Match reports

Deadly Danny sends Glovers reeling

Published 1 September 2008

yeeo22 Carlisle United 4 Yeovil 1: The transfer window can be boarded up as long as John Ward retains his ability to supply Carlisle United with new players from within.

Golden gloves Williams spurs United to victory

Published 1 September 2008

Orient 2 Carlisle Utd 4: Leyton Orient’s ground, which stands a short leap from the next Olympic site, was a decent place for Ben Williams to hurdle the perception that he could never replace Keiren Westwood with credibility between Carlisle United’s posts.

United Crewe-z six-goal thriller

Published 1 September 2008

Carlisle Utd 4 Crewe Alexandra 2: The hope is that Carlisle United’s supporters gulped down all the technicolour treats they were offered on Saturday and savoured the feeling.

United are bludgeoned by the power of money

Published 27 August 2008

Finance 4, Romance 0. Don’t linger on this page if you’re leafing through the paper in search of an inspirational underdog story.

Murphy's precise kick seals win at Shrewsbury

Published 13 August 2008

Shrewsbury Town 0 Carlisle United 1: Shrewsbury is known as “the gateway to Wales”, but there was no danger of Carlisle United being bundled down a valley as long as Peter Murphy was around.

Carlton's brace seals away-day win for Carlisle

Published 11 August 2008

Bristol Rovers 2 Carlisle United 3: Scorelines don’t always tell the story – take Carlisle United’s 3-2 win over Bristol Rovers on Saturday.

Classy Workington hammer woeful Carlisle

Published 5 August 2008

This was a tale of one Cumbrian team pushing on with pace and style while another stumbled lethargically in the rough direction of the starting line.

Under-par United slip up against Morecambe

Published 4 August 2008

Friendly: Morecambe 2 Carlisle United 1: The grand plan didn’t include League One’s best centre-half enduring a painful brush with farce, nor his team-mates having a pre-season of so much clean progress being checked quite dramatically.

Digard's strike seals friendly win for Middlesbrough

Published 30 July 2008

Carlisle United 1 Middlesbrough 2: Fighting a losing battle for airtime and column inches just now is the old truth that will finally rise up and confront Carlisle United in 10 days’ time.

Blues earn fine draw against Preston

Published 28 July 2008

Carlisle United 2 Preston North End 2: Inspecting pre-season friendlies for significance requires a pair of stronger lenses than normal, but John Ward was on the money with his assessment of this pleasing midsummer engagement under the Cumbrian sun.

Blues' super subs sink Chester

Published 23 July 2008

Chester 1 Carlisle Utd 3: The quality of Carlisle's men in reserve proved too much for Chester to handle at the Deva Stadium last night as late strikes by subs Gary Madine and Simon Hackney handed the visitors a battling pre-season win.

Partick's poor finishing lets Carlisle off the hook

Published 21 July 2008

Partick Thistle 0 Carlisle Utd 0: Carlisle United's defenders will be hoping they encounter such inept finishing from opposing forwards next season after Partick Thistle's mis-firing strikers let them off the hook.

Dobie at the double as Blues start with a win at Kendal

Published 18 July 2008

FRIENDLY: Kendal 0 Carlisle United 4: Scott Dobie flew out of the traps with a quick-fire brace as Carlisle United cruised through their first pre-season test in south Cumbria.

Howson double ends United's dream

Published 28 May 2008

CHECK the sun to see if it has bothered to rise over Carlisle today. This was Jimmy Glass, Aldershot and all those other extreme nights of Brunton Park drama swinging back in the Cumbrian face.