A crowd of 4223 witnessed a thoroughly depressing defeat against Hereford. The squad is now thread bear and lacking in confidence. Next up are Northampton on Saturday. Oh what difference a year makes ( see ' on this day ' ).

See what a London Branch Junior reporter made of the game at Southend http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10361~1600160,00.html.

Feedback Group

Nigel Moss will represent the Branch at the next Fans Feedback Group on Friday 27th March. If you have anything you would like him to raise please contact him at nigemoss@yahoo.co.uk.

Cheltenham Mascot

Are there any Brunton Blues who would like to be mascot at Cheltenham on 25th April ? Please let Ian Jardine know at mascots@carlislelondonbranch.org if you fancy a day to remember.

Golden Gamble

The club are trying to set up their biggest ever Golden Gamble half-time draw prize fund for the Oldham game on Good Friday. The previous best is £1800 for the Sheffield Wednesday Cup match. Normally the tickets would only be sold at the ground on a match day but this time they have been distributed around shops in the area and a few fans have taken books in a bid to boost the prize fund. A number of local businesses have kindly donated prizes to supplement the 2 cash prizes. The tickets cost £1 for a blue or white, buy both for £2 and receive a yellow free. The London branch will receive 10% commission for the first 100 tickets sold and 20% for all tickets sold above 100.

They will be available to buy at Leicester or by sending a cheque payable to CUSCLB to me at 11 Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5DA to arrive before 7th April.

Player of year/Champagne moment

You can now vote for your player of the year via our website at http://www.carlislelondonbranch.org/index.html.

Our juniors will soon be able to vote for their Champagne moment but before they do so we need some nominations. Could it be Kav's goal v Bristol Rovers, one of Paul Thirlwell's crackers or a Danny Graham hat trick?Please send me some nominations and I will announce the three best in the next vhtb.

New Website Functions

There is now an improved method of checking your Ticket Deposit Balance and an additional option to order match tickets on our website.

http://www.carlislelondonbranch.org/travel/tds.php

Please give any feeback to me or Paul Parke our webmaster.

Leicester 4th April ko 3pm

Prices Seated: Adult £23:00
Senior (60+) £21:00
Under 22’s / Students £15:00
Junior (Under 16) £10:00
Child (Under 12) £5:00
Child (Under 8) £3:00

I have requests from Ken Hullock, Tony Little, Alan Millington, Dave Brown, Malcolm Roger, Dave Croxford, Iain Davidson, Mike Carruthers, Jason Boswell,Mick Simpson, Paul Parke, Allan Stewart, Colin Hopkins, Paul Pennington-Wilson, Chris Holmes, Mike Whitehead, Mike Kilner, Andrew Dobinson, Richard Wood & Jonathan McLoughlin.

The deadline for orders is 5pm MONDAY 31st MARCH and tickets will be distributed at the Regent sports and social club - http://www.carlislelondonbranch.org/travel/venues/leicester.html

Several members have already booked trains with the most popular being from St Pancras on the 1115 going up and the 1825 coming back . One member who had pre-booked these trains can now not make it so train tickets are available at £20 for one adult and £5 each for two children . Contact me if you want to take them.

Branch Meeting

The next meeting has been moved back a week to 23rd April. For the Branch calendar follow this link http://www.carlislelondonbranch.org/news/calendar.html.


Keep the faith,



Simon Clarkson


*** 24 March 2008 - United win 2-0 against Northampton, a club record 14th consecutive home league game in front of a crowd of 9,038 ( reproduced with kind permission from ' On This Day ' ).

Another shuffle of the pack did little to improve the end result yesterday when we were well beaten by a bigger, stronger and often more committed Southend team. The two home games this week take on extra significance. Gary Madine has gone out on loan to Rochdale.

Feedback Group

Nigel Moss will represent the Branch at the next Fans Feedback Group on 27th March. If you have anything you would like him to raise please contact him at nigemoss@yahoo.co.uk.

Golden Gamble

The club are trying to set up their biggest ever Golden Gamble half-time draw prize fund for the Oldham game on Good Friday. The previous best is £1800 for the Sheffield Wednesday Cup match. Normally the tickets would only be sold at the ground on a match day but this time I have distributed them around shops in the area and a few fans have taken books in a bid to boost the prize fund. A number of local businesses have kindly donated prizes to supplement the 2 cash prizes. The tickets cost £1 for a blue or white, buy both for £2 and receive a yellow free. The London branch will receive 10% commission for the first 100 tickets sold and 20% for all tickets sold above 100.
They will be available to buy at Leicester or by sending a cheque payable to CUSCLB to me at 11 Cedar Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5DA to arrive before 7th April.

Player of year/Champagne moment

You can now vote for your player of the year via our website at http://www.carlislelondonbranch.org/index.html

Our juniors will soon be able to vote for their Champagne moment but before they do so we need some nominations. Could it be Kav's goal v Bristol Rovers, one of Paul Thirlwell's crackers or a Danny Graham hat trick? Please send me some nominations and I will announce the three best in the next vhtb.

New Website Functions

There is now an improved method of checking your Ticket Deposit Balance and an additional option to order match tickets on our website.

http://www.carlislelondonbranch.org/travel/tds.php

Please give any feeback to me or Paul Parke our webmaster.

Leicester 4th April ko 3pm

Prices Seated: Adult £23:00
Senior (60+) £21:00
Under 22’s / Students £15:00
Junior (Under 16) £10:00
Child (Under 12) £5:00
Child (Under 8) £3:00

I have requests from Ken Hullock, Tony Little, Alan Millington, Dave Brown, Malcolm Roger, Dave Croxford, Iain Davidson, Mike Carruthers, Jason Boswell, Mick Simpson, Paul Parke, Allan Stewart, Colin Hopkins, Paul Pennington-Wilson, Chris Holmes, Mike Whitehead, Mike Kilner, Andrew Dobinson, Richard Wood & Jonathan McLoughlin.

Tickets will be distributed at the Regent sports and social club - http://www.carlislelondonbranch.org/travel/venues/leicester.html

Several members have already booked trains with the most popular being from St Pancras on the 1115 going up and the 1825 coming back . One member who had pre-booked these trains can now not make it so train tickets are available at £20 for one adult and £5 each for two children . Contact me if you want to take them.

End of Season Celebrations

Jimmy Glass will make the return to celebrate his 10th anniversary http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10361~1587960,00.html

If you want to re-live the moment, watch the clip below:



Branch members attending the Millwall game on the sponsorship package have now had monies taken from the TDS.

All places at the Annual Awards Dinner at the Shepherds Inn on Sunday 3rd May have now been taken.

Branch Meeting

The next meeting has been moved back a week to 23rd April. For the Branch calendar follow this link http://www.carlislelondonbranch.org/news/calendar.html


Keep the faith


Simon Clarkson


*** 22nd March 1975 - Peter Carr scored his only goal for United in a 5-2 defeat at Stoke ( reproduced with kind permission from ' On This Day ' ).