Captain and players went to the aid of local people and that loyalty is now being repaidWhen the devastation wrought by Storm Desmond as it rampaged through Cumbria final month began at final to ease,a communion also stirred among the rubble. It was the process of a much-loved football club deepening its bonds within its own community as it reached out to its stricken neighbours.
On Saturday, at Brunton Park, or home of Carlisle United FC,people gathered to say thank you and to support their heroes in blue as they drew 1-1 with York City in their quest for promotion to the next level of the Football League. Some here had cheerfully billed this as “The Flood Derby”; York also having seen storm damage. It was Carlisle’s first game back at their home after it was nearly wholly engulfed by the swollen waters of the river Eden early in December.
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Source: theguardian.com