Name the League Two club with wealthy, fully committed, American owners, a famous name in the home dugout and a squad boosted by 11 January signings? If the answer – Carlisle – is easy, the reasons why they are stuck to the bottom of England’s Football League with nine games to go remains rather harder to fathom.
Perhaps appropriately, Billy Ocean’s hit Red Light Spells Danger greeted fans taking their seats at Brunton Park before kick-off against Bromley on Saturday, but at least, by the end the hazard had diminished, albeit slightly, for a team on their third manager of the season.
