Kick-off: 15:00
Venue: Brunton Park
Attendance: 9038
Referee: Swarbrick, N

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

89 mins

Carlisle are replacing Chris Lumsdon with Paul Arnison.

84 mins

Goal!! Carlisle have scored with Marc Bridge-Wilkinson putting it in the back of the net.

83 mins

Simon Hackney is replaced by Danny Carlton.

73 mins

Cleveland Taylor is replaced by Scott Dobie.

63 mins

Danny Jackman is being taken off, Colin Larkin has come on in his place.

62 mins

Poul Hubertz is replaced by Jonathan Hayes.

50 mins

Goal!! Carlisle have scored with Danny Livesey putting it in the back of the net.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 0.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

40 mins

Gabor Gyepes is replaced by Andy Holt.

0 mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Captain Danny Livesey thumped in his fifth goal of the season as Carlisle United edged closer to an automatic promotion spot with a win over Northampton Town.

The Cumbrians maintained their formidable home form with an amazing 14th successive home win to extend their club record.

Livesey's winner, four minutes after the break, came from a perfectly worked corner from the left foot of Simon Hackney.

Peter Murphy created problems with his clever near post flick on and Livesey took full advantage to smash into the roof of the net from point-blank range.

Five minutes from time a shocking error from the Cobblers on-loan defender Mark Little sealed the points for Carlisle.

Little's poor back-pass to keeper Mark Bunn never looked likely to reach him on the edge of the box, allowing Danny Graham to intercept.

He immediately cut the ball back to Marc Bridge-Wilkinson and the ex-Port Vale midfielder calmly slotted past the covering Liam Dolman on the line.

The home side should have been out of sight well before then and their slack finishing almost allowed Town to grab an unlikely equaliser on 80 minutes.

Substitute Jonathan Hayes broke away and slotted a neat pass to Giles Coke, but with a the goal seeming certain, Keiren Westwood leapt off his line to block with his legs.

A goalless first half saw Graham go closest to breaking the deadlock as early as the third minute, when his shot from a tight angle hit the outside of Bunn's post and flashed across the goalmouth.

Chris Lumsdon and Hackney both went close for Carlisle, before Coke finished poorly for the visitors after a thrilling run through the heart of the home defence.

Graham should have made it 2-0 on the hour, but he somehow flicked wide from Hackney's exquisite lofted pass.

And Hackney fluffed his lines when he shot tamely at Bunn from close range, but the result was never really in doubt as Carlisle pressed towards a third promotion in just four seasons.

Carlisle United Team

Northampton Town Team

Carlisle United

Northampton Town

Corners

Fouls

Goal attempts

Shots off target

Offsides

advertisment