The messageboard currently has over 2,000 registered users and the record attempt will start on June 1 and run for a month. The thread will be limited to one post for every user and sponsors are being urged to make a pledge of at least 1p for very message posted. Threads of over 2,000 postings have been recorded on football club forums in the past, but this attempt will set rules in advance to prevent artificial attempts to lengthen it. "This is a unique attempt to create a new world record. I have been in contact with the Guinness World of Records people to establish whether such a record exists. It doesn't appear to do, so we will attempt to create a new one and perhaps get into the Guinness Book of Records," said site editor Al Woodcock. "Every penny pledged goes to CCUIST and hopefully we'll raise a lot of money for the club." "We will be setting a limit of one message per user and asking people to keep their messages short so the thread doesn't take ages to load. The board has been very busy since the end of the season, we normally get over 20,000 page views on it every day. It's time we harnessed all that traffic to generate some money. The club needs every penny and John Courtenay can't do it all himself," he added. If you are a regular user of the messageboard, but have not yet registered, the address to visit is http://boards.footymad.net/mboard/load.php?tno=121 The address to send your pledge is pledges@ccuist.org The Supporters' Trust was formed in 2001 and has pumped £150,000 into Carlisle United so far. It has an agreement to purchase 29% of the shares in United's holding company, CUFC Holdings Ltd. Recently members of the Trust voted to relinquish a 20% option to allow new investors to come on board as associate directors. Another £250,000 has still to be raised to complete the purchase of the first 20% block of shares. Picture from News & Star |
