A Happy New Year to all Bugle listeners across the world - let's hope that 2025 is a much more enjoyable year for Blues fans than 2024 was!

This is our second festive special episode this year and once again, Jon Colman has joined Lee for a bit of a natter. This time, the topic was "Five Ways to Improve English Football" - a basic look into an imaginary world where Jon and Lee are the top men in the beautiful game in this country and can implement any changes they wish!

No surprises guessing what Jon's main idea is, but you may be a little bit surprised at one of the suggestions Lee makes! Yet again, it was an absolute pleasure to sit down with Jon and have a talk - make sure you check out Jon's work as linked below.

You can follow Jon on X/Twitter - @joncolman - and subscribe to his bonus content on the News and Star website, which is well worth a few quid of your money each month.

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Find us on X (@bruntonbugle), Facebook (search for "Brunton Bugle") and Instagram (@bruntonbugle)

You can email us with any questions, suggestions and feedback at bruntonbugle@gmail.com.

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We’re delighted to confirm that the Carlisle United Supporters Trust (CUST) will be sponsoring the Brunton Bugle this season.

CUST, formed originally in 2001 as CCUIST and later known as CUOSC, is the supporters' trust for Carlisle United. They are a community benefit society, with a one member-one vote democratic structure. They currently have 10% voting control of the club's holding company CUFC Holdings Ltd and are members of the Football Supporters' Association (FSA).

You can find out more about the Supporters Trust and how to join on their website www.cust.org.uk, or you can contact them on X at @CUFCTrust

As part of this sponsorship, we’ll be working closely with the Trust to provide some additional content this season – keep an eye out for these episodes soon!

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We've had a few people asking how they can contribute financially towards the pod over the last few seasons - we do this podcast because we love our club and are happy to do it for free, but if you'd like to make a contribution that can help towards hosting, online studio or equipment costs, we would be extremely grateful.

It would go a long way to help us keep providing content for the Blues fanbase across the world for the 2024-25 season!

You can now do this on our Ko-Fi page - ko-fi.com/bruntonbugle. Any donation is really appreciated!

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