Carlisle United and VFL Osnabruck fan - freelance sports / current affairs journalism, and online services with Carlisle Glass. Info officer with
@cusclbontour
Sky Sports transfer show - countdown clock for all the BIG transfers and a column on the right hand side of the screen showing moves worth £38m, £20m, etc.
Meanwhile the rest of the football world looks on as it wonders what the hell to do next.
Crazy.
Totally missed all the tweets - massive apologies. Thank you to everyone who took time out to get in touch. I’m sure I’ll see you all again - it’s been an absolute pleasure xx
Brilliant from the Carlisle fans tonight yet again. Whatever else comes out of this lockdown, it's crisp and clear how much this club matters to so many. Thanks for the great response and the way everyone got involved despite the longer than usual wait.
@officialcufc
That’ll do you know, on a day with huge meaning. Important not to lose and to feed off the feeling. Simmo will want more, of course he will, but it’s a new journey and that’s a good first ‘on the field’ step
#cufc
4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣ You'll have noticed I track career stats for our players, marking significant milestones as we go. This isn't too significant, but it has a certain oddness about it. That last minute goal yesterday was a 44th career goal in 444 appearances for
@Dannyg31986
#random
🔵💙 That was a club performance - on and off the field.
Every player, member of staff and fan came together to make it one to talk about.
Not sure what content is coming your way - we haven’t looked properly yet - but it’s coming 😊
#cufc
So, the plan - we have 6 player interviews in the can, trot those out, staggered over the next 10 days or so.
Loads from Simmo.
Season ticket price and dates of sale announcement back end of this week.
Other stuff on commercial, Blues Store to come.
Whatever else crops up.
Another slight aside. Wasn't going to do this on here, but then I want to say thanks, so - the number of folk who came across to say thanks for the work we do in the media department was extremely overwhelming today. Thank you if you were one of them. Seriously, it means a lot.
💙 Year after year our club mark this time so well and with huge dignity.
On a personal level I struggle with it, memories I wish I didn’t have, but that’s why it’s so important for community organisations to show it matters.
As we always do. Thanks lads.
#WeWillRememberThem
Great to see the interaction over on the official. Folk joining in with gifs and humour - really good feeling about the club at the moment ... even when we frustrate you (not deliberately, by the way) 🧡💙
🏆 Delighted to confirm that our very own club captain
@Dannyg31986
has picked up the
@SkyBetLeagueTwo
player of the month award for December - excellent stuff skipper! Story on the official website now 👇
You lot aren't doing your jobs. Zero bollockings for not having interviewed Kristian Dennis yet.
And he's been a quality signing.
I'll sort it this week.
🔵💙 “I think I’ve read every single message. I couldn’t respond until today, but it’s played a major part and I want to say thank you to everyone."
@RhysBeno91
on staying with the Blues, and on a humbling social media campaign that helped him to decide👇
20 years ago today my mate Si drove past, pulled his window open and took the piss out of me as he headed deeper into Iraq. He did it selflessly to make me feel better. 20 mins after our lively exchange he was no longer with us.
Great example of a man. Life is fleeting. Be kind.
I reckon one of the best bits of my job is doing the first interview with a young player who has just signed his first professional deal. Puts a smile on your face, to say the least
#cufc
💙😍 If you're a Carlisle fan - it's quite simple.
This dugout cam footage of the Omari Patrick equaliser is going to make you grin.
A lot.
Just watch, you'll get what I mean
#cufc
Agree with the blue tick comments on
@clinthill29
- we tried again a few weeks ago and
@Twitter
said no. We're going at it again this week - justice for Hill!
@VfL_1899
🟣💜 Get in!!!!
Whole club deserved that for the way they acted/reacted following that horrible Sunday.
Gyamfi - superb.
Englehardt - magnificent.
Cuisance - brilliant.
Diakhite - everywhere.
Tesche - reliable.
The rest - solid.
And well done Tobias.
Come on you
#lilaweiss
I think, like many career squaddies, it is with despair that you watch 'leaders' send troops of any nation and put people of any country in harm's way when you know, first-hand, it isn't a game.
It's anything but.
Egos and rhetoric = destruction of lives and property.
Madness
… was absolutely furious. Me, the fella supposed to be setting an example, well I got absolutely turned inside out. Three weeks of day on, day off duties.
The call … it was Simmo telling me we were about to sign Derek Holmes.
He had no idea the pain he had just caused!
I say this every year but, and having been through a few H Hours and “mount up, let’s go” situations myself, I can’t begin to imagine the courage it took to make D Day happen. Still in awe of every person involved, because they will have been terrified, but ready to act anyway.
💔 25 yrs since the Srebrenica massacre. Just under 9,000 Muslim males, all ages, marched out of their homes and killed.
Always be proud of what we did to help over there, and completely ashamed of what we didn't.
This girl is letting her dad know she graduated. Heart breaking.
💙🔵 But is this even better?
The 4⃣4⃣0⃣7⃣ after
@Gibson7_
got his first ever hat-trick - absolutely incredible noise and what this game is all about
#cufc
I don't usually do this either - but thank you to
@Mike_Zeller1
and
@james7phillips
for giving me a platform to speak out about the feelings serving soldiers and veterans are facing with the unfolding Afghanistan situation.
What I shamefully failed to address properly ...
🏆 Congratulations to
@jamiedevitt10
who has won the League Two PFA Player of the Month award for January, and thank you to everyone who voted! 💙
#cufc
#PFAFansAward
15 years ago today I was doing the Gulf War 2 thing. Having knackered the only two combat shirts I had, my mate gave me one he had spare. Told me how useless I was, took the mickey, and insisted he wanted it back. Drove off, and was killed in an ambush. Rubbish. Hate this date.
🔵⚪️ Covering non-league at the moment, but could tell from the W’App group I’m in that the game wasn’t going our way, even though I couldn’t see the score.
It’s tough, hard to take, but it’s where rational thinking and togetherness are required.
Horrible season, no doubt
😍✍️ The gaffer asked for your help, you delivered it, and here's the news you've been waiting for.
@RhysBeno91
has extended his stay with United until the end of the season.
Full details 👇
I can remember trying to force an interview out of a very young
@LukeJoycey4
almost 500 games ago when a shy version of the great pro we see now was more interested in getting on the bus than being in the spotlight. Pleasure to have worked with him, great milestone achieved 👏🏻👏🏻
🎟8️⃣
#8kforMK
WE’VE DONE IT!
Fiona Blenkinsopp has just been to buy the 8,000th ticket - so to mark the landmark, we gave her it for free!
Can we smash 9,000 in the next 24 hours?
Don’t miss out, get your ticket online here 👇🏼
@Mike_Zeller1
@james7phillips
... that every bead of sweat and droplet of blood spilled was for nothing.
Unforgiveable.
Please stand by your veterans and serving people - they need your support now more than ever.
🖋️Delighted to announce that our very own Captain Marvel
@Dannyg31986
has agreed a new one-year deal with the club - read what he has to say about it right here 👇💙🔵 -
🔵⚪️ Right, best get on with the day job and do some actual reporting - with one eye on
@officialcufc
- a good performance to lift spirits will suit me just fine please
#cufc