2006-07 Season

8th in League One
League Cup: 2nd round; Charlton Athletic a. 0-1
FA Cup: 1st round; Swindon Town a. 1-3
JP Trophy: 1st round; Accrington Stanley a. lost 3-1 on penalties.

Highlight:
2-0 win over Blackpool, 26/9/06

Low Spot:
1-2 home defeat to Swansea City, 28/4/07

Good:
Zigor Aranalde
This Spanish left back showed a decent combination of defensive steel and atacking flair and his performances mirrored the clubs' steady progress during the season.
Kevin Gall
This pacy right sided attacking player made a good impression over the course of the season scoring 8 goals himself and creating chances consistently for others.
Scored one of the goals of the season with his solo effort to beat Tranmere into the bargain.

In Brief:
Having won promotion but lost their manager the Cumbrians made a steady start to life in League One and after beating Blackpool at the end of September they lay 4th in the table.
4 defeats in the next 5 games dented hopes of another promotion bid and although form remained decent the club could not put together a winning run until it was too late. 5 straight wins from the end of March lifted spirits but then 3 defeats to end the season means nobody quite knows what to expect next time around.
Overall this was a good effort after back to back promotions, however.

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Carlisle United Football Club was formed in 1903 following the merger of two clubs, Shaddongate United and Carlisle Red Rose, who played their games at Milholme Bank.

In 1905 the club were admitted to the second division of the Lancashire Combination and moved to a new ground, Devonshire Park.

The club moved to its present stadium, Brunton Park, in 1909 but had to wait until 1928 before being elected into Division Three North.

Carlisle United took their place in the fourth division in 1958 when the north and south divisions merged, gaining promotion to Division Three in 1962.

Immediate relegation was then followed by successive promotions before the club established themselves as a second division club, staying at that level for nine seasons before scraping promotion to the first division in 1974, the first season of the introduction of three teams being promoted.

The Cumbrians could not survive in the top flight, however, and suffered two relegations in three seasons to drop down to the third division.

In 1982 Carlisle managed promotion back to the second division with a team including Bryan "Pop" Robson and Peter Beardsley in attack.

When the club suffered relegation again in 1986, however, decline set in and the Cumbrians would become almost permanent members of the fourth tier of English football.

Then in 2004, after six years of serious flirting, the club was relegated to the Conference.

The most notable of Carlisle's great escapes came in 1999 when they were saved from relegation by a goal five minutes into injury time by on loan goalkeeper Jimmy Glass, Scarborough disappearing into the Conference instead.

Fortunately, having been finally relegated, Carlisle were able to bounce back into the Football League immediately after beating Stevenage Borough in a play off final at Stoke.

Hopefully the club is now in a position to re-establish itself as a league club after years of boardroom turmoil and provide English football with its traditional northern outpost.

The club has enjoyed little success in the cup competitions.

They reached the sixth round of the FA Cup in 1975 only to lose at home, disappointingly, to second division Fulham.

In 1970 Carlisle reached the semi final of the League Cup, having knocked out Chelsea in a previous round.

They also won the first leg of the semi final, 1-0 at home to West Bromwich Albion, before falling to a 4-1 defeat in the return at the Hawthorns.

The Cumbrians won the Auto Windscreens Shield in 1997, defeating Colchester United in the final, and were also runners up to Birmingham City in 1995.

They were also runners up in 2003 by which time the competition had become the LDV Vans Trophy.

Carlisle United were the club that gave Bill Shankly his first managerial post in 1949 but it is his predecessor in the job who provides a greater point of interest.

Ivor Broadis, a man who went on to play for England, was appointed player manager by Carlisle in 1946 at the tender age of 23.

In 1947 Broadis had to negotiate his own transfer when Sunderland made an offer of £18,000 for his signature.

Broadis would return to Brunton Park to see out his playing days later on, but not as manager.

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