Carlisle headed for the Fylde coast
Encounters usually very close
This would be no exception
Started fast from inception

Holly prominent
Carlisle dominant
Four minutes gone
Katie makes it one
Top scoring ace
Beats foe with pace

Match becomes a tussle
Lots of hustle and bustle
Fylde go direct
Carlisle protect with effect

Carlisle dangerous on the break
But would suffer heartache
As half time beckons
They concede twice in sixty seconds

The first unfortunate and strange
A ball struck outside the D from range
Was going safely out of play
Bounced catching Kristian on the way
And dropped behind her back
To be gobbled up by a Fylde attack

Next a ball rolled onto the outside of a post
Nestled for a moment as if seen a ghost
Then rolled back into play
Before being tapped into goal somehow someway

Carlisle were in the comfort zone
These mishaps changed the tone

Fylde rejuvenated pressed the shocked Carlisle
For them getting back composure took a while
The game dragged on with neither giving quarter
Carlisle holding firm as time was becoming shorter

Emma’s effort at a premium in the extreme
Piercing the air with a banshee scream

Then top cat Alice in the last minutes five
Striving and looking to keep the game alive
Entered the circle following a mazy dribble
Is awarded a short corner from Officer Dibble

First shot is saved, then a second and a third
Keeper determined to have the last word
The Cumbrians really frustrated
Had the feeling they were ill-fated

The last minute. Carlisle in the D once more
Surely this time they would score
Katie takes aim seeking glory
Narrowly misses. End of story

So Carlisle defeated but not unbowed
Fought, played well and could be proud
A fateful minute had favoured the host
The omens shunned Carlisle on that damned coast