From the archives: Carlisle United's Brunton Park in the snow!

But that's certainly not always been the case in years past, when Brunton Park has been coated in thick snow.

So we've had a delve through the archives for some images of the Blues' ground buried under the white stuff - and efforts to remove it.

Here, in 1979, Bobby Parker and Steve Hoolickin show they are just as adept defending the pitch from snow as they are United's goal.

Here, a group of United heroes - including legendary winger George McVitie, second left - grab a quick cuppa before continuing the snow-clearing job.

A dusting of snow didn't hold up this 1970s training session, either...

Here, groundsman Ted Swainson tries to clear the pitch markings before a postponed game in December 2000...

A pitch inspection that presumably didn't last long...local ref checks the snow-smothered surface at Brunton Park in 2008.

Yeah, it's probably off, lads. 

The scene at Brunton Park in January 2008.

Much more of the same ahead of a game against Millwall in January 2010...

All hands (and tractors) to the pump...

A twilight effort to clear the hallowed turf ahead of a cup clash in 2010...

...successfully, as it turned out, with blue markings aiding United as they beat Sheffield Wednesday in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy in 2010.

The Blue Army, meanwhile, has often come to the fore when United have needed shovelling help...

The youth team have joined in, too...

The old place, then, still looks good after a blizzard - and so does this snow-capped legend...