Carlisle United boss Paul Simpson says he will have mixed memories of Stockport County when he takes his team there tonight.
It’s a return to a former club as he had a 27-game spell in charge back in 2010.
“I have zero positive memories of my time there as a manager. Thankfully it’s out of my system, I’m able to move on,” he says.
“On the other hand I’ve got fantastic memories of winning the championship there with Carlisle in my first time round. It was my last ever game as a professional footballer so I’ve got’ positive memories of that.”
Since he left that negative managerial spell behind Simpson says he’s done some unbelievable things and had some fantastic experiences in life and in football.
He says: “I’m looking forward to going as the Carlisle manager and hoping we put on a performance, show the personality we have all season so far, and hopefully coming away with a result.
“It won’t be an easy game at all. They’re a good side, they’re one of the fancied teams for this season. I expect them to come through on that.
“It’s a tough game but a great one to look forward to. We talked this week about the next three fixtures giving us an idea of where we are, and the result didn’t go our way on Saturday, but I think the level of performance and footballing ability we showed was a real positive to take from it all.
“It doesn’t really matter what happened to them on Saturday. That was a good result, but it’s about what we do, how we go about it.
“They’ve come up, they’ve got a really good set-up going on at Stockport, they’ve got great backing by the supporters who are really passionate and want their team to do well.
“We’ve got to go and really get stuck into the atmosphere there, go and enjoy the challenge and show we can be a good side as well.”
