Carlisle are at home for the first time in their fourth pre-season friendly of the 2011-12 campaign, a United XI also playing down at Penrith at the same time meaning that the Blues only have four substitutes on the bench. Doncaster meanwhile start the first-half with a relatively strong line-up, although their second-half eleven is made up of eight trialists and three young professionals. Carlisle attack the Waterworks End as they kick the game off in a diamond formation as follows :
Craig Curran - Francois Zoko
Jon Paul-McGovern
Andy Welsh - Tom Taiwo
Paul Thirlwell
Matty Robson - Stephen O'Halloran - Lubomir Michalik - Frank Simek
Adam Collin
3 mins - James Coppinger cross in, ball breaks to Kyle Bennett for 15-yard curler narrowly over crossbar.
13 mins - Billy Sharp pass to Coppinger, weak shot from edge of box straight at Collin.
16 mins - John Oster long range shot weak and straight at Collin.
18 mins - Zoko brought down by Simon Gillett, Welsh curls 25-yard free-kick left-footed but over top.
19 mins - Neil Sullivan collects deflected long range Michalik shot at second attempt.
25 mins - Simek cross in from right headed down by Welsh for Zoko, Zoko volley on goal easily held by Sullivan.
29 mins - Mustapha Dumbaya low cross in from right, good chance for Sharp but he clips a shot just wide from close range.
30 mins - Robson cross in from left, Curran heads against crossbar from five yards out.
31 mins - Curran to Zoko, Zoko right-footed shot from edge of box pushed away by Sullivan. Resultant McGovern corner in headed down by Zoko at back-post for Welsh close range half-volley that is cleared off the line by Oster, McGovern corner back in eventually breaks to Welsh for soft shot easily held by Sullivan.
37 mins - Sharp turns inside Michalik before hitting a low shot in that is straight at Collin.
43 mins - McGovern corner in, Sullivan flaps ball out straight to Thirlwell, goalward shot from Thirlwell comes off boot of Curran at close range and flies into Doncaster net, 1-0.
45 mins - Zoko cross in, Taiwo lays back to Simek for 25-yard drive wide of Sullivan's far-post.
46 mins - Doncaster change their entire side and only two of their eleven players now have numbers on the back of their shirts.
52 mins - Rovers corner in, headed wide by a Doncaster head in the middle of the box.
55 mins - Rowan Vine fouled by O'Halloran, James Baxendale free-kick in headed up in the air twice by a Doncaster player for an easy Collin catch.
62 mins - United make a triple substitution as Stephen O'Halloran, Paul Thirlwell and Francois Zoko all come off to be replaced by Peter Murphy, James Berrett and Rory Loy respectively.
67 mins - Michalik shot from 40 yards out flies well over the top of the Rovers crossbar.
71 mins - A Doncaster player cuts in from the left before scuffing a weak shot straight at Collin from the edge of the box.
73 mins - Free-kick to Carlisle following a foul on Simek, Robson shot from set-piece almost hits the corner flag over on the far side of the pitch.
74 mins - Welsh cross in from left, Loy at near-post heads poorly wide from close range.
79 mins - Curran low powerful shot well held by Woods from edge of box.
83 mins - Berrett foul on Vine 25 yards out, Baxendale curls free-kick past Collin's left-hand post.
85 mins - Welsh 25-yard left-footed curler straight at Woods.
90 mins - Last chance for a Rovers equaliser, Vine turns on edge of box but shoots left-footed well wide of the United goal.
United line-up :
Adam Collin, Frank Simek, Lubomir Michalik, Stephen O'Halloran (Peter Murphy 62), Matty Robson, Jon-Paul McGovern, Paul Thirlwell (James Berrett 62), Tom Taiwo, Andy Welsh, Craig Curran, Francois Zoko (Rory Loy 62).
Unused substitute :
Jack Lynch.
Goal - Craig Curran 43.
Doncaster first-half line-up :
Neil Sullivan, Mustapha Dumbuya, Richard Naylor, George Friend, Tommy Spurr, James Coppinger, Simon Gillett, Kyle Bennett, John Oster, James Hayter, Billy Sharp.
Doncaster second-half line-up :
Gary Woods, Sam Hird, James Baxendale, Rachid Bouhenna, Ellis Deeney, Declan Gallagher, Oscar Radford, Rowan Vine, plus three unnamed trialists.
Unused substitute :
Mark Carrington.
Referee - David Foster (Newcastle).
Attendance - 1,851.
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