# 2018–19 Carlisle United F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Carlisle United's 114th season in their history and their fifth consecutive season in League Two. Along with League Two, the club participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

## Squad statistics

    As of 4 May 2019
| 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 | Joe Fryer | 6 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Gary Miller | 21 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danny Grainger | 25 | 5 | 23+0 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Gary Liddle | 45 | 1 | 38+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | EIR | Anthony Gerrard | 43 | 0 | 40+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Tom Parkes | 42 | 1 | 37+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Jason Kennedy | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Mike Jones | 28 | 1 | 19+5 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Hallam Hope | 43 | 15 | 38+1 | 14 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | EIR | Jamie Devitt | 39 | 12 | 32+4 | 11 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | George Glendon | 19 | 1 | 5+11 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Macaulay Gillesphey | 30 | 1 | 20+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | ENG | Mark Cullen | 9 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Richie Bennett (out on loan) | 26 | 4 | 13+8 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Regan Slater | 39 | 2 | 24+10 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Adam Campbell (loan completed) | 17 | 0 | 2+11 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Nathan Thomas | 16 | 4 | 11+5 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Jerry Yates (loan completed) | 29 | 6 | 23+0 | 6 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Callum O'Hare | 16 | 3 | 16+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jack Sowerby (loan completed) | 27 | 5 | 21+3 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | SCO | Peter Grant | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Connor Simpson | 8 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ENG | Kieron Olsen (free agent) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NGA | Kelvin Etuhu | 41 | 0 | 34+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Max Brown (free agent) | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Stefan Scougall | 15 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Ashley Nadesan (loan completed) | 28 | 9 | 23+2 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Sam Adewusi (free agent) | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Jordan Holt (free agent) | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | FRA | Arthur Gnahoua | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ENG | Jack Egan (free agent) | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ENG | Liam McCarron | 20 | 0 | 3+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Charlie Birch | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | ENG | Louis Gray | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Adam Collin | 45 | 0 | 40+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 9 | Hallam Hope | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | MF | | 10 | Jamie Devitt | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | | 23 | Ashley Nadesan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | FW | | 17 | Jerry Yates | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | DF | | 3 | Danny Grainger | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | | 18 | Jack Sowerby | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | FW | | 14 | Richie Bennett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | | 16 | Nathan Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | | 17 | Callum O'Hare | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | | 15 | Regan Slater | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | 12 | Macaulay Gillesphey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 11 | George Glendon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 8 | Mike Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 4 | Gary Liddle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 2 | Gary Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | | 6 | Tom Parkes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | 19 | Connor Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | | 22 | Stefan Scougall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 67 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 74 |

### Disciplinary record

| Position | Number | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | JP Trophy | Total | Total |
| MF | 10 | Jamie Devitt | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| MF | 18 | Mike Jones | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| FW | 17 | Jerry Yates | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| DF | 5 | Anthony Gerrard | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| MF | 21 | Kelvin Etuhu | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| FW | 9 | Hallam Hope | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | 6 | Tom Parkes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | 3 | Danny Grainger | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | 4 | Gary Liddle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | 5 | Anthony Gerrard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | 16 | Nathan Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | 14 | Richie Bennett | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 13 | Mark Cullen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | 12 | Macaulay Gillesphey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 16 | Adam Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 11 | George Glendon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 17 | Callum O'Hare | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 15 | Regan Slater | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 18 | Jack Sowerby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 59 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 3 |
Notes:

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

The Cumbrians confirmed friendlies against Barrow, Penrith, Kendal Town, AFC Fylde, Workington and Bradford City. The friendly against Kendal Town was later cancelled because of fears about player safety in the hot weather.

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Exeter City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 49 | +11 | 70 |
| 10 | Stevenage | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 59 | 55 | +4 | 70 |
| 11 | Carlisle United | 46 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 62 | +5 | 68 |
| 12 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 65 |
| 13 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 64 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2019. Source: BBC

#### 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | D |
| Position | 20 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 11 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.
Notes:
* ^(1) Carlisle's away match was postponed due to Crewe Alexandra's home ground, Gresty Road pitch was frozen.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.

### EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Sunderland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 8 | Round 2 |
| 2 | ACA | Stoke City U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Carlisle United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | L2 | Morecambe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Macaulay Gillesphey | Newcastle United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | George Glendon | Fleetwood Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Gary Miller | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer |
| 4 July 2018 | GK | Adam Collin | Notts County | Free transfer |
| 9 August 2018 | CB | Anthony Gerrard | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer |
| 31 August 2018 | GK | Luke O'Reilly | Tottenham Hotspur | Free transfer |
| 5 October 2018 | GK | Louis Gray | Nuneaton Borough | Free transfer |
| 21 January 2019 | CF | Arthur Gnahoua | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |
| 29 January 2019 | CB | Peter Grant | Plymouth Argyle | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2019 | AM | Stefan Scougall | St Johnstone | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | Nicky Adams | Bury | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Morgan Bacon | Stafford Rangers | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RW | Jamal Campbell-Ryce | Stevenage | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Mark Ellis | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Clint Hill | Retired | — |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Luke Joyce | Port Vale | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | Reggie Lambe | Cambridge United | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Shaun Miller | Crewe Alexandra | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Tom Miller | Bury | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Samir Nabi | Torquay United | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RM | John O'Sullivan | Blackpool | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Cameron Salkeld | Gateshead | Released |
| 2 August 2018 | CF | Cole Stockton | Tranmere Rovers | Mutual consent |
| 8 November 2018 | GK | Luke O'Reilly | Chelmsford City | Mutual Consent |
| 1 January 2019 | MF | Jordan Holt | Workington | Mutual consent |
| 31 January 2019 | DF | Kieron Olsen | Whitley Bay | Mutual consent |
| 31 January 2019 | MF | Sam Adewusi | Wythenshawe Amateurs | Mutual consent |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Max Brown | Penrith | Mutual consent |
| 31 January 2019 | MF | Jack Egan | Atherton Collieries | Mutual consent |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Joe Fryer | Middlesbrough | 31 May 2019 |
| 20 July 2018 | DF | Regan Slater | Sheffield United | 31 May 2019 |
| 20 July 2018 | CF | Jerry Yates | Rotherham United | 1 January 2019 |
| 3 August 2018 | SS | Adam Campbell | Morecambe | January 2019 |
| 17 August 2018 | CF | Ashley Nadesan | Fleetwood Town | 7 January 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CM | Jack Sowerby | Fleetwood Town | January 2019 |
| 9 January 2019 | CF | Connor Simpson | Preston North End | 31 May 2019 |
| 28 January 2019 | CF | Mark Cullen | Blackpool | 31 May 2019 |
| 29 January 2019 | CM | Callum O'Hare | Aston Villa | 31 May 2019 |
| 29 January 2019 | LW | Nathan Thomas | Sheffield United | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 16 August 2018 | CM | Jordan Holt | Workington | November 2018 |
| 25 August 2018 | CF | Max Brown | Workington | September 2018 |
| 14 September 2018 | RB | Kieron Olsen | Workington | October 2018 |
| 6 November 2018 | CF | Max Brown | Penrith | 14 November 2018 |
| 6 November 2018 | RB | Kieron Olsen | Penrith | 14 November 2018 |
| 14 November 2018 | CF | Max Brown | Kendal Town | January 2019 |
| 14 November 2018 | RB | Kieron Olsen | Kendal Town | 15 December 2018 |
| 16 November 2018 | CM | Jordan Holt | Workington | 31 December 2018 |
| 17 January 2019 | CF | Richie Bennett | Morecambe | 31 May 2019 |