# 2014–15 Carlisle United F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Carlisle United F.C.'s first campaign in back in the fourth tier of English football, League Two After Relegation From League One The Previous Season. The club finished 20th.

## Pre-season

The pre-season friendlies for the club were announced 25 June 2014.

## League Two
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 18 | York City | 46 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 52 |
| 19 | Cambridge United | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 51 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 56 | 74 | −18 | 50 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 38 | 62 | −24 | 48 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 39 | 70 | −31 | 45 |
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 3 May 2015. Source: Football League Official Site

### Results by matchday

| Round | 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 | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | А | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | L | D |
| Position | 16 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

### Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.

### Carling Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Carlisle United were drawn at home to Derby County.

### Johnstone's Paint Trophy
## Transfers

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous club | Fee | Ref. |
| 20 June 2014 | DF | Danny Grainger | Dunfermline Athletic | Free | |
| 20 June 2014 | MF | Antony Sweeney | Hartlepool United | Free | |
| 27 June 2014 | MF | Gary Dicker | Crawley Town | Free | |
| 27 June 2014 | FW | Billy Paynter | Doncaster Rovers | Free | |
| 2 July 2014 | DF | Troy Archibald-Henville | Swindon Town | Free | |
| 11 July 2014 | MF | Daniel Kearns | Peterborough United | Free | |
| 14 July 2014 | GK | Dan Hanford | Floriana | Free | |
| 15 July 2014 | MF | Alex Marrow | Blackburn Rovers | Free | |
| 17 July 2014 | MF | Steven Rigg | Penrith | Free | |
| 7 August 2014 | FW | Stephen Elliott | Unattached | Free | |
| 21 October 2014 | FW | Derek Asamoah | Unattached | Free | |
| 15 January 2015 | MF | Anthony Griffith | Shrewsbury Town | Free | |
| 23 January 2015 | FW | Charlie Wyke | Middlesbrough | Nominal fee | |
| 2 February 2015 | DF | Nathan Buddle | Blyth Spartans | Undisclosed | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 19 August 2014 | FW | Jack Marriott | Ipswich Town | 20 September 2014 | |
| 18 September 2014 | DF | Hayden White | Bolton Wanderers | Initial: 18 October 2014 Extended: 15 November 2014 | [19] [20] |
| 17 October 2014 | FW | Georg Iliev | Bolton Wanderers | 15 November 2014 | |
| 29 October 2014 | DF | Tom Anderson | Burnley | Initial: 29 November 2014 Extended: 3 January 2015 | [22] [23] |
| 3 November 2014 | DF | Connor Brown | Oldham Athletic | Initial: 29 November 2014 Extended: 3 January 2015 | [24] [25] |
| 9 January 2015 | DF | Matt Young | Sheffield Wednesday | Initial: 10 February 2015 Extended: 2 May 2015 | [26] [27] |
| 21 February 2015 | GK | Raphael Spiegel | West Ham | 21 March 2015 | |
| 12 March 2015 | MF | Jason Kennedy | Bradford City | 11 April 2015 | |
| 13 March 2015 | MF | Paul Corry | Sheffield Wednesday | 11 April 2015 | |
| 26 March 2015 | MF | David Atkinson | Middlesbrough | 2 May 2015 | |
| 26 March 2015 | MF | Jeffrey Monakana | Brighton & Hove Albion | 30 June 2015 | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Fee | Ref. |
| 3 July 2014 | MF | James Berrett | Yeovil Town | Free | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 15 November 2014 | FW | Josh Gillies | Halifax Town | Initial: 14 December 2014 Terminated: 20 November 2014 | [34] [35] |
| 7 January 2015 | MF | Matty Robson | Gateshead | 30 June 2015 | |
| 13 February 2015 | MF | David Symington | Workington | 14 March 2015 | |
| 19 March 2015 | MF | Josh Gillies | Gateshead | 30 June 2015 | |
| Players released ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
| Pre season | MF | Prince Buaben | Hearts | 14 July 2014 | |
| Pre season | DF | Chris Chantler | Kilmarnock | 9 August 2014 | |
| Pre season | DF | Pascal Chimbonda | Oikonomos Tsaritsani | July 2014 | |
| Pre season | DF | Mike Edwards | Notts County | 19 August 2014 | |
| Pre season | GK | Greg Fleming | Celtic Nation | | |
| Pre season | FW | Lewis Guy | Gateshead | 1 July 2014 | |
| Pre season | DF | Danny Livesey | Barrow | 1 July 2014 | |
| Pre season | MF | Jack Lynch | Chorley | August 2014 | |
| Pre season | MF | Liam Noble | Notts County | 3 June 2014 | |
| Pre season | FW | Lee Miller | Kilmarnock | 1 July 2014 | |
| Pre season | FW | Nacho Novo | Carolina Railhawks | 11 September 2014 | |
| Pre season | GK | Dean Bouzanis | Western Sydney Wanderers | 28 May 2014 | |
| 16 January 2015 | DF | Alex Marrow | AFC Fylde | 20 November 2015 | |

## Squad statistics

    As of 2 May 2015
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | JP Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Mark Gillespie | 21 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Danny Grainger | 43 | 3 | 41+0 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Matty Robson (on loan) | 13 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Jason Kennedy (loan) | 11 | 3 | 11+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Alex Marrow (released) | 5 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ENG | Nathan Buddle | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Troy Archibald-Henville | 23 | 1 | 23+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | David Amoo | 28 | 5 | 12+15 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Antony Sweeney | 31 | 2 | 25+3 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Billy Paynter | 20 | 2 | 9+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | EIR | Gary Dicker | 23 | 1 | 15+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | EIR | Daniel Kearns | 12 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Paul Thirlwell | 21 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Josh Gillies (on loan) | 8 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Courtney Meppen-Walter | 21 | 1 | 17+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Brad Potts | 44 | 8 | 35+5 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Mark Beck | 28 | 3 | 10+16 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Patrick Brough | 32 | 0 | 27+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ENG | David Symington (on loan) | 15 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | WAL | Dan Hanford | 27 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Steven Rigg | 29 | 6 | 19+9 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Kyle Dempsey | 47 | 11 | 41+2 | 10 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Sean O'Hanlon | 32 | 1 | 28+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Jeffrey Monakana (loan) | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | SUI | Raphael Spiegel (loan completed) | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Jack Marriott (loan completed) | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | GHA | Derek Asamoah | 28 | 5 | 13+14 | 4 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Charlie Wyke | 17 | 6 | 16+1 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | ENG | Hayden White (loan completed) | 9 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | EIR | Stephen Elliott | 18 | 1 | 5+10 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | ENG | Connor Hammell | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ENG | Matthew Douglas | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Matt Young (loan) | 20 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | BUL | Georg Iliev (loan completed) | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | ENG | Carl Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | ENG | Connor Brown (loan completed) | 9 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | ENG | Danny Eccles | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | MF | MSR | Anthony Griffith | 11 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | ENG | Tom Anderson (loan completed) | 9 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ENG | Paul Corry (loan) | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ENG | David Atkinson (loan) | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | Total |
| 1 | FW | 22 | Kyle Dempsey | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | MF | 16 | Brad Potts | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | FW | 21 | Steven Rigg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | 24 | Charlie Wyke | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 7 | David Amoo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 25 | Derek Asamoah | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | MF | 17 | Mark Beck | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 2 | Danny Grainger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 4 | Jason Kennedy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | FW | 9 | Billy Paynter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | 8 | Antony Sweeney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | 6 | Troy Archibald-Henville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 35 | Paul Corry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 10 | Gary Dicker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 27 | Stephen Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 14 | Josh Gillies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 15 | Courtney Meppen-Walter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 23 | Sean O'Hanlon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 56 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 61 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | JP Trophy | JP Trophy | Total | Total |
| 7 | DF | Troy Archibald-Henville | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | Kyle Dempsey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | Hayden White | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Alex Marrow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Mark Beck | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Gary Dicker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Paul Thirlwell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Danny Grainger | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Courtney Meppen-Walter | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Antony Sweeney | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Patrick Brough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Sean O'Hanlon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Steven Rigg | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Matt Young | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Jason Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Brad Potts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Matty Robson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | David Amoo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Connor Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Nathan Buddle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Paul Corry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | Dan Hanford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | David Symington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Charlie Wyke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 58 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 8 |