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Deja vu (Wed 01 Oct)
Cast your mind back eleven years to the FA Trophy replay at Wetherby Road.
Harrogate Town 0 Workington 0 (after extra time)
Town win 5-4 on penalties.
So, Harrogate Town become the first team to knock Reds out of both Cup and Trophy on penalties.
By the way, we did beat Harrogate Town 4-3 on penalties in the President's Cup semi-final after a
4 - 4 draw in 2003-04!
Revised suspension (Tue 30 Sep)
Due to the FA Cup replay, Graham Anthony's suspension will now be concluded in eight days rather than the two or three weeks had we not drawn with Harrogate Town.
His three games will now be: Harrogate Town (27/9), Harrogate Town (30/9) and AFC Telford United (4/10) making him available for either Eastwood Town (11/10) or Tamworth (18/10).
FA Cup replay and draw (Mon 29 Sep)
There is concern that a possibly four Reds players may be unavailable for the FA Cup replay on Tuesday night at Harrogate due to work commitments. It is hoped that all will be able to get time off work.
In addition, there is concern that Jonny Wright might not have recovered sufficiently from the bad knock he received to his leg on Saturday. Jonny Wright was forced to retire after 32 minutes after a challenge that went unpunished but appeared to warrant a card.
The draw for the FA Cup was made today and if successful in the replay against Harrogate Town, normal service has resumed in that Reds will be facing an away draw against Unibond Premier side Eastwood Town in the Third Qualifying Round.
'Super stadium' cost revealed (Mon 22 Sep)
The reported cost of the 'super stadium' option has been reported as £31,444,000. This option would see the single stadium for use by both Workington Town rugby league and Workington AFC football club with 2,500 seats and a 4,000 standing capacity.
Additionally this option would include a leasure centre with swimming pool, sports hall and all-weather pitches.
The option preferred by Workington AFC is the alternative option where both Borough Park and Derwent Park would be refurbished with the building of new stands. Surprisingly this option has been costed as high as £29,541,000.
The Directors of the club are determined in their opposition to going into a single shared stadium with all the pitfalls that this could bring.
Vipond available for the FA Cup (Mon 22 Sep)
Carlisle United have given their permission for Shaun Vipond to play in the FA Cup so he will be in the squad to face Harrogate Town on Saturday.
Autograph hunters (Mon 22 Sep)
The Reds' players were besieged by autograph hunters on their arrival at Hucknall Town's Watnall Road ground on Saturday with no fewer than five collectors having a selection of books and photographs ready to be signed.
On the day two of his former clubs (Blackburn Rovers and Fulham) met, Viv Busby was a popular target for the collectors and he spent a few minutes autographing photographic memorablia from the seventies and eighties.
Having obtained the required autographs, the 'gang' left the ground and were heading for Pride Park to watch their favourites, Derby County, take on Cardiff City.
Strange but true!
News round-up (Fri 19 Sep)
Graham Anthony's suspension of 3 games has been confirmed by The FA and will commence on 27th September with the FA Cup 2nd Round Qualifying match against Harrogate Town.
The paperwork for extending Shaun Vipond's loan for another month was sent off yesterday. The club should receive confirmation today.
Reserves' October fixtures announced (Thu 18 Sep)
The Reserves' October fixtures start with a trip Clitheroe on Friday 3rd. Unfortunately for Reserves' boss Herbert Briggs, this coincides with his and Tracy's 21st wedding anniversary. "Tracy will be chuffed."
A large bunch of flowers, at least, may be in order!
Reserves Bamber Bridge preview (Mon 15 Sep)
The Reserves travel to Bamber Bridge tomorrow evening for the Lancit Haulage Lancashire League fixture at the Irongate ground.
Matthew Mahoney will be making his debut in goal with Andrew Hardman up frontt and Phil McLuckie on the right side of a five man midfield.
The Reds Reserves met Bamber Bridge just over two weeks ago and went down 5 - 3 on that occasion.
The complete Reserves squad for tomorrows match is as follows:
Matthew Mahoney
Matthew Brown
Ryan Birkbeck
Craig Johnston (Jnr)
Greg Mitchell
Brian Rutherford
Mick Sewell
Phil McCluckie
Lee McCullough
Adam Main
Will Heaney
Gareth Brunton
Andrew Hardman
Martin Coulthard
Reds get a FA Cup home draw (Mon 15 Sep)
Workington obtained a rare home tie in the FA Cup this afternoon when they were draw against fellow Blue Square North side Harrogate Town in the Second Qualifying Round.
The tie is to played on Saturday 27th September, 3:00pm kick off at Borough Park.
John Crook's sponsored bike ride (Sun 14 Sep)
John Crook completed his annual Brunton Park to Borough Park on Saturday arriving at Borough Park before the Solihull Moors kick-off. This is the third year John has completed this ride.
John has raised around £300 so far this year with money still coming in. If anyone wants to contribute, you can contact the club on 01900 602871 to make a donation.
John is seen here with Reds directors Jos Taylor and Humphrey Dobie.
Reserves Darwen match postponed (Mon 08 Sep)
The Reserves match against Darwen on Monday evening has been postponed after the pitch failed an inspection this afternoon.
Pitch inspection planned for Reserves match (Sun 07 Sep)
The Reserves match against Darwen on Monday evening is to undergo a pitch inspection at around 1pm Monday afternoon.
Friday night pitch inspection passed (Fri 05 Sep)
The Borough Park pitch underwent a pitch inspection around 8pm on Friday night, even though there was small patches of surface water sitting on the pitch, the pitch was passed fit to play on for Saturday's match against Redditch United.
Redditch United are setting off at 8am on Saturday morning and wanted an early decision. The ground will be looked at again in the morning, but barring heavy rain overnight the pitch should be perfect.
Recent news round-up (Fri 05 Sep)
Whitehaven AFC have served seven days notice of approach for Dan Gullen.
James Earl is currently suspended, (1 Sep to 14 Sep). This is a carry-over from last season with Harraby Catholic Club.
The FA Youth Cup tie versus Ashton Town will be played at Borough Park on Tuesday 23 September 2008, 7:00pm kick off.
Collin double (Tue 02 Sep)
It was a good night for the Collin family at Droylsden on Monday with goalkeeper Adam joined on the bench by brother Darren.
Darren was deputising for physiotherpist Alan Currie and was well received in the dressing room.
Adam, meanwhile, was doing his bit on the pitch which included a magnificent penalty save to keep out Neil Prince's 25th minute spot-kick.
Adam's brother Darren Collin.
Workington Reds programmes updated (Sun 30 Aug)
Tom Allen's excellent internet site, Workington Reds Programmes has been updated with a new set of programmes that are available to for bid for in the programme auction. The programmes this month are mainly from the 1957-58 season.
The site contains a wealth of information on past Reds players and managers within a searchable encyclopedia from the club's league days, the Workipedia!
What Workington Reds Programmes website is all about is offering you the opportunity to bid on classic Workington Programmes. Any monies raised from auctions will be dontated to Workington AFC.
Visit www.workingtonreds-programmes.co.uk
Alfreton Town match preview (Fri 29 Aug)
Reds' manager Darren Edmondson will be forced to make changes for the match at Alfreton tomorrow due to injuries to key midfielders Tony Hopper and Graham Anthony. Also missing will be defender Kyle May who starts his three match suspension and will additionally miss the Droylsden and Redditch United matches.
It is anticipated that Dan Kirkup will replace Kyle May and Shaun Vipond will move into the centre of midfield leaving two places to be filled in midfield with Dan Robinson and Craig Johnston the favourites for the positions.
Andrew Hardman will join the squad after missing the Burscough match where he would have likely started if available.
Parking at Alfreton Town match on 30th August (Mon 25 Aug)
The club has been informed by Alfreton Town that there will be no parking at the Impact Arena due to re-developement work being carried out. Anyone travelling to Alfreton for this match will have to find a place to park away from the ground.
Kyle's suspension confirmed (Thu 21 Aug)
The FA has confirme Kyle May's suspension. Kyle will miss three matches with effect from 30 August, i.e. Alfreton Town, Droylsden and Redditch United.
VIP visit to Borough Park (Mon 18 Aug)
The Reds had a welcome visitor to Borough Park on Saturday. Dennis Strudwick is the General Manager of the Football Conference and was on his 'tour of the clubs' when making his first visit to Borough Park. Dennis is seen here with Steve Durham and Humphrey Dobie.
Dennis was in touch with the club today and passed on the following message. "Please accept my thanks for the warm welcome and generous hospitality I received. I enjoyed meeting you all and I also enjoyed the match".
After an overnight stay in Cockermouth, Mr Strudwick travelled to the north east attending Gateshead's game against Alfreton Town.
Carlisle's Shaun Vipond signs on loan (Fri 15 Aug)
Shaun Vipond, 19 year old midfielder, has joined Workington Reds on loan for one month. Shaun, from Hexham, will feature in the squad for Saturday's game against Stafford Ranger.
Shaun signed his first professional contract with Carlisle United in May 2007, it runs until June 2009.
He has made one full appearance and three substitute appearances for Carlisle.
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