1974–75 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United
1974–75 season
Manager	Alan Ashman
First Division	22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Third round
Texaco Cup	Group stage
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

Season summary

Carlisle were relegated at the end of their first (and, as of 2022, only) season in English football's top flight. Carlisle started the season well beating Chelsea 2 - 0 at Stamford Bridge. After 3 games they were top of the league for the only time in their history.

Results & fixtures

Football League First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)
1	17 August	Chelsea	A	2–0	Bill Green, Les O'Neil
2	20 August	Middlesbrough	A	2–0
3	24 August	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	Chris Balderstone (pen)
4	27 August	Middlesbrough	H	0–1
5	31 August	Leicester City	A	1–1	Hugh McIlmoyle
6	7 September	Stoke City	H	0–2
7	14 September	Newcastle United	A	0–1
8	21 September	Birmingham City	H	1–0
9	24 September	Manchester City	H	0–0
10	28 September	Luton Town	A	1–3
11	5 October	Liverpool	H	0–1
12	12 October	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2
13	16 October	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1
14	19 October	Derby County	H	3–0
15	26 October	Coventry City	A	1–2
16	2 November	Sheffield United	A	1–2
17	9 November	West Ham United	H	0–1
18	16 November	Queen's Park Rangers	A	1–2
19	23 November	Leeds United	H	1–2
20	30 November	Ipswich Town	A	1–3
21	7 December	Arsenal	H	2–1
22	14 December	Chelsea	H	1–2
23	21 December	Everton	A	3–2	Joe Laidlaw (2), Les O'Neil
24	26 December	Newcastle United	H	1–2
25	28 December	Burnley	A	1–2
26	11 January	Arsenal	A	1–2
27	18 January	Ipswich Town	H	2–1
28	1 February	West Ham United	A	0–2
29	8 February	Sheffield United	H	0–1
30	22 February	Queen's Park Rangers	H	1–2
31	25 February	Leeds United	A	1–3
32	1 March	Leicester City	H	0–1
33	15 March	Luton Town	H	1–2
34	19 March	Manchester City	A	2–1	Joe Laidlaw (2)
35	22 March	Stoke City	A	2–5
36	25 March	Birmingham City	A	0–2
37	29 March	Everton	H	3–0
38	1 April	Burnley	H	4–2
39	5 April	Coventry City	H	0–0
40	12 April	Liverpool	A	0–2
41	19 April	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0
42	26 April	Derby County	A	0–0

Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	11 September	Bradford City	A	1–0
R3	9 October	Colchester United	A	0–2

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Attendance
R3	4 January	Preston North End	A	1–0
R4	25 January	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–2
R5	15 February	Mansfield Town	A	1–0
R6	8 March	Fulham	H	0–1	21,570

Texaco Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
GS	3 August	Middlesbrough	A	1–0
GS	6 August	Newcastle United	H	2–2
GS	10 August	Sunderland	H	0–0

Kit

Carlisle's kit was manufactured by Admiral.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Alan Ross
—	DF	ENG	Bill Green
—	DF	ENG	Bobby Parker
—	DF	SCO	John Gorman
—	MF	ENG	Chris Balderstone
—	MF	ENG	Joe Laidlaw


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Les O'Neill
—	MF	ENG	Ray Train
—	FW	ENG	Frank Clarke
—	FW	ENG	Bobby Owen
—	FW	SCO	Hughie McIlmoyle
—			Dennis Martin

References

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