CITY 3 CARLISLE UNITED 1
Canon League Second Division
14th April 1984
attendance 20,760
Scorers
City May(15), Smith(76), Parlane(88)
Carlisle Hill(8)
Ref P Willis
City Williams, Lomax, Wilson, Bond, May, McCarthy, Smith, Baker, Parlane, Kinsey, Tolmie – sub Johnson(73)
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Carlisle McKellar, Parker, Ashurst, O’Riordan, Haigh, Hill, Craig, Poskett, Buckley, Coughlin – sub Dixon(81)
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FROM AN ARTICLE BY JOHN MADDOCKS, PUBLISHED IN THE CITY PROGRAMME 8TH APRIL 1989
It seemed that promotion hopes had finally vanished when Carlisle United took an 8th minute lead at Maine Road, Williams beaten all ends up as Hill headed in a Haigh cross, but the Blues rolled up their sleeves and emerged as 3-1 winners to close the points gap on Newcastle.
City needed a lucky break to get level. Unchanged from the recent win at Swansea, they put the United goal under pressure and after 13 minutes a somewhat optimistic shot by May cannoned off a Carlisle defender leaving ‘keeper McKellar stranded. The visitors almost regained the lead before half-time when Shoulder got up to a Poskett centre only to see his header fly off the bar, but City were looking comfortably in command at the break.
Ex-Blue Russell Coughlin was deemed to have handled a fierce Parlane effort after 65 minutes, an extremely harsh decision, and McKellar was lucky not to get his marching orders in the vigorous United protests which followed. Justice was done in the event, though, Tolrnie’s penalty providing McKellar with a comparatively easy save.
Nine minutes later Tolrnie was withdrawn, Johnson taking his place, and it was an inspired substitution by manager McNei1l. The former Everton player almost scored with his first touch, forcing McKellar into making a brilliant save, and indeed Johnson had only been on the pitch two minutes when he diverted a ball to Smith who scored from close in. A third goal for City was always on the cards and it came through Parlane, who created space for himself before shooting past McKellar.
It seemed that promotion hopes had finally vanished when Carlisle United took an 8th minute lead at Maine Road, Williams beaten all ends up as Hill headed in a Haigh cross, but the Blues rolled up their sleeves and emerged as 3-1 winners to close the points gap on Newcastle.
City needed a lucky break to get level. Unchanged from the recent win at Swansea, they put the United goal under pressure and after 13 minutes a somewhat optimistic shot by May cannoned off a Carlisle defender leaving ‘keeper McKellar stranded. The visitors almost regained the lead before half-time when Shoulder got up to a Poskett centre only to see his header fly off the bar, but City were looking comfortably in command at the break.
Ex-Blue Russell Coughlin was deemed to have handled a fierce Parlane effort after 65 minutes, an extremely harsh decision, and McKellar was lucky not to get his marching orders in the vigorous United protests which followed. Justice was done in the event, though, Tolrnie’s penalty providing McKellar with a comparatively easy save.
Nine minutes later Tolrnie was withdrawn, Johnson taking his place, and it was an inspired substitution by manager McNei1l. The former Everton player almost scored with his first touch, forcing McKellar into making a brilliant save, and indeed Johnson had only been on the pitch two minutes when he diverted a ball to Smith who scored from close in. A third goal for City was always on the cards and it came through Parlane, who created space for himself before shooting past McKellar.