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18th Aug 2015

Football League sponsor makes fine gesture for Carlisle supporters…

JOE

How about this for a brilliant gesture?

On Tuesday, a group of hardy Carlisle supporters began a heroic 779-mile round trip to Plymouth for the cruellest of midweek fixtures.

They were joined by football journalist Iain Macintosh, who shared details of the journey on Twitter…

https://twitter.com/iainmacintosh/status/633290365970292736

https://twitter.com/iainmacintosh/status/633568634791723008

The group were making good ground when their efforts were picked up by the Football League’s chief sponsor SkyBet, who generously offered to fund the arduous trek…

https://twitter.com/iainmacintosh/status/633613137992896512

SkyBet’s goodwill didn’t end there either, with another minibus of fans also getting a piece of the action…

That should make the journey home at 2am a bit easier.