Match reports
Cracking strikes save Carlisle Utd's league one skin
Published 4 May 2009
Carlisle Utd 2 Millwall 0: This was ecstasy with a ‘but’. Jubilation with brackets.
Two off as Carlisle United draw at Cheltenham
Published 27 April 2009
Cheltenham 1 Carlisle United 1: Spot the irony in the official name for Cheltenham Town’s stadium: the Victory Sports Ground.
Carlisle Utd despair as Swindon grab added time equaliser
Published 20 April 2009
Carlisle Utd 1 Swindon Town 1: Someone at Swansea cannot let go of his Cumbrian voodoo doll. Even from their position of high altitude in the Championship, the men from South Wales keep piling the indignities on Carlisle United.
Carlisle Utd drop to twentieth after Huddersfield defeat
Published 14 April 2009
Huddersfield 1 Carlisle United 0: No new injuries were reported by Carlisle United this morning after their hop back across the Pennines from Huddersfield. That’s the good news right there, screeching to a halt.
Carlisle United stunned by late, late Oldham equaliser
Published 11 April 2009
Carlisle Utd 1 Oldham 1: With a combined total of four wins from their last 32 matches, Carlisle United and Oldham Athletic drawing a game of football shouldn’t rank too highly on our list of Easter surprises.
Carlisle United make a point as they stun league leaders Leicester
Published 6 April 2009
Leicester City 2 Carlisle United 2: Nigel Pearson is a dignified and upstanding football man who retains a peculiar place in Carlisle United’s history, and is making a competent stab at returning Leicester City to the Championship at the first attempt.
Neal on target but Carlisle United have to settle for draw
Published 30 March 2009
Carlisle Utd 1 Northampton 1: Greg Abbott’s blissful confidence that Carlisle United will “comfortably” escape League Two’s jaws still won’t diffuse among Cumbria’s anxious public, and there is an obvious reason for this.
Boos ring out as Carlisle United lose at home to Hereford
Published 25 March 2009
Carlisle Utd 1 Hereford 2: Never has Carlisle United’s ground seemed so aptly named. Greg Abbott and his boardroom bosses now know the full meaning of Brunt-on Park.
Southend defeat leaves Carlisle Utd three points above drop zone
Published 23 March 2009
Southend 3 Carlisle Utd 0: There it was, blinking in neon at the end of Southend Pier and just about anywhere else you chose to look, after Carlisle United’s lemming-leap to defeat at Roots Hall.
Keogh stars as Carlisle Utd edge away from relegation zone
Published 16 March 2009
Carlisle Utd 1 Scunthorpe 1: Carlisle United can now stop rummaging around for the qualities which will eventually deliver them from this anxious relegation fight.
Carlisle United's defensive madness hands Orient vital points
Published 11 March 2009
Carlisle Utd 1 Leyton Orient 3: Hidden somewhere in the Lake District is an asylum for people who presume that Carlisle Utd will one day enjoy a relaxed finish to a league campaign.
Carlisle Utd super-sub Michael Bridges snatches last-gasp goal at Yeovil
Published 9 March 2009
Yeovil 1 Carlisle Utd 1: Michael Bridges came off the substitutes’ bench to score the last minute goal that gave the Cumbrians a point in what was billed as a “relegation six-pointer” in Somerset.
Taylor on target as Carlisle United win at Crewe
Published 4 March 2009
Crewe Alexandra 1 Carlisle Utd 2: If Gareth Taylor was a tin of something you’d buy in a hardware shop, he’d do exactly what it says on the label.
Carlisle Utd draw with Bristol Rovers but lack inspiration
Published 2 March 2009
GREG ABBOTT might consider swapping footballs for stress balls or maybe even enrolling Carlisle United’s players on a yoga course.
Brave Carlisle United push Peterborough all the way
Published 25 February 2009
Peterborough 1 Carlisle 0: As he delivered his post-match verdict, Greg Abbott wore the look of a man who didn’t quite know whether to bask in his team’s performance - or go home and kick the cat.
Stockport smash and grab dents Carlisle Utd's play-off hopes
Published 23 February 2009
Carlisle United 1 Stockport County 2: Carlisle United players and fans must feel like they’re being fed through an emotional mangle right now.
Carlisle United claim first league win in five games at Brighton
Published 18 February 2009
Brighton 0 Carlisle Utd 2: Anyinsah and Keogh may not have the same romantic ring as Mills & Boon, but don’t bother saying that to any of the Carlisle supporters who hauled themselves down to the south coast on Valentine’s Day.
Carlisle Utd denied victory after a string of missed chances against Walsall
Published 14 February 2009
Carlisle Utd 1 Walsall 1: Carelessness comes in many forms. Somewhere in west London, a big cheese at Chelsea will soon wake up to the thudding headache that says the Stamford Bridge club have let a Champions’ League-winning manager and a World Cup-winning coach slide through their fingers in the space of 17 months.
Walsall penalty was 'soft' but I am not complaining, says Carlisle Utd boss Abbott
Published 11 February 2009
Carlisle United boss Greg Abbott refused to condemn the controversial penalty which denied the Blues a much-needed win against Walsall.
Awful Carlisle Utd slide to defeat against Colchester
Published 2 February 2009
Carlisle Utd 0 Colchester 2: Paul Lambert, Colchester’s spiky manager, once put the blockers on Zinedine Zidane in a Champions’ League Final, so don’t bother asking how highly this simple victory ranks on his personal ledger.
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