VIDEO: Carlisle United pitch doubles as England's biggest swimming pool

Courtesy of a decent bit of Cumbrian rain, League 2 side Carlisle United's ground Brunton Park was at the whim of Mother Nature on Monday, flooding the entire pitch.

Miraculously, the far end of the pitch affectionately known as the "Waterworks End" was the first to drain, as water eventually receded in advance of Saturday's match against Portsmouth, which knows better than most clubs the perils of that sinking feeling.