2024–25 Carlisle United F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is the 120th season in the history of Carlisle United Football Club and their first season back in League Two since the 2022–23 season following relegation from League One in the previous season. In addition to the domestic league, the club are also participating in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the 2024–25 EFL Trophy.

Carlisle United

2024–25 season
Owner	Castle Sports Group
Chairman	Tom Piatak
Head Coach	Paul Simpson (until 31 August)[1] Mark Birch (interim)[1] Mike Williamson (from 19 September-3 February)[2][3] Mark Hughes (from 6 February)[4]
Stadium	Brunton Park
League Two	24th
FA Cup	First Round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Sam Lavelle (4 goals) All: Sam Lavelle (4 goals)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2024[a]	LB	Cameron Harper	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free	[5]
1 July 2024[b]	CB	Aaron Hayden	Wrexham	Free	[6]
1 July 2024[c]	CM	Ethan Robson	Milton Keynes Dons	Free	[7]
1 July 2024[d]	GK	Jude Smith	Newcastle United	Free	[8]
1 July 2024[e]	CB	Terell Thomas	Charlton Athletic	Free	[9]
1 July 2024	CF	Charlie Wyke	Wigan Athletic	Free	[10]
9 July 2024	RB	Archie Davies	Dundalk	Undisclosed	[11]
10 August 2024	LB	Ben Williams	Cheltenham Town	Free	[12]
27 August 2024	LW	Jordan Jones	Wigan Athletic	Free	[13]
19 October 2024	RW	Tyler Burey	Odense	Free	[14]
9 November 2024	CM	Kadeem Harris	Şanlıurfaspor	Free	[15]
1 January 2025[f]	CM	Will Patching	Derry City	Free	[16]
2 January 2025	AM	Elliot Embleton	Blackpool	Undisclosed	[17]
3 January 2025	DM	Callum Whelan	Gateshead	Undisclosed	[18]
6 January 2025	CF	Cedwyn Scott	Notts County	Undisclosed	[19]
10 January 2025	LB	Paul Dummett	Wigan Athletic	Free	[20]
13 January 2025	AM	Stephen Wearne	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	[21]
21 January 2025	RB	Josh Williams	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	[22]
11 February 2025	CF	Matthew Dennis	Milton Keynes Dons	Free	[23]

1. The transfer was announced on 14 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Inverness Caledonian Thistle contract expired
2. The transfer was announced on 20 May, and would become official on July 1 once his Wrexham contract expired
3. The transfer was announced on 26 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Milton Keynes Dons contract expired
4. The transfer was announced on 11 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Newcastle United contract expired
5. The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on July 1 once his Charlton Athletic contract expired
6. The transfer was announced on 27 December, and would become official on January 1 once the transfer window opened

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
8 July 2024	LB	Jack Armer	Burton Albion	Undisclosed	[24]
12 July 2024	CM	Alfie McCalmont	Central Coast Mariners	Undisclosed	[25]
30 August 2024	CF	Danny Butterworth	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	[26]
11 January 2025	CB	Jon Mellish	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed	[27]
16 January 2025	CM	Harrison Neal	Fleetwood Town	Undisclosed	[28]

Loaned in

Date	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Date until	Ref.
1 August 2024	CF	Daniel Adu-Adjei	Bournemouth	10 January 2025[a]	[30]
21 August 2024	LW	Dominic Sadi	Bournemouth	10 January 2025[b]	[31]
30 August 2024	CM	Harrison Biggins	Shrewsbury Town	14 January 2025[c]	[33]
7 January 2025	CM	Sean Fusire	Sheffield Wednesday	End of Season	[34]
16 January 2025	CB	Charlie McArthur	Newcastle United	End of Season	[35]
17 January 2025	CF	Joe Hugill	Manchester United	End of Season	[36]
31 January 2025	CF	Joe Bevan	Burnley	End of Season	[37]

1. On 10 January, Adu-Adjei was recalled back to his parent club Bournemouth^[29]
2. On 10 January, Sadi was recalled back to his parent club Bournemouth^[29]
3. On 14 January, Biggins was recalled back to his parent club Shrewsbury^[32]

Loaned out

Date	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Date until	Ref.
10 September 2024	CM	Jake Allan	Workington	31 December 2024	[38]
10 September 2024	CB	Aran Fitzpatrick	Workington	31 December 2024	[38]
18 October 2024	AM	Sam Hetherington	Workington	31 December 2024	[39]
24 October 2024	CF	Anton Dudik	South Shields	23 December 2024	[40]
24 January 2025	CF	Luke Armstrong	Motherwell	End of Season	[41]
27 January 2025	CM	Taylor Charters	Queen of the South	End of Season	[42]
27 March 2025	CM	Ethan Robson	Gateshead	End of Season	[43]

Released / Out of Contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Joined date	Ref.
3 June 2024	CM	Jayden Harris	Sutton United	1 July 2024	[44][45]
30 June 2024	RM	Jordan Gibson	Doncaster Rovers	1 July 2024	[46][47]
30 June 2024	CM	Kai Nugent	Workington	1 July 2024	[46][48]
30 June 2024	RB	Corey Whelan	AFC Fylde	1 July 2024	[46][49]
30 June 2024	LB	Max Kilsby	Annan Athletic	11 July 2024	[46][50]
30 June 2024	CF	Sean Maguire	Cork City	6 August 2024	[46][51]
30 June 2024	RB	Josh Emmanuel	Doncaster Rovers	6 September 2024	[46][52]
30 June 2024	CB	Paul Huntington	Bradford City	1 October 2024	[53]
30 June 2024	GK	Tomáš Holý	Baník Most-Souš	4 October 2024	[46]
5 January 2025	LB	Ben Williams			[54]
18 January 2025	RW	Tyler Burey	FK Igman Konjic	6 February 2025	[55]
3 February 2025	LB	Jack Robinson	Hartlepool United	5 February 2025	[56][57]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 16 May, Carlisle announced their first four pre-season friendlies, against Penrith, Kendal Town, Workington and Stockport County.^[58]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Penrith v Carlisle United

5 July 2024 Friendly	Penrith	0–8	Carlisle United	Penrith
19:00 BST		Report	Harper 1' Butterworth 5', 39' Charters 51' (pen.), 75' Armstrong 54' Hetheringon 90+2' O'Donoghue 90+3'	Stadium: Frenchfields Stadium Attendance: 1,030 Referee: Scott Henry

Kendal Town v Carlisle United

9 July 2024 Friendly	Kendal Town	0–3	Carlisle United	Kendal
19:00 BST		Report	Thomas 14' Wyke 68', 75'	Stadium: Parkside Road Attendance: 651 Referee: Mike Crusham

Workington v Carlisle United

13 July 2024 Friendly	Workington	0–0	Carlisle United	Workington
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 1,214 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

St Mirren v Carlisle United

19 July 2024 Friendly	St Mirren	2–2	Carlisle United	Paisley, Scotland
19:00 BST	Olusanya 50' Scott 80'	Report	Neal 30' Thomas 85'	Stadium: St Mirren Park

Rochdale v Carlisle United

27 July 2024 Friendly	Rochdale	2–1	Carlisle United	Spotland
15:00 BST	Mitchell 41' Henry 48'	Report	Butterworth 72'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 975 Referee: Ben Wyatt

Gateshead v Carlisle United

30 July 2024 Friendly	Gateshead	2–0	Carlisle United	Gateshead
19:00 BST	Oseni 47', 56'	Report		Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium Attendance: 668 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Carlisle United v Stockport County

3 August 2024 Friendly	Carlisle United	2–1	Stockport County	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Adu-Adjei 26' Armstrong 68'	Report	Wootton 50'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,880 Referee: Simon Mather

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2024–25 EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Accrington Stanley	39	10	12	17	45	55	−10	42
21	Harrogate Town	39	11	9	19	30	49	−19	42
22	Tranmere Rovers	39	9	13	17	30	55	−25	40
23	Morecambe	39	9	6	24	34	57	−23	33	Relegation to National League
24	Carlisle United	39	7	10	22	30	59	−29	31

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2025. 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^[59]

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
39	7	10	22	30	59	−29	31	3	7	10	17	29	−12	4	3	12	13	30	−17

Last updated: 29 March 2025.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	20	21	22	23	24	25	27	28	29	30	31	191	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	262	39
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	L
Position	24	15	19	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	24	23	23	23	23	23	24	22	24	23	24	23	24	24	24	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	24
Points	0	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	11	12	13	14	14	15	15	18	18	18	18	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	26	27	27	27	30	31	31

Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed
Notes:

• ¹ Matchday 19 (vs. Newport County) was postponed due to spectator and player safety concerns from Storm Darragh.
• ² Matchday 26 (vs. Milton Keynes Dons) was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

Matches

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.^[60]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Gillingham v Carlisle United

10 August 2024 1	Gillingham	4–1	Carlisle United	Gillingham
15:00 BST	Dieng 2' Rowe  26' Wakeling 48',  54' Turner  71' Nolan 77' Williams 87'	Report	Mellish 65'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 7,037 (533 away) Referee: Ben Atkinson

Carlisle United v Barrow

17 August 2024 2	Carlisle United	1–0	Barrow	Carlisle
12:30 BST	Wyke  24' Adu-Adjei 35' Hayden  43' Barclay  62' Davies  82' Vela  90+5'	Report	Vassell  37' Gotts  45+2'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 9,813 (885 away) Referee: Matthew Corlett
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[61]

Milton Keynes Dons v Carlisle United

24 August 2024 3	Milton Keynes Dons	3–0	Carlisle United	Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	Hendry 18' Gilbey 31' Wearne  38' Nemane  75' Tomlinson 90+2' Tripp  90+8'	Report		Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 6,399 (734 away) Referee: Farai Hallam

Carlisle United v Tranmere Rovers

31 August 2024 4	Carlisle United	1–2	Tranmere Rovers	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Davies 7' Jones  45+1' Ellis  85'		Patrick 6', 37'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 8,003 (723 away) Referee: Simon Mather

Bradford City v Carlisle United

7 September 2024 5	Bradford City	2–1	Carlisle United	Bradford
15:00 BST	Cook 2', 70' Byrne  29' Kelly  78' Diabate  90+3'	Report	Neal  20', 58' Davies  67' McGeouch  81'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 18,041 (1,756 away) Referee: Paul Howard

Carlisle United v Fleetwood Town

14 September 2024 6	Carlisle United	2–3	Fleetwood Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Hayden  20' Wyke 42' (pen.), 52' Biggins  78' Davies  79' Jones  83'		Mayor 10', 68' Coughlan 19'  77' Helm  21' Virtue  58' Johnston  87'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,090 (332 away) Referee: Scott Tallis

Swindon Town v Carlisle United

21 September 2024 7	Swindon Town	0–2	Carlisle United	Swindon
15:00 BST			Lavelle 42' Jones  47' Harper  49' Armstrong 72' Wyke  79'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,878 (483 away) Referee: Carl Brook

Carlisle United v Grimsby Town

28 September 2024 8	Carlisle United	2–3	Grimsby Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Lavelle 12' Sadi 27'  58' Vela  55' Barclay  61'		Barrington 24' Cass 81' Rodgers 90'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,510 (445 away) Referee: Seb Stocksbridge

Carlisle United v Notts County

1 October 2024 9	Carlisle United	0–2	Notts County	Carlisle
19:45 BST	Vela  60'		Jatta 10' Platt  16' Robertson 34' Abbott  62' Bedeau  82'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,594 (407 away) Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

Colchester United v Carlisle United

5 October 2024 10	Colchester United	0–0	Carlisle United	Colchester
15:00 BST	Flanagan  82' McDonnell  82'		Mellish  2' Harper  25' Neal  49'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,392 (352 away) Referee: Thomas Parsons

AFC Wimbledon v Carlisle United

12 October 2024 11	AFC Wimbledon	4–0	Carlisle United	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Maycock  6' Stevens 8', 39', 50' Harper 45+3' (o.g.) Harbottle  56'		Barclay  34' Vela  60'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 8,331 (792 away) Referee: Neil Hair

Carlisle United v Harrogate Town

19 October 2024 12	Carlisle United	1–1	Harrogate Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Neal  39' Armstrong 44' Mellish  74' Robinson  82'		Daly 39'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 8,297 (220 away) Referee: Richie Watkins

Walsall v Carlisle United

22 October 2024 13	Walsall	3–1	Carlisle United	Walsall
19:45 BST	Lowe 2' Jellis  44' 49' Matt  53' 56'		Thomas  22' Lavelle  55' Mellish 82'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,939 (335 away) Referee: Scott Oldham

Carlisle United v Cheltenham Town

26 October 2024 14	Carlisle United	0–1	Cheltenham Town	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Robson  46' Neal  69' Mellish  82' Sadi  83'		Archer 17' Stubbs  29' Young  55' Payne  90+1'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,064 (134 away) Referee: Scott Jackson

Salford City v Carlisle United

9 November 2024 15	Salford City	0–1	Carlisle United	Kersal
12:30 GMT	Mnoga  57' Austerfield  74'		Adu-Adjei  28' Neal  69' Barclay 88'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 3,737 (1,366 away) Referee: Ross Joyce
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[62]

Bromley v Carlisle United

16 November 2024 16	Bromley	1–1	Carlisle United	Bromley
15:00 GMT	Cheek 54' (pen.) Thompson  57' Leigh  83'	Report	Guy  37' Mellish  43' Burey  51' Charters  67' Lavelle  83' Sadi  90' Adu-Adjei 90+2' Barclay  90+7'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 3,741 (482 away) Referee: James Durkin

Carlisle United v Doncaster Rovers

23 November 2024 17	Carlisle United	0–0	Doncaster Rovers	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Mellish  60'	Report	Maxwell  5' Molyneux  31' McGrath  45+1'  90+6'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,837 (704 away) Referee: James Oldham

Carlisle United v Crewe Alexandra

30 November 2024 18	Carlisle United	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Carlisle
12:30 GMT	Sadi 3' Harris  64' Jones  72' Neal  89'		Connolly  11' Billington  12' Lankester 82' (pen.)	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,839 (394 away) Referee: Elliot Bell
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for 3 December, but was moved due to both sides exiting the FA Cup.[63]

Carlisle United v Chesterfield

14 December 2024 20	Carlisle United	0–2	Chesterfield	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Vela  32' Kelly  53' Hayden  67'		Markanday 25' Grimes  52' Banks  73' Grigg 75'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,586 (558 away) Referee: Scott Simpson

Port Vale v Carlisle United

21 December 2024 21	Port Vale	0–0	Carlisle United	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Shorrock  30'		Jones  8' Neal  29' Harper  39' Lavelle  90' Mellish  90+2'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 6,920 (661 away) Referee: Edward Duckworth

Carlisle United v Morecambe

26 December 2024 22	Carlisle United	0–1	Morecambe	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Ellis  60' Mellish  62'		Hendrie  37' Edwards 61' Lewis  89' Tutonda  90+3'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 9,225 (678 away)

Carlisle United v Accrington Stanley

29 December 2024 23	Carlisle United	2–1	Accrington Stanley	Carlisle
12:30 GMT	Harris 11' Sadi  41' Adu-Adjei  49' Harper  50' Armstrong 54' Breeze  81' Jones  90+2'		Rawson  29' Khumbeni  58' Whalley  66' Walton  71' 73' Hunter  74'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,130 (288 away) Referee: Thomas Parsons
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[62]

Crewe Alexandra v Carlisle United

1 January 2025 24	Crewe Alexandra	3–2	Carlisle United	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Long 32' Williams  35' Knight-Lebel  86' Conway  90+2' Bogle 90+3' Lankester 90+8'		Lavelle  8' Ellis 21' Neal  53' Harris 78' Breeze  84' Biggins  90+6'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 6,345 (924 away) Referee: Simon Mather

Tranmere Rovers v Carlisle United

4 January 2025 25	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Carlisle United	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Norman 23' Patrick  38' Davies  58' Jennings  90+3'		Hayden  77'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 6,856 (1,286 away) Referee: Seb Stocksbridge

Carlisle United v Bradford City

18 January 2025 27	Carlisle United	0–1	Bradford City	Carlisle
12:30 GMT	McArthur  34'		Kavanagh 54' Sarcevic Richards  87'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 8,399 (1,391 away) Referee: Ben Speedie
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[64]

Fleetwood Town v Carlisle United

25 January 2025 28	Fleetwood Town	1–2	Carlisle United	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT	Sarpong-Wiredu  18' Potter  44' Bennett  56' Coughlan 70' Rooney  90+2'		Scott 19' Patching  23' Embleton  70' Lavelle 85' Hugill  88' Breeze  90+2'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 3,517 (1,087 away) Referee: Matt Corlett

Notts County v Carlisle United

28 January 2025 29	Notts County	1–0	Carlisle United	Nottingham
19:45 GMT	McDonald  14' Jatta 19' McGoldrick  86'		Fusire  15' McArthur  76'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 8,521 (455 away) Referee: Abigail Byrne

Carlisle United v Swindon Town

1 February 2025 30	Carlisle United	1–5	Swindon Town	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Jones  36'  66' Hugill 88'		Butterworth 45+2' Drinan 47' Smith  63' Westley 83' Delaney  89' Glatzel 90' Wright 90+6'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,457 (433 away) Referee: Ross Joyce

Grimsby Town v Carlisle United

8 February 2025 31	Grimsby Town	2–1	Carlisle United	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Obikwu 62' Khouri  71' Rose 83' (pen.)		Lavelle 5'  51' Hugill  44' Embleton  75' Robson  82' Thomas  90+4'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,788 (551 away) Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle

Newport County v Carlisle United

11 February 2025 19[65]	Newport County	1–0	Carlisle United	Newport
19:45 GMT	Evans  33' Hudlin 76'		McArthur  36' Whelan  47' Williams  63' Lavelle  90+1'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,992 (271 away) Referee: Paul Howard
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 7 December, but was postponed due to spectator and player safety concerns from Storm Darragh.[66]

Carlisle United v Colchester United

15 February 2025 32	Carlisle United	0–0	Colchester United	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Patching  31' McArthur  41'	Report	McDonnell  28' Simpson  90+3'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,021 (261 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Carlisle United v Gillingham

22 February 2025 33	Carlisle United	0–0	Gillingham	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Ellis  80' Harris  90+1'	Report	Hutton  6' Ehmer  77'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,976 (402 away) Referee: Scott Jackson

Barrow v Carlisle United

27 February 2025 34	Barrow	0–1	Carlisle United	Barrow-in-Furness
20:00 GMT	Dennis 19'  87' Davies  90+2'		Cameron  36' Canavan  81'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 4,213 (930 away) Referee: Adam Herczeg
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 1 March, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcasting.[67]

Carlisle United v Walsall

4 March 2025 35	Carlisle United	1–1	Walsall	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Hayden 22',  85' Embleton  60' Davies  90+1'	Report	Allen 7'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,378 (301 away) Referee: Paul Marsden

Harrogate Town v Carlisle United

8 March 2025 36	Harrogate Town	1–0	Carlisle United	Harrogate
15:00 GMT	Taylor  26' Morris  56' Vela (o.g.) Moon  90+5'		Davies  30' Whelan  55' Vela  67' Hayden  67'	Stadium: Wetherby Road Attendance: 4,136 (1,050 away) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Carlisle United v AFC Wimbledon

15 March 2025 37	Carlisle United	1–2	AFC Wimbledon	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Dennis 67' Lavelle  90+1'		Maycock 2' Furlong  15' Smith 49' Hutchinson  87'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 7,050 (511 away) Referee: Martin Woods

Carlisle United v Bromley

22 March 2025 38	Carlisle United	2–1	Bromley	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Wearne 13' Harris Whelan 54' Davies  56' Harper  62' Vela  69' Bevan  90+4'		McKirdy 28'  28' Webster  47' Mayor  69'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,515 (208 away) Referee: Robert Madley

Carlisle United v Milton Keynes Dons

25 March 2025 26[68]	Carlisle United	2–2	Milton Keynes Dons	Carlisle
19:45 GMT	Vela  3' Dennis 26' Harris 45+4'		Tomlinson 6' Nemane  8' Gilbey 37'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6,679 (134 away) Referee: Ben Speedie
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 11 January, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.[69]

Doncaster Rovers v Carlisle United

29 March 2025 39	Doncaster Rovers	3–0	Carlisle United	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Broadbent  18' Bailey 36' Gibson 68' Sterry  69' Clifton 73'			Stadium: Eco-Power Stadium Attendance: 8,299 (1,017 away) Referee: Scott Oldham

FA Cup

Main article: 2024–25 FA Cup

Carlisle United were drawn at home to Wigan Athletic in the first round.^[70]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Carlisle United v Wigan Athletic

2 November 2024 First round	Carlisle United	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Wigan Athletic	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Robson  14' Neal  61' Lavelle  87'		Rankine  25' Olakigbe  33' S.Smith 105' J.Smith 120+1'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: Martin Woods Referee: 4,532 (1,257 away)

EFL Cup

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Cup

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Carlisle being drawn at home against Stoke City.^[71]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Carlisle United v Stoke City

13 August 2024 First round	Carlisle United	0–2	Stoke City	Carlisle
19:45 BST		Report	Anderson 48' Tezgel 79'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,441 (894 away) Referee: Ben Toner

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2024–25 EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Carlisle were drawn into Northern Group C alongside Morecambe, Wigan Athletic and Nottingham Forest U21.^[72][73]

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

Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Carlisle United v Nottingham Forest U21

3 September 2024 Group stage	Carlisle United	1–2	Nottingham Forest U21	Carlisle
19:00 BST	Allan 88' Neal  90+1'	Report	Gardner 31' McAdam  60' Whitehall 90+4'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,102 (56 away) Referee: James Westgate

Carlisle United v Wigan Athletic

8 October 2024 Group stage	Carlisle United	0–2	Wigan Athletic	Carlisle
19:00 BST		Report	Stones 7' (pen.) Olakigbe 23' Smith  32' Thomas  68'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,117 (195 away) Referee: Steven Copeland

Morecambe v Carlisle United

12 November 2024 Group stage	Morecambe	1–2	Carlisle United	Morecambe
19:00 BST				Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium Attendance: 788 (155 away) Referee: Edward Duckworth

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 29 March 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Harry Lewis	16	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF	ENG	Archie Davies	18	1	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	SCO	Cameron Harper	34	0	25+6	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF	LCA	Terell Thomas	27	0	22+3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	SCO	Samuel Lavelle	39	4	34+2	4	1	0	0+1	0	1	0
6	DF	ENG	Aaron Hayden	20	1	17+1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Ethan Robson	8	0	1+6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Callum Guy	17	0	12+4	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
9	FW	IRL	Georgie Kelly	11	0	0+11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	ENG	Charlie Wyke	14	2	10+3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
11	MF	NIR	Jordan Jones	21	0	17+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ENG	Gabriel Breeze	28	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
14	DF	WAL	Paul Dummett	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Josh Vela	25	0	15+8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
17	MF	ENG	Joe Hugill	9	1	6+3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Jack Ellis	19	1	3+11	1	0+1	0	1	0	3	0
19	FW	ENG	Matthew Dennis	9	3	7+2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ENG	Cedwyn Scott	11	1	5+6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	SCO	Dylan McGeouch	7	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF	SCO	Charlie McArthur	8	0	7+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Josh Williams	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	UKR	Anton Dudik	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	DF	ENG	Ben Barclay	23	1	14+5	1	0+1	0	1	0	2	0
27	MF	ENG	Jake Allan	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	1
28	DF	ENG	Aran Fitzpatrick	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
31	MF	ENG	Sam Hetherington	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
32	FW	Isle of Man	Freddie O'Donoghue	5	1	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	1+2	1
33	DF	ENG	Haydon Atkinson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0
34	MF	ENG	Dan Hopper	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
35	MF	ENG	Seb Mason	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
36	MF	ENG	Jonah Lowes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
37	FW	SCO	Joe Bevan	10	0	3+7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	ENG	Stephen Wearne	12	1	7+5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	ENG	Kadeem Harris	24	3	19+4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
42	MF	ENG	Will Patching	10	0	6+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	MF	ENG	Callum Whelan	16	1	15+1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	MF	ENG	Elliot Embleton	14	0	11+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	MF	ENG	Sean Fusire	7	0	1+6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:
12	MF	ENG	Harrison Biggins	17	0	13+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Daniel Adu-Adjei	17	2	11+3	2	1	0	1	0	1	0
24	FW	ENG	Dominic Sadi	25	2	17+5	2	1	0	0	0	2	0
Player(s) who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
11	FW	ENG	Danny Butterworth	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG	Harrison Neal	26	1	13+8	1	1	0	1	0	2+1	0
19	DF	ENG	Jack Robinson	6	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
20	DF	WAL	Ben Williams	11	1	8	0	0	0	0+1	0	0+2	1
22	DF	ENG	Jon Mellish	27	2	21+2	2	1	0	1	0	2	0
37	FW	ENG	Tyler Burey	11	0	5+5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Player(s) who featured but departed the club on loan during the season:
15	MF	ENG	Taylor Charters	9	0	2+4	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
29	FW	ENG	Luke Armstrong	23	3	12+7	3	0+1	0	0+1	0	2	0