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
Division Three	3rd
FA Cup	Fourth Round
League Cup	Second Round
Football League Trophy	Winners
Average home league attendance	5,440

Results & fixtures

Football League Third Division

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

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	20 August	Chester City	H	0–1		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

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

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

References

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