Carlisle United match reports

Carlisle Utd overcome early scare to battle back for victory

Francois Zoko photo Carlisle United 2 Chesterfield 1: Two images of home debutant Ben Parker perfectly characterised Carlisle United’s fluctuating fortunes on a bitingly cold afternoon at Brunton Park.

Last updated 6 February 2012
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Red card and red faces as Hartlepool fire four past Carlisle Utd

Hartlepool United 4 Carlisle United 0: Give Carlisle United this: they aren’t dull. This is plainly not a season that will die of boredom.

Last updated 30 January 2012
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Carlisle Utd don’t lose or gain any ground in promotion chase

Carlisle United 1 Walsall 1: After assessing his injured defensive pair today, it might be worth Greg Abbott lingering in Neil Dalton’s treatment room for a personal check-up, just to ensure all his limbs are still securely attached.

Last updated 23 January 2012
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Leyton Orient boss 'disgusted' as Carlisle Utd rip his team apart

Carlisle United 4 Leyton Orient 1: The season could stop now and Greg Abbott and his players would be deserving of serious plaudits. Carlisle United’s campaign might end with high thrills or heartbreak but at least the journey is being conducted with a boldness not seen at Brunton Park for some years.

Last updated 9 January 2012
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Carlisle Utd stun high-flying Sheffield Utd to end Christmas period unbeaten

Carlisle United 3 Sheffield United 2: In the 79th minute at Brunton Park, Francois Zoko earned a throw-in off Nick Montgomery, the Sheffield United captain.

Last updated 3 January 2012
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Carlisle Utd draw inspiration for league challenge to come

Huddersfield 1 Carlisle United 1: Other than one belated Christmas gift to League One’s best finisher, Carlisle United closed the book on 2011 in decent order and are entitled to enter Olympic year believing they can leap even higher.

Last updated 31 December 2011
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Injury to Rory Loy takes shine off Carlisle Utd and Preston thriller

Preston North End 3 Carlisle United 3: Only one thing stops this game being written up as a classic of its kind: the fact one of its participants was carted off to hospital with a mangled leg and a ruined season.

Last updated 27 December 2011
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Francois Zoko saves the day again for Carlisle Utd

Carlisle United 2 Wycombe Wanderers 2: Marcello Trotta sounds like a distant relative of Del Boy, not a livewire centre-forward who made fools of Carlisle United’s rear men to score the finest goal a visiting team has sewn together at Brunton Park all season.

Last updated 19 December 2011
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Last-gasp Zoko goal sends Carlisle Utd on play-offs charge

Scunthorpe 1 Carlisle United 2: Carlisle United manager Greg Abbott emerged from the dressing-room into the perishing evening air of Glanford Park to address the shivering media, claiming he didn’t feel even the slightest bit chilly.

Last updated 12 December 2011
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Carlisle Utd make low-key exit from FA Cup at Charlton

Charlton Athletic 2 Carlisle United 0: Chris Powell has got something wrong. Sound the alarms, hold the front page. Charlton Athletic’s statesmanlike leader had a near-perfect success rate from August right up to the moment he sat down to write his programme notes for this game, and predicted: “Today should be another big occasion.”

Last updated 5 December 2011
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Paul Thirlwell's first goal in 15 months seals three points for Carlisle Utd

Carlisle United 1 Colchester 0: If Carlisle United’s proposed stadium move was put to a public vote, John Ward would probably drive up from Essex in order to be first at the ballot box.

Last updated 28 November 2011
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Carlisle Utd beaten by controversial Sheffield United goal

Sheffield United 1 Carlisle United 0: Carlisle United’s planned new stadium will contain 12,000 seats, a number that today looks right for two reasons.

Last updated 21 November 2011
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Carlisle Utd cruise past Alfreton in FA Cup

Alfreton Town 0 Carlisle United 4 Carlisle United’s commitment to charity begins and ends with the hair that’s now sprouting above their top lips. Greg Abbott’s moustachioed heroes currently resemble players from a different age but this was no throwback cup tie where the little man has his day.

Last updated 14 November 2011
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Exeter sub keeper Lenny Pidgeley returns to frustrate Carlisle Utd

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

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

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

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

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

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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