2019–20 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United
2019–20 season
Chairman	Andrew Jenkins
Head Coach	Steven Pressley; (until 13 November); Chris Beech; (from 26 November)
Stadium	Brunton Park
EFL League Two	18th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Harry McKirdy; Olufela Olomola; Nathan Thomas (5 each); All: ; Harry McKirdy (11)
Highest home attendance	6,039 vs Bradford City, 26 December 2019
Lowest home attendance	893 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s, 24 September 2019
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was Carlisle United's 115th season in their history and their sixth consecutive season in League Two.^[3] Along with League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

Squad statistics

As of 10 March 2020^[4]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		EFL Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Adam Collin	44	0	37+0	0	5+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Christie Elliott (transferred)	22	1	13+3	1	0+1	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
3	DF	AUS	Jack Iredale	30	2	18+4	2	3+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
4	MF	EIR	Canice Carroll (loan completed)	14	1	5+3	0	2+0	0	0+1	0	3+0	1
5	DF	ENG	Jon Mellish	22	0	13+2	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Aaron Hayden	24	3	18+0	2	3+0	1	0+1	0	1+1	0
7	MF	ENG	Nathan Thomas	41	9	31+2	5	5+0	3	2+0	1	0+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Mike Jones	44	1	37+0	0	4+0	1	3+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Lewis Alessandra	10	1	10+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	BRB	Hallam Hope (sold)	30	3	13+10	2	3+1	0	1+1	0	1+0	1
10	MF	SCO	Stefan Scougall	27	2	14+6	2	3+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
11	FW	ENG	Harry McKirdy	38	11	21+7	5	3+2	5	1+1	1	1+2	0
12	DF	SCO	Elliot Watt	14	1	12+0	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	WAL	Gethin Jones	37	0	30+0	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
15	MF	ENG	Taylor Charters	9	0	0+7	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Byron Webster	39	1	32+0	1	5+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	ENG	Jack Bridge	34	3	20+8	0	1+0	1	2+0	2	2+1	0
20	FW	ENG	Keighran Kerr	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	NGA	Kelvin Etuhu	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	GK	WAL	Louis Gray	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
23	FW	NGA	Joshua Kayode	5	3	3+2	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	ENG	Jarrad Branthwaite (sold)	14	1	9+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
24	FW	ENG	Olufela Olomola	33	6	14+13	5	2+1	1	1+1	0	0+1	0
25	FW	ENG	Ryan Loft	34	5	9+17	3	2+2	0	1+0	0	3+0	2
27	DF	ENG	Nathaniel Knight-Percival	19	0	14+1	0	0+1	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
28	MF	SOM	Mohammed Ali Sagaf	19	1	11+6	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
29	DF	ENG	Charlie Birch	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	FW	DEN	Elias Sørensen (loan completed)	11	0	1+7	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
33	DF	ENG	Max Hunt	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	DF	ENG	Nick Anderton	10	2	10+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	DF	ENG	Callum Guy	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	FW	ENG	Omari Patrick	7	2	6+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	FW	11	Harry McKirdy	5	5	1	0	11
2	MF	7	Nathan Thomas	5	3	1	0	9
3	FW	24	Olufela Olomola	5	1	0	0	6
4	MF	25	Ryan Loft	3	0	0	2	5
5	FW	19	Jack Bridge	0	1	2	0	3
	DF	6	Aaron Hayden	2	1	0	0	3
	FW	9	Hallam Hope	2	0	0	1	3
	FW	23	Joshua Kayode	3	0	0	0	3
9	DF	34	Nick Anderton	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	3	Jack Iredale	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	40	Omari Patrick	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	10	Stefan Scougall	2	0	0	0	2
13	FW	9	Lewis Alessandra	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	23	Jarrad Branthwaite	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	4	Canice Carroll	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	2	Christie Elliott	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	8	Mike Jones	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	28	Mohammed Ali Sagaf	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	12	Elliot Watt	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	17	Byron Webster	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals				1	0	0	0	1
			TOTALS	39	11	4	5	59

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Disciplinary record

Position	Nation	Number	Name
Position	Nation	Number	Name	League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		EFL Trophy		Total
MF		4	Canice Carroll	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	2
DF		6	Aaron Hayden	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
MF		19	Jack Bridge	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
DF		17	Byron Webster	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
DF		25	Ryan Loft	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
DF		34	Nick Anderton	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
FW		7	Harry McKirdy	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MF		7	Nathan Thomas	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
DF		3	Jack Iredale	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MF		8	Mike Jones	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF		24	Nathaniel Knight-Percival	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
DF		14	Gethin Jones	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF		28	Mohammed Ali Sagaf	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MF		10	Stefan Scougall	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF		12	Elliot Watt	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF		23	Jarrad Branthwaite	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW		9	Hallam Hope	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF		15	Taylor Charters	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		2	Christie Elliott	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF		5	Jon Mellish	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF		24	Olufela Olomola	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	67	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	77	3

Notes:

Pre-season

On 15 June 2019, The Cumbrians announced their pre-season schedule.^[5]

9 July 2019 (2019-07-09) Friendly	Carlisle United	3–4	Hibernian	Carlisle
19:45 BST	Bridge 30' Hope 47' McGregor 67' (o.g.)	Report	Kamberi 37' Allan 73' Doidge 86' Campbell 90'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2,631 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Friendly	Penrith	0–4	Carlisle United	Penrith
15:00 BST		Report	Hope 1' Buckley 37' Kerr 47' Galloway 64'	Stadium: Frenchfields Stadium Attendance: 675 Referee: Jim Halliday

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) Friendly	Chester	0–0	Carlisle United	Chester
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Swansway Chester Stadium Attendance: 598 Referee: Ed Duckworth

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Carlisle United	1–3	Fleetwood Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Bridge 10'	Report	Madden 41' (pen.), 69' Biggins 58'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,620 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

23 July 2019 (2019-07-23) Friendly	Carlisle United	3–0	Tranmere Rovers	Carlisle
19:30 BST	Thomas 20', 40' Bell 69'	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

27 July 2019 (2019-07-27) Friendly	Ross County	2–0	Carlisle United	Dingwall, Scotland
15:00 BST	Power 52' Vigurs 74'	Report		Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 735 Referee: Steven McLean

Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
14	Newport County	36	12	10	14	32	39	−7	46	1.28
15	Grimsby Town	37	12	11	14	45	51	−6	47	1.27
16	Cambridge United	37	12	9	16	40	48	−8	45	1.22
17	Leyton Orient	36	10	12	14	47	55	−8	42	1.17
18	Carlisle United	37	10	12	15	39	56	−17	42	1.14
19	Oldham Athletic	37	9	14	14	44	57	−13	41	1.11
20	Scunthorpe United	37	10	10	17	44	56	−12	40	1.08
21	Mansfield Town	36	9	11	16	48	55	−7	38	1.06
22	Morecambe	37	7	11	19	35	60	−25	32	0.86

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 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^[6]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
37	10	12	15	39	56	−17	42	5	7	7	17	26	−9	5	5	8	22	30	−8

Last updated: 10 March 2020.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	W
Position	5	10	18	20	21	18	19	15	17	18	16	18	20	20	21	20	19	20	21	22	21	21	21	19	21	21	21	21	19	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	18

Updated to match(es) played on 10 March 2020. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.^[7]

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Carlisle United	2–1	Crawley Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	McKirdy 6' Scougall 32'	Report	Lubala 16'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,833 Referee: James Oldham

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	Swindon Town	3–2	Carlisle United	Swindon
15:00 BST	Yates 56' Fryers 70' Woolery 90'	Report	Olomola 52' Sagaf 90+2'	Stadium: County Ground (Swindon) Attendance: 7,024 Referee: Nick Kinseley

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Carlisle United	0–2	Mansfield Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST		Report	Rose 29' Maynard 45+4'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,576 Referee: Carl Boyeson

20 August 2019 (2019-08-20) 4	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Carlisle United	Cheltenham
19:45 BST	Reilly 15' Varney 45'	Report		Stadium: Jonny-Rocks Stadium Attendance: 2,634 Referee: Will Finnie

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Carlisle United	2–2	Salford City	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Olomola 7' Scougall 43'	Report	Dieseruvwe 28' Whitehead 33' (pen.)	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,806 Referee: Paul Marsden

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	Scunthorpe United	0–1	Carlisle United	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST		Report	Loft 60'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 3,359 Referee: Sam Purkiss

7 September 2019 (2019-09-07) 7	Carlisle United	1–3	Exeter City	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Olomola 61'	Report	L. Martin 36' A. Martin 67' Law 90+1'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,167 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 8	Stevenage	2–3	Carlisle United	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Guthrie 25', 54'	Report	McKirdy 38', 83' Thomas 52'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Martin Coy

17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) 9	Carlisle United	0–0	Forest Green Rovers	Carlisle
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,219 Referee: Michael Salisbury

21 September 2019 (2019-09-21) 10	Bradford City	3–1	Carlisle United	Bradford
15:00 BST	Pritchard 30' Mellor 40' Zeli Ismail 90+5'	Report	Olomola 14'	Stadium: Northern Commercials Stadium Attendance: 14,217 Referee: John Busby

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) 11	Carlisle United	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Olomola 3'	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,321 Referee: Marc Edwards

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 12	Newport County	1–0	Carlisle United	Newport
15:00 BST	Nurse 90+6'	Report		Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,681 Referee: Antony Coggins

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12) 13	Carlisle United	2–4	Crewe Alexandra	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Hope 59' Elliott 64'	Report	Hunt 7' Powell 27' Porter 76' Jones 83' (o.g.)	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,521 Referee: Darren England

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 14	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Carlisle United	Plymouth
15:00 BST	Grant 22' Sarcevic 90+2'	Report		Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,446 Referee: Alan Young

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 15	Carlisle United	0–2	Northampton Town	Carlisle
19:45 BST		Report	Pollock 51' Hoskins 90+2'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,324 Referee: Scott Oldham

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 16	Leyton Orient	1–1	Carlisle United	Leyton
15:00 BST	Wright 7' (pen.)	Report	Iredale 48'	Stadium: The Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 5,756 Referee: David Rock

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) 17	Carlisle United	2–1	Macclesfield Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	McKirdy 45+2' Loft 82'	Report	Archibald 25'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,880 Referee: Andy Haines

16 November 2019 (2019-11-16) 18	Port Vale	2–1	Carlisle United	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Worrall 60' Cullen 83'	Report	Loft 1'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 4,783 Referee: Martin Coy

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 19	Carlisle United	0–0	Cambridge United	Carlisle
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,041 Referee: Sebastian Stockbridge

7 December 2019 (2019-12-07) 20	Morecambe	1–1	Carlisle United	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	O'Sullivan 50'	Report	Hope 47'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 3,126 Referee: Darren Handley

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 21	Carlisle United	0–0	Grimsby Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,653 Referee: Marc Edwards

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 22	Colchester	3–0	Carlisle United	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Knight-Percival 26' (o.g.) Harriott 41' Bramall 52'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,164 Referee: Craig Hicks

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 23	Carlisle United	0–0	Bradford City	Carlisle
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,039 Referee: Leigh Doughty

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 24	Walsall	1–2	Carlisle United	Bescot
15:00 GMT	Adebayo 70'	Report	Thomas 52' McKirdy 90+4'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 4,794 Referee: Ben Toner

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 25	Crewe Alexandra	4–1	Carlisle United	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Ainley 17' Powell 26', 31' Anene 34'	Report	Iredale 56'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4,316 Referee: John Busby

12 January 2020 (2020-01-12) 26	Carlisle United	0–3	Plymouth Argyle	Carlisle
15:00 GMT		Report	Jephcott 33', 49' Hardie 75'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,212 Referee: Martin Coy

18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) 27	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Carlisle United	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Smith 42'	Report	Webster 25'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,977 Referee: Robert Lewis

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) 28	Carlisle United	2–1	Walsall	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Anderton 21' Roberts 43' (o.g.)	Report	Sadler 50'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,097 Referee: James Oldham

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 29	Forest Green Rovers	1–4	Carlisle United	Nailsworth
19:45 GMT	Winchester 59' (pen.)	Report	Thomas 24', 26', 47' (pen.) Kayode 49'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,514 Referee: Brett Huxtable

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 30	Mansfield Town	2–2	Carlisle United	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Maynard 58', 72'	Report	Watt 81' Kayode 90+3'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 4,272 Referee: Jarred Gillett

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 31	Carlisle United	1–1	Swindon Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Hayden 62'	Report	Edmonds-Green 11'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,620 Referee: Graham Salisbury

11 February 2020 (2020-02-11) 32	Carlisle United	0–1	Cheltenham Town	Carlisle
19:45 GMT		Report	Reid 26'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,088 Referee: Andy Haines

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 33	Crawley Town	0–0	Carlisle United	Crawley
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,114 Referee: David Rock

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 34	Carlisle United	2–2	Morecambe	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Patrick 45' Hayden 65'	Report	Stockton 18' Wildig 24'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,679 Referee: Peter Wright

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 35	Cambridge United	1–2	Carlisle United	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Lambe 82'	Report	Alessandra 27' Anderton 73'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,122 Referee: Charles Breakspear

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 36	Carlisle United	0–3	Colchester United	Carlisle
15:00 GMT		Report	Poku 41', 59' Norris 43'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,769 Referee: Thomas Bramall

10 March 2020 (2020-03-10) 37	Carlisle United	2–0	Newport County	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Patrick 5' Kayode 33' (pen.) Hayden 45' Anderton 57'	Report	Gorman 32' Inniss 44'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2,822 Referee: Graham Salisbury

14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)	Grimsby Town	v	Carlisle United	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Blundell Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

17 March 2020 (2020-03-17)	Northampton Town	v	Carlisle United	Northampton
19:45 GMT				Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

21 March 2020 (2020-03-21)	Carlisle United	v	Leyton Orient	Carlisle
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brunton Park
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)	Macclesfield Town	v	Carlisle United	Macclesfield
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Moss Rose
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]

4 April 2020 (2020-04-04)	Carlisle United	v	Port Vale	Carlisle
15:00 BST				Stadium: Brunton Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9]

10 April 2020 (2020-04-10)	Salford City	v	Carlisle United	Salford
15:00 BST				Stadium: Peninsula Stadium
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9]

13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	Carlisle United	v	Scunthorpe United	Carlisle
13:00 BST				Stadium: Brunton Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9]

18 April 2020 (2020-04-18)	Exeter City	v	Carlisle United	Exeter
15:00 BST				Stadium: St James Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9]

25 April 2020 (2020-04-25)	Carlisle United	v	Stevenage	Carlisle
15:00 BST				Stadium: Brunton Park
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[9]

FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019.^[10] The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park.^[11] The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, where Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.^[12]

8 November 2019 (2019-11-08) R1	Dulwich Hamlet	1–4	Carlisle United	East Dulwich
19:55 GMT	Smith 49'	Report	Olomola 8' McKirdy 37', 86' Jones 55'	Stadium: Champion Hill Stadium Attendance: 3,336 Referee: James Oldham

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) R2	Forest Green Rovers	2–2	Carlisle United	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Collins 11' Stevens 78'	Report	Thomas 40', 76'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,504 Referee: Trevor Kettle

10 December 2019 (2019-12-10) R2 Replay	Carlisle United	1–0	Forest Green Rovers	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Hayden 41'	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,736 Referee: Andy Haines

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) R3	Cardiff City	2–2	Carlisle United	Cardiff, Wales
15:01 GMT	Paterson 50' Whyte 55'	Report	Bridge 12' McKirdy 45+2'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 5,282 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

15 January 2020 (2020-01-15) R3 Replay	Carlisle United	3–4	Cardiff City	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Thomas 7' McKirdy 51', 64'	Report	Flint 18', 48' Murphy 45' Ward 57'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,381 Referee: Darren Handley

EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[13] The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.^[14]

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) R1	Barnsley	0–3	Carlisle United	Barnsley
19:45 BST		Report	McKirdy 24' Bridge 58' (pen.) Thomas 64'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 5,208 Referee: Ben Toner

27 August 2019 (2019-08-27) R2	Rochdale	2–1	Carlisle United	Rochdale
19:45 BST	Morley 11' Done 31'	Report	Bridge 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 1,974 Referee: Peter Wright

EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.^[15]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Blackpool	3	2	0	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21	3	1	1	0	1	6	5	+1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Morecambe	3	1	0	1	1	6	8	−2	4
4	L2	Carlisle United	3	1	0	0	2	5	8	−3	3

Source: EFL.com

24 September 2019 (2019-09-24) Group stage	Carlisle United	2–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s	Carlisle
19:45 BST	Hope 35' Loft 45'	Report	Ashley-Seal 19', 47' (pen.), 64' Dai Wai-tsun 39'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 893 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) Group stage	Carlisle United	2–1	Blackpool	Carlisle
19:45 BST	Loft 45+2' Carroll 87'	Report	Gray 25' (o.g.)	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 911 Referee: Darren Handley

12 November 2019 (2019-11-12) Group stage	Morecambe	3–1	Carlisle United	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Tutte 61' (pen.) Wildig 67' Conlan 90+1'	Report	Branthwaite 26'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 803 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Carlisle United eliminated from EFL Trophy

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	LM	Jack Bridge	Northampton Town	Free transfer	^[16]
1 July 2019	RB	Christie Elliott	Partick Thistle	Free transfer	^[17]
1 July 2019	CB	Jack Iredale	Greenock Morton	Free transfer	^[18]
1 July 2019	CF	Harry McKirdy	Aston Villa	Free transfer	^[19]
1 July 2019	CB	Jon Mellish	Gateshead	Free transfer	^[20]
1 July 2019	CB	Byron Webster	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	^[21]
4 July 2019	CB	Nathaniel Knight-Percival	Bradford City	Free transfer	^[22]
29 July 2019	CB	Aaron Hayden	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[23]
3 August 2019	AM	Mohammed Ali Sagaf	Braintree Town	Free transfer	^[24]
13 September 2019	RB	Gethin Jones	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer	^[25]
10 January 2020	CB	Max Hunt	Derby County	Undisclosed	^[26]
16 January 2020	LB	Nick Anderton	Blackpool	Free transfer	^[27]
24 January 2020	RW	Lewis Alessandra	Morecambe	Free transfer	^[28]
30 January 2020	CM	Callum Guy	Blackpool	Undisclosed	^[29]
31 January 2020	CF	Omari Patrick	Bradford City	Undisclosed	^[30]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
24 July 2019	LW	Nathan Thomas	Sheffield United	30 June 2020	^[31]
29 July 2019	CF	Olufela Olomola	Scunthorpe United	30 June 2020	^[32]
1 August 2019	RB	Canice Carroll	Brentford	31 January 2020	^[33]^[34]
2 August 2019	CF	Ryan Loft	Leicester City	30 June 2020	^[35]
16 August 2019	CF	Elias Sørensen	Newcastle United	20 December 2019	^[36]^[37]
1 January 2020	CM	Elliot Watt	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30 June 2020	^[38]
15 January 2020	CF	Joshua Kayode	Rotherham United	30 June 2020	^[39]
31 January 2020	GK	Marcus Dewhurst	Sheffield United	30 June 2020	^[40]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
28 November 2019	MF	Taylor Charters	Workington	December 2019	^[41]
9 January 2020	FW	Keighran Kerr	Kendal Town	30 June 2020	^[42]
28 February 2020	GK	Louis Gray	Chester	27 March 2020	^[43]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	CF	Richie Bennett	Port Vale	Released	^[44]^[45]
1 July 2019	AM	Jamie Devitt	Blackpool	Free transfer	^[46]
1 July 2019	CB	Anthony Gerrard	Chesterfield	Released	^[44]^[47]
1 July 2019	CB	Macaulay Gillesphey	Brisbane Roar	Mutual consent	^[48]^[49]
1 July 2019	DM	George Glendon	Chester	Released	^[44]^[50]
1 July 2019	CF	Arthur Gnahoua	Macclesfield Town	Released	^[44]
1 July 2019	LB	Danny Grainger	Retired		^[44]
1 July 2019	CB	Peter Grant	Greenock Morton	Released	^[44]^[51]
1 July 2019	CM	Jason Kennedy	Hartlepool United	Released	^[44]^[52]
1 July 2019	DM	Gary Liddle	Walsall	Released	^[44]^[53]
1 July 2019	CF	Liam McCarron	Leeds United	Undisclosed	^[54]
1 July 2019	RB	Gary Miller	Falkirk	Released	^[44]^[55]
1 July 2019	CB	Tom Parkes	Exeter City	Free transfer	^[56]
29 August 2019	MF	Josh Galloway	Leeds United	Undisclosed	^[57]
13 January 2020	CB	Jarrad Branthwaite	Everton	Undisclosed	^[58]
22 January 2020	CF	Hallam Hope	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	^[59]
31 January 2020	RB	Christie Elliott	Dundee	Mutual consent	^[60]^[61]

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