Happy retirement, Barbara - a Blues snapper who is so much more
TRIBUTE: Barbara Abbott's dedication, passion and willingness to go above and beyond in the name of photographing the Blues deserves respect.
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Jon Colman is a sports reporter who has covered Carlisle United for the News & Star and The Cumberland News since 2005. Jon covers everything to do with the Blues, from breaking news to features, nostalgia to analysis, opinion to live blogging and match reporting. Jon has won a string of national awards for his coverage of the club - he is a record eight-time winner of the British Sports Journalism Awards' regional writer trophy and has also won a series of Regional Press Awards. Jon has also covered a range of other sports for the News & Star and The Cumberland News over the years. Previously with The Whitehaven News, he holds the NCTJ's NCE senior reporter qualification.
Jon Colman is a sports reporter who has covered Carlisle United for the News & Star and The Cumberland News since 2005. Jon covers everything to do with the Blues, from breaking news to features, nostalgia to analysis, opinion to live blogging and match reporting. Jon has won a string of national awards for his coverage of the club - he is a record eight-time winner of the British Sports Journalism Awards' regional writer trophy and has also won a series of Regional Press Awards. Jon has also covered a range of other sports for the News & Star and The Cumberland News over the years. Previously with The Whitehaven News, he holds the NCTJ's NCE senior reporter qualification.
TRIBUTE: Barbara Abbott's dedication, passion and willingness to go above and beyond in the name of photographing the Blues deserves respect.
ANALYSIS: Paul Simpson's eight-man exodus must only the beginning of crucial attempts to overhaul Carlisle's mood and direction on the pitch.
A round-up of Carlisle United's young players out on loan - and some ex-Blues in the thick of the weekend action.
Paul Simpson has told some of his under-contract Blues players they can look for another club.
The former Blues loan midfielder is looking for a new club after confirming he is leaving Salford.
Paul Huntington, Jordan Gibson and Tomas Holy head the list of players released by Carlisle United today...
Inspirational support - right to the very last kick. Check out a gallery of the Blue Army from the last game of the season.
Read the views of the Blue Army on the final-day defeat and the big decisions now ahead at Brunton Park.
Paul Simpson says he will show no "sentiment" with the decisions today that will kickstart a summer overhaul at Brunton Park.
INTERVIEW: Paul Simpson talks about the last-day defeat to Derby, big decisions ahead and what he's "learned" about certain people...
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