1987–88 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United F.C.

1987–88 season
Manager	Harry Gregg (to November) Clive Middlemass (from 23 November)
Stadium	Brunton Park
Fourth Division	23rd
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	First round
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For the 1987–88 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Four.

Results & fixtures

Football League Fourth Division

Main article: 1987–88 Football League Fourth Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Stockport County	46	12	15	19	44	58	−14	51
21	Rochdale	46	11	15	20	47	76	−29	48
22	Exeter City	46	11	13	22	53	68	−15	46
23	Carlisle United	46	12	8	26	57	86	−29	44
24	Newport County	46	6	7	33	35	105	−70	25	Automatically relegated to the Football Conference

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Matches

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	15 August	Peterborough United	A	0–1
2	22 August	Scunthorpe United	H	3–1
3	29 August	Burnley	A	3–4
4	31 August	Hereford United	H	3–1
5	4 September	Stockport County	A	0–3
6	12 September	Hartlepool United	H	1–3
7	16 September	Exeter City	A	1–1
8	19 September	Cardiff City	A	2–4
9	26 September	Scarborough	H	4–0
10	29 September	Darlington	H	3–3
11	3 October	Rochdale	A	2–1
12	10 October	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1
13	17 October	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–5
14	20 October	Colchester United	A	0–1
15	24 October	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–2
16	31 October	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–4
17	3 November	Leyton Orient	H	1–2
18	7 November	Newport County	H	3–1
19	21 November	Wrexham	A	0–4
20	28 November	Torquay United	H	3–3
21	12 December	Swansea City	A	1–3
22	18 December	Cambridge United	H	2–1
23	26 December	Scarborough	A	1–3
24	1 January	Burnley	H	3–4
25	2 January	Hartlepool United	A	0–0
26	9 January	Darlington	A	1–2
27	16 January	Cardiff City	H	0–0
28	23 January	Exeter City	H	0–0
29	30 January	Hereford United	A	0–2
30	6 February	Stockport County	H	2–0
31	20 February	Peterborough United	H	0–2
32	27 February	Rochdale	H	2–0
33	5 March	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–2
34	12 March	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–3
35	19 March	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–1
36	25 March	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–3
37	2 April	Newport County	A	2–1
38	4 April	Wrexham	H	0–4
39	9 April	Leyton Orient	A	1–4
40	12 April	Scunthorpe United	A	0–1
41	19 April	Halifax Town	H	1–1
42	23 April	Colchester United	H	4–0
43	26 April	Halifax Town	A	1–1
44	30 April	Torquay United	A	0–1
45	2 May	Swansea City	H	0–1
46	7 May	Cambridge United	A	2–1

Football League Cup

Main article: 1987–88 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	18 August	Stockport County	A	1–0		1,476
R1 L2	25 August	Stockport County	H	3–0		2,174
R2 L1	22 September	Oldham Athletic	H	4–3		1,476
R2 L2	6 October	Oldham Athletic	A	1–4		4,353

FA Cup

Main article: 1987–88 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	14 November	Macclesfield Town	A	2–4		2,385

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1987–88 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
GS	13 October	Chester City	H	2–1		1,418
GS	24 November	Blackpool	A	1–0		1,491
R1	3 February	Hartlepool United	H	0–2		1,433

References

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