1995–96 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United F.C.

1995–96 season
Chairman	Michael Knighton
Manager	Mick Wadsworth Mervyn Day
Stadium	Brunton Park
Division Two	21st (relegated)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	Area final

For the 1995–96 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Two.

Results & fixtures

Football League Second Division

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Second Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
19	Peterborough United	46	13	13	20	59	66	−7	52
20	York City	46	13	13	20	58	73	−15	52
21	Carlisle United (R)	46	12	13	21	57	72	−15	49	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Swansea City (R)	46	11	14	21	43	79	−36	47
23	Brighton & Hove Albion (R)	46	10	10	26	46	69	−23	40

Source:
(R) Relegated

Matches

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	12 August	Bristol Rovers	H	1–2		8,003
2	19 August	Chesterfield	A	0–3		3,634
3	26 August	Swindon Town	H	0–1		6,333
4	29 August	Rotherham United	A	2–2		3,350
5	1 September	Swansea City	A	1–1		3,345
6	9 September	Burnley	H	2–0		7,318
7	12 September	Peterborough United	H	1–1		6,027
8	16 September	Oxford United	A	0–4		5,046
9	23 September	Hull City	H	2–0		5,986
10	30 September	Walsall	A	1–2		4,214
11	7 October	Notts County	H	0–0		6,058
12	14 October	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–2		4,512
13	21 October	Bradford City	H	2–2		6,263
14	28 October	Bournemouth	A	0–2		4,250
15	31 October	Wrexham	A	2–3		2,939
16	4 November	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	1–0		5,896
17	18 November	Bristol City	A	1–1		5,423
18	26 November	Wycombe Wanderers	H	4–2		4,459
19	2 December	Burnley	A	0–2		8,299
20	9 December	Hull City	A	5–2		3,478
21	16 December	Walsall	H	1–1		5,308
22	26 December	Stockport County	A	0–2		5,941
23	30 December	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–1		2,864
24	1 January	Blackpool	H	1–2		7,532
25	13 January	Chesterfield	H	1–1		5,852
26	20 January	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1		5,178
27	3 February	Swindon Town	A	1–2		8,367
28	10 February	Brentford	H	2–1		5,143
29	17 February	Peterborough United	A	1–6		4,302
30	20 February	Swansea City	H	3–0		4,645
31	24 February	Oxford United	H	1–2		5,525
32	2 March	Stockport County	H	0–1		4,849
33	9 March	York City	A	1–1		3,965
34	16 March	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–1		3,760
35	19 March	Brentford	A	1–1		3,102
36	23 March	Blackpool	A	1–3		8,144
37	26 March	Rotherham United	H	2–0		4,074
38	30 March	Notts County	A	1–3		4,515
39	2 April	Crewe Alexandra	H	1–0		4,698
40	6 April	Bournemouth	H	4–0		5,401
41	8 April	Bradford City	A	1–3		6,156
42	13 April	Wrexham	H	1–2		7,317
43	20 April	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	0–1		6,131
44	23 April	York City	H	2–0		4,813
45	27 April	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–4		3,964
46	4 May	Bristol City	H	2–1		5,925

Football League Cup

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	15 August	Hull City	A	2–1		2,779
R1 L2	22 August	Hull City	H	2–4		4,250

FA Cup

Main article: 1995–96 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	11 November	Preston North End	H	1–2

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1995–96 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
GS	17 October	Bradford City	A	1–1		1,287
GS	7 November	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–1		4,421
R2	28 November	Wrexham	A	2–1		2,522
QF	6 January	Burnley	H	5–0		5,169
SF	30 January	Chesterfield	H	1–0		5,511
F L1 (North)	5 March	Rotherham United	A	0–2		6,858
F L2 (North)	12 March	Rotherham United	H	0–2		6,692

References

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