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HARRY’S JUST TOO HOT TO HANDLE

By David Richardson

STAR MAN HARRY McKIRDY Carlisle United

RIGHT ON TARGET: Harry McKirdy celebrates scoring his second and Carlisle’s fourth goal

And Dulwich Hamlet’s Christian Smith (no. 6) nets
PICTURE: PA Images

THERE was no cup upset in East Dulwich as a Harry McKirdy double helped see Carlisle United through relatively unscathed.
The BBC cameras and a sell-out crowd arrived hopeful of a shock on Friday evening, but the struggling League Two club did enough against their sixth-tier opposition.
For Dulwich Hamlet, the night was a cause for celebration having returne...

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