There have been debuts delayed by car crashes. There have been debuts that lasted three minutes before the new signing was forced off by an injury. And both of those things happened to the same player.
A player has made his debut a fortnight after signing mid-season and immediately becomes the sixth longest-serving member of the starting XI. A clip went viral on social media of stewards appearing to escort another steward out of the ground mid-match because of an altercation. And now, a former Premier League manager has joined the party.
Welcome to Cumbria, home to Carlisle United Football Club.
The EFL has three divisions, 72 teams, and thousands of players, which makes it really hard to stand out as the single most shambolic club in it. Over the last 18 months, Carlisle have waltzed to that title without any serious challenger.
