Dean Walling News Today

The third Peter Burr Memorial Cup

Manchester Uniteds Cumbrian goalkeeper Dean Henderson is lending his support to a major Carlisle United reunion game taking place later this month.

The “phenomenal” fundraising efforts for Eden Valley Hospice at Carlisle Uniteds 1994/5 reunion have been praised.

United 1994/5 team won the Division Three title and reached Wembley for the first time in the clubs history A much-anticipated reunion of Carlisle United’s 1994/5 promotion and Wembley heroes is back ON. The stars who won Division Three and reached Wembley for the first time in the Blues’ history are returning to the city in the autumn. The sell-out event to mark the campaigns 25th anniversary was postponed last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. But fans will be able to reli...

Twenty former Blues favourites feature on one of the banners Legends of Carlisle United spanning eight decades, plus the club’s current promotion-chasing stars, will feature on two huge banners at Brunton Park. Designs have been revealed for two of the massive flags which will be displayed at the ground after a brilliant £5,000 fundraising effort by fans. One features a collection of some of the club’s greatest and most popular players, accompanied by the club’s logo and the words...

TYNEDALE footballer Gareth McAlindon was a popular member of Carlisle Uniteds first team during his spell at Brunton Park during the 1990s. In the second instalment of an interview with sister paper News & Star, the Hexham man, who has battled cancer, looks back on his time with the Cumbrians and his role in developing Uniteds current leading scorer. Gareth McAlindon made 71 appearances, scoring 10 goals, earning a Division Three promotion winner’s medal under Mervyn Day in 1997 and pla...