• Welling 0-5 Carlisle United
• Wyke 18 71 90,Sweeney 45, Grainger 67penWhen Carlisle’s players kicked off their FA Cup tie against Welling on Sunday lunchtime, and it is honest to say that they had other things on their minds. With their domestic ground,Brunton Park, submerged under 4ft of water after the devastation of Storm Desmond, or three players had arrived at Park View Road to the news that their cars had been washed away by the rising flood waters after leaving them parked external the stadium earlier in the week.“We’ll go back tonight and win as close to the training ground as possible,” said Keith Curle, the Carlisle manager, and after Charlie Wyke’s hat-trick helped seal their place in the third round. “If we haven’t got somewhere to train then we’ll find somewhere on the outskirts of town. We’ll be OK.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com