Afternoon All

It was a great result on Saturday at Oldham if not a great performance – the 1 – 0 result gave us the 3 points that took us closer to the team above us in the league with games in hand over most of them. Oldham were reduced to 9 men after two sending’s off in the first 30 minutes but the Red Devils found it difficult to break them down and it took a scrappy goal in the 52 minute by Danilo Orsi to put us ahead, which eventually became the winner. The important thing was the much needed win and the points.

Having seen the highlights and listening to the Oldham Managers comments you can understand the Oldham supporters anger at the referee – the two sending offs were debatable, but both players gave the referee Rock decisions to make, as we found out on the opening game of the season when we had the similar situation but for us it was in the second half. Last Wednesday evening Carlisle actually beat 2^nd place Harrogate when down to 9 players after 30 minutes – final score was 3 – 0.

No League action for the next two matches, both cup games – On Sunday we travel to Wimborne Town in the 1^st round of the F A Cup – the game being shown live on TNT Sports – again hoping for a giant killing. We are running coaches to the game and the full details are below. The hosts play in the Southern League Premier South division and are currently in 9^th position having won 2 – 0 against Chippenham on Saturday. We have been allocated 500 tickets for the game so hopefully we will sell out our full allocation. The tickets went on general sale today.

2 days after the Wimborne game on Tuesday evening we are at home to Brentford U21’s in the EFL Trophy with a 7.45pm kick off – we win and we are through to the knockout stage of the competition. Match tickets are on sale via the clubs ticket portal – East Stand is closed for this match.

F A CUP WIMBORNE TOWN – SUNDAY 8^th NOVEMBER 2026 – 3.00pm kick off.

The coaches depart from the stadium at 10.00am and cost is £30.00 – we  are now on the second coach so please keep booking on – we have seats available. We have now arranged a stop at a pub – the Moldy Fig in Eastleigh just off the M27 – however for this trip we will not be providing a buffet  – we hope to be there for 11.30am and will depart at 1.00pm arriving at Wimborne at about 1.45pm depending on traffic.

Attached is George’s away programme for the F A Cup game at Wimborne

We are now taking bookings for these next two league away matches.

ROTHERHAM UNITED – SATURDAY 14^th NOVEMBER 2026 – 3.00pm k/o

This match is subject to International Call ups – so no payment until we know that the game is definitely on.

We depart the stadium at 7.00am for the trip to Rotherham cost is £40.00 – we will have a comfort/coffee break at Watford Gap services before the buffet stop at about 11.30am. We are stopping at The Leeds Arms, South Anston. We will depart at 1.30pm to arrive at Rotherham for about 2.00pm. We will depart straight after the match and will have a break on the way home at some point.

We hope we will get sufficient support to be able to run this coach. We have to confirm this coach by Sunday 8^th November.

EXETER CITY – SATURDAY 28^th NOVEMBER 2026 – 12.30pm k/o

We depart the stadium at 7.00am for the trip to Exeter cost £40.00 – we will have a comfort/coffee break at the Solstice Services at Amesbury. We hope to arrive at 11.30am for this early kick off match which is Live on SKY SPORTS.  We will depart straight after the match and will have a break on the way home at some point.

We hope we will get sufficient support to be able to run this coach. We have to confirm this coach by Sunday 22^th November.

TO BOOK YOUR SEATS ON ANY OF THE COACH PLEASE CONTACT EITHER ALAIN HARPER ON 07771-792346 OR VIA E MAIL  – ghcoachesat@gmail.com   OR PATRICK HARPER VIA X (TWITTER) OR FACEBOOK. WE WILL CONFIRM ALL BOOKINGS – PAYMENT IS VIA BANK TRANSFER TO OUR ACCOUNT OR WITH CASH ALL TO BE PAID BEFORE TRAVEL. WE ARE IN REDZ BEFORE ANY HOME GAME