Derby Games .....EFL2

[Nigel Bamford]

Carlisle were a pretty strong side in those days and had a reputation for playing good, passing football on one of the best pitches in the leagues. They went on to become a rock-solid Division 2 (Championship) side for many years before topping Division 1 for a few brief days. Then the wheels came off...

[Hadrian]

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...the Gaelic name for Ireland?

[AugustusCorpa]

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Ben Clark is only 86?

[Hadrian]

Like or loath it we have been placed into Cumbria for FORTY EIGHT YEARS time to move on mate

With the prospect of further local government change on the agenda, maybe not.

[Steeley]

Think Carlisle at home will be one of the biggest league attendances we've seen for many years.

[sambino]

Hope if we cannot travel away to Carlisle we are on an equal footing on Radio Cumbria Do we expect 1 commentary team or will we have Adam covering for us and the Carlisle team for them. Chris Lumsden seems to admire Dunny so it might not be too negative

[pjdaly]

And the error is . . . . . . .

Ben Clark is only 86?

And the error is . . . . . . .

...the Gaelic name for Ireland?

Some good attempts above! But on double checking, I reckon the match at at Brunton Park on 17th April 1964 was not a traditional Saturday 3 pm kick-off but a Friday night match. So, if we assume a 7.45 kick off (which might be another error, perhaps it was 7.30?) then at the time of submission of my original e-mail it would have been 56 years, 3 months, 7 days, 19 hours and 21 minutes since the last kick-off. But of course it's more than that now . . .

[MikeRenney]

You would have to say the derby game is Carlisle just as it was the Workington fixtures that I always regarded as our derby games in our last period in the league. Morecambe were non league and Carlisle were usually at least a division above us in the sixties if I remember correctly.

[Barrowabc]

I've lived and worked in Carlisle, yet for me it's the morescumb game by a mile, yet the Carlisle game will be as massive for me, roll on

[Sefton Aubergine]

Think Carlisle at home will be one of the biggest league attendances we've seen for many years.

Not if it is in the first three games it won't.

[Chris Benoit]

Morecambe every time. They were traditionally our rivals when I was a kid. That's not to say I'm not looking forward to locking horns with Carlarl.

[EABluebird]

Like or loath it we have been placed into Cumbria for FORTY EIGHT YEARS time to move on mate

With the prospect of further local government change on the agenda, maybe not.

Yep makes perfect sense to separate Cumbria into North and South, CCC they want to create a single unitary authority abolishing the individual councils therefor further annexing us to Carlisle, they can stick that where the sun don’t shine.

[Fazered]

It's the travel links that make the difference. The 590 and railway lines lead to Lancaster. Carlisle will be the local derby and Lancashire vs Cumbria. My birth certificate says Barrow-in-Furness LANCASHIRE

[Mr Zebedee]

Only one other League 2 ground has an LA postcode

[HenneysKnee]

If away fans are allowed in grounds the first fixtures I look for in order will be Carlisle, Morecambe, Bolton and Bradford