2024–25 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United
2024–25 season
OwnerCastle Sports Group
ChairmanTom Piatak
ManagerPaul Simpson
StadiumBrunton Park
2025–26 →

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.

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2024[a] LB Scotland Cameron Harper Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free [1]
1 July 2024[b] CB England Aaron Hayden Wales Wrexham Free [2]
1 July 2024[c] CM England Ethan Robson England Milton Keynes Dons Free [3]
1 July 2024[d] GK Scotland Jude Smith England Newcastle United Free [4]
1 July 2024[e] CB Saint Lucia Terell Thomas England Charlton Athletic Free [5]
  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

Out[edit]

Date Pos Player To Fee Ref

Loaned in[edit]

Date Pos Player Loaned from Date until Ref

Loaned out[edit]

Date Pos Player Loaned to Date until Ref

Released / Out of Contract[edit]

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Joined date Ref.
3 June 2024 CM England Jayden Harris England Sutton United 1 July 2024 [6][7]
30 June 2024 RM England Jordan Gibson England Doncaster Rovers 1 July 2024 [8][9]
30 June 2024 RB England Josh Emmanuel [8]
30 June 2024 GK Czech Republic Tomáš Holý [8]
30 June 2024 CB England Paul Huntington [8]
30 June 2024 LB England Max Kilsby [8]
30 June 2024 CF Republic of Ireland Sean Maguire [8]
30 June 2024 CM England Kai Nugent [8]
30 June 2024 RB Republic of Ireland Corey Whelan [8]

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

On 16 May, Carlisle announced their first four pre-season friendlies, against Penrith, Kendal Town, Workington and Stockport County.[10]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

5 July 2024 Friendly Penrith v Carlisle United Penrith
19:00 BST Stadium: Frenchfields Stadium
9 July 2024 Friendly Kendal Town v Carlisle United Kendal
19:00 BST Stadium: Parkside Road
13 July 2024 Friendly Workington v Carlisle United Workington
15:00 BST Stadium: Borough Park
3 August 2024 Friendly Carlisle United v Stockport County Carlisle
15:00 BST Stadium: Brunton Park

Competitions[edit]

League Two[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
3 Barrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to EFL League One
4 Bradford City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for League Two play-offs
5 Bromley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Carlisle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Cheltenham Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Colchester United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. 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[11]

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: pre-season.
Source: Soccerway

Matches[edit]

On 26 June, the League Two fixtures were announced.[12]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Gillingham v Carlisle United Gillingham
15:00 BST Stadium: Priestfield Stadium

FA Cup[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup[edit]

On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Carlisle being drawn at home against Stoke City.[13]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Carlisle United v Stoke City Carlisle
19:45 BST Stadium: Brunton Park

EFL Trophy[edit]

In the group stage, Carlisle were drawn into Northern Group C alongside Morecambe, Wigan Athletic and a TBC Category One Academy Side.[14]


  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals[edit]

As of pre-season

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

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 England ENG Harry Lewis 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Jack Armer 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Saint Lucia LCA Terell Thomas 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Samuel Lavelle 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF England ENG Aaron Hayden 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF England ENG Ethan Robson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Callum Guy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Georgie Kelly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 FW England ENG Danny Butterworth 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK England ENG Gabriel Breeze 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF England ENG Taylor Charters 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF England ENG Josh Vela 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF England ENG Harrison Neal 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 DF England ENG Jack Ellis 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF England ENG Jack Robinson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF Scotland SCO Cameron Harper 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Dylan McGeouch 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF England ENG Jon Mellish 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 GK Scotland SCO Jude Smith 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF Northern Ireland NIR Alfie McCalmont 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW Ukraine UKR Anton Dudik 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF England ENG Ben Barclay 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 FW England ENG Luke Armstrong 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Defender agrees three-year deal". Carlisle United FC. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Defender agrees Brunton Park return". Carlisle United FC. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Midfielder Signs Two-Year Deal". Carlisle United FC. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  4. ^ "United land shot-stopper". Carlisle United FC. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Defender signs two-year deal". Carlisle United FC. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Midfielder leaves by mutual consent". Carlisle United FC. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Jayden Harris joins Sutton". Sutton United FC. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h "2023/24 retained/released list". Carlisle United FC. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Rovers land winger Jordan Gibson". Doncaster Rovers FC. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  10. ^ "2024/25 pre-season friendlies confirmed". Carlisle United FC. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  11. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Bromley face Harrogate in club's first ever EFL match". British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Under-21 teams and Group Stage draw confirmed for 2024/25 Bristol Street Motors Trophy". English Football League. 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.