# 2019–20 Carlisle United F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Carlisle United's 115th season in their history and their sixth consecutive season in League Two. Along with League Two, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.

## Squad statistics

    As of 10 March 2020
| 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 | Adam Collin | 44 | 0 | 37+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Christie Elliott (transferred) | 22 | 1 | 13+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | AUS | Jack Iredale | 30 | 2 | 18+4 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | EIR | Canice Carroll (loan completed) | 14 | 1 | 5+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Jon Mellish | 22 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Aaron Hayden | 24 | 3 | 18+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ENG | Nathan Thomas | 41 | 9 | 31+2 | 5 | 5+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Mike Jones | 44 | 1 | 37+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Lewis Alessandra | 10 | 1 | 10+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRB | Hallam Hope (sold) | 30 | 3 | 13+10 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Stefan Scougall | 27 | 2 | 14+6 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Harry McKirdy | 38 | 11 | 21+7 | 5 | 3+2 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Elliot Watt | 14 | 1 | 12+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | WAL | Gethin Jones | 37 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Taylor Charters | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Byron Webster | 39 | 1 | 32+0 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Jack Bridge | 34 | 3 | 20+8 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ENG | Keighran Kerr | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | NGA | Kelvin Etuhu | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | WAL | Louis Gray | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | NGA | Joshua Kayode | 5 | 3 | 3+2 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Jarrad Branthwaite (sold) | 14 | 1 | 9+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Olufela Olomola | 33 | 6 | 14+13 | 5 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Ryan Loft | 34 | 5 | 9+17 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Nathaniel Knight-Percival | 19 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | SOM | Mohammed Ali Sagaf | 19 | 1 | 11+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Charlie Birch | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | DEN | Elias Sørensen (loan completed) | 11 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Max Hunt | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Nick Anderton | 10 | 2 | 10+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | ENG | Callum Guy | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | ENG | Omari Patrick | 7 | 2 | 6+1 | 2 | 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 | | 11 | Harry McKirdy | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | MF | | 7 | Nathan Thomas | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | | 24 | Olufela Olomola | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | | 25 | Ryan Loft | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | | 19 | Jack Bridge | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | | 6 | Aaron Hayden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | | 9 | Hallam Hope | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | | 23 | Joshua Kayode | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | | 34 | Nick Anderton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | | 3 | Jack Iredale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | | 40 | Omari Patrick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | | 10 | Stefan Scougall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | | 9 | Lewis Alessandra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | 23 | Jarrad Branthwaite | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | 4 | Canice Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | 2 | Christie Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | 8 | Mike Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | 28 | Mohammed Ali Sagaf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | 12 | Elliot Watt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | 17 | Byron Webster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 39 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 59 |
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### Disciplinary record

| Position | Number | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy | Total | Total |
| MF | 4 | Canice Carroll | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| DF | 6 | Aaron Hayden | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| MF | 19 | Jack Bridge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| DF | 17 | Byron Webster | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| DF | 25 | Ryan Loft | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| DF | 34 | Nick Anderton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| FW | 7 | Harry McKirdy | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | 7 | Nathan Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | 3 | Jack Iredale | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | 8 | Mike Jones | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | 24 | Nathaniel Knight-Percival | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | 14 | Gethin Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | 28 | Mohammed Ali Sagaf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | 10 | Stefan Scougall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | 12 | Elliot Watt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | 23 | Jarrad Branthwaite | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | 9 | Hallam Hope | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | 15 | Taylor Charters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 2 | Christie Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | 5 | Jon Mellish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | 24 | Olufela Olomola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 67 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 77 | 3 |
Notes:

## Pre-season

On 15 June 2019, The Cumbrians announced their pre-season schedule.

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
| 14 | Newport County | 36 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 39 | −7 | 46 | 1.28 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 37 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 51 | −6 | 47 | 1.27 |
| 16 | Cambridge United | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 45 | 1.22 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 42 | 1.17 |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 37 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 42 | 1.14 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 41 | 1.11 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 40 | 1.08 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 38 | 1.06 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 37 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 32 | 0.86 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 10 March 2020. 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | D | W | L | W |
| Position | 5 | 10 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 |

#### Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made on 21 October 2019. The second round draw was made live on 11 November from Chichester City's stadium, Oaklands Park. The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, where Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.

### EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Blackpool | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | ACA | Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Morecambe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | L2 | Carlisle United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |
Carlisle United eliminated from EFL Trophy

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | LM | Jack Bridge | Northampton Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Christie Elliott | Partick Thistle | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Jack Iredale | Greenock Morton | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Harry McKirdy | Aston Villa | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Jon Mellish | Gateshead | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Byron Webster | Scunthorpe United | Free transfer |
| 4 July 2019 | CB | Nathaniel Knight-Percival | Bradford City | Free transfer |
| 29 July 2019 | CB | Aaron Hayden | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free transfer |
| 3 August 2019 | AM | Mohammed Ali Sagaf | Braintree Town | Free transfer |
| 13 September 2019 | RB | Gethin Jones | Fleetwood Town | Free transfer |
| 10 January 2020 | CB | Max Hunt | Derby County | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2020 | LB | Nick Anderton | Blackpool | Free transfer |
| 24 January 2020 | RW | Lewis Alessandra | Morecambe | Free transfer |
| 30 January 2020 | CM | Callum Guy | Blackpool | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | Omari Patrick | Bradford City | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 24 July 2019 | LW | Nathan Thomas | Sheffield United | 30 June 2020 |
| 29 July 2019 | CF | Olufela Olomola | Scunthorpe United | 30 June 2020 |
| 1 August 2019 | RB | Canice Carroll | Brentford | 31 January 2020 |
| 2 August 2019 | CF | Ryan Loft | Leicester City | 30 June 2020 |
| 16 August 2019 | CF | Elias Sørensen | Newcastle United | 20 December 2019 |
| 1 January 2020 | CM | Elliot Watt | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 June 2020 |
| 15 January 2020 | CF | Joshua Kayode | Rotherham United | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | GK | Marcus Dewhurst | Sheffield United | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 28 November 2019 | MF | Taylor Charters | Workington | December 2019 |
| 9 January 2020 | FW | Keighran Kerr | Kendal Town | 30 June 2020 |
| 28 February 2020 | GK | Louis Gray | Chester | 27 March 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Richie Bennett | Port Vale | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | AM | Jamie Devitt | Blackpool | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Anthony Gerrard | Chesterfield | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Macaulay Gillesphey | Brisbane Roar | Mutual consent |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | George Glendon | Chester | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Arthur Gnahoua | Macclesfield Town | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | LB | Danny Grainger | Retired | Retired |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Peter Grant | Greenock Morton | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Jason Kennedy | Hartlepool United | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | DM | Gary Liddle | Walsall | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Liam McCarron | Leeds United | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Gary Miller | Falkirk | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Tom Parkes | Exeter City | Free transfer |
| 29 August 2019 | MF | Josh Galloway | Leeds United | Undisclosed |
| 13 January 2020 | CB | Jarrad Branthwaite | Everton | Undisclosed |
| 22 January 2020 | CF | Hallam Hope | Swindon Town | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2020 | RB | Christie Elliott | Dundee | Mutual consent |