PAUL SIMPSON REFLECTS ON HIS HIGHS AND LOWS AT CARLISLE
By Chris Dunlavy

PAUL Simpson’s fairytale return to Carlisle United eventually turned into a nightmare, but the 58-year-old insists he isn’t scarred by his annus horribilis at Brunton Park.
Back in the mid-noughties, Simpson cemented legendary status by orchestrating Carlisle’s quickfire rise from the Conference to League One.
And in 2022, 16 years after leaving for Preston, he became a hometown hero all over again, saving the Cumbrians from relegation to the National League before winning an against-...