2025–26 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United
2025–26 season
OwnerCastle Sports Group
ChairmanTom Piatak
Head CoachMark Hughes[1]
StadiumBrunton Park
FA CupRound 2

The 2025–26 season is the 121st season in the history of Carlisle United Football Club and their first season back in the National League since the 2004–05 season following relegation from League Two in the previous season.

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
1 July 2025[a] RW  David Ajiboye (ENG)  Peterborough United (ENG) Free [2]
1 July 2025[b] CB  Morgan Feeney (ENG)  Shrewsbury Town (ENG) Free [3]
1 July 2025[c] CF  Regan Linney (ENG)  Altrincham (ENG) Undisclosed [4]
1 July 2025[d] RW  Junior Luamba (COD)  Salford City (ENG) Undisclosed [5]
1 July 2025[e] LB  Sam Murray (ENG)  Manchester United (ENG) Free [6]
11 July 2025 CDM  Josh Grant (ENG)  Wealdstone (ENG) Free [7]
18 July 2025 CB  Bevis Mugabi (UGA)  Anorthosis Famagusta (CYP) Free [8]
9 August 2025 CM  Harvey Macadam (ENG)  Morecambe (ENG) Free [9]

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
14 August 2025 CF  Cedwyn Scott (ENG)  South Shields (ENG) Undisclosed [10]

Loaned in

Date Pos. Player Loaned from Date until Ref.
1 September 2025 CM  Alex Gilliead (ENG)  Shrewsbury Town (ENG) January 2026 [11]
9 October 2025 CM  Chris Conn-Clarke (NIR)  Peterborough United (ENG) January 2026 [12]

Loaned out

Date Pos. Player Loaned to Date until Ref.
1 July 2025 CM  Will Patching (ENG)  Coleraine (NIR) End of season [13]
8 August 2025 CF  Freddie O'Donoghue (IOM)  Queen of the South (SCO) January 2026 [14]
10 October 2025 CM  Ethan Robson (ENG)  Spennymoor Town (ENG) End of season [15]

Released / Out of Contract

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Fee Ref.
30 June 2025 CB  Ben Barclay (ENG)  Brighton & Hove Albion (ENG) Released [16]
30 June 2025 CM  Taylor Charters (ENG)  Queen of the South (SCO) Released [17]
30 June 2025 CF  Matthew Dennis (ENG)  Notts County (ENG) Rejected Contract [18]
30 June 2025 CF  Anton Dudik (UKR)  DFK Dainava (LTU) Released [19]
30 June 2025 LB  Paul Dummett (WAL) Retired Released [20][21]
30 June 2025 LB  Aran Fitzpatrick (ENG)  Workington (ENG) Released [22]
30 June 2025 CM  Callum Guy (ENG)  Notts Olympic (ENG) Released [23][24]
30 June 2025 CB  Samuel Lavelle (SCO)  Grimsby Town (ENG) Released [25]
30 June 2025 CM  Dylan McGeouch (SCO)  Ballymena United (NIR) Released [26][27]
30 June 2025 CM  Josh Vela (ENG)  Warrington Town (ENG) Released [28]
24 July 2025 RW  Kadeem Harris (ENG)  Salford City (ENG) Rejected Contract [29]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

8 July 2025 Friendly Motherwell 1–0 Carlisle United Motherwell
15:00 BST Halliday 75' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
12 July 2025 Friendly Newcastle United 4–0 Carlisle United Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST
Stadium: Darsley Park
Attendance: 0 (behind closed doors)
19 July 2025 Friendly AFC Fylde 0–2 Carlisle United Medlar-with-Wesham
15:00 BST
Stadium: Mill Farm Sports Village
Attendance: 1,077
22 July 2025 Friendly South Shields 1–2 Carlisle United Jarrow
19:45 BST
  • Porter
Stadium: 1st Cloud Arena
Attendance: 1,267
26 July 2025 Friendly Harrogate Town 0–2 Carlisle United Harrogate
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Wetherby Road
Attendance: 1,751
29 July 2025 Friendly Curzon Ashton 3–3 Carlisle United Ashton-under-Lyne
19:45 BST
  • Amado 32'
  • Trialist 62'
  • Curran 72'
Stadium: Tameside Stadium
Attendance: 396
2 August 2025 Friendly Chester 0–2 Carlisle United Chester
15:00 BST
Stadium: Deva Stadium
Attendance: 1,140

Competitions

National League

Main article: 2025–26 National League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rochdale 20 16 1 3 39 13 +26 49 Promotion to EFL League Two
2 Forest Green Rovers 22 13 7 2 39 21 +18 46 Qualification for National League play-off semi-finals
3 Carlisle United 22 14 4 4 40 25 +15 46
4 York City 21 13 6 2 55 23 +32 45 Qualification for the National League play-off quarter-finals
5 Boreham Wood 21 13 5 3 40 21 +19 44
Updated to match(es) played on 19 December 2025. Source: National League official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results

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
22 14 4 4 40 25  +15 46 7 3 2 27 14  +13 7 1 2 13 11  +2

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAHHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHH
ResultWDDWWLWWWWLLWWWDWWDWWL
Position3567353332343323113223
Points3458111114172023232326293233363940434646
Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 9 July, the National League fixtures were announced.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 August 2025 1 Woking 0–2 Carlisle United Woking
15:00 BST
Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
Attendance: 3,962 (1,061 away)
Referee: Alan Young
16 August 2025 2 Carlisle United 3–3 Boreham Wood Carlisle
15:00 BST
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 8,741 (45 away)
Referee: James Westgate
19 August 2025 3 Carlisle United 1–1 Solihull Moors Carlisle
19:45 BST
  • Creaney 67'
 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 6,714 (69 away)
Referee: Andrew Miller
23 August 2025 4 Wealdstone 0–1 Carlisle United Ruislip
17:30 BST
Stadium: Grosvenor Vale
Attendance: 2,025 (551 away)
Referee: Stephen Parkinson
25 August 2025 5 Carlisle United 5–0 Braintree Town Carlisle
15:00 BST
  • Francis-Clarke  55'
  • Thorpe  57'
 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 6,761 (58 away)
Referee: Scott Jackson
30 August 2025 6 Sutton United 2–1 Carlisle United Sutton
15:00 BST
Stadium: Gander Green Lane
Attendance: 2,507 (599 away)
Referee: Darren Drysdale
3 September 2025 7 Brackley Town 0–1 Carlisle United Brackley
19:45 BST
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,454 (425 away)
Referee: Abigail Byrne
6 September 2025 8 Carlisle United 3–0 Truro City Carlisle
15:00 BST
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 7,539 (78 away)
Referee: Dean Watson
13 September 2025 9 Carlisle United 2–0 Aldershot Town Carlisle
15:00 BST
  • Clarridge  23'
 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 7,039 (158 away)
Referee: Paul Cooper
20 September 2025 10 Altrincham 1–2 Carlisle United Altrincham
15:00 BST
Stadium: Moss Lane
Attendance: 3,332 (1,056 away)
Referee: Richie Watkins
23 September 2025 11 York City 5–0 Carlisle United Huntington
19:45 BST
Stadium: York Community Stadium
Attendance: 7,272 (1,527 away)
Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle
27 September 2025 12 Carlisle United 0–2 Rochdale Carlisle
15:00 BST
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 8,014 (720 away)
Referee: Ollie Yates
1 October 2025 13 Carlisle United 3–1 Hartlepool United Carlisle
19:45 BST
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 6,170 (478 away)
Referee: Simon Mather
4 October 2025 14 Scunthorpe United 0–1 Carlisle United Scunthorpe
17:30 BST
Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 5,472 (691 away)
Referee: Greg Rollason
18 October 2025 15 Carlisle United 4–2 Forest Green Rovers Carlisle
17:30 BST
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 8,598 (124 away)
Referee: James Oldham
25 October 2025 16 Yeovil Town 1–1 Carlisle United Yeovil
15:00 BST
Stadium: Huish Park
Attendance: 2,933 (459 away)
Referee: William Davis
4 November 2025 17 Carlisle United 2–0 FC Halifax Town Carlisle
19:45 GMT
  • Cooke  41'
 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,897 (109 away)
Referee: Gareth Thomas
8 November 2025 18 Southend United 1–2 Carlisle United Southend-on-Sea
17:30 GMT
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 8,847 (584 away)
Referee: Michael Barlow
15 November 2025 19 Carlisle United 1–1 Eastleigh Carlisle
15:03 GMT
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 10,860 (85 away)
Referee: Martin Coy
22 November 2025 20 Boston United 1–2 Carlisle United Boston
17:30 GMT
Stadium: Boston Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,090 (491 away)
Referee: Sam Mulhall
29 November 2025 21 Carlisle United 2–1 Tamworth Carlisle
15:00 GMT
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 6,763 (93 away)
Referee: Niall Smith
10 December 2025 22 Carlisle United 1–3 Woking Carlisle
19:45 GMT
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,264 (34 away)
Referee: Aaron Jackson
21 December 2025 23 Boreham Wood v Carlisle United Borehamwood
16:00 GMT Stadium: Meadow Park
26 December 2025 24 Gateshead v Carlisle United Gateshead
15:00 GMT Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium
30 December 2025 25 Carlisle United v Morecambe Carlisle
19:45 GMT Stadium: Brunton Park
3 January 2026 26 Carlisle United v Wealdstone Carlisle
15:00 GMT Stadium: Brunton Park

FA Cup

Main article: 2025–26 FA Cup
11 October 2025 Q4 Carlisle United 5–2 Boston United Carlisle
15:00 BST
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 3,453 (164 away)
Referee: Dale Baines
1 November 2025 R1 Reading 2–3 (a.e.t.) Carlisle United Reading
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 3,929 (529 away)
Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo
7 December 2025 R2 Blackpool 4–1 Carlisle United Blackpool
17:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 5,958 (3,500 away)
Referee: Tom Reeves

FA Trophy

Main article: 2025–26 FA Trophy
13 December 2025 R3 Harborough Town 1–2 Carlisle United Market Harborough
15:00 GMT
  • Dolman 69'
 Report
Stadium: Bowden Park
Attendance: 1,726
Referee: Greg Rollason
10 January 2026 R4 Chatham Town v Carlisle United Chatham
TBA Stadium: The Bauvill Stadium,

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 13 December 2025

Players with no appearances are not included on the list

No. Pos Nat Player Total National League FA Cup FA Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  ENG Gabriel Breeze 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF  ENG Archie Davies 20 0 14+4 0 0+1 0 1 0
3 DF  SCO Cameron Harper 23 1 20 1 2 0 0+1 0
4 DF  LCA Terell Thomas 14 1 14 1 0 0 0 0
5 DF  ENG Morgan Feeney 18 1 10+5 1 2 0 0+1 0
6 DF  ENG Aaron Hayden 14 1 10+1 1 3 0 0 0
7 FW  ENG David Ajiboye 13 1 3+7 0 3 1 0 0
8 MF  ENG Callum Whelan 16 0 5+7 0 1+2 0 1 0
9 FW  IRL Georgie Kelly 24 6 13+9 6 0+2 0 0 0
10 FW  ENG Regan Linney 25 16 22 12 1+1 3 1 1
11 FW  COD Junior Luamba 20 4 12+6 4 1+1 0 0 0
14 MF  ENG Elliot Embleton 3 0 2 0 0 0 0+1 0
15 DF  ENG Sam Murray 5 1 2+1 0 1 0 1 1
16 FW  ENG Stephen Wearne 21 0 10+8 0 0+2 0 1 0
18 DF  ENG Jack Ellis 22 1 13+6 1 2 0 1 0
19 MF  ENG Sam Hetherington 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
20 MF  ENG Alex Gilliead 20 0 16 0 2+1 0 1 0
21 FW  NIR Jordan Jones 7 0 0+5 0 0+2 0 0 0
22 DF  ENG Josh Williams 14 0 8+2 0 3 0 0+1 0
24 MF  ENG Josh Grant 13 1 3+8 0 1+1 1 0 0
25 GK  ENG Harry Lewis 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
26 DF  UGA Bevis Mugabi 11 1 11 1 0 0 0 0
29 FW  ENG Luke Armstrong 24 6 10+10 4 3 2 1 0
31 DF  ENG Hayden Atkinson 2 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
37 MF  ENG Harvey Macadam 21 4 14+5 4 2 0 0 0
38 FW  NIR Chris Conn-Clarke 11 3 8 1 3 2 0 0
Player(s) who featured but departed the club on loan during the season:
17 MF  ENG Ethan Robson 3 1 0+3 1 0 0 0 0

Notes

  1. ^ The transfer was announced on 24 June, and would become official on 1 July once his Peterborough United contract expired
  2. ^ The transfer was announced on 17 June, and would become official on 1 July once his Shrewsbury Town contract expired
  3. ^ The transfer was announced on 30 May, and would become official on 1 July once his Altrincham contract expired
  4. ^ The transfer was announced on 25 June, and would become official on 1 July once his Salford City contract expired
  5. ^ The transfer was announced on 26 June, and would become official on 1 July once his Manchester United contract expired

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