleetwood Town

Promoted via play off: York City

(Barrow finished the season in 13^th place)

Relegated: Hayes & Yeading, Darlington, Bath City, Kettering Town

And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, brings down the curtain on the 2011 - 2012 football season.

And finally...

Last, but definitely not least, let's wish a Happy Birthday for today (Sunday 27 May) to Miss Stephanie Hodson, Miss Intercontinental 2011 and participant in the most recent series of ITV's Take Me Out - And yes, she did get a date! Happy Birthday Steph!

Football and Radio updates

First up, the football results of Carlisle United matches played January 2012, followed by the radio stations I heard on Medium Wave during an evening of the same month.

The scores (all npower League One matches):

• Monday 2 January: United 3 - Sheffield United 2
• Saturday 7 January: United 4 - Leyton Orient 1
• Saturday 21 January: United 1 - Walsall 1
• Saturday 28 January: Hartlepool 4 - United 0

Fixtures for February 2012 are as follows:

• Saturday 4: United v Chesterfield (2-1)
• Saturday 11: Stevenage v United
• Tuesday 14: United v Tranmere Rovers
• Monday 20: Brentford v United
• Saturday 25: United v Yeovil Town

Good Luck to the Blues for the February fixtures.

The stations (all stations heard 2 January 2012, times in UTC/GMT, frequencies in kiloHertz):

• 1955 - 2010 UTC, 1377 kHz: France Info, French language via Lille, France, 300 kiloWatt transmission.
• 2025 - 2045 UTC, 1386 kHz: Euskadi Irratia, Basque language via Bilbao, Spain.
• 2120 - 2130 UTC, 1404 kHz: France Info, French language via Brest, France, 20 kW transmission.
• 2140 - 2155 UTC, 1413 kHz: Co-channel broadcasts: Premier Christian Radio, female preacher in English language via Heathrow or Dartford Marshes, 0.5 kW transmission / BBC Radio Gloucestershire, evening programme in English language via Bourton-on-the-water or Berkeley Heath, Gloucestershire, 0.5 kW transmission.

That's it, you're up to date.

Results Round-up on New Year's Eve 2011 - 2012

WELCOME to the final post of 2011, which begins with Carlisle United's results for December:

Saturday 3rd : FA Cup Round 2 : Charlton 2 - United 0
Saturday 10th : npower League One : Scunthorpe 1 - United 2
Saturday 17th : npower League One : United 2 - Wycombe 2
Monday 26th : npower League One : Preston 3 - United 3
Friday 30th : npower League One : Huddersfield Town 1 - United 1.

May I take this opportunity to wish Rory Loy a speedy recovery after sustaining a broken leg during the Preston v United match, which took place at Deepdale on Boxing Day.

Staying on a sporting theme, memories go back to the summer and at Wimbledon, in the Ladies game, former champions were toppled and new stars shone. One of which is Miss Sabine Lisicki, pictured below, who is currently competing in a tournament in Auckland, New Zealand. Here she is pictured during some downtime:

Finally, may I take this opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year for 2012 and to thank you for reading RFTFT during 2011!

December 2011 update!

APOLOGIES for not keeping RFTFT up to date during November, so I'm using today's entry to catch up with everything that has been going on. As with the previous post below, I'm beginning with Carlisle United's results for November:

Sat 5th: npower League One: Exeter City 0 - United 0
Sat 12th: FA Cup Round One: Alfreton Town 0 - United 4
Sat 19th: npower League One: Sheffield United 1 - United 0
Sat 26th: npower League One: United 1 - Colchester United 0

And those are the results for November 2011.

Introducing Eden FM...

EDEN FM is the new community radio station for Penrith and the Eden Valley, broadcasting on a Restricted Service Licence (RSL) from 25 November to 23 December 2011 on 87.7 MHz FM and continuously online at edenfmradio.co.uk . I am pleased and honoured to be part of Eden FM, I do hope you will take some time to listen to our programmes.

From FM to Short Wave...


I spent the evening of Monday 28 November 2011 listening to the Short Wave band of my Roberts R881 and heard a variety of broadcasts, listed here. Times in UTC (=GMT), frequencies in kiloHertz (kHz):

1950 UTC, 7485 kHz : Voice of America, English Service 'Special English' programme regarding 'rhetoric' speech, references to the Presidential television debate between Nixon and Kennedy; Martin Luther King.

2040 UTC, 7550 kHz : All India Radio, General Overseas Service, including the English Service programme.

2115 UTC, 7560 kHz : Voice of America, English service to Afghanistan. Music programme taking a look at the life and work of Johnny Cash.

2210 UTC, 7580 kHz : Radio Farda, music, female host with 'Radio Farda' ID, music, speech from female and male hosts.

2250 UTC, 9420 kHz : Voice of Greece, Greek language service to Europe, Atlantic Ocean territories, North America. Music, female host.

New music from Lindi Ortega...


I am currently listening to the album 'Little Red Boots' by Canadian musician Lindi Ortega. Ortega, 32, released the album in the summer of 2011 and plans an extensive UK tour in the new year of 2012. Here is the album sleeve, so keep a look out for it. I highly recommend this great album.

And finally...


This edition of RFTFT closes with a 'Wallpaper of the week', which is where I post an image which I allow you to steal and post as your wallpaper on the desktop of your PC or laptop. This image is of Wain Wath Falls, to the west of Keld, North Yorkshire, on the B6270 road. Enjoy.

Thanks for visiting!

Carlisle United results: October 2011

ONE month at a time is how I like to record Carlisle United's results here on RFTFT, so here are the results for October 2011. If you wish to share your views regarding the results, please use the methods of communication listed at the bottom of this post.

October 2011:
Saturday  1st: Walsall 1 - United 1
Saturday  8th: United 2 - Brentford 2
Saturday 15th: Yeovil Town 0 - United 3
Saturday 22nd: Charlton Athletic 4 - United 0
Tuesday 25th: United 3 - Sheffield Wednesday 2
Saturday 29th: United 3 - Oldham Athletic 3

United's fixtures for November 2011:
Saturday  5th: Away at Exeter City (0-0)
Saturday 12th: FA Cup Round 1 Away at Alfreton Town
Saturday 19th: Away at Sheffield United
Saturday 26th: Home v Colchester United

GOOD LUCK to the Blues for the November fixtures!

And finally...
...for this week at least: I spent an evening recently tuning the Medium Wave band of my Roberts R881 radio and to be honest, I didn't hear much as darkness had fallen and several stations of similar transmission power cancelled each other out, but I did hear France Info on 1377kHz with a strong signal. Usually, I post a link to the station website, but if you put France Info Radio into a search engine, you probably won't go far wrong. To compensate, here is the France Info logo. That's all for now, see you again soon.

Carlisle United Results, September 2011

CARLISLE United's fixtures for September 2011 have been completed and here are the results from all competitions:

npower League One: Saturday 3rd: United 1 - MK Dons 3

Johnstone's Paint Trophy, Round 1: Tuesday 6th: Accrington Stanley 3 - United 2

League: Saturday 10th: United 1 - Hartlepool 2

League: Tuesday 13th: Tranmere Rovers 1 - United 2

League: Saturday 17th: Chesterfield 4 - United 1

League: Saturday 24th: United 1 - Stevenage 0

UNITED have six fixtures scheduled for October 2011, beginning Saturday 1st, away at Walsall.

Away from football, may I take this opportunity to congratulate Mark Cavendish on becoming Cycling World Road Race Champion in Denmark today (Sunday 25 September).

Carlisle United Results, August 2011

THE football season 2011/2012 is under way and here on RFTFT we will be following the fortunes of Carlisle United. Results will be published at the end of every month, including results from the league and cup competitions. Here are the results for August 2011:

npower League One: Saturday 6th: United 0 - Notts County 3

Carling Cup: Tuesday 9th: Oldham Athletic 1 - United 1 (McGovern) (United win 4-2 on penalties. Away at Aldershot on Tuesday 30th, Round 2)

League: Saturday 13th: Bury 0 - United 2 (Noble, Berrett)

League: Tuesday 16th: Rochdale 0 - United 0

League: Saturday 20th: United 2 (Taiwo, Byrne own goal) AFC Bournemouth 1

League: Saturday 27th: Leyton Orient 1 - United 2 (Miller x2)

Carling Cup: Tuesday 30th: Aldershot 2 - United 0 (Round 2)

"Win or lose, come on you Blues!"

Carlisle United Fixtures 2011 - 2012

HOME GAMES IN CAPITALS

AUGUST

6 NOTTS COUNTY

13 Bury

16 Rochdale

20 BOURNEMOUTH

27 Leyton Orient

SEPTEMBER

3 MILTON KEYNES DONS

10 HARTLEPOOL

13 Tranmere

17 Chesterfield

24 STEVENAGE

OCTOBER

1 Walsall

8 BRENTFORD

15 Yeovil

22 Charlton

25 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

29 OLDHAM

NOVEMBER

5 Exeter

19 Sheffield United

26 COLCHESTER

DECEMBER

10 Scunthorpe

17 WYCOMBE

26 Preston

31 Huddersfield

JANUARY

2 SHEFFIELD UNITED

7 LEYTON ORIENT

14 Milton Keynes Dons

21 WALSALL

28 Hartlepool

FEBRUARY

4 CHESTERFIELD

11 Stevenage

14 TRANMERE

18 Brentford

25 YEOVIL

MARCH

3 Notts County

6 ROCHDALE

10 BURY

17 Bournemouth

20 PRESTON

24 Colchester

31 HUDDERSFIELD

APRIL

7 Wycombe

9 SCUNTHORPE

14 CHARLTON

21 Sheffield Wednesday

28 EXETER

MAY

5 Oldham

Carlisle United have been drawn to play Oldham Athletic in the first round of the Carling Cup. United team news includes Matt Robson moving to number 3, with Rory Loy and Paddy Madden taking numbers 9 and 10 respectively. Paul Thirlwell will be United's team captain for the fifth consecutive season.