With Grant Carson playing his penultimate game for the Cumbrians today, as he makes the step up to the professional ranks, both sides had a pretty equal amount of chances in the opening period with neither side able to breach the other's defence. Early in the second-half Connor Tinnion, suffering from a tight hamstring, was replaced by Ged Dalton with Wednesday night in mind.
Both teams again had opportunities to score after the break but it wasn't until the 82nd minute that the only goal of the game came, Chris Turner firing the ball home after a cross in from the right by Bevan Burey. So, a very disappointing day at the office for the Carlisle lads but you can't win every game and it has to be remembered that this is their first defeat in three months.
Accrington Stanley line-up :
Michael Donlon, Lee Riley, Gavin Young (c), James Bell, Adam Strode, Peter Murphy, David Chapman (Joe Shelmerdine 55), Chris Turner, Thomas Riley, Bevan Burey, Robert Grant.
Unused substitutes :
Tom Hughes (GK), Daniel Hutton, Alan Burton, Bee Ami.
United line-up :
Grant Carson, Matthew Brown, Matt Duffy, Dan Wordsworth (c), Tom Aldred, Jonny Blake, Matthew Wood, Stephen Hindmarch, Andrew Cook, Gary Madine, Connor Tinnion (Ged Dalton 51).
Unused substitutes :
Alex Mitchell (GK), Simon Lakeland, John Seaton and Michael Dowson.
Results in the division this morning :
Accrington Stanley 1-0 Carlisle United
Blackpool 3-0 Preston North End
Bury P-P Burnley (Burnley at home to Arsenal in FA Youth Cup on Friday)
Macclesfield 1-0 Tranmere
Morecambe P-P Rochdale (waterlogged pitch)
Oldham 3-3 Port Vale
Stockport 1-0 Wigan
Walsall 1-0 Chester
Wrexham 3-0 Shrewsbury
Fixtures in the division next week :
Blackpool v Morecambe
Burnley v Walsall
Carlisle United v Preston North End
Chester v Stockport
Oldham v Accrington Stanley
Rochdale v Bury
Shrewsbury v Port Vale
Tranmere v Wrexham
Wigan v Macclesfield
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