Carlisle United match reports

Exeter sub keeper Lenny Pidgeley returns to frustrate Carlisle Utd

Jeremy Helan photo Exeter 0 Carlisle United 0: The feeling when Lenny Pidgeley pulled on his luminous yellow jersey and gloves and jogged on for the last 10 minutes of this tight skirmish was that it would either end with something spectacular, or something best viewed through the fingers.

Last updated 7 November 2011
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Carlisle Utd stage stunning comeback against Oldham Athletic

Francois Zoko photo Carlisle United 3 Oldham Athletic 3: The previous two times Francois Zoko made it onto a football pitch he should have been sent off. This time he was nearly carried off by a horde of grateful team-mates and supporters after operating at a different, happier extreme.

Last updated 31 October 2011
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Sheffield Wednesday's Gary Madine sees red as Carlisle Utd turn on style

Gary Madine photo Carlisle United 3 Sheffield Wednesday 2: Returning striker Gary Madine is sent off as Carlisle United come from behind to beat Sheffield Wednesday in a 'joyful riot' of a game at Brunton Park.

Last updated 26 October 2011
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Charlton overpower mistake-ridden Carlisle Utd

Carlisle Utd photo Charlton 4 Carlisle United 0: When Yann Kermorgant strolled onto an early cross to begin Charlton Athletic’s victory canter, Adam Collin’s response was to give James Berrett perhaps the most fearful ear-bashing of the young midfielder’s career.

Last updated 24 October 2011
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Dominant Carlisle Utd end Yeovil hoodoo in style

Yeovil 0 Carlisle United 3: Yeovil lost Belson, and then Carlisle won with bells on. But don’t allow anyone in the West Country to frame this game as a tight contest spoiled by a dodgy moment of refereeing, because that would be a reading fuelled by the most mind-bending cider in Somerset.

Last updated 17 October 2011
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Wembley villain turns Brentford hero to deny Carlisle Utd victory

Brentford v Carlisle photo Carlisle United 2 Brentford 2: Toumani Diagouraga’s name posed so many problems for Carlisle United’s stadium announcer that Stephen Dunn eventually resorted to breaking it up into syllables, just to get it out there.

Last updated 10 October 2011
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Matty Robson super-strike earns Carlisle Utd point at Walsall

Matty Robson photo Walsall 1 Carlisle United 1: These remain the formative days of the season but that message got intercepted on its way to the Banks’s Stadium technical areas, which were hosting easily the best entertainment here until Carlisle United staged their second-half breakout.

Last updated 3 October 2011
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Peter Murphy’s winner a bright spot at end of stressful week for Carlisle Utd

Peter Murphy photo Carlisle United 1 Stevenage 0: Peter Murphy getting Carlisle United out of a tight space with a serenely-taken goal is nothing new, but hands in the air if you expected his latest important winner to be supplied by Danny Livesey doing a David Beckham impersonation.

Last updated 26 September 2011
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Carlisle Utd's unbeaten away record ended by Chesterfield

Lee Miller photo Chesterfield 4 Carlisle United 1: Ten minutes from time, Chesterfield’s supporters piped up to salute Leon Clarke, who must now go down in history as the first loan centre-forward to be greeted with the lyrics “You slapped Di Canio, you slapped Di Canio.”

Last updated 19 September 2011
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Carlisle Utd score first goals in first-half since Easter

James Berrett photo Tranmere Rovers 1 Carlisle United 2: Lee Miller's early strike put Carlisle United on the road to a valuable League One win at Tranmere last night.

Last updated 14 September 2011
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Carlisle Utd rue missed chances and defensive lapses against Hartlepool

Carlisle Utd action photo Carlisle United 1 Hartlepool 2: Searching for hope, Greg Abbott said: “If we play like that at Tranmere, we should get something out of the game.”

Last updated 12 September 2011
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Nine-man Carlisle Utd crash out of Johnstone's Paint Trophy to Accrington Stanley

Carlisle Utd action photo Accrington Stanley 3 Carlisle United 2: Dethroned at the Crown Ground, Carlisle United’s addiction to Johnstone’s Paint Trophy drama took a dramatic and unpleasant twist last night and two ideas will be tested as a result.

Last updated 7 September 2011
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Lee Miller scores on home debut but Carlisle Utd overpowered by MK Dons

Lee Miller photo Carlisle United 1 MK Dons 3: It was just like the good old days at Brunton Park for John Gorman. The goals were flying in and an unfashionable little team was well and truly punching above its weight while winning a host of admirers for its stylish brand of football. Yes. MK Dons were that good on Saturday.

Last updated 5 September 2011
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Carlisle United fail to shine against Aldershot upstarts

Aldershot 2 Carlisle United 0: In a town known as the Home of the British Army, Carlisle United’s players suffered what is probably best termed as a kick in the barracks – and it hurt like hell.

Last updated 31 August 2011
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Carlisle Utd debut boy Lee Miller sinks Leyton Orient

Lee Miller photo Leyton Orient 1 Carlisle United 2: A couple of days before this set-to with the Blues, Leyton Orient’s long objection to West Ham’s likely occupation of the nearby Olympic Stadium earned them a judicial review which Barry Hearn, their chairman, described as “a victory for the little man.”

Last updated 29 August 2011
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Carlisle Utd new boy James Tavernier steals show against Bournemouth

James Tavernier photo Carlisle United 2 Bournemouth 1: Carlisle United's James Tavernier stole the show on his debut in the 2-1 win over Bournemouth.

Last updated 22 August 2011
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Carlisle Utd find their spine but need some teeth

Carlisle Utd photo Rochdale 0 Carlisle United 0: Carlisle United have used three jaunts to Greater Manchester to make a staged recovery from the season’s bleak opening day.

Last updated 17 August 2011
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Carlisle Utd banish opening day defeat with win at Bury

James Berrett photo Bury 0 Carlisle United 2: Greg Abbott has spent the early days of term with his nose in a book called The Smell Of Football, and on Saturday Carlisle United’s manager and his team chased away a particularly unpleasant stench.

Last updated 15 August 2011
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Carlisle Utd win penalty shoot-out to move on in Carling Cup

Carlisle Utd photo Oldham Athletic 1 Carlisle United 1 (United win 4-2 on penalties): Carlisle Utd survived a nail-biting penalty shoot-out to beat Oldham and move into the second round of the Carling Cup.

Last updated 10 August 2011
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Carlisle Utd slump to opening day defeat home to Notts County

Lee Hughes photo Carlisle United 0 Notts County 3: Football’s back. Or so we were told. But not at Brunton Park, which instead marked the first afternoon of 2011/12 with an unpleasant burlesque show that left many feeling grubby as they went home in the rain.