Amanda Little column
Hindmarch should take note of Rory’s Delap of honour
Published 7 May 2008
Fifteen years ago, a shy, ungainly teenager called Rory Delap walked through Carlisle United’s front gates, barely able to believe his luck after being handed a YTS place by the skin of his teeth.
Anyone out there want to take a chance on Gretna?
Published 7 May 2008
FOR SALE: Ailing football club.
Rio the yob has plunged football into the gutter
Published 30 April 2008
ONLY 24 hours after a top-level meeting at the Football Association's headquarters to look at ways to improve the football’s tarnished image, the English game once again plumbed new depths.
It‘s time to give credit to Ward’s heroes
Published 30 April 2008
WITH any luck, this time next week Carlisle United will be basking in the glory of promotion to the Championship.
Shamed F1 boss Mosley should quit
Published 30 April 2008
HOW much longer can scandal-hit Max Mosley continue clinging to power before he finally faces up to the damage he is doing to motor racing?
Ian ain’t made of the Wright stuff!
Published 23 April 2008
SO Ian Wright has quit his role as a BBC pundit and now wants to be taken seriously ... as presenter of that deep and meaningful programme Gladiators.
QUEENS COME UP TRUMPS
Published 23 April 2008
CONSIDERING their club’s main target this season was simply to avoid relegation, Queen of the South fans must be rubbing their eyes in disbelief at their team’s heroics this season.
Why can’t hero Joe go out with a bang?
Published 23 April 2008
WOULDN’T it be great if Joe Calzaghe could bring the curtain down on his career by fighting on British soil with a prime-time slot on TV.
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Published 18 April 2008
FABIO CAPELLO admits he still needs to brush up his English, but he’s certainly talking the language disillusioned fans want to hear.
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Published 18 April 2008
SURELY the half a million Geordies currently sporting smiles as wide as the Tyne haven’t fallen for Kevin Keegan’s patter.He’s sincere and I think he’s honest, but that kind of stuff is not the coherent, common-sense approach that Newcastle need right now.
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Published 18 April 2008
THE weather is horrendous,the Christmas credit card bills are landing on the doorstep . . . and you’ve probably already broken your New Year’s resolution.
Stop yob parents turning our playing fields into battlefields
Published 16 April 2008
WHEN kids’ football matches kick off on playing fields up and down the country, it’s all too often the signal for trouble to kick off too.
Shame of the game
Published 16 April 2008
PAUL HUNTINGTON is a highly-rated young defender with pace, presence and prospects. Off the pitch, the 20-year-old from Carlisle is known to be respectful, laid-back and well-mannered.
AT LAST! A REAL CUP OF CHEER
Published 9 April 2008
FOR too long now the FA Cup has been as yawningly predictable as the Premiership.
Dobbs will keep a tight rein on his emotions as he rides out
Published 9 April 2008
WHEN Tony Dobbin unsaddles Ballyvoge at Carlisle tomorrow after riding in his last ever race, it’s unlikely Cumbria’s favourite Irishman will shed a single tear.
Kids dreams in ruins as suits pull the plug
Published 2 April 2008
WHEN the ruthless men in suits now running Gretna decided to axe the flourishing youth department, they shattered the dreams of dozens of teenage boys – and hammered another nail into the club’s coffin.
