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Chris Dunlavy: Perfection or bust for bosses

Mark Hughes supposedly left Carlisle United by mutual consent, which is a bit like that bloke on Louis Theroux’s manosphere documentary yabbing about one-sided monogamy.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
7 June 2026

Mark Hughes was left disappointed after his Carlisle United side threw away a 1-0 lead against Woking

OUR MAN IN THE KNOW
Chris DUNLAVY

Mark Hughes supposedly left Carlisle United by mutual consent, which is a bit like that bloke on Louis Theroux’s manosphere documentary yabbing about one-sided monogamy.
It’s a verbal sleight of hand, designed to make it appear that nobody is getting short-changed or humiliated. Which, of course, they are.
Hughes didn’t want to leave Carlisle any more than those downtrodden wives and girlfriends desire a philanderous partner.
He was sacked, and that raises an interesting question: is the National League now the most ruthless division in the country?
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