BIG MATCH PREVIEW: Exeter City play-off semi-final

All you need to know ahead of the Exeter City home game

United host Exeter City on Sunday evening in what is bound to be an exciting and nail-biting encounter as two good sides begin the battle for the right to play in the big promotion finale at Wembley at the end of the month.

Manager Keith Curle said: "We have two difficult fixtures coming up but we'll go through every scenario and we’ll take one game at a time. They’re a dangerous animal away from home and it’s probably their away form that’s seen them get into the play-offs. We’re mindful of that and we’ll prepare for it.

“I think momentum going into the play-offs is vitally important. There’s an air of arrogance and confidence within our group and that’s brought belief in what they’re doing with it. We’re in a place where we know we’re going to score goals and we know we can compete.

“The crowd will have a massive part to play on Sunday. We want a partisan atmosphere here because this is Brunton Park and this is our home. We need the fans to help us as much as they can because if they’re roaring us on I know we will perform."

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 Heineken UK and Robert Tweddle Timber Merchant Haulage as our Joint Match Sponsors. Heineken UK are also our 72-page special edition Match Programme Sponsor.

We also welcome Opera Bingo and Lattimer Homes as our Associate Sponsors.

Our Match Ball Sponsors for the big game are Investaac, Inspira and House of Vodka.

We hope they and their guests 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 Macie Curle, Nylah Curle-Aburezeq, Mia and Mason Rodda and, representing Exeter City, we have Olivia Hancock. 

Macie and Nylah have Keith Curle as their favourite person at the club - no surprise there!. Mia is a huge Mark Gillespie fan (he even gave her his gloves at the recent Open Training Session) and Mason will be rooting for Jabo Ibehre. Olivia has two favourite Grecians - Jordan Moore-Taylor and Ollie Watkins.

Have a great day gang!

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 44 games this season and has shown 117 yellow cards and three reds.

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

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



Issue 26 of The Blues is on sale from our usual programme selling points and outlets around the ground.

It's a bumper 72-page play-off special with features, interviews and articles covering everything from Exeter City's past play-off exploits to members of our first team squad discussing their previous experiences in play-off games.

The manager chooses his peformance of the season, we have a season review from chief executive Nigel Clibbens, and we say thank to the home and away Blue Army for their exploits through what has been a fantastic campaign.

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

Priced at just £3 - it’s a sepcial edition 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.