Brunton Park Diary - November 2011
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Nov. 1st (Tue)
CARLISLE UTD YOUTH 4 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY YOUTH 1 – FA YOUTH CUP 1st ROUND
A tremendous performance against a side with Academy status and sitting in sixth place out of the teams in the FA Premier League Academy Group D. In a game that kicked off 90 minutes late after the Wednesday coach got stuck in traffic, the goals came from Potts, Symington (2) and Clary. Moved into the midfield from his usual position in defence, Potts was particularly outstanding. The win sits up a game against either Kidderminster Harriers or Brighouse Town in the second round.
United: Parker, McGlen, Staunch, Morse, Minor, Potts, Todd, Lynch, Symington, Clarey, Beck.
Beer Machine pleads guilty to a charge of improper conduct by the Football Association following his red card against Carlisle and has requested a personal hearing. He could keep every UK shrink in business for the next decade.
Lincoln blow the replay, allowing 10-man Alfreton to make the short trip back with a 2-1 win under their belts and in the process set up a first ever game against Carlisle United.
Nov. 2nd (Wed)
With Tavernier due to play the last game of his loan spell at the weekend trip to Exeter, Carlisle have moved for young Bristol City right-back Christian Ribeiro, a player described by Robins fans as “made of glass” despite being generally positive about his abilities. Having suffered a cruciate ligament injury during his brief career, he’s been restricted to 14 appearances for City as well as having loan spells at Stockport and Colchester. Ribeiro has also represented Wales at full international level winning two caps.
The loan will continue until January 2nd or until such time he walks into a chair in Foxy’s too firmly and spends the next three months in hospital recovering.
Nov. 3rd (Thu)
There’s an unhappy smiley from Dolly’s injury table with news that Stephen O'Halloran and Steve Swinglehurst will both be sidelined with knee cartilage knack for approximately 8 to 9 weeks. Free-scoring Youth team hotshot Alex Salmon could be out for even longer with ankle ouch following a training injury. The better news is that Madden is back in full training and Mckenna is not far behind him.
Nov. 5th (Sat)
EXETER CITY 0 CARLISLE UTD 0
With Berrett and Taiwo suspended and Murphy injuring his back in the first couple of minutes, a clean sheet and a share of the points wasn’t a bad net result even if we needed one of the missed chances to be converted to keep the pressure up on the teams in the play-offs.
Player Ratings: Collin 8, Tavernier 5, Robson 6, Livesey 6, Michalik 6, Thirlwell 5, McGovern 8, Noble 9 (star man), Zoko 4, Miller 5, Loy 7. Sub: Helan 5.
BRADFORD CITY YOUTH 1 CARLISLE UTD YOUTH 1 (Bradford City won 7-6 on penalties) – F.A. YOUTH ALLIANCE CUP
A controversially re-taken Bradford penalty set up a win in this cup game that saw United miss a boat load of chances before Beck popped up with the equaliser two minutes from time.
Nov. 10th (Thu)
Girls name decides the Cumbrian life/weather/sausages are not for him as he informs that he’s had a better offer from elsewhere despite Carlisle and Man. City being happy for him to stay longer.
The festive game at Huddersfield is brought forward a day to Friday, December 30th and a 1945 kick-off.
Nov. 12th (Sat)
ALFRETON 0 CARLISLE UTD 4 – F.A. CUP FIRST ROUND
Goals from Miller (24), Loy (33), Berrett (40) and Noble (45) set up a comfortable victory after a slow start with Loy’s bicycle kick being the pick of the quartet.
Player Ratings: Collin 6, Ribeiro 7, Livesey 7, Michalik 6, Robson 6, Thirlwell 8, McGovern 7, Noble 7, Berrett 6, Loy 7, Miller 6.
ST BEES 1 CARLISLE UTD XI 7 – CUMBERLAND CUP 3rd ROUND
Irish flyer Paddy Madden is well and truly back as confirmed by his first half hat-trick. Goals from Patrick Brough, Mark Beck, Brandon Gwinnutt and Dave Symington sealed a comfortable victory.
Nov. 16th (Wed)
KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS YOUTH 0 CARLISLE UTD YOUTH 1 – YOUTH CUP 2nd ROUND
A Mark Beck header on 68 minutes saw off a determined Harriers side and booked a date with Premier League Academy side Fulham in the 3rd round.
Nov. 18th (Fri)
The specialist gives Simek the all clear to resume light training.
Nov. 19th (Sat)
SHEFFIELD UNITED 1 CARLISLE UTD 0
This one might have been a different story if the Blues had applied the same self-belief they had for the last 20 minutes across the remainder of the game. As it is a flicked-on corner led to the winner and Collin kept things interesting with a fine penalty save following Ribeiro’s challenge.
Player Ratings: Collin 8.67 (star man), Ribeiro 5.00, Michalik 6.00, Livesey 7.67, Robson 6.00, Thirlwell 6.00, Noble 6.67, Berrett 5.67, McGovern 5.67, Loy 5.67, Miller 7.67. Subs: Murphy 6.00, Zoko 7.67, Curran 5.00.
Nov. 23rd (Wed)
Zoko’s on his way to Middlesbrough according to the Sky Sports website.
Man City latest youth product to join the Brunton Babes is Chris Chantler. The 20 year-old left back will initially stay on loan until January 2nd and represented City for the first time last December when coming on in the final minutes of their 1-1 draw in a Europa cup game at Juventus.
Nov. 24th (Thu)
The Club’s ‘Project Blue Yonder’ exhibition is unveiled to supporters with the resulting wide spectrum of views and opinions. PBY is a proposal to move the club from its present ground at Brunton Park to a new purpose-built complex at Kingmoor Park with a 12,000 all moanin… err… seating capacity. The two main talking points have possibly been the modest initial capacity when the smallest equivalent stadiums in the aspired to level 2 start at over 15,000 and the Park’s distance of nearly 4 miles plus from many parts of Carlisle.
Nov. 26th (Sat)
CARLISLE UTD 1 COLCHESTER UTD 0
In a match played in dreadful conditions, United did well to secure all three points with a fine goal from the unlikeliest of scorers, skipper Paul Thirlwell. The move on 22 saw JPM breaking from just inside his own half and finding Miller on the edge of the box. His early ball was met by the advancing Thirlwell who slid in the eventual winner.
Player Ratings: Collin 6.00 Ribeiro 6.00, Michalik 7.50 (joint star man), Murphy 7.50 (joint star man), Robson 6.00, Thirlwell 7.50 (joint star man), Noble 6.50, Berrett 6.00, McGovern 7.00, Loy 7.00, Miller 7.00.
CARLISLE UTD YOUTH 4 STOCKPORT COUNTY YOUTH 1
The windy conditions were only a minor distraction as the Youth team came from behind to win 4-1 with goals from Symington, Berwick and two more from Mark Beck.
CARLISLE UTD YOUTH 4 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY YOUTH 1 – FA YOUTH CUP 1st ROUND
A tremendous performance against a side with Academy status and sitting in sixth place out of the teams in the FA Premier League Academy Group D. In a game that kicked off 90 minutes late after the Wednesday coach got stuck in traffic, the goals came from Potts, Symington (2) and Clary. Moved into the midfield from his usual position in defence, Potts was particularly outstanding. The win sits up a game against either Kidderminster Harriers or Brighouse Town in the second round.
United: Parker, McGlen, Staunch, Morse, Minor, Potts, Todd, Lynch, Symington, Clarey, Beck.
Beer Machine pleads guilty to a charge of improper conduct by the Football Association following his red card against Carlisle and has requested a personal hearing. He could keep every UK shrink in business for the next decade.
Lincoln blow the replay, allowing 10-man Alfreton to make the short trip back with a 2-1 win under their belts and in the process set up a first ever game against Carlisle United.
Nov. 2nd (Wed)
With Tavernier due to play the last game of his loan spell at the weekend trip to Exeter, Carlisle have moved for young Bristol City right-back Christian Ribeiro, a player described by Robins fans as “made of glass” despite being generally positive about his abilities. Having suffered a cruciate ligament injury during his brief career, he’s been restricted to 14 appearances for City as well as having loan spells at Stockport and Colchester. Ribeiro has also represented Wales at full international level winning two caps.
The loan will continue until January 2nd or until such time he walks into a chair in Foxy’s too firmly and spends the next three months in hospital recovering.
Nov. 3rd (Thu)
There’s an unhappy smiley from Dolly’s injury table with news that Stephen O'Halloran and Steve Swinglehurst will both be sidelined with knee cartilage knack for approximately 8 to 9 weeks. Free-scoring Youth team hotshot Alex Salmon could be out for even longer with ankle ouch following a training injury. The better news is that Madden is back in full training and Mckenna is not far behind him.
Nov. 5th (Sat)
EXETER CITY 0 CARLISLE UTD 0
With Berrett and Taiwo suspended and Murphy injuring his back in the first couple of minutes, a clean sheet and a share of the points wasn’t a bad net result even if we needed one of the missed chances to be converted to keep the pressure up on the teams in the play-offs.
Player Ratings: Collin 8, Tavernier 5, Robson 6, Livesey 6, Michalik 6, Thirlwell 5, McGovern 8, Noble 9 (star man), Zoko 4, Miller 5, Loy 7. Sub: Helan 5.
BRADFORD CITY YOUTH 1 CARLISLE UTD YOUTH 1 (Bradford City won 7-6 on penalties) – F.A. YOUTH ALLIANCE CUP
A controversially re-taken Bradford penalty set up a win in this cup game that saw United miss a boat load of chances before Beck popped up with the equaliser two minutes from time.
Nov. 10th (Thu)
Girls name decides the Cumbrian life/weather/sausages are not for him as he informs that he’s had a better offer from elsewhere despite Carlisle and Man. City being happy for him to stay longer.
The festive game at Huddersfield is brought forward a day to Friday, December 30th and a 1945 kick-off.
Nov. 12th (Sat)
ALFRETON 0 CARLISLE UTD 4 – F.A. CUP FIRST ROUND
Goals from Miller (24), Loy (33), Berrett (40) and Noble (45) set up a comfortable victory after a slow start with Loy’s bicycle kick being the pick of the quartet.
Player Ratings: Collin 6, Ribeiro 7, Livesey 7, Michalik 6, Robson 6, Thirlwell 8, McGovern 7, Noble 7, Berrett 6, Loy 7, Miller 6.
ST BEES 1 CARLISLE UTD XI 7 – CUMBERLAND CUP 3rd ROUND
Irish flyer Paddy Madden is well and truly back as confirmed by his first half hat-trick. Goals from Patrick Brough, Mark Beck, Brandon Gwinnutt and Dave Symington sealed a comfortable victory.
Nov. 16th (Wed)
KIDDERMINSTER HARRIERS YOUTH 0 CARLISLE UTD YOUTH 1 – YOUTH CUP 2nd ROUND
A Mark Beck header on 68 minutes saw off a determined Harriers side and booked a date with Premier League Academy side Fulham in the 3rd round.
Nov. 18th (Fri)
The specialist gives Simek the all clear to resume light training.
Nov. 19th (Sat)
SHEFFIELD UNITED 1 CARLISLE UTD 0
This one might have been a different story if the Blues had applied the same self-belief they had for the last 20 minutes across the remainder of the game. As it is a flicked-on corner led to the winner and Collin kept things interesting with a fine penalty save following Ribeiro’s challenge.
Player Ratings: Collin 8.67 (star man), Ribeiro 5.00, Michalik 6.00, Livesey 7.67, Robson 6.00, Thirlwell 6.00, Noble 6.67, Berrett 5.67, McGovern 5.67, Loy 5.67, Miller 7.67. Subs: Murphy 6.00, Zoko 7.67, Curran 5.00.
Nov. 23rd (Wed)
Zoko’s on his way to Middlesbrough according to the Sky Sports website.
Man City latest youth product to join the Brunton Babes is Chris Chantler. The 20 year-old left back will initially stay on loan until January 2nd and represented City for the first time last December when coming on in the final minutes of their 1-1 draw in a Europa cup game at Juventus.
Nov. 24th (Thu)
The Club’s ‘Project Blue Yonder’ exhibition is unveiled to supporters with the resulting wide spectrum of views and opinions. PBY is a proposal to move the club from its present ground at Brunton Park to a new purpose-built complex at Kingmoor Park with a 12,000 all moanin… err… seating capacity. The two main talking points have possibly been the modest initial capacity when the smallest equivalent stadiums in the aspired to level 2 start at over 15,000 and the Park’s distance of nearly 4 miles plus from many parts of Carlisle.
Nov. 26th (Sat)
CARLISLE UTD 1 COLCHESTER UTD 0
In a match played in dreadful conditions, United did well to secure all three points with a fine goal from the unlikeliest of scorers, skipper Paul Thirlwell. The move on 22 saw JPM breaking from just inside his own half and finding Miller on the edge of the box. His early ball was met by the advancing Thirlwell who slid in the eventual winner.
Player Ratings: Collin 6.00 Ribeiro 6.00, Michalik 7.50 (joint star man), Murphy 7.50 (joint star man), Robson 6.00, Thirlwell 7.50 (joint star man), Noble 6.50, Berrett 6.00, McGovern 7.00, Loy 7.00, Miller 7.00.
CARLISLE UTD YOUTH 4 STOCKPORT COUNTY YOUTH 1
The windy conditions were only a minor distraction as the Youth team came from behind to win 4-1 with goals from Symington, Berwick and two more from Mark Beck.