- Monkhouse (59), Porter (85)
- Bridge-Wilkinson (12), Taylor (40)
- Date:2009-01-27
- Kick-off:19:45
- Venue:Victoria Park
- Attendance:3765
- Referee:Atkinson, M
Live Commentary
90mins
The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
90mins
The referee has booked Danny Graham.
87mins
The referee has booked Joe Anyinsah.
85mins
Goal!! Hartlepool have scored with Joel Porter putting it in the back of the net.
75mins
Hartlepool are replacing Liam Henderson with David Foley.
69mins
The referee has booked Ben Clark.
65mins
Matty Robson is booked for unsporting behaviour.
59mins
Goal!! Andy Monkhouse scores for Hartlepool.
58mins
Graham Kavanagh is booked for unsporting behaviour.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 2.
45mins
Half time whistle is blown by M Atkinson
40mins
Goal!! Cleveland Taylor scores for Carlisle.
32mins
Andy Monkhouse goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
12mins
Goal!! Carlisle have scored with Marc Bridge-Wilkinson putting it in the back of the net.
0mins
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
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Match Report
Hartlepool staged a brilliant second-half fightback to earn a point after Carlisle appeared to have the game wrapped up at half-time.
The Cumbrians were 2-0 up at the break, but lost their way under constant home pressure as Hartlepool gained a point with a goal five minutes from the end in a hectic finale.
Hartlepool started with promise, but it was Carlisle who took the lad with a spectacular goal on 12 minutes.
There looked to be little danger as home defender Ben Clark headed out a long ball from the back, but he didn't get enough on it and it landed kindly for Marc Bridge-Wilkinson to volley a 25-yard shot into the top corner of the net.
Antony Sweeney went close for the home team, but his curling 20-yard shot was tipped round the post by Carlisle keeper Ben Williams.
With Graham Kavanagh running things in midfield, Carlisle looked the better organised team and they doubled their lead on 40 minutes.
Kavanagh's corner was headed back into the area by Peter Murphy and Cleveland Taylor hooked his five-yard shot into the roof of the net.
Two minutes into the second half, Williams made a one-handed reflex save from Joel Porter's glancing header after Matty Robson's right-wing cross to preserve Carlisle's two-goal lead.
But the home team did get back into it with just less than an hour gone.
A ball from Robson on the left was flicked on by Michael Nelson and Andy Monkhouse was right in front of goal for an emphatic close-range finish.
The pressure mounted on Carlisle and five minutes from the end it paid for the home team as Porter hit the net with a glancing header from Robson's right-wing corner.
Hartlepool United Team
Carlisle United Team
Hartlepool United | Carlisle United |
Corners
| 13 | 4 |
Fouls
| 14 | 12 |
Goal attempts
| 12 | 7 |
Shots off target
| 5 | 4 |
Offsides
| 0 | 0 |