BIG MATCH PREVIEW: Notts County

Everything you need to know ahead of the weekend home fixture

United play host to the Magpies on Saturday with confidence high following a solid display and a welcome three points at Huish Park last weekend.

Manager Keith Curle said: “The important thing now is to make sure we use the performance against Yeovil as a building block for what we want to achieve through the last six games of the season.

“Notts County will come here in high spirits following their recent run of results. They’ve got good attacking options at the moment but we know we have absolutely nothing to fear if we do our jobs properly on the day.

“We’ve given ourselves a springboard and it’s up to us to kick on and get the job done.”


Click HERE to watch highlights of the 3-2 away win at Meadow Lane earlier this season.

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 three sets of Match Ball Sponsors – CUOSC, Malcolm and Yvonne Millar, and Mark Nicholson and Ian MacDonald.

It’s great to see groups of fans taking match day sponsorship, as well as businesses, and even more so for Mark and Ian as they are travelling to today’s game from London.

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.





Prostate Cancer UK thank Carlisle United and their supporters for helping to raise over £2m to help stop prostate cancer being a killer.

This weekend is our official Prostate Cancer Awareness fixture.

Since Prostate Cancer UK’s Official Charity Partnership with The EFL (formerly The Football League) was announced back in 2012 the charity has raised over £2m to help stop prostate cancer being a killer, and raised the profile of a disease not really spoken about.

Clubs and fans from across the EFL have walked, run, cycled, collected at match days and donated in the fight against prostate cancer.

Over four years nearly 800 fans have put on the pitch rivalries aside cycling to Amsterdam with former England internationals Terry Butcher, Viv Anderson and Luther Blissett – who has joined the ride every year.

And back in March 2016, it was difficult to ignore Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling marching 262 miles to Wembley from his beloved Hartlepool United to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. 


Find out more about Prostate Cancer UK’s work in football by visiting their website HERE. 



Our mascots for this game are Hayden Bowes and Jamie Hodgson.

Hayden’s favourite player is Mark Gillespie and Jamie is a big fan of Nicky Adams. They are both predicting a 2-0 win for United and they are both looking forward to running out on to the pitch with the lads.

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 Seb Stockbridge.

Mr Stockbridge has been in charge of 37 games and has shown 150 yellow cards and 9 reds.

This is his third visit to Brunton Park this season having already taken charge of our home games against Wycombe and Mansfield.

Shaun Miller got our winner against the Chairboys, with Luke Joyce and Mike Jones going in the book, and goals from Jason Kennedy and Reggie Lambe complemented a Wyke hat-trick, with Brisley and Kennedy the names taken on the day, as we beat the Stags by 5-2.


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



Issue 23 of The Blues is on sale from our usual programme selling points and outlets around the ground.

This week we get to know a little bit more Samir Nabi as he reveals his secret phobia and his favourite songs, amongst other things, as we meet our new arrival for the first time.


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.