Cumberland Cup draw

Reds’ will begin their defence of the Cumberland Cup with a tie against Mirehouse at a venue and date to be arranged.

Mirehouse currently play in Division One of the Cumberland County League and are a talented young side, guided by the evergreen Ryan Smith.

Twenty-six teams have entered the Senior Cup and six of those – Aspatria, Greystoke, Keswick, Langwathby United, Maryport Athletic and Whitehaven – have been given byes into the Second Round.

The First Round draw reads:

Braithwaite v. Windscale
Carlisle City v. Cockermouth
Carlisle United v. Workington Juniors
Cleator Moor Celtic v. Whitehaven Miners Social
Dearham United v. Wetheriggs United
Eden Valley v. Fellside United
Kirkoswald v. Penrith
Mirehouse v. Workington
Silloth v. Bransty Rangers
Wigton Harriers v. Unisun Athletic

The closing date for this round is Saturday 6 October.

Workington last travelled to Mirehouse during the 2008-09 competition with Darren Edmondson scoring one of our goals in a 3-1 victory.

Two years earlier, we emerged 9-0 winners at their ground with Craig Johnston and Tony Nicholson both scoring hat-tricks.