BIG MATCH PREVIEW: Newport County

Everything you need to know ahead of the Newport game

United host Newport County on Saturday in the final scheduled home game of the current campaign, and both sides will be going all out for the victory as they look for the points for very different reasons.

Manager Keith Curle said: "We said before the game at Crawley that we needed two wins and a draw from our last three fixtures and nothing has changed. We got the draw on Saturday and we know that we now need to win both games.

"Newport will come to us on a real high having climbed out of the relegation places at the weekend, but they will know that we aren't going to be there to do them any favours.

"We want to end the season on a high and we want to give ourselves every chance of being involved in the play-offs. To do that we need a big performance and a positive result. That's what our focus will be on."


Remember, you can purchase your tickets by telephone on 0844 371 1921* or buy online and print at home, or order for collection, by clicking HERE.  *Calls to this number are charged at 7p per minute from landlines. Charges from mobiles may vary. A booking fee of £1 applies to all online transactions.



This weekend we welcome Cito Cleaning as our main Match Sponsor as well as Virgin Trains and McGowan Miller as our two Associate Match Sponsors.

We hope they all have a great day.

Remember, you can upgrade your match ticket to book a place in Foxy’s Restaurant - £25pp for a two-course meal or £30pp for a three-course meal.

We have an extensive range of sponsorship opportunities available, from Match Day sponsorship to Player and Ball sponsorship packages. For more information please contact the Commercial Department on 01228 554 155 or email commercial@carlisleunited.co.uk.


Our mascots for this game are Toby Carruthers, James Heron, Matthew Heron, Oliver MacLennan, Kiera Nixon, Jaymes Oates, Joe Reid, Aiden Robinson, Bradley Robinson, Ethan Russell and Emily Walker.

Jabo Ibehre is very popular with most of the eleven mascots, as is Danny Grainger!

Have a great day!

Our match mascots are chosen at random from our Junior Blue membership - to find out more about our Junior Blues membership, click HERE.



Our match referee this weekend is Mr David Webb.

Mr Webb has been in charge of 42 games this season and has shown 116 yellow cards and 3 reds.

This is his third visit to Brunton Park this season having already taken charge of our home games against Mansfield in the Checkatrade Trophy and the Grimsby league game.

Our betting partner Sky Bet has some fantastic odds available on all match markets – click HERE for more details.



Issue 25 of The Blues is on sale from our usual programme selling points and outlets around the ground.

With history, stats, facts and all of next season's Season Ticket information, it's your must have match day publication.

Priced at just £2 - it’s one not to be missed.



Match Day Ticket Sales are as follows:

Main Stand [B, C, Pirelli Family Stand and EWM] – from the ticket office situated on the west side of the stadium.

Paddock – from the Paddock ticket office situated at the southern end of the Paddock.

Pioneer Foods Stand and Warwick Road End – from the Pioneer Foods Stand ticket office situated on the ground floor on the east side of the stadium.

Away fans – from the away ticket office situated at the northern end of the Pioneer Foods Stand.

Remember – during the working week our Pioneer Foods Stand ticket office, situated on the first floor of the Pioneer Foods stand, is open for ticket sales for ALL areas of the ground.

The ticket office on the west side of the stadium is open on MATCH DAYS ONLY.

The ticket office is open from 10am to 5pm on weekdays (and until kick off for midweek games) and from 10am to 5.15pm on weekend match days.

It is worth noting that entry can be gained on match days by showing your ticket confirmation email on your smart phone or equivalent device. Simply present the relevant section of your eTicket for scanning at point of entry.

Please note - ticket collections (home and away fans) are from the Ticket Office window on the west side of the stadium.



Keep your eye out for our Golden Gamble sellers around the ground ahead of kick off.

Your tickets can be purchased for just £1 (or at 3 for £2) and give you the chance to win either £100, or the share of a cash pot, in our half time draws.

And, while we’re on the subject, why not sign up to our exciting Blues Lotto? For just £1 you can purchase 10 lucky numbers for our weekly draw giving you the chance to win cash prizes from our fund of nearly £60,000.

There is now the opportunity to pay an additional £1 per week to upgrade to Premier Membership where there is another £17,000 cash, 3 new cars and many other prizes waiting to be won.

For more details visit www.blueslotto.co.uk or email lottery@carlisleunited.co.uk.

Alternatively call 01228 526 237 and ask for Ewan Wood.



The catering outlets in the Paddock and Warwick Road End will be serving the full range of hot and cold food for every game this season.

Fans can purchase burgers, hot dogs, pies and hot drinks inside the stadium, as well as from the catering van situated in the main car park, as normal.


Click HERE to shop at our online Blues Store.


Click HERE to visit the Stagecoach website for full travel details.