Match reports
Rochdale dump Carlisle United out of cup in penalty shoot-out
Published 8 October 2008
Rochdale 2 Carlisle United 2 (4-3 pens): Plenty of new problems have landed on John Ward’s desk these past few weeks, but this was an old glitch flashing up on the screen.
Carlisle United in league freefall after fourth straight defeat
Published 6 October 2008
Carlisle United 1 Tranmere Rovers 2: Cumbria's climate on Saturday appeared to have vaulted autumn and landed in winter with a miserable thump.
Carlisle slump to third straight league defeat after trip to Walsall
Published 4 October 2008
Walsall 2 Carlisle United 1: Carlisle United have a couple of weeks, maximum, to challenge the rising theory that three straight defeats in League One equals a backward stagger into mediocrity.
Ward: I expect Leeds United to win the title
Published 22 September 2008
Carlisle United 0 Leeds United 2: One of Leeds United’s lesser-known nicknames is The Peacocks - a handy reference point for the Yorkshire club’s latest jaunt to Cumbria, which started with flying feathers for Gary McAllister’s flock, but ended with a colourful strut.
Taylor's strike seals win in bruising Southend game
Published 8 September 2008
Carlisle 2 Southend 1: From Freedman to freed men. This was Carlisle United’s players liberating themselves from the psychological clamp that a crafty old striker had placed around their heads.
Golden gloves Williams spurs helps United to draw
Published 5 September 2008
Orient 0 Carlisle Utd 0: Leyton Orient’s ground, which stands a short leap from the next Olympic site, was a decent place for Ben Williams to hurdle the perception that he could never replace Keiren Westwood with credibility between Carlisle United’s posts.
Deadly Danny sends Glovers reeling
Published 1 September 2008
Carlisle United 4 Yeovil 1: The transfer window can be boarded up as long as John Ward retains his ability to supply Carlisle United with new players from within.
United Crewe-z six-goal thriller
Published 1 September 2008
Carlisle Utd 4 Crewe Alexandra 2: The hope is that Carlisle United’s supporters gulped down all the technicolour treats they were offered on Saturday and savoured the feeling.
United are bludgeoned by the power of money
Published 27 August 2008
Finance 4, Romance 0. Don’t linger on this page if you’re leafing through the paper in search of an inspirational underdog story.
Murphy's precise kick seals win at Shrewsbury
Published 13 August 2008
Shrewsbury Town 0 Carlisle United 1: Shrewsbury is known as “the gateway to Wales”, but there was no danger of Carlisle United being bundled down a valley as long as Peter Murphy was around.
Carlton's brace seals away-day win for Carlisle
Published 11 August 2008
Bristol Rovers 2 Carlisle United 3: Scorelines don’t always tell the story – take Carlisle United’s 3-2 win over Bristol Rovers on Saturday.
Classy Workington hammer woeful Carlisle
Published 5 August 2008
This was a tale of one Cumbrian team pushing on with pace and style while another stumbled lethargically in the rough direction of the starting line.
Under-par United slip up against Morecambe
Published 4 August 2008
Friendly: Morecambe 2 Carlisle United 1: The grand plan didn’t include League One’s best centre-half enduring a painful brush with farce, nor his team-mates having a pre-season of so much clean progress being checked quite dramatically.
Digard's strike seals friendly win for Middlesbrough
Published 30 July 2008
Carlisle United 1 Middlesbrough 2: Fighting a losing battle for airtime and column inches just now is the old truth that will finally rise up and confront Carlisle United in 10 days’ time.
Blues earn fine draw against Preston
Published 28 July 2008
Carlisle United 2 Preston North End 2: Inspecting pre-season friendlies for significance requires a pair of stronger lenses than normal, but John Ward was on the money with his assessment of this pleasing midsummer engagement under the Cumbrian sun.
Blues' super subs sink Chester
Published 23 July 2008
Chester 1 Carlisle Utd 3: The quality of Carlisle's men in reserve proved too much for Chester to handle at the Deva Stadium last night as late strikes by subs Gary Madine and Simon Hackney handed the visitors a battling pre-season win.
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