1986–87 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United F.C.

1986–87 season
Manager	Harry Gregg
Stadium	Brunton Park
Third Division	22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	First round
Football League Trophy	First round
←  1985–86 1987–88  →

For the 1986–87 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Three.

Results & fixtures

Football League Third Division

Main article: 1986–87 Football League Third Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	York City	46	12	13	21	55	79	−24	49
21	Bolton Wanderers	46	10	15	21	46	58	−12	45	Relegated in play-offs [a]
22	Carlisle United	46	10	8	28	39	78	−39	38	Relegated
23	Darlington	46	7	16	23	45	77	−32	37
24	Newport County	46	8	13	25	49	86	−37	37

Source: ^[1]
Notes:

1. Bolton Wanderers lost in the first round of the play-offs and were thus relegated.

Matches

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	23 August	Chester City	A	2–2
2	30 August	York City	H	2–2
3	6 September	Blackpool	A	2–1
4	13 September	Walsall	H	0–3
5	16 September	Brentford	H	0–0
6	20 September	Bristol City	A	0–3
7	27 September	Mansfield Town	H	1–2
8	11 October	Darlington	H	1–0
9	14 October	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–2
10	18 October	Gillingham	A	0–1
11	21 October	Bury	H	2–1
12	25 October	Bristol Rovers	H	2–0
13	28 October	Newport County	A	1–1
14	1 November	Wigan Athletic	A	0–2
15	4 November	Port Vale	H	2–0
16	8 November	Bournemouth	A	1–2
17	22 November	Fulham	H	1–3
18	29 November	Swindon Town	A	0–2
19	13 December	Chesterfield	A	2–3
20	21 December	Notts County	H	0–2
21	26 December	Middlesbrough	A	0–1
22	27 December	Rotherham United	H	3–5
23	3 January	Fulham	A	0–3
24	24 January	Blackpool	H	3–1
25	3 February	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–0
26	7 February	Brentford	A	1–3
27	14 February	Bristol City	H	1–2
28	21 February	Mansfield Town	A	0–2
29	28 February	Newport County	H	2–2
30	3 March	Wigan Athletic	H	0–2
31	14 March	Gillingham	H	2–4
32	17 March	Bury	A	0–0
33	21 March	Darlington	A	1–0
34	28 March	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–0
35	31 March	York City	A	0–1
36	4 April	Bournemouth	H	0–0
37	7 April	Walsall	A	0–3
38	11 April	Port Vale	A	1–0
39	18 April	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2
40	20 April	Middlesbrough	H	0–1
41	22 April	Bristol Rovers	A	0–4
42	26 April	Notts County	A	1–2
43	2 May	Swindon Town	A	0–3
44	4 May	Rotherham United	A	1–2
45	6 May	Chester City	H	0–2
46	9 May	Chesterfield	H	3–0

Football League Cup

Main article: 1986–87 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	2 September	Grimsby Town	H	1–0
R1 L2	9 September	Grimsby Town	A	0–2

FA Cup

Main article: 1986–87 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	15 November	Notts County	A	1–1
R1 R	18 November	Notts County	H	1–3

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1986–87 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
GS	8 December	Stockport County	A	1–0
GS	16 December	Bury	H	3–2
R1	20 January	Preston North End	H	1–2

References

1. "League Division Three end of season table for 1986–87 season". 11v11. AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.

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