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2024–25 Carlisle United F.C. season

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Carlisle United
2024–25 season
OwnerCastle Sports Group
ChairmanTom Piatak
Head CoachPaul Simpson
(until 31 August)[1]
Mark Birch (interim)[1]
Mike Williamson
(from 19 September)[2]
StadiumBrunton Park
League Two23rd
EFL CupFirst round
EFL TrophyGroup stage
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 120th season in the history of Carlisle United Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2022–23 season following relegation from League One in the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, the club are also participating in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2024–25 EFL Trophy.

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2024[a] LB Scotland Cameron Harper Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free [3]
1 July 2024[b] CB England Aaron Hayden Wales Wrexham Free [4]
1 July 2024[c] CM England Ethan Robson England Milton Keynes Dons Free [5]
1 July 2024[d] GK Scotland Jude Smith England Newcastle United Free [6]
1 July 2024[e] CB Saint Lucia Terell Thomas England Charlton Athletic Free [7]
1 July 2024 CF England Charlie Wyke England Wigan Athletic Free [8]
9 July 2024 RB England Archie Davies Republic of Ireland Dundalk Undisclosed [9]
10 August 2024 LB Wales Ben Williams England Cheltenham Town Free [10]
27 August 2024 LW Northern Ireland Jordan Jones England Wigan Athletic Free [11]
19 October 2024 CF England Tyler Burey Denmark Odense Free [12]
9 November 2024 CM England Kadeem Harris Turkey Şanlıurfaspor Free [13]
  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 14 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Inverness Caledonian Thistle contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 20 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Wrexham contract expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 26 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Milton Keynes Dons contract expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 11 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Newcastle United contract expired
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Charlton Athletic contract expired

Out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
8 July 2024 LB Scotland Jack Armer England Burton Albion Undisclosed [14]
12 July 2024 CM Northern Ireland Alfie McCalmont Australia Central Coast Mariners Undisclosed [15]
30 August 2024 CF England Danny Butterworth England Swindon Town Undisclosed [16]

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player Loaned from Date until Ref.
1 August 2024 CF England Daniel Adu-Adjei England Bournemouth End of Season [17]
21 August 2024 LW England Dominic Sadi England Bournemouth End of Season [18]
30 August 2024 CM England Harrison Biggins England Shrewsbury Town End of Season [19]

Loaned out

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Date Pos. Player Loaned to Date until Ref.
10 September 2024 CM England Jake Allan England Workington 31 December 2024 [20]
10 September 2024 CB England Aran Fitzpatrick England Workington 31 December 2024 [20]
18 October 2024 AM England Sam Hetherington England Workington 31 December 2024 [21]
24 October 2024 CF Ukraine Anton Dudik England South Shields 24 November 2024 [22]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Joined date Ref.
3 June 2024 CM England Jayden Harris England Sutton United 1 July 2024 [23][24]
30 June 2024 RM England Jordan Gibson England Doncaster Rovers 1 July 2024 [25][26]
30 June 2024 CM England Kai Nugent England Workington 1 July 2024 [25][27]
30 June 2024 RB Republic of Ireland Corey Whelan England AFC Fylde 1 July 2024 [25][28]
30 June 2024 LB England Max Kilsby Scotland Annan Athletic 11 July 2024 [25][29]
30 June 2024 CF Republic of Ireland Sean Maguire Republic of Ireland Cork City 6 August 2024 [25][30]
30 June 2024 RB England Josh Emmanuel England Doncaster Rovers 6 September 2024 [25][31]
30 June 2024 CB England Paul Huntington England Bradford City 1 October 2024 [32]
30 June 2024 GK Czech Republic Tomáš Holý Czech Republic Baník Most-Souš 4 October 2024 [25]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 16 May, Carlisle announced their first four pre-season friendlies, against Penrith, Kendal Town, Workington and Stockport County.[33]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2024 Friendly Penrith 0–8 Carlisle United Penrith
19:00 BST Report
Stadium: Frenchfields Stadium
Attendance: 1,030
Referee: Scott Henry
9 July 2024 Friendly Kendal Town 0–3 Carlisle United Kendal
19:00 BST Report
Stadium: Parkside Road
Attendance: 651
Referee: Mike Crusham
13 July 2024 Friendly Workington 0–0 Carlisle United Workington
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Borough Park
Attendance: 1,214
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
19 July 2024 Friendly St Mirren 2–2 Carlisle United Paisley, Scotland
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: St Mirren Park
27 July 2024 Friendly Rochdale 2–1 Carlisle United Spotland
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 975
Referee: Ben Wyatt
30 July 2024 Friendly Gateshead 2–0 Carlisle United Gateshead
19:00 BST Oseni 47', 56' Report Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium
Attendance: 668
Referee: Seb Stockbridge
3 August 2024 Friendly Carlisle United 2–1 Stockport County Carlisle
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 1,880
Referee: Simon Mather

Competitions

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League Two

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Harrogate Town 15 4 3 8 12 21 −9 15
21 Colchester United 14 2 7 5 17 21 −4 13
22 Swindon Town 15 2 6 7 16 23 −7 12
23 Carlisle United 15 3 2 10 13 28 −15 11 Relegation to National League
24 Morecambe 15 2 4 9 14 26 −12 10
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. 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[34]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
14 2 2 10 12 28  −16 8 1 1 5 7 12  −5 1 1 5 5 16  −11

Last updated: 26 October 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAAHH
ResultLWLLLLWLLDLDLL
Position2415192122222222222224232323
Points03333366677888
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.[35]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Gillingham 4–1 Carlisle United Gillingham
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 7,037
Referee: Ben Atkinson
17 August 2024 2 Carlisle United 1–0 Barrow Carlisle
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 9,813
Referee: Matthew Corlett
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[36]
24 August 2024 3 Milton Keynes Dons 3–0 Carlisle United Milton Keynes
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 6,399
Referee: Farai Hallam
31 August 2024 4 Carlisle United 1–2 Tranmere Rovers Carlisle
15:00 BST Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 8,003
Referee: Simon Mather
7 September 2024 5 Bradford City 2–1 Carlisle United Bradford
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 18,041
Referee: Paul Howard
14 September 2024 6 Carlisle United 2–3 Fleetwood Town Carlisle
15:00 BST Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 7,090
Referee: Scott Tallis
21 September 2024 7 Swindon Town 0–2 Carlisle United Swindon
15:00 BST Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,878
Referee: Carl Brook
28 September 2024 8 Carlisle United 2–3 Grimsby Town Carlisle
15:00 BST Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 7,510
Referee: Seb Stocksbridge
1 October 2024 9 Carlisle United 0–2 Notts County Carlisle
19:45 BST Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,594
Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle
5 October 2024 10 Colchester United 0–0 Carlisle United Colchester
15:00 BST Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium
Attendance: 4,392
Referee: Thomas Parsons
12 October 2024 11 AFC Wimbledon 4–0 Carlisle United Wimbledon
15:00 BST Stadium: Plough Lane
Attendance: 8,331
Referee: Neil Hair
19 October 2024 12 Carlisle United 1–1 Harrogate Town Carlisle
15:00 BST Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 8,297
Referee: Richie Watkins
22 October 2024 13 Walsall 3–1 Carlisle United Walsall
19:45 BST Stadium: Bescot Stadium
Attendance: 4,939
Referee: Scott Oldham
26 October 2024 14 Carlisle United 0–1 Cheltenham Town Carlisle
15:00 BST Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 6,064
Referee: Scott Jackson
9 November 2024 15 Salford City 0–1 Carlisle United Kersal
12:30 GMT Stadium: Moor Lane
Attendance: 3,737
Referee: Ross Joyce
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[37]
16 November 2024 16 Bromley v Carlisle United Bromley
15:00 GMT Stadium: Hayes Lane
23 November 2024 17 Carlisle United v Doncaster Rovers Carlisle
15:00 GMT Stadium: Brunton Park
30 November 2024 18 Carlisle United v Crewe Alexandra Carlisle
12:30 GMT Stadium: Brunton Park
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 3 December, but was moved due to both sides exiting the FA Cup.[38]

FA Cup

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Carlisle United were drawn at home to Wigan Athletic in the first round.[39]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2 November 2024 First round Carlisle United 0–2 Wigan Athletic Carlisle
15:00 GMT Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: Martin Woods
Referee: 4,532

EFL Cup

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Carlisle being drawn at home against Stoke City.[40]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Carlisle United 0–2 Stoke City Carlisle
19:45 BST Report
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 4,441
Referee: Ben Toner

EFL Trophy

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In the group stage, Carlisle were drawn into Northern Group C alongside Morecambe, Wigan Athletic and Nottingham Forest U21.[41][42]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Morecambe (A) 2 2 0 0 0 6 3 +3 6 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Wigan Athletic 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3 ACA Nottingham Forest U21 2 1 0 0 1 4 5 −1 3
4 L2 Carlisle United (E) 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2024. Source: EFL
(A) Advances to a further round; (E) Eliminated

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

3 September 2024 Group stage Carlisle United 1–2 Nottingham Forest U21 Carlisle
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 1,102
Referee: James Westgate
8 October 2024 Group stage Carlisle United 0–2 Wigan Athletic Carlisle
19:00 BST Report
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 1,117
Referee: Steven Copeland

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of match played 9 November 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Harry Lewis 15 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF England ENG Archie Davies 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Cameron Harper 13 0 9+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Saint Lucia LCA Terell Thomas 13 0 10+1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Samuel Lavelle 17 2 12+2 2 1 0 0+1 0 1 0
6 DF England ENG Aaron Hayden 9 0 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
7 MF England ENG Ethan Robson 4 0 1+2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF England ENG Callum Guy 6 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Georgie Kelly 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 FW England ENG Charlie Wyke 14 2 10+3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
11 MF Northern Ireland NIR Jordan Jones 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF England ENG Harrison Biggins 11 0 10+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK England ENG Gabriel Breeze 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
14 FW England ENG Daniel Adu-Adjei 8 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
15 MF England ENG Taylor Charters 6 0 2+2 0 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
16 MF England ENG Josh Vela 14 0 10+3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
17 MF England ENG Harrison Neal 17 1 10+3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
18 DF England ENG Jack Ellis 8 0 0+4 0 0+1 0 1 0 2 0
19 DF England ENG Jack Robinson 5 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
20 DF Wales WAL Ben Williams 7 0 5 0 0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Dylan McGeouch 4 0 2+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 DF England ENG Jon Mellish 19 2 13+2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0
24 FW England ENG Dominic Sadi 16 1 8+5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0
25 FW Ukraine UKR Anton Dudik 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 DF England ENG Ben Barclay 14 1 7+4 1 0+1 0 1 0 1 0
27 MF England ENG Jake Allan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 1
28 DF England ENG Aran Fitzpatrick 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
29 FW England ENG Luke Armstrong 17 2 8+6 2 0+1 0 0+1 0 1 0
31 MF England ENG Sam Hetherington 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
32 FW Isle of Man Isle of Man Freddie O'Donoghue 4 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
33 DF England ENG Haydon Atkinson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 MF England ENG Dan Hopper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
35 MF England ENG Seb Mason 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
37 FW England ENG Tyler Burey 5 0 1+3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF England ENG Kadeem Harris 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
11 FW England ENG Danny Butterworth 4 0 0+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0

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