2022–23 Carlisle United F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was the 118th season in the existence of Carlisle United Football Club and the club's ninth consecutive season in League Two. In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2022–23 FA Cup, the 2022–23 EFL Cup and the 2022–23 EFL Trophy. Carlisle United qualified for the Play-offs and won the Final against Stockport County and were promoted to the EFL League One for the 2023–24 season.

Carlisle United FC
2022–23 season
ChairmanAndrew Jenkins
ManagerPaul Simpson
StadiumBrunton Park
League Two5th Promoted
FA CupSecond round
EFL CupFirst round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Kristian Dennis (20)
All: Kristian Dennis (21)
Highest home attendance15,401 vs Bradford City, 20 May 2023
Lowest home attendance1,089 vs Fleetwood Town, 20 September 2022
Biggest win5–1 vs Barrow, 31 January 2023
Biggest defeat0–4 vs Mansfield Town, 14 February 2023

Squad statistics edit

As of 28 May 2023
No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two League Two Play-Offs FA Cup League Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   CZE Tomáš Holý 52 0 46+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   ENG Joel Senior 16 1 12+1 1 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   SCO Jack Armer 53 2 46+0 2 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
4 MF   ENG Owen Moxon 54 6 45+0 6 3+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
5 DF   ENG Morgan Feeney 34 3 29+2 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF   ENG Paul Huntington 45 2 39+1 2 3+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF   ENG Jordan Gibson 54 3 30+15 2 0+3 0 2+0 1 0+1 0 1+2 0
8 MF   ENG Callum Guy 52 4 45+0 3 3+0 1 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+2 0
9 FW   ENG Ryan Edmondson 30 6 13+10 4 0+3 0 1+0 1 1+0 1 0+2 0
10 FW   ENG Omari Patrick 38 5 18+14 4 1+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
11 MF   ENG Brennan Dickenson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 MF   ENG Sonny Hilton (recalled) 10 0 0+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
13 GK   ENG Gabriel Breeze 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW   ENG Kristian Dennis 48 21 35+9 20 0+2 0 1+0 0 0+1 1 0+0 0
15 MF   ENG Taylor Charters 19 1 7+4 1 0+3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
16 FW   ENG Tobi Sho-Silva 9 0 0+7 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF   IRL Corey Whelan 33 2 17+8 2 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
18 MF   ENG Josh Dixon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF   ENG Jack Ellis 17 0 11+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
22 DF   ENG Jon Mellish 50 6 43+0 6 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+3 0
25 DF   ENG Fin Back 19 0 18+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF   ENG Ben Barclay 17 2 12+1 1 2+0 1 0+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW   ENG Nic Bollado 4 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
28 MF   IRL Jamie Devitt 14 1 0+12 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 1
29 MF   ENG Jayden Harris 24 1 3+15 0 0+0 0 0+2 1 1+0 0 3+0 0
30 GK   IRL Michael Kelly 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
31 MF   ENG Ryan Carr 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
32 FW   SCO Jack Stretton (recalled) 23 2 9+9 2 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
33 DF   ENG Duncan Idehen (recalled) 5 1 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 1
33 DF   ENG Jack Robinson 8 0 1+6 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF   NIR Alfie McCalmont 19 2 11+5 2 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
36 FW   ENG John-Kymani Gordon 17 2 8+7 2 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 FW   ENG Joe Garner 22 2 8+11 2 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref
23 June 2022 CF   Ryan Edmondson   Leeds United Undisclosed [1]
1 July 2022[a] GK   Tomáš Holý   Ipswich Town Free transfer [2]
1 July 2022[b] CM   Owen Moxon   Annan Athletic Free transfer [3]
30 July 2022 GK   Michael Kelly   Bray Wanderers Undisclosed [4]
2 August 2022 CM   Jayden Harris   Aldershot Town Undisclosed [5]
10 August 2022 CB   Paul Huntington   Preston North End Free Transfer [6]
19 January 2023 CF   Joe Garner   Fleetwood Town Undisclosed [7]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 9 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Ipswich Town contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 19 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Annan Athletic contract expired

Out edit

Date Pos Player Transferred to Fee Ref
30 June 2022 SS   Lewis Alessandra   South Shields Released [8][9]
30 June 2022 CB   Joshua Barnett   Horden Community Welfare Released [10]
30 June 2022 CM   Danny Devine   Chester Released [8][11]
30 June 2022 MF   Dylan Garvey   Consett Released [10][12]
30 June 2022 GK   Mark Howard   Wrexham Released [8][13]
30 June 2022 CF   Manasse Mampala   Hyde United Released [8][14]
30 June 2022 CB   Rod McDonald   Crewe Alexandra Released [8][15]
30 June 2022 RB   Kelvin Mellor   Crewe Alexandra Released [8][16]
30 June 2022 GK   Magnus Norman   Oldham Athletic Rejected contract [17][18]
30 June 2022[a] DM   Joe Riley   Walsall Free transfer [19]
30 June 2022 MF   DJ Taylor   Penrith Released [10][citation needed]
30 June 2022 LW   Gime Touré   Yeovil Town Released [8][20]
30 June 2022 MF   Charlie Watt   Spennymoor Town Released [10][21]
5 July 2022 CF   Tristan Abrahams   Eastleigh Free transfer [22]
31 January 2023 MF   Ryan Carr   Ipswich Town Undisclosed [23]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 13 June, and would become official on 1 July once his contract expired

Loans in edit

Date Pos Player Loaned from On loan until Ref
22 June 2022 AM   Sonny Hilton   Fulham 4 January 2023[a] [24][25]
4 July 2022 CB   Ben Barclay   Stockport County End of Season [26]
14 July 2022 RB   Fin Back   Nottingham Forest End of Season [27]
4 August 2022 CF   Jack Stretton   Derby County 7 January 2023[b] [28][29]
18 August 2022 CB   Duncan Idehen   Bristol City 8 December 2022[c] [30][31]
3 January 2023 LB   Jack Robinson   Middlesbrough End of Season [32]
9 January 2023 CM   Alfie McCalmont   Leeds United End of Season [33]
13 January 2023 CF   John-Kymani Gordon   Crystal Palace End of Season [34]
  1. ^ On 4 January, Hilton's loan from Fulham was cut short
  2. ^ On 7 January, Stretton was recalled back to Derby
  3. ^ On 8 December, Idehen returned to Bristol City.

Loans out edit

Date Pos Player Loaned to On loan until Ref
27 July 2022 DF   Max Kilsby   Annan Athletic End of Season [35]
28 July 2022 CF   Sam Fishburn   Blyth Spartans 6 September 2022 [36]
13 August 2022 RW   Lewis Bell   Gretna 2008 End of Season [37]
12 September 2022 CF   Sam Fishburn   Morpeth Town End of Season [38]
27 September 2022 GK   Gabriel Breeze   Widnes 27 October 2022 [39]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

On 13 May, Carlisle United announced the first three of their pre-season friendlies, against Penrith, Kendal Town and Workington[40] Two more matches were added on 20 May.[41] Two more friendlies against Bolton Wanderers and Morecambe were confirmed.[42]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 July 2022 Friendly Penrith 1–5 Carlisle United Penrith
19:00 BST Murray-Jones   49' Report Edmondson   32'
Gibson   52'
Bollado   54'
Dennis   68', 72'
Stadium: Frenchfield Park
Attendance: 1,040
Referee: Scott Taylor
6 July 2022 Friendly Kendal Town 0–9 Carlisle United Kendal
19:30 BST Report Sho-Silva   6', 28'
Dennis   22'
Hilton   26', 32'
Bollado   72'
Devitt   79', 83', 90'
Stadium: Parkside Road
9 July 2022 Friendly Workington 0–3 Carlisle United Workington
15:00 BST Report Edmondson   11', 29'
  90' (o.g.)
Stadium: Borough Park
Attendance: 1,096
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
12 July 2022 Friendly Carlisle United 1–1 Greenock Morton Carlisle
14:00 BST Dickenson   59' Report Gillespie   72' (pen.) Stadium: Sheepmount Athletics Stadium
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
16 July 2022 Friendly Carlisle United 3–1 Bolton Wanderers Carlisle
15:00 BST Edmondson   19'
Barclay   38'
Dennis   52'
Report Morley   50' (pen.) Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 2,239
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
19 July 2022 Friendly Livingston 1–0 Carlisle United Largs, Scotland
14:00 BST Report Stadium: Inverclyde National Training Centre
Attendance: 0 (behind-closed-doors)
23 July 2022 Friendly Morecambe 0–0 Carlisle United Morecambe
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 1,430
Referee: Sam Barrott

Mid-season

2 August 2022 Friendly Gretna 2008 0–1 Carlisle United Gretna, Scotland
19:00 BST Report Hilton   48' Stadium: Raydale Park
Attendance: 235

Competitions edit

Overall record edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
League Two 30 July 2022 8 May 2023 Matchday 1 46 20 16 10 66 43 +23 043.48
L2 Playoffs 13 May 2023 28 May 2023 Semi Finals 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 066.67
FA Cup 5 November 2022 26 November 2022 First round 2 1 0 1 3 3 +0 050.00
EFL Cup 9 August 2022 9 August 2022 First round 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 000.00
EFL Trophy 30 August 2022 18 October 2022 Group stage 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 000.00
Total 55 23 17 15 77 57 +20 041.82

Last updated: 29 May 2023
Source: [ Soccerway]

League Two edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Stevenage (P) 46 24 13 9 61 39 +22 85 Promotion to EFL League One
3 Northampton Town (P) 46 23 14 9 62 42 +20 83
4 Stockport County 46 22 13 11 65 37 +28 79 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Carlisle United (O, P) 46 20 16 10 66 43 +23 76
6 Bradford City 46 20 16 10 61 43 +18 76
7 Salford City 46 22 9 15 72 54 +18 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 21 12 13 72 55 +17 75
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[43]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 20 16 10 66 43  +23 76 11 9 4 34 21  +13 9 7 6 32 22  +10

Last updated: 29 May 2023.
Source: [ Soccerway]

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHHAHAAHAHHAAAHAHAHAAHHAHHAHHAHAHAAAHAHHAHA
ResultWDDLWDDWDWDWWLLWDDWDLWWLWWWWLDLWWWWDDLLWDDDWLD
Position1091014111213131289767107786574444443333322243443455555
Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2023. Source: [ Soccerway]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

On 23 June, the league fixtures were announced.[44]

30 July 2022 1 Carlisle United 1–0 Crawley Town Carlisle
15:00 BST Dennis   5' Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 6,403
Referee: Thomas Kirk
6 August 2022 2 Colchester United 1–1 Carlisle United Colchester
15:00 BST Chilvers   19' Report Dennis   44' Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,137
Referee: James Oldham
13 August 2022 3 Carlisle United 1–1 Swindon Town Carlisle
15:00 BST Dennis   45' Report Wakeling   22' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,602
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
16 August 2022 Grimsby Town Abandoned Carlisle United Cleethorpes
19:45 BST Stadium: Blundell Park
Referee: Simon Mather
Note: Match was abandoned after 34 minutes due to a waterlogged pitch.[45]
20 August 2022 4 Stevenage 2–1 Carlisle United Stevenage
15:00 BST Smith   16'
Clark   42'
Report Dennis   45+2' Stadium: Broadhall Way
Attendance: 2,514
Referee: Craig Hicks
27 August 2022 5 Carlisle United 1–0 Gillingham Carlisle
15:00 BST Mellish   55' Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,261
Referee: Marc Edwards
3 September 2022 6 Carlisle United 3–3 Rochdale Carlisle
15:00 BST Mellish   36'
Dennis   58'
Huntington   78'
Report Quigley   22'   53'
Rodney   51'
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,023
Referee: Adam Herczeg
10 September 2022 Harrogate Town Postponed Carlisle United Harrogate
15:00 BST Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed as a mark of respect following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.[46]
13 September 2022 7 Mansfield Town 0–0 Carlisle United Mansfield
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 5,421
Referee: Sam Allison
17 September 2022 8 Carlisle United 2–1 AFC Wimbledon Carlisle
15:00 BST Guy   45'
Dennis   81'
Report Assal   59' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,038
Referee: Andy Haines
24 September 2022 9 Newport County 1–1 Carlisle United Newport
15:00 BST Moriah-Welsh   30' Report Whelan   76' Stadium: Rodney Parade
Attendance: 3,876
Referee: Keith Stroud
27 September 2022 10 Grimsby Town 1–2 Carlisle United Cleethorpes
19:45 BST Efete   65' Report Moxon   7'
Dennis   44'
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 6,447
Referee: Simon Mather
1 October 2022 11 Carlisle United 0–0 Crewe Alexandra Carlisle
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,012
Referee: Ross Joyce
8 October 2022 12 Hartlepool United 1–3 Carlisle United Hartlepool
15:00 BST Lacey   43' Report Moxon   53'
Patrick   75'   82'
Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 5,525
Referee: Tom Reeves
15 October 2022 13 Carlisle United 3–0 Doncaster Rovers Carlisle
15:00 BST Guy   44'
Stretton   53'   66'
Edmondson   90+3'
Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,600
Referee: Peter Wright
22 October 2022 14 Carlisle United 2–3 Leyton Orient Carlisle
15:00 BST Edmondson   15'   36'
Gibson   56'
Report Archibald   2'   17'
Drinan   50'
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,519
Referee: Thomas Parsons
25 October 2022 15 Stockport County 2–0 Carlisle United Stockport
19:45 BST Hippolyte   20'
Wootton   57'
Report Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 8,418
Referee: Ben Speedie
29 October 2022 16 Tranmere Rovers 0–2 Carlisle United Birkenhead
15:00 BST Report Dennis   1'   54' (pen.) Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 6,756
Referee: Carl Boyeson
8 November 2022 17 Harrogate Town 3–3 Carlisle United Harrogate
19:45 GMT Armstrong   28'
Burrell   60'
Headley   76'
Report Charters   12'
Edmondson   50'
Moxon   90+3'
Stadium: Wetherby Road
Attendance: 2,147
Referee: Thomas Kirk
12 November 2022 18 Carlisle United 0–0 Walsall Carlisle
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,493
Referee: Ollie Yates
19 November 2022 19 Salford City 1–4 Carlisle United Salford
15:00 GMT Smith   52' Report Dennis   3'   80'
Guy   67'
Whelan   72'
Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 3,454
Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill
3 December 2022 20 Carlisle United 1–1 Sutton United Carlisle
13:00 GMT Edmondson   30' Report Randall   45' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 4,752
Referee: Lewis Smith
10 December 2022 Carlisle United Postponed Barrow Carlisle
15:00 GMT Stadium: Brunton Park
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[47]
17 December 2022 Northampton Town Postponed Carlisle United Northampton
15:00 GMT Stadium: Sixfields Stadium
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[48]
20 December 2022 21 Northampton Town 2–1 Carlisle United Northampton
19:45 GMT Sherring   53'
Appéré   56'
Report Armer   50' Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium
Attendance: 4,583
Referee: Marc Edwards
26 December 2022 22 Carlisle United 1–0 Bradford City Carlisle
15:00 GMT Huntington   34' Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 8,296
Referee: Adam Herczeg
29 December 2022 23 Crewe Alexandra 0–3 Carlisle United Crewe
19:00 GMT Offord   51' Report Feeney   6'
Moxon   46'
Dennis   72'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 4,493
Referee: Andy Haines
1 January 2023 24 Doncaster Rovers 2–1 Carlisle United Doncaster
15:00 GMT Maxwell   5'
Hurst   67'
Report Dennis   87' Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium
Attendance: 7,143
Referee: Ben Speedie
14 January 2023 25 Carlisle United 2–0 Newport County Carlisle
15:00 GMT Dennis   45+2'
Gordon   57'
Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,603
Referee: Martin Woods
21 January 2023 Bradford City Postponed Carlisle United Bradford
15:00 GMT Stadium: Valley Parade
Note: Fixture was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[49]
24 January 2023 26 Carlisle United 3–1 Hartlepool United Carlisle
19:45 GMT Feeney   6'
Dennis   26'   66'
Report Umerah   28' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,172
Referee: Samuel Barrott
28 January 2023 27 Rochdale 0–1 Carlisle United Rochdale
15:00 GMT Report Gordon   8' Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,042
Referee: Ross Joyce
31 January 2023 28 Carlisle United 5–1 Barrow Carlisle
19:45 GMT Jon Mellish   44'   67'
Joe Garner   50'
Patrick   72'
Dennis   89' (pen.)
Report Barclay   84' (o.g.) Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 9,351
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
4 February 2023 29 Carlisle United 0–1 Harrogate Town Carlisle
15:00 GMT Report Huntington   82' (o.g.) Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 6,422
Referee: Robert Lewis
11 February 2023 30 AFC Wimbledon 0–0 Carlisle United Wimbledon
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Cherry Red Records Stadium
Attendance: 7,876
Referee: Darren Handley
14 February 2023 31 Carlisle United 0–4 Mansfield Town Carlisle
19:45 GMT Report Clarke   14'
Kilgour   25'
Akins   29' (pen.)
Hewitt   38'
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 4,645
Referee: Ben Toner
18 February 2023 32 Carlisle United 1–0 Colchester United Carlisle
15:00 GMT McCalmont   4' Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,550
Referee: Neil Hair
25 February 2023 33 Crawley Town 2–5 Carlisle United Crawley
15:00 GMT Oteh   50'
Telford   84'
Report Senior   15'
Patrick   20'
Moxon   26'
Feeney   38'
Mellish   57'
Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,970
Referee: Paul Howard
4 March 2023 34 Carlisle United 2–0 Grimsby Town Carlisle
15:00 GMT McCalmont   36'
Gibson   44'
Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 6,561
Referee: Marc Edwards
11 March 2023 35 Swindon Town 1–2 Carlisle United Swindon
15:00 GMT Shade   80' Report Armer   51'
Edmondson   90+6'
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 9,330
Referee: Sam Purkiss
18 March 2023 36 Carlisle United 0–0 Stevenage Carlisle
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 8,029
Referee: Tom Reeves
21 March 2023 37 Bradford City 0–0 Carlisle United Bradford
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 17,653
Referee: Will Finnie
25 March 2023 38 Gillingham 1–0 Carlisle United Gillingham
15:00 GMT Williams   90+4' Report Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 6,110 (475 away)
Referee: Charles Breakspear
1 April 2023 39 Leyton Orient 1–0 Carlisle United Leyton
15:00 BST Mellish   73' (o.g.)
Kelman   33'   77'
Report Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 8,713
Referee: Ben Speedie
7 April 2023 40 Carlisle United 2–0 Tranmere Rovers Carlisle
15:00 BST Dennis   3'   39' Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 13,410
Referee: Thomas Kirk
10 April 2023 41 Walsall 0–0 Carlisle United Bescot
15:00 BST White   61' Report Stadium: Poundland Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 6,117 (1,086 away)
Referee: Declan Bourne
15 April 2023 42 Carlisle United 0–0 Northampton Town Carlisle
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 8,292
Referee: Rebecca Welch
18 April 2023 43 Carlisle United 2–2 Stockport County Carlisle
19:45 BST Mellish   54'
Moxon   83'
Report Hippolyte   31'
Lemonheigh-Evans   86'
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 7,198
Referee: Thomas Parsons
22 April 2023 44 Barrow 0–1 Carlisle United Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST Report Barclay   16' Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 4,515
Referee: James Bell
29 April 2023 45 Carlisle United 2–3 Salford City Carlisle
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 10,927 (469 away)
Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge
8 May 2023 46 Sutton United 1–1 Carlisle United Sutton
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: VBS Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,771 (1,366 away)
Referee: Darren Drysdale

Play-offs edit

14 May 2023 SF L1 Bradford City 1–0 Carlisle United Bradford
19:00 Walker   18' Report Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 20,575
Referee: Ross Joyce
20 May 2023 SF L2 Carlisle United 3–1 (a.e.t.) Bradford City Carlisle
15:00
Report
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 15,401
Referee: Simon Mather

Carlisle United won 3–2 on Aggregate.

28 May 2023 (2023-05-28) Final Stockport County 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)
Carlisle United Wembley Stadium, London
13:30 BST
Report
Attendance: 34,004
Referee: Tom Nield
Penalties

Carlisle United promoted to EFL League One

FA Cup edit

The Cumbrians were drawn at home to Tranmere Rovers in the first round[50] and away to Walsall in the second round.[51]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 November 2022 (2022-11-05) First round Carlisle United 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Carlisle
15:00 BST Gibson   30'
Harris   66'
Report Byrne   82' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 4,154
Referee: Declan Bourne
26 November 2022 (2022-11-26) Second round Walsall 2–1 Carlisle United Bescot
15:00 GMT Williams   88'
James-Taylor   90+3'
Report Edmondson   29' Stadium: Poundland Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 3,499
Referee: Scott Oldham

EFL Cup edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Carlisle were drawn away to Shrewsbury Town in the first round.[52]

9 August 2022 First round Shrewsbury Town 3–2 Carlisle United Shrewsbury
19:45 BST Leahy   45+1'
Udoh   75'
Dunkley   86'
Report Edmondson   13'
Dennis   81'
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 2,269
Referee: Chris Pollard

EFL Trophy edit

On 20 June, the initial Group stage draw was made, grouping Carlisle United with Barrow and Fleetwood Town.[53] Three days later, Manchester United U21s joined Northern Group G.[54]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ACA Manchester United U21 3 2 0 1 0 6 4 +2 7 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Barrow 3 1 1 0 1 4 3 +1 5
3 L1 Fleetwood Town 3 0 1 2 0 4 4 0 4
4 L2 Carlisle United 3 0 1 0 2 2 5 −3 2
Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

30 August 2022 Group stage Carlisle United 1–2 Manchester United U21 Carlisle
19:30 BST Devitt   66' Report McNeill   40'
Forson   71'
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 3,331
Referee: Ben Toner
20 September 2022 Group stage Carlisle United 1–1
(4–2 p)
Fleetwood Town Carlisle
19:00 BST Idehen   90' Report Garner   46' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 1,089
Referee: Rebecca Welch
Penalties
Gibson  
Stretton  
Whelan  
Mellish  
Charters  
Morton  
Andrew  
Batty  
Vela  
18 October 2022 Group stage Barrow 2–0 Carlisle United Barrow-in-Furness
19:00 BST Kay   70'
Foley   80'
Report Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 2,281
Referee: Seb Stocksbridge

References edit

  1. ^ "Striker signs two-year deal". Carlisle United FC. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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