1995/96 Season Carlisle United are relegated from Division 2 and Michael Knighton admits that the decision not to strengthen the team is responsible. Despite all that he has helped the club achieve, rumblings amongst fans start. He thinks "Shit, how am I going to cover myself if it goes pear shaped in Division 3?" He comes up with a plan:
1) Organise a UFO evening.
2) An Evening News reporter just happens to be there.
3) He says "in confidence and off the record" that he'd had a UFO encounter.
4) The Evening News splashes the story (surprise, surprise)
5) Knighton says "I've had enough of this, I'm off"
6) The fans do a good "Ian Hislop doing Jimmy Summerville" impersonation and beg "don't leave us this way".
7) Knighton says "OK, I'll stick around to the end of the season".
At this point the plan is now very cunning. If Carlisle don't get promoted, Knighton could walk away. If they do get promoted he can stay on. A no lose situation for him. In addition, he can simply stand down as Chief Exec and Chairman, become an Owner/Director and let someone else take the stick for the running of the club and be forever our blue-eyed boy :)
Enter Jonathan Fuller, stage right..............
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