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SIMMO’S BACK TO SAVE BLUES!

by
The LeaguePaper Team
27 February 2022

Former boss excited by new challenge
By Chris Dunlavy

GLORY DAYS: Paul Simpson enjoys League Two title success with Carlisle in 2006
PICTURE: Alamy

PAUL Simpson says he wouldn’t have accepted the challenge of saving Carlisle United had it been any other club.
Pre-weekend, the Cumbrians had won just six matches all season and were in the League Two relegation zone. Keith Millen, who replaced Chris Beech in October, lasted just 22 games.
Millen’s dismissal on Wednesday was the cue for local lad Simpson -who has not managed in club football for over a decade -to make an em...

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