Carlisle come from behind to draw with Charlton in front of new owners
Charlton Athletic's Corey Blackett-Taylor
Carlisle United 1-1 Charlton Athletic
EFL League One
by Jon Tait
AMERICANS haven’t been this welcome in Britain since GIs handed out nylons and chocolate in WW2.
The Piatak family, the new owners of Carlisle United, gave flags, foam fingers and clappers to fans making their way through the turnstiles at Brunton Park.
It’s some distance from their home in the sunshine state of Florida to darkest Cumbria, and although they were given a warm reception, there was a frost on the slate rooftops around the ground and the edges of the pitch.
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