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Salut! Guests August 22, 2017

Has the luck of the Irish in English football run out?

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In a new book, the Irish football writer Kevin O’Neill traces what his publishers call the ‘dramatic decline’ of Irish […]

Pete Sixsmith August 21, 2017

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Ground (with or without Sunderland): Carlisle United

Jake: Sixer and Sobs expect to smile more next season

Brunton Park is the latest stop in Pete Sixsmith‘s series* looking at his own earliest experiences of the teams Sunderland […]

Who Are You? August 20, 2017

Carlisle Who are You? ‘when Shankly said ours was football’s greatest achievement’

Jake: 'let's be having you'

Colin Randall writes: our Carlisle United interviewee Mike Booth, a moderator at the Carlisle fans’ forum thecumbrians.net, says most people […]

Guess the Score August 20, 2017

Carlisle United vs SAFC Guess the Score: a winning bounceback after Leeds?

Jake kicks off a new season of Guess the Score

Monsieur Salut confesses: thank heavens no one went for Sunderland 0-2 Leeds. There are quite enough people who could tell […]

Sixer's Soapbox August 20, 2017

Sixer’s Leeds United Soapbox: ‘finish above this lot and SAFC go up’

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Pete Sixsmith had almost forgotten what it was like to have to churn out, week after week, doom-laden masterpieces combining […]

Sixer's Sevens 2017-2018 August 20, 2017

Sixer’s Sevens: SAFC 0 Leeds United 2 – early season promise arrested by the boys in blue

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We’ve seen it before of course. A great chance to take the lead is cleared off the line and almost […]