Matty Robson & Tony Kane have both signed two year deals. Danny Graham has signed for Watford with compensation to be finalised. The possible sale of Ben Williams to Colchester, linking to an attempt to lure Scott Vernon to us appears to be off. The first pre season friendly is at Kendal on Thursday.

Prediction Competition

The final standings of the 08-09 prediction competition are up on our website :

http://www.carlislelondonbranch.org/features/prediction0809.php

The top three places were as follows:-

1st £80.75

Daniel Thompson - Penrith

2nd £48.45

Mr. B. Rothery - Carlisle

3rd £10.76 each

Tim Cahill - York

Mr M reay - Thursby

Steve Kilner - Stoke on Trent

AGM

You should have received notification of the AGM at 8pm this Friday 10th July, that will be held at the Civil Service Club. Please register your attendance with Alan Millington at information@carlislelondonbranch.org particularly should you wish to join us for a meal at 6pm.

New Book Release

Neil Nixon's Blueseason 2008/2009 covering the campaign that almost ended in League Two is now available, innovations this year include a section for fans to leave their comments on the season, one or two of the London Branch contributed! Amazon link below .

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Carlisle-United-Blueseason-Neil-Nixon/dp/075521143X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245841845&sr=1-1

Margate Friendly 17th July ko 7.30pm

Alan Millington information@carlislelondonbranch.org will co-ordinate any one interested in travelling by train from Victoria where Groupsave is available for around £50 for 4 ( £1 for children). Anyone looking for car sharing opportunities should get in touch with me. We are looking to set up a members section on our website to simplify this type of activity.

Oldham 19th September

www.qjump.co.uk has singles through to Oldham Werneth for £9 each way but they are likely to go fast. A few members have booked at these early bird prices for a trip where there are no Groupsave deals on the following service:-

Out on the 09.40 from Euston arriving Oldham 12.54 - coach C
Back on the 18.00 arrive Euston 21.19 - coach D

Meeting Places

The first home game is likely to attract a lot of LB members. We need suggestions of somewhere to meet up as the Rugby Club is often too busy and the Linton Holme has proved not that popular.

Can anyone help with meeting places for some of our new away venues this season ? Please have a look on our website and drop me a line .

http://www.carlislelondonbranch.org/travel/travel.html

Social

Tony Little will arrange an evening at the Comedy Store at Leicester Square, including a meal beforehand for 3rd September. Please contact him at social@carlislelondonbranch.org to register your interest. He hosted a great BBQ yesterday, enjoyed by all who attended.


It is now membership renewal time of the year and the only way to guarantee no price increase is before the AGM where subs are set ! Please bear in mind the two London games in August where tickets will only be ordered for renewed members with monies in their TDS. The season kicks off in less than 5 weeks .


Keep the faith,

Simon Clarkson


*** 5 July 2001 - The club was in turmoil as four senior players Steve Halliday, Carl Heggs, Lee Maddison & Steve Soley were all sacked due to lack of cashflow ( reproduced with kind permission from ' On This Day ' ).