Carlisle United's season in numbers

1 – The number of league games when Carlisle came from behind to win (at Leyton Orient).

1 – The number of league games United played in a 30-day period between January 3 and February 1.

3 – The number of league games Carlisle lost after leading (consecutive games against Tranmere, Oldham and Colchester).

3 – The number of penalties scored by United in the league (Alessandra 2, Zanzala 1).

3 – The number of red cards shown to Carlisle players in the league (Hayden v Barrow, Toure v Exeter, McDonald v Stevenage).

3 – The number of Cumbria-born players to make a league appearance in 2020/21 (Bell, Charters, Dixon).

3 – The number of penalties saved by the Blues in the league this season (Farman against Port Vale and Southend, Norman against Leyton Orient).

3 – The number of teams Carlisle beat both home and away in the league (Southend, Bradford, Crawley).

4 – The number of former United players to score against the Blues in the league season (Parkes, Devitt, Stockton, Brough).

4 – Carlisle’s best winning sequence in the league season (against Salford, Bradford, Stevenage and Mansfield).

Omari Patrick's goal against Mansfield saw United go on a four-game winning run (photo: Richard Parkes)

4 – Carlisle’s longest losing run in the league (against Tranmere, Oldham, Colchester and Morecambe).

4 – The number of victories out of five home games that were played in front of crowds at Brunton Park this season.

5 – United’s goal difference, their best record for three seasons.

5 – The number of loan players on the books this season (Dewhurst, Kayode, Malley, Obiero, Walker).

5 – The number of 1-0 wins chalked up by Beech’s side in the league.

6 – The number of midweek league wins by United.

6 – The number of penalties scored against United in the league.

6 – United’s longest unbeaten sequence (achieved twice in the league campaign)

6 – The number of players whose league appearances were all from the bench (Bell, Dixon, Hunt, Malley, Obiero, Scott).

6 – The number of times United conceded more than two in a league game.

6 – The number of defeats Carlisle suffered in the first half of the league season.

7 – The number of midweek league defeats by United.

7 – The frequency of the most commonly-occurring scoreline in Carlisle’s league season (a 1-0 defeat).

8 – Carlisle’s longest winless sequence (from February 2 to March 9).

8 – The number of times United scored more than twice in a league game.

9 – The number of minutes that had gone in the league season before Carlisle conceded their first goal (at Cambridge).

10 – The number of league defeats Carlisle suffered in the second half of their season.

11 – The highest tally of league goals scored by a player in the United squad in 2020/21 (Jon Mellish).

11 – The highest tally of bookings in the United squad in 2020/21 (Jon Mellish).

11 – The number of league games in which the Blues failed to score.

12 – The number of home victories for the Blues in League Two, equalling their best total in the last nine years.

12 – The number of goals scored by Jon Mellish in a 14-game spell in all competitions from October 3 to November 29.

13 – The number of headed goals scored by the Blues in the league season.

14 – The assists total of midfielder Callum Guy: the best in League Two.

15 – The number of league clean sheets kept; all by Paul Farman.

Gime Toure: Most sub appearances (photo: Barbara Abbott)

16 – The highest number of substitute appearance by a Blues player during the campaign (Gime Toure).

16 – The number of occasions in the league when United scored more than once.

16 – The number of league goals by Carlisle defenders this season (Anderton 2, Armer 1, Bennett 5, Hayden 5, Tanner 3).

18 – The age of the youngest players to represent United in the league (Bell, Charters, Walker).

22 – The number of goals scored in away league games: the ninth worst total in League Two.

22 – The number of games Carlisle played in a 75-day period from February to April as they caught up on postponements.

25 – The average age of United’s most-selected league team (Farman, Tanner, Anderton, Hayden, McDonald, Guy, Riley, Mellish, Alessandra, Kayode, Patrick).

25 – The number of home league goals the Blues conceded: the joint 10th best record.

26 – The number of away league goals the Blues conceded: the joint 7th best record.

28 – The number of players who made league appearances for the Blues in 2020/21.

29 – The number of league goals by United’s attacking players in the season (Alessandra 8, Dickenson 1, Kayode 8, Patrick 5, Toure 2, Zanzala 5).

32 – The age of the oldest players to feature for United in the league (Dean Furman, Paul Farman, Lewis Alessandra).

36 – The minute against Southend when Omari Patrick scored Carlisle’s first goal of the league campaign.

38 – The amount of goals United scored in the league at home – the joint best tally in the division.

43 – The highest number of league starts by a Carlisle United player in the season (Callum Guy).

Most starts: Callum Guy (photo: Barbara Abbott)

52 – The number of games played by the Blues in all competitions in 2020/21.

55 – The percentage of United’s goals scored which came in the first half of games.

60 – The percentage of United’s goals conceded which came in the second half of games.

139 – The number of appearances given to subs by Beech in the league; an average of 3.02 per game.

920 – The attendance at the only away game Carlisle completed in front of a crowd this season (at Forest Green in December).

1,000 – The attendance for Carlisle's first home league match of the season against Southend, as part of a Covid 'test' game.

3,892 – The number of league minutes played by Callum Guy: the highest total in the Blues squad this season.

9,324 – The total number of miles for the Cumbrians to fulfil their away fixtures in 2020/21 (although it worked out at rather more than this, given it required three trips to play Harrogate, plus they got halfway to Newport before that game had to be postponed).