1974–75 Carlisle United F.C. season explained

Club:	Carlisle United
Season:	1974–75
Manager:	Alan Ashman
League:	First Division
League Result:	22nd (relegated)
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Sixth round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Third round
Cup3:	Texaco Cup
Cup3 Result:	Group stage
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Prevseason:	1973–74
Nextseason:	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

See main article: 1974–75 Football League First Division.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
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

See main article: 1974–75 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

See main article: 1974–75 FA Cup.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	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

See main article: 1974–75 Texaco Cup.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
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

References

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