TYNEDALE footballer Gareth McAlindon was a popular member of Carlisle United's first team during his spell at Brunton Park during the 1990s.
In the second instalment of an interview with sister paper News & Star, the Hexham man, who has battled cancer, looks back on his time with the Cumbrians and his role in developing United's current leading scorer.
Gareth McAlindon made 71 appearances, scoring 10 goals, earning a Division Three promotion winner’s medal under Mervyn Day in 1997 and playing in a couple of absorbing League Cup ties the following season, setting up a goal for Andy Couzens in a 3-2 first-leg defeat at White Hart Lane against a Tottenham side including Sol Campbell and David Ginola.