1971–72 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United F.C. 1971-72 football season

Results & fixtures

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
1	14 August	Preston North End	H	0–0
2	21 August	Birmingham City	A	2–3
3	28 August	Swindon Town	H	0–0
4	1 September	Sunderland	A	3–0
5	4 September	Norwich City	A	0–1
6	11 September	Watford	H	2–0
7	18 September	Leyton Orient	A	1–2
8	25 September	Hull City	H	2–1
9	28 September	Charlton Athletic	H	5–2
10	2 October	Millwall	A	1–2
11	9 October	Burnley	H	0–3
12	16 October	Preston North End	A	0–3
13	20 October	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2
14	23 October	Luton Town	A	2–0
15	30 October	Oxford United	H	2–1
16	6 November	Blackpool	A	0–2
17	13 November	Portsmouth	H	1–0
18	19 November	Bristol City	A	4–1
19	27 November	Cardiff City	H	2–1
20	4 December	Fulham	A	1–0
21	11 December	Queen's Park Rangers	H	1–4
22	18 December	Norwich City	H	3–0
23	27 December	Middlesbrough	A	2–2
24	1 January	Orient	H	2–0
25	8 January	Swindon Town	A	0–0
26	22 January	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1
27	29 January	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–2
28	12 February	Luton Town	H	0–0
29	19 February	Oxford United	A	1–3
30	26 February	Blackpool	H	2–0
31	4 March	Portsmouth	A	0–1
32	11 March	Burnley	A	1–3
33	14 March	Middlesbrough	H	3–0
34	21 March	Birmingham City	H	2–2
35	25 March	Watford	A	2–1
36	3 April	Hull City	A	0–2
37	4 April	Millwall	H	3–3
38	8 April	Bristol City	H	2–0
39	15 April	Cardiff City	A	1–3
40	22 April	Fulham	H	3–1
41	25 April	Sunderland	H	1–2
42	29 April	Queen's Park Rangers	A	0–3

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	7 September	Sheffield Wednesday	H	5–0
R3	6 October	Norwich City	A	1–4

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	15 January	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–2		33,702
R3 R	18 January	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–3		21,560

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	31 July	Crewe Alexandra	A	3–1
SF	4 August	Colchester United	A	0–2

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
GS	1 June	Roma	A	3–2
GS	4 June	Catanzaro	A	1–0
GS	7 June	Roma	H	3–3
GS	10 June	Catanzaro	H	4–1

National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (level 5 only) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (Premier, One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One A, One B) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (level 7 only) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (level 7 only) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (One, Two, Three) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (level 7 only) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Amateur Cup
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Watney Cup

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Birmingham City Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town Watford
Third Division	Aston Villa Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Chesterfield Halifax Town Mansfield Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barrow Brentford Bury Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Workington

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Carlisle United F.C. seasons