1955–56 Carlisle United F.C. season explained

Results & fixtures

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
1	20 August	Chesterfield	H	1–1
2	22 August	Halifax Town	A	2–2
3	27 August	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–0
4	30 August	Halifax Town	H	2–2
5	3 September	Southport	H	4–0
6	6 September	Grimsby Town	A	0–1
7	10 September	Gateshead	A	3–2
8	13 September	Grimsby Town	H	0–2
9	17 September	Darlington	H	2–0
10	24 September	Accrington Stanley	A	0–1
11	28 September	Chester	A	3–3
12	1 October	Barrow	H	2–0
13	8 October	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	A	0–4
14	15 October	Wrexham	H	0–1
15	22 October	Workington	A	0–4
16	29 October	York City	H	3–1
17	5 November	Derby County	A	0–3
18	12 November	Crewe Alexandra	H	4–1
19	26 November	Stockport County	H	4–1
20	3 December	Mansfield Town	A	1–0
21	17 December	Chesterfield	A	1–2
22	24 December	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–3
23	26 December	Rochdale	A	2–5
24	27 December	Rochdale	H	1–2
25	31 December	Southport	A	0–3
26	2 January	Bradford Park Avenue	H	4–1
27	14 January	Gateshead	H	2–1
28	21 January	Darlington	A	5–3
29	28 January	Oldham Athletic	H	3–1
30	4 February	Accrington Stanley	H	0–4
31	11 February	Barrow	A	0–0
32	18 February	Scunthorpe & Lindsey United	H	1–2
33	25 February	Wrexham	A	2–5
34	3 March	Workington	H	2–4
35	10 March	York City	A	1–3
36	17 March	Hartlepools United	H	0–3
37	24 March	Crewe Alexandra	A	1–3
38	30 March	Bradford City	H	0–0
39	31 March	Derby County	H	0–3
40	2 April	Bradford City	A	0–0
41	7 April	Stockport County	A	1–8
42	12 April	Mansfield Town	H	5–2
43	21 April	Oldham Athletic	A	2–2
44	24 April	Chester	H	4–1
45	28 April	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1–2
46	30 April	Hartlepools United	A	0–3

See main article: 1955–56 FA Cup.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
R1	19 November	Darlington	A	0–0
R1 R	22 November	Darlington	H	0–0
R1 2R	28 November	Darlington	A	1–3