2016–17 Carlisle United F.C. season

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.

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 Carlisle United 3-3 Exeter City (14 May 2017)
Lowest home attendance	1,126 Carlisle United 2-3 Mansfield Town (6 December 2016)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Squad statistics

As of 23 April 2017

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

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	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
	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	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	Nationality	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]
24 March	CM		Samir Nabi	West Bromwich Albion	Free transfer	[20]
24 March	CF		Ben Tomlinson	Barnet	Free transfer	[21]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July	CB		Troy Archibald-Henville	Exeter City [lower-alpha 1]	Released	[23]
1 July	SS		Derek Asamoah	Carlisle United [lower-alpha 2]	Released	[23]
1 July	LW		Ángelo Balanta	Boreham Wood[lower-alpha 3]	Released	[23]
1 July	RM		Arron Bradbury	Annan Athletic[lower-alpha 4]	Released	[23]
1 July	GK		Dan Hanford	Gateshead [lower-alpha 5]	Released	[23]
1 July	CM		Bastien Héry	Accrington Stanley [lower-alpha 6]	Released	[23]
1 July	RW		Luís Pedro	MVV Maastricht[lower-alpha 7]	Released	[23]
1 July	AM		Steven Rigg	Queen of the South [lower-alpha 8]	Released	[23]
1 July	CM		Antony Sweeney	Gateshead [lower-alpha 9]	Released	[23]
1 July	RM		Joe Thompson	Rochdale [lower-alpha 10]	Released	[23]
15 August	CB		Alexander McQueen	Carlisle United F.C. [lower-alpha 11]	Released	[32]
16 January	SS		Derek Asamoah	Guiseley[lower-alpha 12]	Released	[34]
19 January	DF		David Atkinson	Blyth Spartans[lower-alpha 13]	Released	[36]
19 January	MF		Kevin Wright	Fredrikstad FK[lower-alpha 14]	Released	[38]
31 January	CF		Charlie Wyke	Bradford City	Undisclosed	[39]
31 January	MF		Joe McKee	Falkirk[lower-alpha 15]	Released	[41]

1. Following Archibald-Henville's release, he signed for Exeter City.[22]
2. Following Asamoah's release, he re-joined the club in October.[12]
3. Following Balanta's release, he signed for Boreham Wood.[24]
4. Following Bradbury's release, he signed for Annan Athletic.[25]
5. Following Hanford's release, he signed for Gateshead.[26]
6. Following Héry's release, he signed for Accrington Stanley.[27]
7. Following Pedro's release, he signed for MVV Maastricht.[28]
8. Following Rigg's release, he signed for Queen of the South.[29]
9. Following Sweeney's release, he signed for Gateshead.[30]
10. Following Thompson's release, he signed for Rochdale.[31]
11. On 1 December 2016, McQueen rejoined the club on a short-term deal.[13]
12. Following Asamoah's release, he signed for Guiseley.[33]
13. Following Atkinson's release, he signed for Blyth Spartans.[35]
14. Following Wright's release, he signed for Fredrikstad.[37]
15. Following McKee's release, he signed for Falkirk.[40]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
29 July	LB		Macaulay Gillesphey	Newcastle United	initial: 2 January extended: End of season	[42]   [43]
31 January	CF		Jamie Proctor	Bolton Wanderers	End of season	[44]
31 January	FW		George Waring	Stoke City	End of season	[45]
14 March	FW		James Hooper	Rochdale	End of season	[46]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
22 September	FW		Russell Penn	Gateshead	initial: 24 October extended: 26 December	[47]   [48]
4 November	DF		Patrick Brough	Salford City	initial: 4 December extended: End of Season	[49]   [50]
2 December	DF		David Atkinson	Blyth Spartans	initial: 2 January extended: 3 February	[51]   [52]
13 January	FW		Russell Penn	Wrexham	End of Season	[53]
26 January	DF		Mark Ellis	Forest Green Rovers	End of Season	[54]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 6 June 2016, Carlisle United announced their provisional pre-season schedule.[55] 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[56] and the other is against Bury F.C. on 26 July 2016.[55]

6 July 2016 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 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 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 Friendly	Barrow	1–0	Carlisle United	Holker Street, Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Hannah  17' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 703

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

1 August 2016 Friendly	Penrith	v	Carlisle United	The World Group Stadium, Penrith
19:00 BST

League table

Pos	Team	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[lower-alpha 1]
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 winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One

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 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 2	Carlisle United	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Brunton Park
15:00	Lambe  37'	Report		Attendance: 5,129 Referee: Andy Haines

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

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

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

27 September 2016 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 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 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 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 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 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 16	Newport County	2–0	Carlisle United	Rodney Parade, Newport
13:00	Sheehan  2' Healey  72'	Report		Attendance: 2,521

19 November 2016 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 37	Carlisle United	0–0	Luton Town	Brunton Park
19:45		Report		Attendance: 4,052 Referee: Lee Mason

18 March 2017 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 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.[57]

8 August 2016 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 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	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
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 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 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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