Family, friends and notable members of the football fraternity turned out in force to say a fond farewell to the former Workington manager.

Two goals ahead, with less than three minutes on the clock, should have been the foundation for a comfortable victory for the young Reds.  However, it was anything but as the Manchester side staged a brave recovery and probably deserved some reward from a closely fought encounter.

Reds U23s maintained their winning start to the Lancashire League season, producing their best win of the campaign and completing a league double in the process. They recorded an eighth successive victory to increase their lead at the top to nine points.

He played against us in August, has since made a dozen NPL appearances in Workington colours and now Hayden Atkinson can reflect on his senior debut for Carlisle United, making a twenty-minute cameo in Sunday’s FA Cup tie v. Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.