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HOPE AND GLORY FOR CUMBRIANS

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The LeaguePaper Team
7 April 2019

By Ross Brewster

DELIGJT: Carlisle’s Hallam Hope celebrates after scoring the winner Inset: Bury’s Nicky Maynard looks on as Chris Stokes’ (out of shot) looping header goes in for Bury’s second
PICTURE: MI News & Sport

STAR MAN NATHAN THOMAS Carlisle United
AN 89th-minute winner by Hallam Hope kept Carlisle’s play-off hopes alive while inflicting a major blow to his former club Bury’s ambition of grabbing an automatic promotion spot.
And, after a frantic, thrilling contest Cumbrians’ manager Steven Pressley admitted: “It was an em...

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