# 2021–22 Carlisle United F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Carlisle United's 117th season in their existence and eighth consecutive season in League Two. Along with the league, the club also competed in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

## Squad statistics

    As of 7 May 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Magnus Norman | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Kelvin Mellor | 24 | 1 | 16+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | George Tanner (sold) | 6 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Jack Armer | 47 | 0 | 39+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Danny Devine | 21 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Rod McDonald | 32 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Dynel Simeu | 18 | 0 | 18+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Jonathan Dinzeyi (recalled) | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Joe Riley | 37 | 3 | 26+5 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Callum Guy (Captain) | 37 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Lewis Alessandra | 27 | 2 | 15+9 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | IRL | Jamie Devitt | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Zach Clough (left) | 22 | 3 | 10+7 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Brennan Dickenson | 43 | 2 | 35+4 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ENG | Jon Mellish | 46 | 3 | 42+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | DEN | Lukas Jensen | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Tristan Abrahams (out on loan) | 26 | 4 | 12+8 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Taylor Charters (out on loan) | 16 | 1 | 1+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | ENG | Morgan Feeney | 41 | 1 | 31+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | IRL | Corey Whelan | 40 | 0 | 30+5 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Josh Dixon | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Manasse Mampala (out on loan) | 14 | 1 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | FRA | Gime Touré | 7 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | ENG | Scott Simons | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Gabriel Breeze | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Lewis Bell | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Tobi Sho-Silva | 13 | 4 | 4+9 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Sam Fishburn | 14 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Jack Ellis | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | ENG | Jordan Gibson | 43 | 7 | 33+6 | 6 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Mitchell Roberts | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | BEL | Tyrese Omotoye | 13 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Omari Patrick | 24 | 9 | 22+2 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | ENG | Brad Young (recalled) | 19 | 3 | 7+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 31 | FW | ENG | Kristian Dennis | 17 | 2 | 12+5 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Joel Senior | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ENG | Mark Howard | 39 | 0 | 35+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | ENG | Owen Windsor | 3 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Source:

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 30 | Omari Patrick | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | | 27 | Jordan Gibson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | | 24 | Tobi Sho-Silva | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | FW | | 14 | Tristan Abrahams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | | 30 | Brad Young | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | FW | | 10 | Zach Clough | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | 12 | Jon Mellish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | 7 | Joe Riley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | | 9 | Lewis Alessandra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | FW | | 31 | Kristian Dennis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | 11 | Brennan Dickenson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | | 19 | Manasse Mampala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | | 37 | Owen Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | 15 | Taylor Charters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 3 | Jack Armer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 2 | Kelvin Mellor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 16 | Morgan Feeney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | 5 | Rod McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 39 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 50 |

### Disciplinary record

| Position | Number | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | Total | Total |
| MF | 12 | Jon Mellish | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| FW | 19 | Manasse Mampala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MF | 11 | Brennan Dickenson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| DF | 14 | Jack Armer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| MF | 3 | Callum Guy | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | 10 | Dynel Simeu | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DF | 16 | Morgan Feeney | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | 12 | Corey Whelan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | 10 | Zach Clough | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | 8 | Joe Riley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| GK | 1 | Magnus Norman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 20 | Gime Touré | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 17 | Corey Whelan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Notes:

## Pre-season friendlies

Carlisle United confirmed they would play friendly matches against Penrith, Workington, Hebburn Town, Chorley, Kendal Town, Blackpool, Everton U23s, Lancaster City and FC Halifax Town as part of their pre-season preparations.

## Competitions
### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 44 | 64 | −20 | 54 | |
| 18 | Rochdale | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 59 | −8 | 53 | |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 64 | 75 | −11 | 53 | |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 53 | |
| 21 | Stevenage | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 47 | |
| 22 | Barrow | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 44 | |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic (R) | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 75 | −29 | 38 | Relegation to National League |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 7 May 2022. Source:

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 13 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 20 |

#### Matches

Carlisle's fixtures were confirmed on 24 June 2021.

### FA Cup

Carlisle were drawn at home to Horsham in the first round and Shrewsbury Town in the second round.

### EFL Cup

Carlisle United were drawn away to Sheffield United in the first round.

### EFL Trophy

The Cumbrians were drawn into Northern Group A alongside Everton U21s, Hartlepool United and Morecambe. On July 6, U's group game matches were announced. In the knock-out stages, Carlisle were drawn away to Tranmere Rovers or Harrogate Town in the third round.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Carlisle United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L2 | Hartlepool United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Everton U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | L1 | Morecambe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

### Cumberland Senior Cup

Carlisle were drawn against Langwathby United in the first round.
* ↑ Match rescheduled due to outbreak of COVID-19 at Bradford City
* ↑ Match rescheduled due to outbreak of COVID-19 in the club
* ↑ Match rescheduled due to outbreak of COVID-19 in the club
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## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2021 | CF | Tristan Abrahams | Newport County | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | SS | Zach Clough | Wigan Athletic | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2021 | RB | Corey Whelan | Wigan Athletic | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2021 | CF | Manasse Mampala | Queens Park Rangers | Free transfer |
| 30 August 2021 | LW | Jordan Gibson | Sligo Rovers | Undisclosed |
| 31 August 2021 | RB | Kelvin Mellor | Morecambe | Free transfer |
| 14 October 2021 | GK | Mark Howard | Scunthorpe United | Free transfer |
| 3 January 2022 | RB | Joel Senior | Altrincham | Undisclosed |
| 6 January 2022 | LW | Omari Patrick | Burton Albion | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | Kristian Dennis | St Mirren | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2022 | AM | Jamie Devitt | Barrow | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | Tobi Sho-Silva | Sutton United | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 20 July 2021 | GK | Lukas Jensen | Burnley | End of season |
| 16 August 2021 | CF | Brad Young | Aston Villa | 4 January 2022 |
| 31 August 2021 | CB | Jonathan Dinzeyi | Arsenal | 3 January 2022 |
| 5 January 2022 | CF | Tyrese Omotoye | Norwich City | End of season |
| 25 January 2022 | CB | Dynel Simeu | Southampton | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | CB | Mitchell Roberts | Birmingham City | End of season |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | Owen Windsor | West Bromwich Albion | End of season |
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### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 17 August 2021 | FW | Sam Fishburn | Lancaster City | January 2022 |
| 2 September 2021 | CM | Keelan Leslie | Workington | October 2021 |
| 21 October 2021 | LW | Gime Touré | Aldershot Town | November 2021 |
| 14 January 2022 | CM | Taylor Charters | Gateshead | End of season |
| 20 January 2022 | CF | Tristan Abrahams | Grimsby Town | End of season |
| 20 January 2022 | RW | Lewis Bell | Warrington Town | February 2022 |
| 25 January 2022 | CM | Josh Dixon | Workington | February 2022 |
| 31 January 2022 | CF | Manasse Mampala | Weymouth | End of season |
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### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 30 June 2021 | LB | Nick Anderton | Bristol Rovers | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | Jamie Armstrong | Penrith | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Charlie Barnes | Annan Athletic | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Rhys Bennett | Gillingham | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2021 | LB | Charlie Birch | Annan Athletic | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Paul Farman | Barrow | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2021 | CM | Dean Furman | Altrincham | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Liam Lightfoot | Workington | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | LW | Omari Patrick | Burton Albion | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Cedwyn Scott | Gateshead | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | RB | Roan Steele | Annan Athletic | Free transfer |
| 30 June 2021 | CB | Tom Wilson | Charleston Cougars | Released |
| 30 June 2021 | CF | Offrande Zanzala | Barrow | Free transfer |
| 16 July 2021 | DM | Ryan Swailes | Gretna 2008 | Free transfer |
| 8 August 2021 | CB | Aaron Hayden | Wrexham | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2021 | CB | George Tanner | Bristol City | Undisclosed |
| 15 January 2022 | CM | Keelan Leslie | Workington | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2022 | SS | Zach Clough | Adelaide United | Mutual consent |