Rest of the season

Here is my archived copy of my Carlisle team from Season 4...

Here are the results from the last 4 games of the season...

Port Vale 2-2 D
Swindon 3-0 W
Luton 1-3 L
Bradford 2-2 W

I used these games to bring in some youngers players to the team. I finished second in League 1 to gain promotion to the championship.

Promotion Guaranteed!

Gillingham 0 v 5 Carlisle
Hutton 3, 27
Simpson 37, 61
Madine 88

A brilliant result against third placed Gillingham. This has guaranteed Carlisle promotion to the Championship. We have not conceded in 7 games and have won our last eight. I will start looking at the players whose contracts are close to expiry, to bag some free transfers.

I have four games left now, so I will bring in some younger players into the team.

April 2013

The games against Millwall and Port Vale were called off due to international call-ups. So the next game was against mid-table Plymouth Argyle.

Carlisle 2 v 0 Plymouth
Simpson 28
Taundry 31 (og)

We got our fifth victory in a row here to close the gap on leaders Millwall. It is also our fifth cleen sheet in a row! The next game is against leaders Millwall (a). Gylfi Sigurdsson comes back into the starting line-up after injury. Jay Simpson and Gary Madine continue upfront, whilst David Hutton returns from his injury, on the bench.

Millwall 0 v 1 Carlisle
Aleksandrov 72

Over 11000 were at the new den for the match between League 1 leaders and second place. A single goal by Milan Aleksandrov won the game for Carlisle.

League Table P Pts
1 Millwall 42 91
2 Carlisle 41 85
3 Gillingham 42 75

The next game is away to third place Gillingham.

Carlisle v Leyton Orient

Leyton Orient are 10 points behind Carlise, but they have a game in hand. If they win today, it'll just out a little pressure on us. A win for Carlisle though, would virtually clinch automatic promotion.

Team News
David Hutton refused to take the injections to get him through this match, so Gary Madine, still lacking match fitness, comes in to replace him.

Carlisle 1 v 0 Leyton Orient
4 Potter

Darren Potter scored a cracking freekick after only 4 minutes to give Carlisle the win.

League Table P Pts
1 Millwall 39 85
2 Carlisle 39 79
3 Preston 39 67
4 Southend 39 67
5 Leyton Orient 39 66
6 Gillingham 39 66

Promotion to the Championship is looking very likely now, as we are 12 points clear of our nearest rivals.