37 Facts About Carlisle United

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Carlisle United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England.

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Remainder of the season for Carlisle United was a series of friendly matches against the likes of Accrington, Darlington and Newcastle Carlisle United.

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Carlisle United were able to sustain a mid table position for most of the season.

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Carlisle United finished the season in thirteenth place among the nineteen teams in the Combination.

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5.

Financial troubles had caused Carlisle United Red Rose to resign from the Cumberland Senior League the previous summer.

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6.

Carlisle United were crowned champions of the North Eastern League in 1922.

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Carlisle United went up against Chester, Durham City, Nelson and York City.

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8.

On 4 June 1928 a delegation of representatives from Carlisle United took their seats at the Football League meeting in London to hear the results of the vote.

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9.

Carlisle United received the second-most votes with 33, and replaced Durham City, who had received just 11 votes, as members of the Football League.

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10.

Carlisle United finished in eighth place in their inaugural campaign which proved to be the best in the pre-war era.

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Carlisle United then had the distinction of becoming the first manager to transfer himself when he moved to Sunderland, he continued to live and train in Carlisle.

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Shankly, a former player at Carlisle United, later went on to manage local rivals Workington before being appointed as manager of Liverpool in 1959; over the next 15 years he would guide that club to numerous trophy successes.

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13.

Carlisle United were members of the Third Division North until 1958 when it combined with the Third Division South to become the Fourth Division.

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14.

Carlisle United never managed to hit any sort of winning stride and found their campaign studded with draws.

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15.

The FA Cup had brought some respite from the mundane, Carlisle encountered Manchester United after a decent spell of winter form.

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16.

Carlisle United hit by some key departures including Mike McCartney, Steve Ludlam and the earlier exit of Phil Bonnyman.

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17.

Carlisle United would avoid the drop into Division Four by just a single point finishing 19th place.

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18.

Carlisle United ended their most prosperous period as rapidly as it had started.

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19.

Carlisle United was succeeded by Aidan McCaffrey, who was left needing a substantial overhaul to get Carlisle's fortunes back on track.

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20.

In 1992, Carlisle United endured one of the worst seasons in their history as they finished bottom of the Fourth Division, but were lucky because the demise of Aldershot mid-season resulted in no relegation to the Conference taking place that year.

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21.

Carlisle United re-organised the management team to appoint Mick Wadsworth as Director of Coaching, while David McCreery was given the role of head coach and 38-year-old goalkeeper Mervyn Day was named as assistant coach.

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22.

David Reeves scored 25 league goals to help Carlisle United achieve long-awaited success ending their eight-year ordeal in the league's basement division.

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23.

However, although the team had started the campaign as the “fancied” favourites for the Championship, Carlisle United were slightly disappointed in finishing in Third place, considering the calibre of the squad, but the fact that the end of season run-in only produced four wins from the last twelve games saw the team limp over the promotion line rather than finish with a flourish.

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24.

Carlisle United, made their second visit in three years to Wembley, by reaching the Final against Colchester.

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25.

Nigel Pearson came on strong recommendation to Carlisle United with glowing references from the likes of Howard Wilkinson and Ron Atkinson, two of his former Managers.

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26.

Carlisle United needed to gain three points from the final game of the season at home to Plymouth Argyle to retain their League survival or be relegated from the Football League for the first time since 1928.

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27.

Carlisle United actually managed to finish second from bottom in the table after York City's failure to win any of their final 20 league games, with Carlisle United's relegation being confirmed when they failed to win their penultimate game of the season.

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28.

Carlisle United were promoted out of the non-league conference at the first time of asking in 2005, winning the play-off final at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke.

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29.

Carlisle United completed two full seasons with Abbot at the helm, and achieved comfortable mid-table finishes in both.

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30.

The surge in form soon petered out however, and Carlisle United again found themselves near the trapdoor of the Football League's basement division.

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31.

Carlisle United were often referred to as 'The Foxes' due to the local connection with huntsman John Peel.

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32.

On 3 April 2011 Carlisle United wore black armbands in the Football League Trophy final in respect of Edward Stobart, who died three days earlier.

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33.

Carlisle United operates through the limited company Carlisle United Association Football Club Ltd which is currently controlled by local businessmen Andrew Jenkins, Steven Pattison and John Nixon, who have a controlling 74.

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34.

Carlisle United released plans to move to a modern all seater stadium, however these plans fell through.

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35.

Carlisle United fans were unusually shown to consider the more distant Preston North End, Hartlepool United and Middlesbrough as their main rivals.

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36.

Carlisle United are currently the only club to have reached the final of the Football League Trophy on six occasions.

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37.

Carlisle United still remains the smallest location in England, by local population, to have had a resident top-flight football team since 1906.

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