2016–17 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United
2016–17 season
Chairman	Andrew Jenkins
Manager	Keith Curle
Stadium	Brunton Park
League Two	6th
FA Cup	Second round; (eliminated by Rochdale)
EFL Cup	Second round; (eliminated by Derby County)
EFL Trophy	Second round; (eliminated by Mansfield Town)
Top goalscorer	League: Charlie Wyke (14); All: Charlie Wyke (18)
Highest home attendance	9,708 vs Exeter City, 14 May 2017
Lowest home attendance	1,126 vs Mansfield Town, 6 December 2016
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Carlisle United's 112th season in their history and their third consecutive season in League Two.^[1] The season covered the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017, with competitive matches played between August and May. Along with League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, League Cup and League Trophy. Carlisle finished sixth, thus qualifying for the play-offs, where they were beaten in the semi-finals by Exeter City, 6–5 on aggregate.

Squad statistics

As of 23 April 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		Ch. Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Mark Gillespie	50	0	46	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Joe Ward	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	David Atkinson (released)	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Danny Grainger	37	7	29	4	2	1	2	0	4	2
4	MF	ENG	Luke Joyce	48	1	40	1	2	0	2	0	4	0
5	DF	ENG	Michael Raynes	42	3	37	2	2	0	2	0	1	1
6	DF	ENG	Mark Ellis (out on loan)"	12	0	7	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
7	MF	ENG	Jason Kennedy	32	11	28	10	2	1	1	0	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Mike Jones	33	1	28	0	2	0	2	1	1	0
9	FW	ENG	Jamie Proctor	15	3	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Charlie Wyke (sold)	34	18	26	14	2	0	2	1	4	3
10	MF	WAL	Nicky Adams	43	2	39	2	2	0	2	0	0	0
11	FW	GHA	Derek Asamoah (released)	11	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
12	MF	ENG	Macaulay Gillesphey (loan)	34	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
13	FW	ENG	Ben Tomlinson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Jabo Ibehre	40	13	37	11	1	2	1	0	1	0
15	DF	ENG	Shaun Brisley	34	2	28	2	2	0	0	0	4	0
16	FW	ENG	James Bailey	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	ENG	Russell Penn (released)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	EIR	Jamie Devitt	38	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
18	MF	SCO	Joe McKee (released)	9	1	4	0	1	0	1	0	3	1
18	MF	EIR	John O'Sullivan	16	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	BER	Reggie Lambe	43	8	37	6	1	1	1	0	4	1
20	FW	ENG	Shaun Miller	35	7	28	4	2	0	2	1	3	2
21	DF	ENG	Patrick Brough (out on loan)	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	GK	NZL	Max Crocombe	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
23	DF	ENG	Tom Miller	47	1	39	0	2	0	2	0	4	1
24	FW	ENG	Cameron Salkeld	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
25	DF	WAL	Jordan Holt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	FW	ENG	James Hooper	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	Kevin Wright (released)	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	MF	ENG	George Waring	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	ENG	Gary Liddle	19	1	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	FRA	Jean-Michel Joachim	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	ENG	Morgan Bacon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	ENG	Samir Nabi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	DF	ENG	Alexander McQueen	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	League Two	FA Cup	League Cup	Ch. Trophy	Total
1	FW	9	Charlie Wyke	14	0	1	3	18
2	MF	7	Jason Kennedy	10	1	0	0	11
3	FW	14	Jabo Ibehre	7	2	0	0	9
4	DF	3	Danny Grainger	4	1	0	2	7
4	FW	20	Shaun Miller	4	0	1	2	7
6	FW	19	Reggie Lambe	4	1	0	1	6
7	DF	5	Michael Raynes	2	0	0	1	3
8	MF	10	Nicky Adams	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	15	Shaun Brisley	2	0	0	0	2
	FW	9	Jamie Proctor	2	0	0	0	2
11	DF	4	Luke Joyce	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	8	Mike Jones	0	0	1	0	1
	DF	28	Gary Liddle	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	19	Joe McKee	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	23	Tom Miller	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	24	Cameron Salkeld	0	0	0	1	1
Own goals				3	0	0	1	4
			TOTALS	56	5	3	13	77

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	League Two		FA Cup		League Cup		Ch. Trophy		Total
17		MF	Jamie Devitt	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
5		DF	Michael Raynes	6	1⁽¹⁰⁾	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
16		DF	James Bailey	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
20		FW	Shaun Miller	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
9		FW	Jamie Proctor	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
12		MF	Macaulay Gillesphey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
4		DF	Luke Joyce	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
15		DF	Shaun Brisley	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
23		DF	Tom Miller	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
3		DF	Danny Grainger	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
14		FW	Jabo Ibehre	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
8		MF	Mike Jones	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7		MF	Jason Kennedy	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1		GK	Mark Gillespie	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Nicky Adams	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		MF	Reggie Lambe	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28		MF	Gary Liddle	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	John O'Sullivan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Jamie Devitt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		DF	Mark Ellis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44		DF	Alexander McQueen	1	0	0	0	0	0
			TOTALS	53	6	2	0	1	0	3	1	59	7

Notes:

^(10) The red card that Michael Raynes received in the Round 20 match against Luton Town was rescinded by the FA Appeal Board after the club appealed.^[2]

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July	RM	Nicky Adams	Northampton Town	Free transfer	^[3]
1 July	RM	Jamie Devitt	Morecambe	Free transfer	^[4]
1 July	RM	Mike Jones	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	^[5]
1 July	RM	Reggie Lambe	Mansfield Town	Free transfer	^[6]
1 July	AM	Joe McKee	Greenock Morton	Undisclosed	^[7]
1 July	CF	Shaun Miller	Morecambe	Free transfer	^[8]
1 July	CM	Russell Penn	York City	Free transfer	^[9]
4 July	CB	Shaun Brisley	Peterborough United	Free transfer	^[10]
4 August	GK	Max Crocombe	Oxford United	Free transfer	^[11]
14 October	SS	Derek Asamoah	Carlisle United	Free transfer	^[12]
1 December	RB	Alexander McQueen	Carlisle United	Free transfer	^[13]
1 December	LB	Kevin Wright	Chelsea	Free transfer	^[14]
13 January	RM	Gary Liddle	Chesterfield	Free transfer	^[15]
30 January	RM	John O'Sullivan	Blackburn Rovers	Free transfer	^[16]
3 February	MF	James Bailey	Ottawa Fury	Free transfer	^[17]
14 March	MF	James Hooper	Rochdale	Free transfer	^[18]
14 March	MF	Joe Ward	West Bromwich	Free transfer	^[19]
18 March	CF	Jean-Michel Joachim	Unattached	Free transfer	^[20]
24 March	CM	Samir Nabi	West Bromwich Albion	Free transfer	^[21]
24 March	CF	Ben Tomlinson	Barnet	Free transfer	^[22]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July	CB	Troy Archibald-Henville	Exeter City ^[a]	Released	^[24]
1 July	SS	Derek Asamoah	Carlisle United ^[b]	Released	^[24]
1 July	LW	Ángelo Balanta	Boreham Wood^[c]	Released	^[24]
1 July	RM	Arron Bradbury	Annan Athletic^[d]	Released	^[24]
1 July	GK	Dan Hanford	Gateshead ^[e]	Released	^[24]
1 July	CM	Bastien Héry	Accrington Stanley ^[f]	Released	^[24]
1 July	RW	Luís Pedro	MVV Maastricht^[g]	Released	^[24]
1 July	AM	Steven Rigg	Queen of the South ^[h]	Released	^[24]
1 July	CM	Antony Sweeney	Gateshead ^[i]	Released	^[24]
1 July	RM	Joe Thompson	Rochdale ^[j]	Released	^[24]
15 August	CB	Alexander McQueen	Carlisle United F.C. ^[k]	Released	^[33]
16 January	SS	Derek Asamoah	Guiseley^[l]	Released	^[35]
19 January	DF	David Atkinson	Blyth Spartans^[m]	Released	^[37]
19 January	MF	Kevin Wright	Fredrikstad FK^[n]	Released	^[39]
31 January	CF	Charlie Wyke	Bradford City	Undisclosed	^[40]
31 January	MF	Joe McKee	Falkirk^[o]	Released	^[42]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
29 July	LB	Macaulay Gillesphey	Newcastle United	initial: 2 January extended: End of season	^[43] ^[44]
31 January	CF	Jamie Proctor	Bolton Wanderers	End of season	^[45]
31 January	FW	George Waring	Stoke City	End of season	^[46]
14 March	FW	James Hooper	Rochdale	End of season	^[47]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
22 September	FW	Russell Penn	Gateshead	initial: 24 October extended: 26 December	^[48] ^[49]
4 November	DF	Patrick Brough	Salford City	initial: 4 December extended: End of Season	^[50] ^[51]
2 December	DF	David Atkinson	Blyth Spartans	initial: 2 January extended: 3 February	^[52] ^[53]
13 January	FW	Russell Penn	Wrexham	End of Season	^[54]
26 January	DF	Mark Ellis	Forest Green Rovers	End of Season	^[55]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 6 June 2016, Carlisle United announced their provisional pre-season schedule.^[56] Two matches were announced to be played behind closed doors. One match was against Queen of the South F.C. (Result: 2–3 loss) on 5 July 2016^[57] and the other is against Bury F.C. on 26 July 2016.^[56]

6 July 2016 (2016-07-06) Friendly	Kendal Town	1–5	Carlisle United	Pye Motors Stadium, Kendal
19:45 BST	Bailey 36' (pen.)	Report	Ibehre 16' Brough 50' Devitt 62' (pen.) Trialist 73' Ellis 82'	Attendance: 313

9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) Friendly	Workington	1–3	Carlisle United	Borough Park, Workington
15:00 BST	Tinnion 48'	Report	Miller 15' (pen.) Penn 50' McKee 52'

13 July 2016 (2016-07-13) Friendly	Warrington Town	0–4	Carlisle United	Cantilever Park, Warrington
19:00 BST		Report	Kennedy 11' Grainger 33' (pen.) Lambe 43' Wyke 71'

23 July 2015 (2015-07-23) Friendly	Barrow	1–0	Carlisle United	Holker Street, Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Hannah 17' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 703

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Friendly	Bradford City	2–0	Carlisle United	Valley Parade, Bradford
15:00 BST	Morais 52' Hanson 64'	Report		Referee: David Webb

1 August 2016 (2016-08-01) Friendly	Penrith	v	Carlisle United	The World Group Stadium, Penrith
19:00 BST

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
4	Luton Town	46	20	17	9	70	43	+27	77	Qualification for League Two play-offs^[a]
5	Exeter City	46	21	8	17	75	56	+19	71
6	Carlisle United	46	18	17	11	69	68	+1	71
7	Blackpool (O, P)	46	18	16	12	69	46	+23	70
8	Colchester United	46	19	12	15	67	57	+10	69

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

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	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W
Position	11	7	9	10	6	9	9	8	6	7	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	6	8	7	7	7	8	10	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 1	Portsmouth	1–1	Carlisle United	Fratton Park, Portsmouth
15:00	Baker 42'	Report	Lambe 14'	Attendance: 17,570 Referee: Graham Salisbury

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 2	Carlisle United	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Brunton Park
15:00	Lambe 37'	Report		Attendance: 5,129 Referee: Andy Haines

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 3	Carlisle United	1–1	Cheltenham Town	Brunton Park
19:45	Kennedy 89'	Report	Pell 57'	Attendance: 4,203 Referee: Michael Salisbury

20 August 2016 (2016-08-20) 4	Cambridge United	2–2	Carlisle United	Cambs Glass Stadium, Cambridge
15:00	Legge 7' Berry 41' (pen.)	Report	Kennedy 23' Wyke 59'	Attendance: 4,139 Referee: Brett Huxtable

27 August 2016 (2016-08-27) 5	Barnet	0–1	Carlisle United	The Hive Stadium, London
15:00		Report	Ibehre 21'	Attendance: 1,620 Referee: Robert Jones

3 September 2016 (2016-09-03) 6	Carlisle United	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Brunton Park
15:00	Adams 65'	Report	Kee 58'	Attendance: 5,128

10 September 2016 (2016-09-10) 7	Carlisle United	2–2	Leyton Orient	Brunton Park
15:00 BST	Wyke 46' Grainger 87' (pen.)	Report	McCallum 44' Cornick 64'	Attendance: 4,465 Referee: Ben Toner

17 September 2016 (2016-09-17) 8	Blackpool	2–2	Carlisle United	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
15:00 BST	Vassell 59' Gnanduillet 74'	Report	Wyke 51' Raynes 58'	Attendance: 5,471 Referee: James Adcock

24 September 2016 (2016-09-24) 9	Carlisle United	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Brunton Park
15:00 BST	Miller 57'	Report		Attendance: 4,354 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

27 September 2016 (2016-09-27) 10	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Carlisle United	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
19:45 BST	Rowe 18' Marquis 44'	Report	Miller 15' Ibehre 79'	Attendance: 4,773 Referee: Ross Joyce

1 October 2016 (2016-10-01) 11	Carlisle United	2–0	Colchester United	Brunton Park
15:00 BST	Kennedy 51' Ibehre 79'	Report		Attendance: 4,516 Referee: Graham Salisbury

8 October 2016 (2016-10-08) 12	Morecambe	0–3	Carlisle United	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00		Report	Grainger 15' Kennedy 72', 78'	Attendance: 3,773 Referee: Kevin Friend

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15) 13	Carlisle United	3–2	Hartlepool United	Brunton Park
15:00 BST	Ibehre 20' Grainger 68' Raynes 79'	Report	Alessandra 66' Amond 75'	Attendance: 7,333 Referee: Darren Bond

22 October 2016 (2016-10-22) 14	Stevenage	1–2	Carlisle United	Broadhall Way, Stevenage
15:00	Godden 44' (pen.)	Report	Kennedy 16' Grainger 57' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,720 Referee: Nick Kinseley

29 October 2016 (2016-10-29) 15	Carlisle United	3–1	Crawley Town	Brunton Park
15:00	Ibehre 5' Kennedy 16' Joyce 45'	Report	Connolly 90+4'	Attendance: 5,619 Referee: Ollie Yates

12 November 2016 (2016-11-12) 16	Newport County	2–0	Carlisle United	Rodney Parade, Newport
13:00	Sheehan 2' Healey 72'	Report		Attendance: 2,521

19 November 2016 (2016-11-19) 17	Carlisle United	3–2	Exeter City	Brunton Park
15:00	Wyke 9', 90+7' Miller 89'	Report	Reid 1' Holmes 54'	Attendance: 5,058 Referee: Ross Joyce

22 November 2016 (2016-11-22) 18	Grimsby Town	2–2	Carlisle United	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
19:45	Bogle 50' (pen.) Bolarinwa 78'	Report	Wyke 44' Mills 65' (o.g.)	Attendance: 4,818 Referee: Nigel Miller

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26) 19	Carlisle United	5–2	Mansfield Town	Brunton Park
15:00	Kennedy 13' Wyke 49', 62', 80' (pen.) Lambe 90+5'	Report	Hoban 6' D. Rose 86'	Attendance: 4,822 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10) 20	Luton Town	1–1	Carlisle United	Kenilworth Road, Luton
15:00	Hylton 10'	Report	Kennedy 5'	Attendance: 7,953 Referee: Mark Heywood

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17) 21	Carlisle United	2–1	Yeovil Town	Brunton Park
15:00	Brisley 10' Wyke 36'	Report	Smith 48'	Attendance: 4,646 Referee: Darren Handley

26 December 2016 (2016-12-26) 22	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Carlisle United	Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00	Cooper 45'	Report	Miller 35'	Attendance: 4,963 Referee: Robert Lewis

31 December 2016 (2016-12-31) 23	Notts County	2–3	Carlisle United	Meadow Lane, Nottingham
15:00	Stead 30' Forte 39'	Report	Wyke 10' Ibehre 45' Kennedy 65'	Attendance: 3,825 Referee: Robert Jones

2 January 2017 (2017-01-02) 24	Carlisle United	1–3	Grimsby Town	Brunton Park
15:00	Wyke 31'	Report	Yussuf 78' Bogle 48', 74'	Attendance: 6,865 Referee: David Webb

7 January 2017 (2017-01-07) 25	Colchester United	4–1	Carlisle United	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester
15:00 GMT	Porter 11' Guthrie 33', 50', 90+5'	Report	Brisley 28'	Attendance: 3,525 Referee: Lee Swabey

14 January 2017 26	Carlisle United	1–1	Morecambe	Brunton Park
15:00 GMT	Wyke 74'	Report	Wildig 7'	Attendance: 5,524 Referee: Ross Joyce

21 January 2017 27	Accrington Stanley	1–1	Carlisle United	Wham Stadium, Accrington
15:00 GMT	McCartan 21'	Report	Beckles 20' (o.g.)	Attendance: 2,634 Referee: Chris Sarginson

28 January 2017 (2017-01-28) 28	Carlisle United	1–1	Barnet	Brunton Park
15:00	Wyke 74'	Report	Akinde 77' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,547 Referee: Michael Salisbury

4 February 2017 (2017-02-04) 29	Leyton Orient	1–2	Carlisle United	Brisbane Road, London
15:00	Massey 25'	Report	Liddle 34' Proctor 68'	Attendance: 4,306 Referee: Graham Horwood

11 February 2017 (2017-02-11) 30	Carlisle United	1–4	Blackpool	Brunton Park
15:00	Ibehre 69'	Report	Potts 33' Flores 56' Odelusi 83' Delfouneso 86'	Attendance: 6,170 Referee: Mark Haywood

14 February 2017 (2017-02-14) 31	Carlisle United	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Brunton Park
19:45	Adams 34' Mason 85' (o.g.)	Report	Rowe 90+5'	Attendance: 4,527 Referee: Tony Harrington

18 February 2017 (2017-02-18) 32	Wycombe Wanderers	1–2	Carlisle United	Adams Park, High Wycombe
15:00	Akinfenwa 2'	Report	Proctor 9' Lambe 34'	Attendance: 3,585 Referee: Darren Drysdale

25 February 2017 (2017-02-25) 33	Carlisle United	0–3	Portsmouth	Brunton Park
15:00		Report	Roberts 73' Linganzi 86' Whatmough 90+2'	Attendance: 7,197 Referee: Richard Clark

28 February 2017 34	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Carlisle United	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Wright 85'	Report		Attendance: 2,433 Referee: Andy Haines

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 35	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Carlisle United	Home Park, Plymouth
15:00	Carey 73' Jervis 45+1' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 10,381 Referee: Mark Heywood

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) 36	Carlisle United	0–3	Cambridge United	Brunton Park
15:00		Report	Elito 66' (pen.), 71' (pen.), 90+5'	Attendance: 4,427 Referee: Robert Jones

14 March 2017 (2017-03-14) 37	Carlisle United	0–0	Luton Town	Brunton Park
19:45		Report		Attendance: 4,052 Referee: Lee Mason

18 March 2017 (2017-03-18) 38	Mansfield Town	2–0	Carlisle United	Field Mill, Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Green 63' Coulthirst 76'	Report		Attendance: 4,463 Referee: Brendan Malone

25 March 2017 39	Carlisle United	0–2	Crewe Alexandra	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Miller 51' Proctor 81' Waring 90+3'	Report	Cooke 34' Bowery 60'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,695 Referee: Nigel Miller

1 April 2017 40	Yeovil Town	0–2	Carlisle United	Yeovil
15:00 GMT	Whitfield 54'	Report	O'Sullivan 16' Joyce 41' Lambe 55'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 3,145 Referee: Trevor Kettle

8 April 2017 41	Carlisle United	1–2	Notts County	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Ibehre 57'	Report	Stead 85' Tootle 89'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,361 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

14 April 2017 42	Hartlepool United	1–1	Carlisle United	Hartlepool
15:00 BST	Oates 64' Donnelly 81'	Report	Ibehre 7' 78' Joyce 19' Proctor 43' Devitt 85'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 5,011 Referee: Carl Boyeson

17 April 2017 43	Carlisle United	1–1	Stevenage	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Joyce 66' Ibehre 72' 90+5'	Report	Gorman 32' Ogilvie 37' Schumacher 40' 50' (pen.) Franks 63' Wells 90+4'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,572 Referee: Ben Toner

22 April 2017 44	Crawley Town	3–3	Carlisle United	Crawley
15:00 BST	Collins 12', 25' (pen.) Smith 45+1' 90+2' Yorwerth 45+4'	Report	Gillesphey 25' Ibehre 29' Proctor 42' Lambe 59' 71' Bailey 85'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 2,003 Referee: Darren Deadman

29 April 2017 45	Carlisle United	2–1	Newport County	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Ibehre 58' Adams 60'	Report	Demetriou 12' Owen-Evans 88'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,402 Referee: David Webb

6 May 2017 46	Exeter City	2–3	Carlisle United	Exeter
17:30 BST	Reid 10' Moore-Taylor 45+1'	Report	Grainger 30' (pen.), 72' (pen.) 89' Proctor 76'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 6,774 Referee: Steve Martin

Play-offs

14 May 2017 Semi-final first leg	Carlisle United	3–3	Exeter City	Carlisle
18:30 BST	Raynes 19' Moore-Taylor 32' (o.g.) O'Sullivan 71' Miller 73'	Report	Grant 15' Harley 45+1' Wheeler 56' James 62'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 9,708 Referee: David Webb

18 May 2017 Semi-final second leg	Exeter City	3–2 (6–5 agg.)	Carlisle United	Exeter
19:45 BST	Watkins 10', 79' Stacey 90+4'	Report	Grainger 58' O'Sullivan 70' 90' Kennedy 81'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 7,450 Referee: Dean Whitestone

FA Cup

As a League Two side, Carlisle entered the FA Cup draw at the first round stage.

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06) R1	St Albans City	3–5	Carlisle United	Clarence Park, St Albans
15:00 GMT	Morias 4', 65' Theophanous 86'	Report	Grainger 20' (pen.) Kennedy 57' Ibehre 71', 81' Lambe 83'	Attendance: 3,473 Referee: Simon Hooper

3 December 2016 R2	Carlisle United	0–2	Rochdale	Brunton Park
15:00 GMT		Report	Davies 48' Mendez-Laing 90+3'	Attendance: 4,426

League Cup

Carlisle United entered the competition at the first round stage. On 21 June 2016, the first round draw was made; Carlisle were drawn at home against Port Vale.^[58]

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) R1	Carlisle United	2–1	Port Vale	Brunton Park
19:45	Wyke 27' Miller 41'	Report	Grant 51'	Attendance: 3,363 Referee: Mark Haywood

23 August 2016 (2016-08-23) R2	Derby County	1–1 (a.e.t.) (14–13 p)	Carlisle United	Pride Park Stadium, Derby
19:45 BST	Darren Bent 56'	Report	Jones 90+5'	Attendance: 9,860 Referee: Darren England
	Penalties
	Ince Blackman Butterfield Hughes Keogh Elšnik Baird Pearce Lowe Carson Ince Blackman Butterfield Hughes Keogh Elšnik		Devitt Jones Joyce Wyke Grainger McKee Gillesphey Ibehre T. Miller Raynes Devitt Jones Joyce Wyke Grainger McKee

Checkatrade Trophy

Group D

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Carlisle United	3	3	0	0	0	11	6	+5	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Oldham Athletic	3	1	1	0	1	8	7	+1	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Fleetwood Town	3	1	0	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	ACA	Blackburn Rovers U21	3	0	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source: Sky Sports

Group Stage

30 August 2016 Match 1	Oldham Athletic	4–5	Carlisle United	Boundary Park, Oldham
19:45 BST	Mckay 16' Osei 48', 49' Banks 66'	Report	Raynes 18' Lambe 22' Burgess 28' (o.g.) Miller 74' Wyke 89'	Attendance: 1,897 Referee: Peter Bankes

4 October 2016 (2016-10-04) Match 2	Carlisle United	2–0	Blackburn Rovers Academy	Brunton Park
19:45 BST	Miller 39' Grainger 88' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 1,253 Referee: Richard Clark

9 November 2016 (2016-11-09) Match 3	Carlisle United	4–2	Fleetwood Town	Brunton Park
19:45 BST	McKee 14' Wyke 18' Grainger 41' (pen.) Salkeld 73'	Report	Sowerby 48' Jakubiak 64'	Attendance: 1,420 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Knock-out stages

6 December 2016 R2	Carlisle United	2–3	Mansfield Town	Brunton Park
19:45 GMT	Miller 72' Wyke 80'	Report	Pearce 15' Green 30' Rose 86'	Attendance: 1,126 Referee: David Webb

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