Cockermouth cricket club is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year and held a special game and social gathering at Sandair to...

My chat last week with Mitch Graham threw up a surprise, but familiar name, one I thought was worthy of...

I wrote last week about the worst home defeat that Workington suffered in their Football League history – 7-1 at...

Mitch Graham was a local Moto-X rider who tried his luck at speedway and went on to have a good...

There were some pretty dark days covering Workington Reds over their final years in the Football League.

It was September 14, 1963 I was just over a fortnight away from starting work at the Star office.

Mike Rogan is one of a select few players who made over 400 League and Cup appearances for Workington Reds.

I was at Wembley Stadium on May 14 (my eldest daughter’s birthday), 2011 to see Man City win their first...

I went along to Egremont this week to meet up with a Cumbria rugby union legend, Mark ‘Tank’ Richardson.

It was 1988 and I was covering Workington Town for the local papers when Maurice Bamford was the club coach.

Keith Nelson has been involved with Workington Reds, Barrow FC, Whitehaven RL and Queen of the South and has a...

I’m going back to February 1973 and my first visit to Anfield – and my last actually – when Liverpool...

When John Ogilvie came ‘home’ last week for a visit it was a great opportunity to meet up for a...

It might not be the best reason to remember a game, but the memory of a broken leg at Borough...

It was great this week to catch up with an old mate, former Workington Town hooker Howard Allen, for a...

It’s another game I took part in, and later reported on in the local newspaper under the cricket column.

It’s a different format this week as the 10 questions have been replaced with an audio interview with our subject.

Tommy Borthwick Tommy Borthwick had a splendid career with Aspatria and Cumbria rugby union before moving into coaching. After starting...

I suppose over my time in journalism the matches I have watched and reported must run into hundreds and hundreds...

The International Trails at Sewingshields on Saturday went down well, much to the satisfaction of the committee chairman Andy Horn.