A Merry Christmas to all Bugle listeners across the world - this episode is a late present to you all, helping fill the gap left by the lack of regular episodes out during the Christmas perineum (do not Google that).

To help us with this, we've got a special guest on for two special episodes during this period - award-winning United reporter for the News & Star and Cumberland News, Jon Colman!

Next year will see Jon celebrate 20 years of covering the Blues and it's fair to say, he's seen a lot during that time - two promotions, two relegations, three play-off campaigns, three Wembley visits and eleven different managers.

So for part one, we decided to ask him for his top 5 games covered as United reporter - and totally unprompted, he also offered up his worst 5 too (well, we're all masochists as Carlisle United fans, aren't we?).

It was a real pleasure to take a trip down memory-lane with Jon, who offered some real insight into what it's like reporting on the Blues and some of the moments of drama (and the downright dreadful) that have caught his imagination down the years. Sit back and enjoy!

You can follow Jon on X/Twitter - @joncolman - and subscribe to his bonus content on the News and Star website, which is well worth a few quid of your money each month.

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You can email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback at bruntonbugle@gmail.com.

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We’re delighted to confirm that the Carlisle United Supporters Trust (CUST) will be sponsoring the Brunton Bugle this season.

CUST, formed originally in 2001 as CCUIST and later known as CUOSC, is the supporters' trust for Carlisle United. They are a community benefit society, with a one member-one vote democratic structure. They currently have 10% voting control of the club's holding company CUFC Holdings Ltd and are members of the Football Supporters' Association (FSA).

You can find out more about the Supporters Trust and how to join on their website www.cust.org.uk, or you can contact them on X at @CUFCTrust

As part of this sponsorship, we’ll be working closely with the Trust to provide some additional content this season – keep an eye out for these episodes soon!

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We've had a few people asking how they can contribute financially towards the pod over the last few seasons - we do this podcast because we love our club and are happy to do it for free, but if you'd like to make a contribution that can help towards hosting, online studio or equipment costs, we would be extremely grateful.

It would go a long way to help us keep providing content for the Blues fanbase across the world for the 2024-25 season!

You can now do this on our Ko-Fi page - ko-fi.com/bruntonbugle. Any donation is really appreciated!

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