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Curle joy as Owls’ wings are clipped

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The LeaguePaper Team
7 January 2018

By Ben Reardon

STAR MAN JACK BONHAM Carlisle

CARLISLE boss Keith Curle was proud of the way his players stood up to be counted in frustrating Sheffield Wednesday into an FA Cup third-round replay by holding them to a goalless stalemate.
In a fixture that lacked any real quality in the final third, new Wednesday boss Jos Luhukay watched from the stands as the Owls were held on a bitterly cold Cumbrian afternoon, much to the delight of Curle.
“It was a good cup tie”; said the United manager. “Obviously, the quality that Sheffield Wednesday have got is evident and becau...

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