February 2004 WE ARE UNITED! Edition No. 4 Carlisle and Cumbria United Independent Supporters Trust Carlisle United Official Supporters Club Junior Blues Christmas Party Hi everyone, A special thank you must go to Paul Raven for donating the shirt he wore at Oxford United. I would ope you all had a great Christmas and New also like to thank all the CUOSC committee Year especially with the results we have H members that helped out before the party and on had! Before Christmas the Junior Blues had their the night. first Christmas Party, it was great fun and everyone enjoyed it. I even think some players enjoyed it All the photos taken on the night are now up in the more than the kids!!! All the players joined in the Supporters Information Boards around the ground games (except musical bumps because of the risk (the Paddock and East Stand) and if you would like of injury!) where some excellent prizes were won to order any of them then please feel free to contact including a signed shirt, lunch boxes, car kits, flags me. Photos will be charged at £1.00 each. and maths sets. Below is a selection of photos from the night. I would like to say thanks to Carlisle United for Claire Brown allowing us to use the Sunset Suite, Phil Holmes for Junior Blues Representative helping to organise the party and of course to Paul www.cuosc.co.ul/juniorblues Simpson and all the players who made the night even more special for the Junior Blues who got to meet their favourite. WE ARE UNITED! Page 1 February 2004 WE ARE UNITED! Edition No. 4 CCUIST Update CCUIST / CUOSC - Dates for your Diary February 2004 Just a quick reminder of the www.buy.at/CCUIST Fri 13 Carvery, Cabaret and Dance including website. This is a special online shopping site where Grand Draw - Tickets £22 each every purchase made helps CCUIST. Typically between Tue 17 Cambridge United away day travel Sat 21 Macclesfield Town away day travel 3 and 5 per cent of each transaction goes to the Trust. March 2004 Thanks to Christmas and New Year sales, we have Tue 02 Scunthorpe United away day travel already made over £32 from purchases completed Sat 06 Torquay United away day travel through the site. With Valentine’s Day coming up, you (see info re weekend trip) can find some great deals at the buy. at/CCUIST shop, at (also day travel to Torquay Sat 20 Rochdale away day travel retailers such as Marks & Spencer, Thorntons and Teleforist. Remember to bookmark the site and use it for April 2004 all your online purchases. Although the amounts raised Sat 03 Swansea City away day travel Mon 12 Leyton Orient away day travel - from individual transactions may seen small, they will Easter Monday stack up the more people log on and spend their money Tue 13 Voting papers re players awards to be with us. sent out to members of CUOSC Thur 15 Forum in Sunset Suite If you visit the main CCUIST website at www.ccuist.org, Sat 24 Mansfield Town away day travel you will also find links to TOFFS (The Old Fashioned Football Shirt Company) where you can buy classic May 2004 Sat 01 Cheltenham Town at home United tops from the 60s and 70s. Again, we’ve already Supporters’ Club sponsoring this game and ball. benefited from people buying these shirts online as we Mascots from the Junior Blues Section. get a cut of the sale price. Any football top bought via the Sun 02 Fun Day - Inter Schools Football links on our home page will benefit us. So don’t feel Competition embarrassed to buy an old Man United or Liverpool shirt Sat 08 Doncaster Rovers away day travel as the only club to benefit will be CUFC! Sun 09 Awards Ceremony and Dinner July 2004 You’ll also find a form on the site to contact Alan Steel, Fri 09 CCUIST Golf Day at Eden Gold Course who is YOUR representative on the Board of Directors. Anyone interested in playing please leave We are very keen to improve and increase the levels of or give your details into the Paddock Ticket communication between the supporters and Alan. He is Office the first fan to ever get a seat on the Board and so this is Sun 11 CCUIST Dinner Dance at the Shepherds Inn a great chance for you to let him know what you feel More details to follow. about how the club is being run or to raise issues that you want him to address. Alan has already got a lot done by being run or to raise issues that you want him to address. Alan has already got a lot done by being on the Board but Weekend Trip to Torquay there is much more to come - please help him out by Friday 5 March - Sunday 7 March 2004 getting in touch via our site. £110 per person Remember those websites - www.ccuist.org and Staying at the Livermead Cliff Hotel www.buy.at/CCUIST RAC and AA 3*, English Tourst Board 4 crown Keep visiting and keep supporting CCUIST and the Dinner, Bed and Breakfast Cumbrians! Coach Travel from Carlisle and Penrith * Another reminder to all our existing members whose Coach travel to Torquay United v Carlisle United fixture membership expired on June 1 last year - those of you Anyone interested please contact the Away Day Travel who have yet to renew, please ask our representative for Office located in the a renewal form at the Paddock Portakabin or contact Paddock Ticket Office at Brunton Park CCUIST st the usual addresses. You can also download or telephone: 01228 527081 a renewal for on our website.We need ALL of you to renew and make your donations, either big or small, for the share fund to hit its targets. Our fund is now a vital Only a limited number of rooms left source of finance for the club and they will need every penny. There have been big changes at the club over the last 15 months or so, but CCUIST is now very much a permanent fixture and we will be doing all we can to help the club to future glory. Remember though that we can’t CUOSC Pin Badges do it without your help. £1.50 each Available from any of the Ticket Office Up the Blues!! Portakabins at Brunton Park WE ARE UNITED! Page 2 February 2004 WE ARE UNITED! Edition No. 4 Resume of The CUOSC Fans Forum 15.01.04 Carlisle United Official Supporters’ Club are very much indebted to BBC Radio Cumbria for their continued support of our Forums, their contribution, in Derek Lacey chairing proceedings and the technology via www allows us to transmit our forum to the world and not just supporters within the Radio Cumbria area. Once again those sharing the panel were Paul Simpson, holding the fort alone until joined by John Courtenay who had been delayed due to weather conditions on his journey from Dublin. Below is a resume of some of the questions asked: Transfer listed players - had anyone expressed monies raised because of such a draw should be Q an interest. ploughed back into the club and not someone’s R No, Paul went on to say that he did not believe in pockets. embarrassing players and would assist in any way What type of midfield player was Paul Simpson he could in trying to get the transfer listed players Q looking for? fixed up with other clubs. One of the problems was R He recognised the midfield needs strengthening the type of contract they were currently on at and the type of player he was looking for was an Carlisle, the salary being too high for other clubs. attacking midfield player with the ability to score. Q Search for players from Conference teams who Question for the Netherlands asked about the may be suitable to Carlisle. Q position of Paul Arnison. R Paul Simpson stated that some of the players within R Paul stated he was hoping to sign him, he didn’t the Conference were on higher wages than Carlisle know if he was going to be available on a free or if were prepared to pay. they wanted money for him, suffice to say that he Paul was asked about signings and was money was here at the moment and wanted to play for Q available. Carlisle. R Money was available but he was continuing to Andy Preece connection to Blackpool would the experience difficulty in being able to sign players, Q club let him go. the majority did not want to travel so far north R Paul said that if a job came up and Andy wanted to preferring to stay in the centre of the country where go to Carlisle would have to respect that. What he there is a bigger choice of clubs. had at the moment was an agreement that anyone Is there to be a bookies (commission agent) in who wanted to talk to him had to come through Q the East Stand. himself (Paul) - Hopefully the message would get R Yes, its opening is imminent, it will be located where lost! the shop was under the East Stand. Q Goods available in the shop e.g. the watches - Supply of food in the East Stand. Brunton was there any plans to have a range of Q Pasties were in short supply at half time. merchandise for ladies? R Andrew Jenkins is looking into this - (he will be R Yes, John said that he would look into this.