1987–88 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United F.C.
1987–88 season
Manager	Harry Gregg (to November) ; Clive Middlemass (from 23 November)
Stadium	Brunton Park
Division Four	23rd
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	First round
	← 1986–87 1988–89 →

Results & fixtures

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Stockport County	46	12	15	19	44	58	−14	51
21	Rochdale	46	11	15	20	47	76	−29	48
22	Exeter City	46	11	13	22	53	68	−15	46
23	Carlisle United	46	12	8	26	57	86	−29	44
24	Newport County	46	6	7	33	35	105	−70	25	Automatically relegated to the Football Conference

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
1	15 August	Peterborough United	A	0–1
2	22 August	Scunthorpe United	H	3–1
3	29 August	Burnley	A	3–4
4	31 August	Hereford United	H	3–1
5	4 September	Stockport County	A	0–3
6	12 September	Hartlepool United	H	1–3
7	16 September	Exeter City	A	1–1
8	19 September	Cardiff City	A	2–4
9	26 September	Scarborough	H	4–0
10	29 September	Darlington	H	3–3
11	3 October	Rochdale	A	2–1
12	10 October	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1
13	17 October	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–5
14	20 October	Colchester United	A	0–1
15	24 October	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–2
16	31 October	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–4
17	3 November	Leyton Orient	H	1–2
18	7 November	Newport County	H	3–1
19	21 November	Wrexham	A	0–4
20	28 November	Torquay United	H	3–3
21	12 December	Swansea City	A	1–3
22	18 December	Cambridge United	H	2–1
23	26 December	Scarborough	A	1–3
24	1 January	Burnley	H	3–4
25	2 January	Hartlepool United	A	0–0
26	9 January	Darlington	A	1–2
27	16 January	Cardiff City	H	0–0
28	23 January	Exeter City	H	0–0
29	30 January	Hereford United	A	0–2
30	6 February	Stockport County	H	2–0
31	20 February	Peterborough United	H	0–2
32	27 February	Rochdale	H	2–0
33	5 March	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–2
34	12 March	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–3
35	19 March	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–1
36	25 March	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–3
37	2 April	Newport County	A	2–1
38	4 April	Wrexham	H	0–4
39	9 April	Leyton Orient	A	1–4
40	12 April	Scunthorpe United	A	0–1
41	19 April	Halifax Town	H	1–1
42	23 April	Colchester United	H	4–0
43	26 April	Halifax Town	A	1–1
44	30 April	Torquay United	A	0–1
45	2 May	Swansea City	H	0–1
46	7 May	Cambridge United	A	2–1

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Attendance
R1 L1	18 August	Stockport County	A	1–0	1,476
R1 L2	25 August	Stockport County	H	3–0	2,174
R2 L1	22 September	Oldham Athletic	H	4–3	1,476
R2 L2	6 October	Oldham Athletic	A	1–4	4,353

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	14 November	Macclesfield Town	A	2–4		2,385

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Attendance
GS	13 October	Chester City	H	2–1	1,418
GS	24 November	Blackpool	A	1–0	1,491
R1	3 February	Hartlepool United	H	0–2	1,433