Becoming a Hometown Hero -Carlisle United

[Davestan94]

August 2021 Update Part 2​

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Sky Bet Championship Game 1
Carlisle vs Reading
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We start season off well and it shock scorer of Franck Moussa

Injury
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New boy Kgosi Ntlhe is out for 10'days with a facial injury

Ticket Sales
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Our final season ticket sales was 3,059 an increase of 34 tickets

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Capital One Cup draw
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If we get past Grimsby, we will meet either Blackburn or Scunthorpe

Capital One Cup 1st Round
Grimsby vs Carlisle
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Left back Tyler Blackett is the differ in quite a poor perform for us. We found out after the game we would meet Blackburn in the second round.
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Injuries and Returns
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Shane Ferguson returns from injury as quick as Rohan Ince is injured with a dead leg

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Sky Bet Championship Game 2
Sheffield United vs Carlisle United
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Wingers Hall and Freeman score to get us a 2-0 win

Sky Bet Championship Game 3
Carlisle vs Brentford
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De ja vu as its Hall and Freeman doing the job again

Sky Bet Championship Game 4
Millwall vs Carlisle
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Samuel double wins our fourth league game of the season

Injury
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Jack McConell dislocates his shoulder and out for 2-3 months

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Capital One Cup 2nd Round
Carlisle vs Blackburn
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Freeman and Hall both score two in a 4-2 thumping of Blackburn

Injuries
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Two injuries as Joe Mattock and Ryan a Freeman are with Sprained Ankle and a dead leg. Good news though as Bennett is back fit again

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Third Round draw
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We will Watford away in the third round of the cup

New Signing
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As previously mentioned Ben Reeves joins the on free transfer

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Sky Bet Championship Game 5
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Samuel proves he is still the main man up front

Suspension
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Tyler Blackett's red gets him a one match ban

League Table
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Top of the shop with 5 out of 5 take that.
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[Davestan94]

September 2021 Update​

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Awards
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I take the August manager of the month award for 5 wins in 5

World Cup Asia Qualifier Game 7
Australia vs Thailand
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7 out of 7 were on a roll marching our way to China

Job offer
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I reject an offer from Hearts for a job

World Cup Asia Qualifer Game 8
Australia vs Lebanon
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We mess up the chance of a whitewash by drawing the last game to Lebanon but still finish the top of the league and setting the record of 24 games undefeated
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Sky Championship Game 6
Watford vs Carlisle
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We steal a point off the favourite, Mitchell is the scorer

Sky Championship Game 7
Carlisle vs Wolves
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Other favourites Wolves get the job done early despite Bennett's late goal

Sky Bet Championship Game 8
Huddersfield vs Carlisle
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It's all about the loanees as Freeman and Bennett score

Injury
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Bennett reinjured and is out for 3 months with a torn hamstring

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Capital One Cup 3rd Round
Watford vs Carlisle
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Freeman goal puts us into the fourth round of the cup. The draw was right after the match and we're given one of the hardest draw only Manchester United .
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Sky Bet Championship Game 9
Carlisle vs Burnley
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It's just like old times as Samuel and Whitehead score

Upgrade
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The work on the training facilities finishes

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Sky Bet Championship Game 10
Derby vs Carlisle
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Samuel runs riot scoring 3 to get the win

Injury Return
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Mattock returns the squad full fit

League Table
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Still holding on to that top spot with a one point lead .
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[Davestan94]

October 2021 Update​

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Sky Bet Championship Game 11
Carlisle vs Coventry
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It's Samuel again as he puts two past Coventry

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Friendly
Nigeria vs Australia
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A last minute goal from Nigeria means we draw 1-1

Injury
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Hill is out for 5-6 weeks with a sports hernia

Loan deals
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Kyle Marshall extends his loan to Bradford, Paul McAuley joins Birmingham on loan and Joe Mattock also joins Bradford on loan

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Sky Bet Championship Game 12
Barnsley vs Carlisle
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Goalless draw with only 1 shot all game ... Very boring

Injury
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Bradley Whitehead twists his knee and is out for 3 weeks

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Sky Bet Championship Game 13
Carlisle vs Nottm Forest
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Samuel scores again and own goal get us the win

Sky Bet Championship Game 14
Carlisle vs Brighton
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After being down 2-1 we come back to win 3-2 thanks to Samuel and

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Capital One Cup 4th Round
Man Utd vs Carlisle
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Paulo Dybala scores two to knock us out the cup but he could be a world beater soon

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Sky Bet Championship Game 15
Portsmouth vs Carlisle
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It's Samuel once again as he nets the only goal of the game to get us the win

League Table
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Still at the top with 15 games gone and we are now 4 points ahead at the top
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[Davestan94]

November 2021 Update​

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Sky Bet Championship Game 16
Carlisle vs Cardiff
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A last minute goal from Duane Holmes gets another win and 3 points

Injuries
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Whitehead is annouced fully fit while we lose Ince for 4-5 weeks

Loan Extension
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Mattock extends his loan at Bradford by 3 months

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Sky Bet Championship Game 17
Peterbrough vs Carlisle
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Samuel and Freeman continue there great form this season by scoring again

Injury Return
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Kevin Hill and Matthew Mitchell are back fit again and rejoin the squad

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Friendly
Colombia vs Australia
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Some good World Cup practice but it's a 1-1 draw

International Retirement
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Cuco Martina retires from playing for Curaçao

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Sky Bet Championship Game 18
Carlisle vs West Brom
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Rob Hall scores a last minute goal to get us a point

Sky Bet Championship Game 19
Leeds vs Carlisle
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This time it's The debut star Max Hutinsom who steals us a last minute point

Suspension
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Ryan Tunnicliffe, Winston Reid and Ashley Richards are all given a one match ban

Injury Return
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Rohan Ince is back from his 3 week injury

League Table
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19 games in and we are still holding on to that 4 point lead.
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[Davestan94]

December 2021 Update​

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Job offer
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I reject a job offer from Aberdeen

World Cup group draw
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So I find out we play Argentina, Nigeria and Wales at the World Cup

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Sky Bet Championship Game 20
Carlisle vs Blackburn
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Reeves score late to win us the game

Injuries
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Shane Long breaks his toe but Bennett is back again

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FA Cup draw
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We will meet Swansea in the third round of the cup

Training camp picked
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We agree with Guizhou Zhicheng to use there Facilites for the World Cup

Retirement
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Ross McCormack will retire at the end of the season

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Sky Bet Championship Game 21
Fulham vs Carlisle
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The second half goal from Rob Hall wins the game and keeps us on the right track

Sky Bet Championship Game 22
Carlisle vs Hull
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Samuel scores hat-trick to put his tally up 18 goals this season

Sky Bet Championship Game 23
Carlisle vs QPR
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A very even game as we draw 2-2 to QPR, they could of had it but I'll take a point any day

Suspension
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Tunnicliffe is banned again for another game

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Sky Bet Championship Game 24
Hull vs Carlisie
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We walk all over Hull with a 4-0 win with Bennett, Ferguson and Whitehead the scorers

Loan Extension
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Marshall will remain at Bradford on loan

League Table
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Were now 6 points clear at the top of the table
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[Davestan94]

January 2022 Update​

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Best Eleven
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Australia's team of the season and the Best Eleveb are announced

Golden Ball
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Since the start of the game Lionel Messi has dominated but this season we get a shock winner of Juan Mata

Awards
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James Bennett picks up the young player of the month award

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Sky Bet Championship Game 25
Reading vs Carlisle
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Bennett takes the game by the scruff of the neck and win us the game with a hat trick

Sky Bet Championship Game 26
Carlisle vs Sheff Utd
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Shocking from us not a shot on target but lucky Sheff Utd were just as bad

Loan deal
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Kevin Hill joins Plymouth on loan

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FA Cup 3rd Round
Swansea vs Carlisle
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It's a replay that is needed and it's at Brunton Park. We will meet either Burton or Arsenal in next round .
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Sky Bet Championship Game 27
Brentford vs Carlisle
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Abit of a surprise the only scorer is Cuco Martina. A rare goal from the Curaçaoan.

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FA Cup 3rd Round Replay
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Nearly lost it but we shock everyone by getting into the next round. We meet Arsenal in the next round of the cup
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Sky Bet Championship Game 28
Carlisle vs Millwall
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A late goal steals two points from us.

Injury
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We lose key man Dominic Samuel for 2 months

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FA Cup 4th Round
Carlisle vs Arsenal
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We are out the competition courtesy of a Pierre Emile Hojbjegy

Trophy Win
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Didn't document this but I took charge of the Australia U23s squad in the U23 Asian Cup in Australia. We blitzed the competiton winning every game

League Table
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Still on the top spot and still have that 4 points clear
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[Davestan94]

February 2022 Update​

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Injury Return
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Shane Long returns from injury

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Sky Bet Championship Game 29
Bristol City vs Carlisle
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Start February with a goalless draw at Bristol

Landmark
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I reach my 400th game in management

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Sky Bet Championship Game 30
Carlisle vs Watford
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Another goalless draw slow month

Sky Bet Championship Game 31
Wolves vs Carlisle
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First win of the month courtesy of Bennett and Hall

Injury
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Ntlhe pulls his hamstring and out for 4 weeks

Loan deal
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Thomson joins Wrexham on loan

Injury
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Martina is now ruled out for 2 weeks

Loan deal
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Moussa joins Doncaster on loan

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Sky Bet Championship Game 32
Carlisle vs Huddersfield
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Game was done and dusted in the first half by Bennett and Hall

Sky Bet Championship Game 33
Burnley vs Carlisle
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Freeman scores the winning goal and gets us 3 points

Injury Return
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Martina is fully fit again

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Sky Bet Championship Game 34
Carlisle vs Derby
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We finish the month with another draw.

I forgot to screenshot the league table sorry haha
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[Davestan94]

March 2022 Update​

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Loan deal
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16 players on loan at the moment haha

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Sky Bet Championship Game 35
Coventry vs Carlisle
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Shane Ferguson's late goal steals us a point

Sky Bet Championship Game 36
Carlisle vs Barnsley
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Ferguson scores again to win us the game against Barnsley

Injuries
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Ntlhe returns to us but we lose Ben a Reeves and Jack O'Connell with a bruised thigh and strained stomach muscle

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Sky Bet Championship Game 37
Nottm Forest vs Carlisie
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Bennett and Reeves take the fight to Nottm Forest put 3 past them

Play off
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With 9 games remaining we book a place in playoff at least

Injury Return
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The big man Samuel is back again

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Sky Bet Championship Game 38
Brighton vs Carlisie
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Instant impact from Samuel as wins us the game

International Duty
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Friendly
USA vs Australia
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We get a goalless draw against USA, should of been a win but it's practise for China

Friendly
Sweden vs Australia
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Sweden not at the World Cup but still brought the fight but we get a 3-2 win

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Sky Bet Championship Game 39
Carlisle vs Portsmouth
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Another draw but again it's another point but keeps the title race running on

League Table
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7 point gap we can almost feel the title in our hands

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[Davestan94]

April 2022 Update​

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Sky Bet Championship Game 40
Cardiff vs Carlisle
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A win that puts on the verge of the title as we put 5 past Cardiff

Injury
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Rohan Ince, David Martin, Ryan Freeman and Rob Hall are injury in the same week

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Sky Bet Championship Game 41
Carlisle vs Peterbrough
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Reeves and Holmes both score in a 2-0 win

Sky Bet Championship Game 42
West Brom vs Carlisle
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West Brom steals the last minute goal to steal 2 points from us

Injury
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Bennett suffers a head injury and is out for a week

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Sky Bet Championship Game 43
Carlisle vs Leeds
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We can only get a draw against Leeds the race is still on

Promotion
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We may not of secured the title yet but we will play football in Premier League next year

Injury
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A serious and slight injury as we lose Samuel and Whitehead to knee cap injury and gashed head

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Sky Bet Championship Game 44
Blackburn vs Carlisle
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Another draw as we can't get the fatal blow to land the title

Injury
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Matthew Mitchell and Joe Thomson both add to injured list with ligament damage and sports hernia

Injury Return
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Hall returns from injury

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Sky Bet Championship Game 45
Carlisle vs Fulham
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We scores 6 with Bradley Whitehead lead the charge with a hat trick

Trophy
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We are officially crowned the Sky Championship Winners with a game to spare

Injury Return
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Ince is back fully fit

League Table
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We win the league with a 6 point gap and a game to spare
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[Davestan94]

May 2022 Update​

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Award
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Bennett picks up the April Young player of the month award

Injury Return
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Freeman returns to the squad

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Sky Bet Championship Game 46
QPR vs Carlisle
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The heats off so I play the rotations including 3 debuts and the manage to get 2-1 of QPR

League Table
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Finally standing of the league

End of Season Awards
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A new winner of the player of the season award this season , it was a little closer but it is James Bennett this year

2015/16- Gary Dicker
2016/17- Liam Noble
2017/18- Liam Noble
2018/19- Ryan Tunnicliffe
2019/20- Ryan Tunnicliffe
2020/21- Ryan Tunnicliffe
2021/22- James Bennett

The young player of year was again a different player this and it's also gone to James Bennett

2015/16- Bastien Hery
2016/17- Johnny Burns
2017/18- Alexander McQueen
2018/19- Andrija Novakovich
2019/20- Matthew Mitchell
2020/21- Ryan Freeman
2021/22- James Bennett

It's a clean sweep as James Bennett loan deal is the signing of the season

Dominic Samuel picks up the top scorer of the season with 22 goals

The team of the season is as follows - Gilliespie, Williams, Reid, Clarke, Ntlhe, Tunnicliffe, Mitchell, Freeman, Hall, Samuel and Bennett

Best Eleven
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Ryan Freeman and Tyler Blackett join the Best Eleven both on the bench

Starting 11: Gilliespie, Martina, Meppen Walter, O'Connell, Mattock, Tunnicliffe, Ince, Osei, Moussa, Samuel and Whitehead
Subs: Martin, Blackett, Freeman, Noble, Novakovich, McQueen and Ibehre

Season Review
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73% attendance and the lowest squad number to highest squad number used

Commercial Summary
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The squad is slowly building commercial and the top 5 shirt sales were Dominic Samuel, Ben Reeves, James Bennett, Ryan Freeman and Ryan Tunnicliffe

Stadium Expansion
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The stadium will be expanded by 4,250 seats to meet the premier league requirements but does mean we will be short of seats til October

Injury Return
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Samuel is back fully fit

Squad Announced
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World Cup squads announced

Finance
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We recorded 10M losses don't know how I worked well within budgets but this will soon change with our premier league money

Awards
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Ryan Freeman wins the Sky Bet Championship Player of the Year , James Bennett gets the Sky Bet Championship Young Player of the Year and I land the Sky Bet Championship Manager of the Year

Team of the Year
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Ryan Freeman named in the Sky Bet Championship Team of the Year

International Duty
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Friendly
Australia vs Brazil
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It's a last minute goal but it still get a draw against World Cup favourites Brazil


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[Davestan94]

Season Review​

Champions League
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Winners: Arsenal
Runners Up: Manchester United

Europa League
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Winners: PSG
Runners Up: Villareal

Premier League
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Winners: Manchester United
Champions League: Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham
Europa League: Liverpool, Manchester City and *Stoke City
Relegated: Stoke City, Middlesbrough and Sunderland

*Stoke City won the FA Cup

Sky Bet Championship
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Winners: Carlisle United
Runners Up: Wolves
Playoff Winner : Hull City
Relegated : Coventry City, Reading and Fulham

Sky Bet League 1
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Winners: Preston
Runners Up: Burton
Playoff Winner: Swindon
Relegated : Bury, Oxford, Wycombe and MK Dons

Sky Bet League 2
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Winners: Southend
Runners Up: Shrewsbury
3rd Place : Wrexham
Playoff Winner: Doncaster Rovers
Relegated : Bolton and Forest Green

Stockport and Ebbsfleet join the football league

FA Cup
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Winners: Stoke City
Runners Up: Everton

Capital One Cup
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Winners: Manchester United
Runners Up: Manchester City

Johnstone's Paint Trophy
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Winners: Preston
Runners Up: Leyton Orient
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[KillerRoo]

Awesome story, love the effort you put into the posts. Keep it up

 

[Davestan94]

Awesome story, love the effort you put into the posts. Keep it up

Cheers Boss, Thank you for the kind word, I just want to get as far into this story as possible. Keep posted I've got two big post ready to write up which I'm excited about some big signings and My biggest/flukiest moment of my playing time.

 

[Davestan94]

June 2022 Update​

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World Title Odds
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So Spain and Brazil are favourites and we are 200-1 to win abit low for 6th place team

Retirement
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Shane Long and Ross McCormack announce retirement

International Duty
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Friendly
Australia vs Iran
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Hopeful this win will springboard us into the World Cup

Numbers
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World Cup squad numbers are announced

Injury Return
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Mitchell returns from injury

Player Sale
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Tranmere Rovers sign Franck Moussa for 64K, a great servant to club sad to see him go

World Cup China 2022

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World Cup Group H Game 1
Wales vs Australia
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And we're off the mark first game equals first win a comfortable 2-1

World Cup Group H Game 2
Australia vs Nigeria
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Two games, two wins as we get it done early against Nigeria which actually qualifies us for the next round
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World Cup Group H Game 3
Argentina vs Australia
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No shock here, he may be at the end of his career but Lionel Messi still got it. My worst losts with the national team.

Group Finishes
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We finish 2nd by goal difference and you are not seeing things Argentina are out in the first round. Not only that Brazil in out in the first round aswell.

2nd Round draw
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We draw Chile in the second round, quite a decent draw for us. Other draws are:

Australia vs Chile
Portugal vs Serbia
USA vs France
Holland vs Colombia
Nigeria vs Spain
Germany vs England
Croatia vs Mexico
Belgium vs Italy

TV Rights
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Nice little bit of money coming our way, a cool 90M

Links
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Our link with Chelsea is terminated but we gain a new one with NEC Nijmegen

Links

Annan Athletic (Scotland)
Workington Town (England)
Kendal Town (England)
Cork City (Ireland)
Cliftonville (N.Ireland)
NEC Nijmegen (Holland)
FK Borac Cacakb(Serbia)
Pribram (Czech Republic)

Scouting Range
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We now have access to the whole world

Player Sale
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Decent deal as I sell Joe Thomson to Livingston for 450K

Record Broke
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Our new average attendance stands at 12,052

Season Tickets
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We're currently sitting at 1,591 with more to come

World Cup 2nd Round
Chile vs Australia
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It's late but it's enough to see us through as the 88th minute sees into the Quarter Final

Quarter Final
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Another decent draw as we pull Serbia who below us in the rankings. Other matches as follows:

Australia vs Serbia
Holland vs France
England vs Spain
Mexico vs Belgium

We lose big teams like Italy, Portugal and Last World Cup Winners Croatia

Tour Organised
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Can tour anywhere now but I want profitable tour so after playing about I choose Spain. I picked 4 teams but only 3 have accepted Athletic Bilbao, Valencia and Almeria. Atletico Madrid rejected so I find a replacement

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Bilbao
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Valencia
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Almeria
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La Coruna


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Cumberland Cup
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Annual tournament organised but only Workington and Penrith accepted. I will find s replacement for Barrow.

Friendlies
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Three friendlies matches at Brunton Park this year, we will meet Arsenal, PSG and Fiorentina

Problems Solved
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We play Deportivo La Coruna on the tour and have invited Kendal to Cumberland Cup

Retirement
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Long and McCormack hang their boots up

Loan Finish
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Freeman and Bennett leave the club after their loans finish .
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[Davestan94]

July 2022 Update​

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Player Departure
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Joe Mattock leaves the club after his contract ends

Club Stature
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We are now in the top 100 most valuable clubs at no 97

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World Cup Quarter Final
Serbia vs Australia
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Milan Kleinhans goal puts us into the semi final, ground breaking

Semi Final Draw
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A tough draw as we draw France in Semis, there form as drop a lot so they sit 10th same area as us tough game. The other draw were as follows:

Australia vs France
England vs Mexico

Cumberland Cup
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Cumberland Cup Semi Final
Carlisie vs Penrith
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We ease past Penrith in the first round and will meet Workington in second round
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Cumberland Cup Final
Carlisle vs Workington
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Not as heavy as I hoped but it's a still a trophy winning win
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World Cup Semi Final
France vs Australia
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One of the flukest games of had France losing their key player Anthony Martial really helped me. The red card to Kurt Zouma was the sword in France though allowing me to get a winner. It's what fairy tales are made of haha

Final Opponents
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We're not the only ones who have gone against all odds our final opponents will be Mexico

Injury
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Shane Ferguson is ruled out for 4-5 weeks

Season Tickets Update
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Season tickets now stand at 3,548 .

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World Cup Final
Australia vs Mexico
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Well the most unlikely of finals but the stadium in Guangzhou fills with yellow and green. We come out on top with 3-1 win causing absolute scenes in stadium. We become only the 10th winner of the cup and first Asia/Oceania team to win.

Previous Winners: Brazil, Italy, Germany, Uruguay, Argentina, England, Spain, France, Croatia and now Australia
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Suspension
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Brilliante is suspended for 1 game after getting 5 yellows

Cup Review
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No shock that we are the biggest overachievers in the competition

Friendly
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Hibernian vs Carlisle
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We rolled over the Scottish side Whitehead and Hall doing the damage

Rankings
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We set a highest ranking record at 4th place

Injury
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Matthew Mitchell strains his ankle and is ruled out

New Signing
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My first signing of season is Swiss goalie Joel Perreira from Middlesbrough for 500K

Tour
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Our tour begins in Spain stopping in cities of A Coruna, Bilbao, Valencia and Almeria

Spain Tour Game 1
Deportivo La Coruna vs Carlisle
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We start the tour off with a win and it's a shock star player of youngster Martyn Barr

Spain Tour Game 2
Athletic Bilbao vs Carlisle
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2nd game wasn't our best as we lose 3-0 to Bilbao

Spain Tour Game 3
Valencia vs Carlisle
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Early goal gets Valencia the game

New Signing
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Second signing I bring in Northern Irish Winger Stuart Dallas for 140K from Derby

New Contract
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I put pen to paper on new deal for 2 more years

Spain Tour Game 4
Almeria vs Carlisle
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Duane Holmes puts us back on winner terms

Injury
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Dominic Samuel will miss he friendlies at Brunton Park

Friendly
Carlisie vs Arsenal
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Harry Kane becomes a traitor and goes back to Arsenal then out 3 past us. FM Logic

Friendly
Carlisle vs PSG
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We fall to a new Wonderkid Brazilian Malcolm

Signings
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We sign another full back Ivorian Brice Dja Djedje from AS Roma for 275K. The Second signing is a striker Croatian Andrej Kramaric on a 600K from Swansea City. Should make a good striking partner for Samuel.

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[Davestan94]

August 2022 Update​

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Injury
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Hasn't even played yet and he is out for 3 weeks with twisted knee

Friendly
Carlisle vs Fiorentina
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Rob Hall scores the only goal to the friendly for us

Friendly
Celta Vigo vs Carlisle
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Celta Vigo comes from behind to win the match leaving so in a sorry state for the start of the league

Player Sale
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We say goodbye to Leroy Fer as we sell the 32 year old to back to his homeland with Fc Groningen for 70K

New Signings
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We make two signings, first is Danny Drinkwater on free transfer. The 32 year old will provide good experience in the team having played in the premier. The second signing is Greek winger Dimitris Kolovos for 825K from LeicesterCity.

Injury Return
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Ince is back fully fit

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Capital One Cup draw
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We draw Walsall in the first round of the cup

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Premier League Game 1
Carlisle vs Arsenal
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Our first ever premier league ends well with a goalless draw putting some points on the board

Season tickets update
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We have sold all of 6,497 allocated season tickets great news

New signing
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Nathan Ake becomes our new signing and biggest ever at 3.9M from Swansea

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Premier League Game 2
Liverpool vs Carlisle
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It seems the big teams are underestimating us as we take a point off them

Injury
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Ryan Tunnicliffe ruled out for a week with a facial injury

Injury Return
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Kramaric returns after a short injury

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Capital One Cup 2nd Round
Walsall vs Carlisle
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New signings Drinkwater and Dallas run riot and Ferguson pitches in aswell

Injury
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Gutted as we lose Matthew Mitchell for nearly half of the season

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Capital One Cup draw
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We are handed one of the harder draws of the competiton as we will Liverpool at Anfield

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Premier League Game 3
Carlisle vs Southampton
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Our first premier league win courtesy of Greek winger Dimitris Kolovos

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International Friendly
Holland vs Australia
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Still suffering from World Cup hangover as my team lose 2-1 to the Dutch

League Table
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After three games we are sitting in a very good 9th position
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[Davestan94]

September 2022 Update​

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Injuries
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We lose three players Drinkwater, Whitehead and Kramaric with twisted knee, groin strain and strained wrist respectivity

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Friendly
Peru vs Australia
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Back to winning ways as we beat Peru 2-0

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Premier League Game 4
Norwich vs Carlisle
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Another win as we beat Norwich 3-1

Suspension
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Kgosi Nlthe is given a one game and club is fined for not keeping control of players

Injury Return
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Andrej Kramaric is back after his second injury

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Premier League Game 5
West Ham vs Carlisle
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Another point stolen off the top half team

Record
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Wears now twenty-four games undefeated

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Capital One Cup 3rd Round
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It's only one goal but enough to eliminate us from the cup

Injury Return
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Whitehead is back fully fit

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Premier League Game 6
Carlisle vs Newcastle
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Rob Hall gets the goal to beat ours closest league rivals

Injury
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Stuart Dallas is ruled out with sprained ankle

Suspension
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Ake is banned for one game after 5 yellow cards

League Table
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A few more games and are sitting at high of 3rd but I see us dropping back down the table.
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[strawby]

Well done for the promotion looking good I'm into Jan in the prem I'm 17th been tinkering with tactics to much keep going loving the thread

 

[Davestan94]

Well done for the promotion looking good I'm into Jan in the prem I'm 17th been tinkering with tactics to much keep going loving the thread

Cheers pal, good luck with your battle, How close is the relegation scrap. They says you should try stick to strongest team in prem and not tinkerer too much I've got like 2 formations and about 22 players I use loaning the rest out.

 

[strawby]

Cheers pal, good luck with your battle, How close is the relegation scrap. They says you should try stick to strongest team in prem and not tinkerer too much I've got like 2 formations and about 22 players I use loaning the rest out.

There is about 7 points between me and the first relegation spot, the bottom team are about 12 points off me, I have about 2 players for each position my squad is about 26 players, I've gone back to the formation that got me 2 promotion the players seem to like it.