[Benno Spire]

jack bauer, on 12 December 2024 - 10:06 PM, said:

one of my earliest memories of following football as a kid was watching the vidi printer on grandstand and seeing Carlisle United 2 Chesterfield 6, be great to emulate that one but we all know town and bottom of the table fixtures... not sure naylor will start btw but certainly think/hope he makes the matchday squad, could easily be same starting line up as last saturday i reckon.

We were 2-1 down at half time in that game as well but was an outstanding second half

[Carlisle_Spireite]

danblue, on 12 December 2024 - 12:24 PM, said:

Unbeaten in 5 games drawing with Crewe, Donny and Bromley and beating Salford and Morecombe(cup game).
Not to be taken lightly.
If we're on our A game, we should be OK.

I hope we hammer them. The home fans and locals I've spoken to aren't holding out much hope.
Their form has picked up in recent weeks but they've hardly set the world on fire and are still bottom of the table for a reason. My mate is season ticket holder there and he says they're a worse team this year than they were when they got relegated from League 1 last season.

[Osborne again]

3 points from this one, would be a very nice start to the festive season.
One thing I've asked Father Christmas for,is a fit Fleck in our match day squad on boxing day, and to stay there for the rest of the season.

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

jack bauer, on 12 December 2024 - 10:06 PM, said:

one of my earliest memories of following football as a kid was watching the vidi printer on grandstand and seeing Carlisle United 2 Chesterfield 6, be great to emulate that one but we all know town and bottom of the table fixtures... not sure naylor will start btw but certainly think/hope he makes the matchday squad, could easily be same starting line up as last saturday i reckon.

Was there that day.

The fantastic Birch/Wilson side.

Remember singing 'We want six! We want six! We want six' - so the lads gave us exactly that.

But let's not get in front of ourselves. An away draw is always acceptable...

[clarevoyant.]

The Earl of Chesterfield, on 13 December 2024 - 06:28 AM, said:

Was there that day.

The fantastic Birch/Wilson side.

Remember singing 'We want six! We want six! We want six' - so the lads gave us exactly that.

But let's not get in front of ourselves. An away draw is always acceptable...

Abiding memories.

A few of us(6ish) where stood incognito near the players tunnel. When the 4th or the 5th went in one of our group picked up on the tetchiness amongst the home fans and started a "Moncur Out" chant, this spread like wild fire down the enclosure and into the main stand, he was dismissed the following week.

We were always thankful that Arthur Cox was considered a decent manager and similar chant wasn't deemed necessary!!!

[dtp]

clarevoyant., on 13 December 2024 - 08:30 AM, said:

Abiding memories.

A few of us(6ish) where stood incognito near the players tunnel. When the 4th or the 5th went in one of our group picked up on the tetchiness amongst the home fans and started a "Moncur Out" chant, this spread like wild fire down the enclosure and into the main stand, he was dismissed the following week.

We were always thankful that Arthur Cox was considered a decent manager and similar chant wasn't deemed necessary!!!

However, I do believe the chant of Cox Out rang round Feel ill and shortly after the Board obliged.

[warfey is a spireite]

Remember it well hired a gains van that blew up near Carlisle services,we had to organise 2 taxis to take us to the ground, luckily town were doing well at the time,and had a special train we managed to get back on I think 10 pound each what year was it 1980 ???

[Bankrobber]

Presume we can pick tickets up from the ground as normal?

[warfey is a spireite]

Wish I could be there ,nice breakfast in wether spoons,lovely train trip ,must be about 6 th time been there ,who remembers also the cup game David moss scored in last minute ,a night game ??

[meowdmucker]

warfey is a spireite, on 13 December 2024 - 12:22 PM, said:

Wish I could be there ,nice breakfast in wether spoons,lovely train trip ,must be about 6 th time been there ,who remembers also the cup game David moss scored in last minute ,a night game ??

I remember jumping up and running round the room when that went in Warfey!

[Bald magician]

warfey is a spireite, on 13 December 2024 - 12:22 PM, said:

Wish I could be there ,nice breakfast in wether spoons,lovely train trip ,must be about 6 th time been there ,who remembers also the cup game David moss scored in last minute ,a night game ??

Yeah I remember that too. Was that 1995? I had 6 mates round listening in radio and we had a pile on when it went in

[Maddog Tannen]

I'm expecting a tough game. They were unbeaten i think in November and had time off as not played last weekend or tuesday.

[Osborne again]

Maddog Tannen, on 13 December 2024 - 01:40 PM, said:

I'm expecting a tough game. They were unbeaten i think in November and had time off as not played last weekend or tuesday.

I agree,it certainly won't be an easy game.

[Burgerman]

I do think we will win this but I don?t for one second think we will have an easy ride.

We have looked pretty solid in the last couple of games, if we can stick to the formula we should be ok.

[Osborne again]

Burgerman, on 13 December 2024 - 01:45 PM, said:

I do think we will win this but I don?t for one second think we will have an easy ride.

We have looked pretty solid in the last couple of games, if we can stick to the formula we should be ok.

Yes we have looked solid,even without Dunkley, so well done to those who've come into the team and played so well.

[Johnnyspireite7]

Participation ?20k Group stage ?10k win ?5k Draw, last 32 ?20k, Last 16 ?40k, Quarter Final winners ?50k, there's nothing reported for the Semis, but as the runners up get ?50k and the winners get ?100k so suspect that the semi winners get ?50k as well.

[CFC1409]

Johnnyspireite7, on 13 December 2024 - 02:11 PM, said:

Participation ?20k Group stage ?10k win ?5k Draw, last 32 ?20k, Last 16 ?40k, Quarter Final winners ?50k, there's nothing reported for the Semis, but as the runners up get ?50k and the winners get ?100k so suspect that the semi winners get ?50k as well.

The winners of the semi's are the runners up

[stainlessstephen]

I think we'll draw but a win will be awesome.

[Johnnyspireite7]

CFC1409, on 13 December 2024 - 02:24 PM, said:

The winners of the semi's are the runners up

There's prize money for winning the semi games as well as the winners & runners up money..same as in the FA Cup.

[CFC91]

Carlisle_Spireite, on 13 December 2024 - 12:51 AM, said:

I hope we hammer them. The home fans and locals I've spoken to aren't holding out much hope.
Their form has picked up in recent weeks but they've hardly set the world on fire and are still bottom of the table for a reason. My mate is season ticket holder there and he says they're a worse team this year than they were when they got relegated from League 1 last season.

Any recommendations of decent pubs? We're on the train early doors and making a day of it.

Remember Walkabout and couple of others last time around station but not much else