1996–97 Carlisle United F.C. season

For the 1996–97 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Three.

Carlisle United F.C.

1996–97 season
Chairman	Michael Knighton
Manager	Mervyn Day
Stadium	Brunton Park
Third Division	3rd (promoted)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Football League Trophy	Winners
Average home league attendance	5,440
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Results & fixtures

Football League Third Division

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Third Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Wigan Athletic (C, P)	46	26	9	11	84	51	+33	87	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Fulham (P)	46	25	12	9	72	38	+34	87
3	Carlisle United (P)	46	24	12	10	67	44	+23	84
4	Northampton Town (O, P)	46	20	12	14	67	44	+23	72	Qualification for the Third Division play-offs
5	Swansea City	46	21	8	17	62	58	+4	71

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: In the Football League goals scored (GF) takes precedence over goal difference (GD).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Matches

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	17 August	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–0		3,003
2	24 August	Hull City	H	0–0		5,407
3	27 August	Leyton Orient	H	1–0		4,973
4	31 August	Fulham	A	0–1		5,860
5	7 September	Swansea City	H	4–1		5,114
6	10 September	Hartlepool United	A	2–1		3,077
7	14 September	Scarborough	A	1–1		3,524
8	21 September	Darlington	H	1–0		5,701
9	28 September	Torquay United	A	2–1		2,435
10	1 October	Colchester United	H	3–0		4,089
11	5 October	Mansfield Town	H	1–1		5,509
12	12 October	Rochdale	A	2–2		3,320
13	15 October	Exeter City	A	1–2		2,155
14	19 October	Cardiff City	H	0–2		4,972
15	26 October	Barnet	A	0–0		2,422
16	29 October	Chester City	H	3–1		4,187
17	2 November	Wigan Athletic	H	0–3		6,235
18	9 November	Northampton Town	A	1–1		4,682
19	19 November	Cambridge United	H	3–0		3,839
20	23 November	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	3–1		4,155
21	30 November	Barnet	H	2–1		4,472
22	3 December	Lincoln City	A	1–1		2,033
23	14 December	Hereford United	A	3–2		1,855
24	21 December	Scunthorpe United	H	3–2		5,646
25	26 December	Hartlepool United	H	2–1		6,947
26	28 December	Swansea City	A	1–0		7,340
27	18 January	Colchester United	A	1–1		3,588
28	1 February	Northampton Town	H	2–1		5,271
29	8 February	Wigan Athletic	A	0–1		6,195
30	11 February	Scarborough	H	1–0		4,936
31	15 February	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	2–1		5,465
32	21 February	Cambridge United	A	3–1		4,294
33	25 February	Chester City	A	1–1		2,750
34	1 March	Lincoln City	H	1–0		4,958
35	4 March	Torquay United	H	5–1		4,680
36	8 March	Scunthorpe United	A	0–0		3,470
37	15 March	Hereford United	H	2–3		5,063
38	22 March	Hull City	A	1–0		3,847
39	29 March	Doncaster Rovers	H	0–0		6,551
40	31 March	Leyton Orient	A	1–2		4,604
41	5 April	Fulham	H	1–2		9,171
42	8 April	Darlington	A	1–2		4,184
43	11 April	Mansfield Town	A	0–0		4,375
44	26 April	Cardiff City	A	0–2		5,178
45	29 April	Rochdale	H	3–2		4,882
46	3 May	Exeter City	H	2–0		6,170

Football League Cup

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	20 August	Chester City	H	1-0		4,042
R1 L2	3 September	Chester City	A	3–1		1,947
R2 L1	17 September	Port Vale	A	0–1		3,505
R2 L2	24 September	Port Vale	H	2–2		5,545

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	16 November	Shepshed Dynamo	H	6–0		4,394
R2	7 December	Darlington	H	1–0		5,625
R3	14 January	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0		10,090
R4	25 January	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2		16,104

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1996–97 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	10 December	Rochdale	H	2–0		3,622
R2	28 January	Hull City	H	4–0		3,716
QF	4 February	York City	A	2–0		1,922
SF	18 February	Shrewsbury Town	A	2–1		2,774
F L1 (North)	18 March	Stockport County	H	2–0		7,057
F L2 (North)	25 March	Stockport County	A	0–0		8,593
F	20 April	Colchester United	N	0–0 (Carlisle won 4-3 on penalties)		45,077