2023–24 Carlisle United F.C. season

The 2023–24 season is the 119th season in the history of Carlisle United and their first season back in League One since the 2013–14 season following promotion via the 2023 English Football League play-offs in the previous season. The club are participating in League One, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2023–24 EFL Trophy.

Carlisle United

2023–24 season
Chairman	Andrew Jenkins (until 22 November)^[1] Castle Sports Group (from 22 November)^[1]
Manager	Paul Simpson
Stadium	Brunton Park
League One	22nd
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Squad statistics

As of 24 October 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CZE	Tomáš Holý	12	0	9+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Fin Back	15	0	14+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Jack Armer	16	0	15+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Owen Moxon	15	2	14+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
5	DF	SCO	Samuel Lavelle	16	0	15+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Paul Huntington	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Jordan Gibson	18	5	14+1	5	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
8	MF	ENG	Callum Guy	17	0	15+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Ryan Edmondson	10	0	3+4	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
10	MF	ENG	Alfie McCalmont	14	0	7+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
11	FW	ENG	Danny Butterworth	8	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
12	FW	FIN	Terry Ablade	12	0	0+10	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Gabriel Breeze	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW	ENG	Joe Garner	13	3	5+7	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
15	MF	ENG	Taylor Charters	7	0	1+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
16	MF	ENG	Jayden Harris	4	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
17	MF	IRL	Corey Whelan	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
18	DF	ENG	Jack Ellis	4	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
19	DF	ENG	Jack Robinson	6	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
21	MF	SCO	Dylan McGeouch	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
22	DF	ENG	Jon Mellish	18	0	15+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
24	FW	IRL	Sean Maguire	16	1	13+1	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
25	GK	ISL	Jökull Andrésson	7	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Ben Barclay	4	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
27	FW	ENG	Luke Plange	16	1	6+8	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
28	FW	IRL	Joshua Kayode	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

• Source:^{[citation needed]}

Current squad

As of 23 November 2023

No.	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Tomáš Holý	GK		Rychnov nad Kněžnou	(1991-12-10) 10 December 1991 (age 32)	Ipswich Town	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
13	Gabriel Breeze	GK			(2003-12-30) 30 December 2003 (age 19)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2024
25	Jökull Andrésson	GK		Mosfellsbær	(2001-08-25) 25 August 2001 (age 22)	Reading	10 August 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
Defenders
2	Fin Back	RB			(2002-09-25) 25 September 2002 (age 21)	Nottingham Forest	24 July 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
3	Jack Armer	LB		Preston	(2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 22)	Preston North End	6 August 2020	Free	30 June 2026
5	Samuel Lavelle	CB		Blackpool	(1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 27)	Charlton Athletic	7 July 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
6	Paul Huntington	CB		Carlisle	(1987-09-17) 17 September 1987 (age 36)	Preston North End	10 August 2022	Free	30 June 2024
17	Corey Whelan	RB		Chester	(1997-12-10) 10 December 1997 (age 26)	Wigan Athletic	1 July 2021	Free	30 June 2024
18	Jack Ellis	RB		Kendal	(2003-10-24) 24 October 2003 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2025
19	Jack Robinson	LB			(2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 22)	Middlesbrough	1 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
22	Jon Mellish	CB		South Shields	(1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 26)	Gateshead	1 July 2019	Free	30 June 2026
26	Ben Barclay	CB		Manchester	(1996-10-07) 7 October 1996 (age 27)	Stockport County	30 June 2023	Free	30 June 2025
29	Aran Firzpatrick	CB			(2006-02-07) 7 February 2006 (age 17)	Academy	13 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
30	Josh O'Brien	CB			(2006-04-24) 24 April 2006 (age 17)	Academy	13 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
32	Josh Emmanuel	RB		London	(1997-08-18) 18 August 1997 (age 26)	Grimsby Town	23 November 2023	Free	30 June 2024
34	Max Kilsby	LB		North Shields	(2003-10-04) 4 October 2003 (age 20)	Academy	1 July 2022	Trainee	30 June 2024
Midfielders
4	Owen Moxon	CM		Carlisle	(1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 25)	Annan Athletic	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
7	Jordan Gibson	RM		Birmingham	(1998-02-26) 26 February 1998 (age 25)	Sligo Rovers	30 August 2021	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
8	Callum Guy	CM		Nottingham	(1996-11-25) 25 November 1996 (age 27)	Blackpool	30 January 2020	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
10	Alfie McCalmont	CM		Thirsk	(2000-03-25) 25 March 2000 (age 23)	Leeds United	27 June 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2025
15	Taylor Charters	CM		Whitehaven	(2001-10-02) 2 October 2001 (age 22)	Academy	15 August 2019	Trainee	30 June 2025
21	Dylan McGeouch	CM		Glasgow	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 30)	Forest Green Rovers	7 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
Forwards
9	Ryan Edmondson	CF		Harrogate	(2001-05-20) 20 May 2001 (age 22)	Leeds United	1 July 2022	Free	30 June 2024
11	Danny Butterworth	CF		Manchester	(1999-09-14) 14 September 1999 (age 24)	Blackburn Rovers	14 July 2023	Free	30 June 2025
12	Terry Ablade	CF		Accra	(2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 22)	Fulham	22 August 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
14	Joe Garner	CF		Blackburn	(1988-04-12) 12 April 1988 (age 35)	Fleetwood Town	19 January 2023	Undisclosed	30 June 2024
24	Sean Maguire	CF		Luton	(1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 29)	Coventry City	29 July 2023	Free	30 June 2024
27	Luke Plange	CF		Kingston upon Thames	(2002-11-04) 4 November 2002 (age 21)	Crystal Palace	1 August 2023	Loan	14 January 2024
28	Joshua Kayode	CF		Lagos	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 23)	Rotherham United	1 September 2023	Loan	31 May 2024
31	Romeo Park	CF			(2005-09-16) 16 September 2005 (age 18)	Academy	11 November 2023	Trainee	30 June 2024
Out on Loan
16	Jayden Harris	CM		Croydon	(1999-09-04) 4 September 1999 (age 24)	Aldershot Town	2 August 2022	Undisclosed	30 June 2025

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref
27 June 2023	CM	Alfie McCalmont	Leeds United	Undisclosed	^[2]
30 June 2023	CB	Ben Barclay	Stockport County	Free Transfer	^[3]
1 July 2023	LB	Jack Robinson	Middlesbrough	Free Transfer	^[4]
7 July 2023	CB	Sam Lavelle	Charlton Athletic	Undisclosed	^[5]
7 July 2023	CM	Dylan McGeouch	Forest Green Rovers	Free Transfer	^[6]
14 July 2023	CF	Danny Butterworth	Blackburn Rovers	Free Transfer	^[7]
29 July 2023	CF	Sean Maguire	Coventry City	Free Transfer	^[8]
23 November 2023	RB	Josh Emmanuel	Free agent	—	^[9]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref
30 June 2023	RW	Lewis Bell	Gretna 2008	Released	^[10]^[11]
30 June 2023	MF	Matt Bell	Workington	Released	^[12]
30 June 2023	CF	Nic Bollado	Stockport County	Released	^[12]
30 June 2023	GK	Lewis Boyd	Carlisle City	Released	^[12]
30 June 2023	CF	Kristian Dennis	Tranmere Rovers	Rejected Contract	^[13]
30 June 2023	AM	Jamie Devitt	Workington	Released	^[10]
30 June 2023	LM	Brennan Dickenson	Oldham Athletic	Released	^[10]^[14]
30 June 2023	CM	Josh Dixon	Annan Athletic	Released	^[10]
30 June 2023	CB	Morgan Feeney	Shrewsbury Town	Free Transfer	^[15]
30 June 2023	CF	Sam Fishburn	Fleetwood Town	Released	^[10]^[16]
30 June 2023	DF	Harvey Gordon	Free agent	Released	^[12]
30 June 2023	FW	Mason Hardy	Northallerton Town	Released	^[12]^[17]
30 June 2023	MF	Dan Hill	Carlisle City	Released	^[12]^[18]
30 June 2023	GK	Michael Kelly	Milton Keynes Dons	Released	^[10]^[19]
30 June 2023	LW	Omari Patrick	Sutton United	Free Transfer	^[20]
30 June 2023	DF	Alex Potts	Gretna 2008	Released	^[12]^[21]
30 June 2023	RB	Joel Senior	Morecambe	Released	^[10]^[22]
30 June 2023	CF	Tobi Sho-Silva	Maidenhead United	Released	^[10]^[23]
30 June 2023	GK	Scott Simons	Carlisle City	Released	^[10]^[24]

Loaned in

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned from	Until	Ref
24 July 2023	RB	Fin Back	Nottingham Forest	End of Season	^[25]
1 August 2023	CF	Luke Plange	Crystal Palace	14 January 2024	^[26]
10 August 2023	GK	Jökull Andrésson	Reading	End of Season	^[27]
22 August 2023	CF	Terry Ablade	Fulham	End of Season	^[28]
1 September 2023	CF	Joshua Kayode	Rotherham United	End of Season	^[29]

Loaned out

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Until	Ref
4 August 2023	LB	Max Kilsby	Annan Athletic	1 January 2024	^[30]
1 September 2023	CM	Kai Nugent	Annan Athletic	End of Season	^[31]
16 October 2023	CM	Jayden Harris	Eastleigh	8 January 2024	^[32]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 16 June, Carlisle United announced their pre-season schedule, with friendlies against Annan Athletic, Gretna, Workington, Newcastle United U21 and Dundee United set.^[33]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Annan Athletic v Carlisle United

7 July 2023 Friendly	Annan Athletic	1–2	Carlisle United	Annan, Scotland
19:45 BST	Galloway   9'	Report	Armer   83' Trialist   90'	Stadium: Galabank Attendance: 1,750 Referee: Michael Williams

Gretna 2008 v Carlisle United

11 July 2023 Friendly	Gretna 2008	0–7	Carlisle United	Gretna, Scotland
19:30 BST		Report	Garner   18' Gibson   28' Robinson   42' McCalmont   48' Park   52' Nugent   56'   57' (o.g.)	Stadium: Raydale Park Attendance: 1,046

Workington v Carlisle United

15 July 2023 Friendly	Workington	0–3	Carlisle United	Workington
15:00 BST		Report	Ellis   35' McCalmont   48' Gibson   54'	Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 1,523 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Livingston v Carlisle United

18 July 2023 Friendly	Livingston	1–1	Carlisle United	St Andrews, Scotland
12:00 BST		Report	Edmondson   73'	Stadium: University of St Andrews Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)

Newcastle United U21 v Carlisle United

22 July 2023 Friendly	Newcastle United U21	0–2	Carlisle United	Gateshead
14:00 BST		Report	Ndiweni   19' (o.g.) Edmondson   89'	Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium

Chorley v Carlisle United

25 July 2023 Friendly	Chorley	1–1	Carlisle United	Chorley
19:00 BST	Johnson   50'	Report	Harris   41'	Stadium: Victory Park Attendance: 766

Carlisle United v Dundee United

29 July 2023 Friendly	Carlisle United	0–2	Dundee United	Carlisle
15:00 BST		Report	Moult   32' Middleton   44'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2,853 (738 away fans) Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
			Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
League One	Matchday 1		6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	016.67
FA Cup	First round		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
EFL Trophy	Group stage		1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total			8	1	2	5	4	8	−4	012.50

Last updated: 5 September 2023
Source: Soccerway

League One

Main article: 2023–24 EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
19	Burton Albion	20	5	5	10	17	29	−12	20
20	Exeter City	19	5	3	11	12	30	−18	18
21	Fleetwood Town	19	4	4	11	18	34	−16	16	Relegation to EFL League Two
22	Carlisle United	20	3	6	11	15	29	−14	15
23	Reading	20	5	3	12	24	34	−10	14^[a]
24	Cheltenham Town	19	3	4	12	11	28	−17	13

Updated to match(es) played on 12 December 2023. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[36]
Notes:

1. On 16 August 2023, Reading were deducted one point for failing to pay players on time and in full on three occasions in the 2022–23 season.^[34] Another 3-point deduction was applied on 13 September, for failing to deposit wages on time.^[35]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	3	6	11	15	29	−14	15	2	4	4	8	11	−3	1	2	7	7	18	−11

Last updated: 9 December 2023.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	18^1
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	L
Position	11	16	18	20	21	19	19	18	19	19	20	19	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	22

Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2023. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

• ¹ Matchday 18 (vs Barnsley) was postponed due to the international call-ups.

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL League One fixtures were released.^[37]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Carlisle United v Fleetwood Town

5 August 2023 1	Carlisle United	1–1	Fleetwood Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Moxon   36'	Report	Sarpong-Wiredu   45+4'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 10,279 Referee: Peter Wright

Oxford United v Carlisle United

12 August 2023 2	Oxford United	1–0	Carlisle United	Littlemore
15:00 BST	Harris   76'	Report	Guy   51' McCalmont   60' Back   62' Huntington   73'	Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 7,964 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Carlisle United v Wigan Athletic

15 August 2023 3	Carlisle United	1–1	Wigan Athletic	Carlisle
19:45 BST	Mellish   54' Moxon   56' Maguire   67' Armer   83' Lavelle   90+9'	Report	Clare   19' Wyke   34' Pearce   58'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 8,649 Referee: Marc Edwards

Carlisle United v Exeter City

19 August 2023 4	Carlisle United	0–2	Exeter City	Carlisle
15:00 BST		Report	Mitchell   25',   81' Trevitt   68'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,610 Referee: Adam Herczeg

Port Vale v Carlisle United

26 August 2023 5	Port Vale	1–0	Carlisle United	Burslem
15:00 BST	Wilson   50' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 6,997 Referee: Tom Reeves

Carlisle United v Shrewsbury Town

2 September 2023 6	Carlisle United	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Bayliss   57' (o.g.) Guy   82' Garner   90+6'   90+6'	Report	Bowman   45' Feeney   62' Winchester   75' Anderson   90+1'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,395 Referee: Ben Toner

Stevenage v Carlisle United

9 September 2023 7	Stevenage	2–2	Carlisle United	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Reid   15', 74' McNeill   37' Roberts   72'	Report	Maguire   20' Gibson   31' Guy   83' Garner   90'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 4,228 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Lincoln City v Carlisle United

16 September 2023 8	Lincoln City	1–1	Carlisle United	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Hamilton   49' Duffy   77'	Report	Plange   19'   59' Garner   72' Mellish   77' Lavelle   83' Moxon   89'	Stadium: LNER Stadium Attendance: 8,514 Referee: Tom Nield

Carlisle United v Derby County

23 September 2023 9	Carlisle United	0–2	Derby County	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Lavelle   90+4'	Report	Collins   18', 84' (pen.) Cashin   75'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 11,186 Referee: Martin Coy

Wycombe Wanderers v Carlisle United

30 September 2023 10	Wycombe Wanderers	2–0	Carlisle United	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Leahy   40' (pen.) Stryjek   54' Forino-Joseph   65' Vokes   74'	Report	Moxon   17' Andrésson   29'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 5,499 Referee: Scott Tallis

Carlisle United v Peterborough United

3 October 2023 11	Carlisle United	1–1	Peterborough United	Carlisle
19:45 BST	Back   76' Moxon   90+3' Gibson   90+6'	Report	Edwards   72'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,014 Referee: Scott Simpson

Bolton Wanderers v Carlisle United

7 October 2023 12	Bolton Wanderers	1–3	Carlisle United	Horwich
15:00 BST	Mellish   28' (o.g.) Dempsey   35' Charles   82'	Report	Lavelle   7' Garner   35' McCalmont   38' Gibson   44' (pen.)   70'   90+5' Armer   90+6'	Stadium: Toughsheet Community Stadium Attendance: 23,187 Referee: Seb Stocksbridge

Carlisle United v Leyton Orient

14 October 2023 13	Carlisle United	0–1	Leyton Orient	Carlisle
15:00 BST		Report	Sotiriou   21' Brown   38' Turns   75' El Mizouni   90+3'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 8,355 Referee: Edward Duckworth

Portsmouth v Carlisle United

21 October 2023 14	Portsmouth	1–0	Carlisle United	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Rafferty   78' Shaughnessy   90+3'	Report	McCalmont   48' Guy   70' Garner   73'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,911 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Carlisle United v Burton Albion

24 October 2023 15	Carlisle United	2–1	Burton Albion	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Gibson   53' Garner   77'   88'	Report	Hamer   25' Helm   28'   36' Lubala   77'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,390 Referee: Ross Joyce

Cambridge United v Carlisle United

28 October 2023 16	Cambridge United	1–0	Carlisle United	Cambridge
15:00 GMT	Lankester   30' Bennett   37' Thomas   73'	Report	Armer   47'   83' McCalmont   90+2'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 6,513 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Carlisle United v Bristol Rovers

11 November 2023 17	Carlisle United	0–1	Bristol Rovers	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Barclay   5' Garner   14' Gibson   90+1' Moxon   90+5'	Report	Woods   14' Lavelle   38' (o.g.) Friend   45+2' Collins   51' Crama   73'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,838 Referee: Martin Woods

Carlisle United v Charlton Athletic

15 November 2023 19	Carlisle United	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Lavelle   62'	Report	Blackett-Taylor   54'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 10,477 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Reading v Carlisle United

28 November 2023 20	Reading	5–1	Carlisle United	Reading
19:45 GMT	Lavelle   26' (o.g.) Knibbs   32', 39' Dorsett   54' Wing   78' Azeez   83'	Report	Plange   29' Armer   33'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 8,455 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Blackpool v Carlisle United

9 December 2023 21	Blackpool	3–0	Carlisle United	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Lyons   22' Rhodes   67', 90+5'	Report	Barclay   5' McGeouch   43' Robinson   88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,848 Referee: Lewis Smith

Carlisle United v Northampton Town

16 December 2023 22	Carlisle United	v	Northampton Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brunton Park

Carlisle United v Cheltenham Town

23 December 2023 23	Carlisle United	v	Cheltenham Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brunton Park

Fleetwood Town v Carlisle United

26 December 2023 24	Fleetwood Town	v	Carlisle United	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Highbury Stadium

Wigan Athletic v Carlisle United

29 December 2023 25	Wigan Athletic	v	Carlisle United	Wigan
19:00 GMT				Stadium: DW Stadium

Carlisle United v Port Vale

1 January 2024 26	Carlisle United	v	Port Vale	Carlisle
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brunton Park

Exeter City v Carlisle United

6 January 2024 27	Exeter City	v	Carlisle United	Exeter
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St James Park

Carlisle United v Oxford United

13 January 2024 28	Carlisle United	v	Oxford United	Carlisle
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Brunton Park

Barnsley v Carlisle United

16 January 2024 18^[38]	Barnsley	v	Carlisle United	Barnsley
19:45 GMT				Stadium: Oakwell
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 18 November, but postponed due to international call-ups within the Barnsley squad.^[39]

FA Cup

Main article: 2023–24 FA Cup

Carlisle United were drawn away to Leyton Orient in the first round.^[40]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Leyton Orient v Carlisle United

4 November 2023 First Round	Leyton Orient	3–1	Carlisle United	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Cooper   8' Pigott   11' (pen.) Forde   14' El Mizouni   60' Drinan   65' Happe   70' Sotiriou   90+1' Sweeney   90+6'	Report	Garner   50' Robinson   72'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 3,808 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

EFL Cup

Main article: 2023–24 EFL Cup

Carlisle were drawn against Harrogate Town away in the first round.^[41]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Harrogate Town v Carlisle United

8 August 2023 First round	Harrogate Town	1–0	Carlisle United	Harrogate
19:45 BST	Folarin   23'	Report	Edmondson   76'	Stadium: EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 2,177 Referee: Matthew Corlett

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2023–24 EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Carlisle were drawn into Northern Group C with Accrington Stanley, Harrogate Town and Nottingham Forest U21.^[42]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Accrington Stanley	3	2	0	0	1	7	5	+2	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Nottingham Forest U21	3	2	0	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	L1	Carlisle United	3	1	0	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	L2	Harrogate Town	3	1	0	0	2	5	8	−3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2023. Source: EFL.com

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Accrington Stanley v Carlisle United

5 September 2023 Group stage	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Carlisle United	Accrington
19:45 BST				Stadium: Wham Stadium

Carlisle United v Nottingham Forest U21

10 October 2023 Group stage	Carlisle United	0–2	Nottingham Forest U21	Carlisle
19:00 BST	Robinson   85' Butterworth   86' Plange   90+7'	Report	Powell   69' Perry   77' McAdam   90+7'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,268 Referee: Thomas Kirk

Carlisle United v Harrogate Town

14 November 2023 Group stage	Carlisle United	2–0	Harrogate Town	Carlisle
19:00 GMT	Gibson   3', 79' Garner   42'	Report		Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 716 Referee: Dale Baines

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