1986–87 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United F.C.

1987-88 season
Manager	Harry Gregg (to November) Clive Middlemass (from 23 November)
Division Four	23rd
FA Cup	First Round
League Cup	Second Round
Football League Trophy	First Round

For the 1987–88 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Four.

Results & fixtures

Football League Third Division

Main article: 1986–87 Football League Third Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	23 August	Chester City	A	2–2
2	30 August	York City	H	2–2
3	6 September	Blackpool	A	2–1
4	13 September	Walsall	H	0–3
5	16 September	Brentford	H	0–0
6	20 September	Bristol City	A	0–3
7	27 September	Mansfield Town	H	1–2
8	11 October	Darlington	H	1–0
9	14 October	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–2
10	18 October	Gillingham	A	0–1
11	21 October	Bury	H	2–1
12	25 October	Bristol Rovers	H	2–0
13	28 October	Newport County	A	1–1
14	1 November	Wigan Athletic	A	0–2
15	4 November	Port Vale	H	2–0
16	8 November	Bournemouth	A	1–2
17	22 November	Fulham	H	1–3
18	29 November	Swindon Town	A	0–2
19	13 December	Chesterfield	A	2–3
20	21 December	Notts County	H	0–2
21	26 December	Middlesborough	A	0–1
22	27 December	Rotherham United	H	3–5
23	3 January	Fulham	A	0–3
24	24 January	Blackpool	H	3–1
25	3 February	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–0
26	7 February	Brentford	A	1–3
27	14 February	Bristol City	H	1–2
28	21 February	Mansfield Town	A	0–2
29	28 February	Newport County	H	2–2
30	3 March	Wigan Athletic	H	0–2
31	14 March	Gillingham	H	2–4
32	17 March	Bury	A	0–0
33	21 March	Darlington	A	1–0
34	28 March	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–0
35	31 March	York City	A	0–1
36	4 April	Bournemouth	H	0–0
37	7 April	Walsall	A	0–3
38	11 April	Port Vale	A	1–0
39	18 April	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2
40	20 April	Middlesborough	H	0–1
41	22 April	Bristol Rovers	A	0–4
42	26 April	Notts County	A	1–2
43	2 May	Swindon Town	A	0–3
44	4 May	Rotherham United	A	1–2
45	6 May	Chester City	H	0–2
46	9 May	Chesterfield	H	3–0

Football League Cup

Main article: 1986–87 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	2 September	Grimsby Town	H	1–0
R1 L2	9 September	Grimsby Town	A	0–2

FA Cup

Main article: 1986–87 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	15 November	Notts County	A	1–1
R1 R	18 November	Notts County	H	1–3

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1986–87 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
GS	8 December	Stockport County	A	1–0
GS	16 December	Bury	H	3–2
R1	20 January	Preston North End	H	1–2