The 2026–27 season is the 122nd season in the history of Carlisle United Football Club and their second season back in the National League following relegation from League Two in the 2024–25 season.

Transfers In DatePos.PlayerFromFeeRef. 1 July 2026 CM Undisclosed 1 July 2026 CM Free 1 July 2026 GK Free 1 July 2026 CB Undisclosed 1 July 2026 RB Free 25 July 2026 CB Free 12 August 2026 GK Undisclosed 31 August 2026 CM Undisclosed 9 September 2026 CF Undisclosed

Out DatePos.PlayerToFeeRef. 12 August 2026 GK Undisclosed

Loaned in DatePos.PlayerLoaned fromDate untilRef. 27 July 2026 CB Toby Mullarkey Fleetwood Town 2 January 2027 15 August 2026 CF Luke Skinner Bristol City 7 September 2026 29 September 2026 CB Tom Anderson Shrewsbury Town 31 December 2026

Loaned out DatePos.PlayerLoaned toDate untilRef. 14 August 2026 CF Seb Mason Stranraer January 2027 15 August 2026 CM Amaru Smith Darlington 25 September 2026 8 September 2026 RB Hayden Atkinson Darlington November 2026

Released / Out of Contract DatePos.PlayerSubsequent clubFeeRef. 30 June 2026 CM Released 30 June 2026 RB Released 30 June 2026 CM Released 30 June 2026 CB Released 30 June 2026 CM Released 30 June 2026 LW Mutual Consent 30 June 2026 LB Released 30 June 2026 RW Released 30 June 2026 GK Released 30 June 2026 CM Released 30 June 2026 CB Released 30 June 2026 CF Retired Released

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions National League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches On 10 July, the National League fixtures were announced.

FA Cup

Statistics Appearances and goals

|colspan="14"|Player(s) who featured whilst on loan but returned to parent club during the season:

Team sheet per fixture

No. Pos. Nat. Player League RoundsDiscipline R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 YC RC 1 GK Adam Desbois X X X X X X X X X X X 1 0 2 DF Kenton Richardson s s s 0 0 3 DF Cameron Harper X X s s s X s 1 0 4 MF Harvey Bunker X X1 X2 X X X X X X X X X 0 0 5 DF Morgan Feeney s s s X X X X X X 2 0 6 MF Miguel Azeez X X X1 X X1 X X X X X X X 3 0 7 FW David Ajiboye X X X X1 X X X X X X s X2 0 0 8 MF Callum Whelan X s s s s 0 0 9 FW Georgie Kelly X2 X X X X X X2 X X X X 1 0 10 FW Regan Linney X X X1 X X1 s s s s1 X1 X 4 0 11 FW Junior Luamba s s1 s s s s 0 0 12 DF Ryan Galvin X X X X X X s X X X s s 0 0 15 DF Brad Nicholson s X X X X X X X X X X 3 0 16 GK Archie Mair X 0 0 17 DF Leo Duru X X X X s s X s X X X X 1 0 18 DF Jack Ellis s X X X X X X X s X1 X 3 0 19 FW Micah Obiero s X1 X s1 0 0 19 FW Luke Skinner s s s 0 0 20 MF Stephen Wearne s s s X X1 s s s X s s 1 0 22 DF Josh Williams s s s s X1 X X s s X X 0 0 25 FW Jonah Lowes s 0 0 30 MF Teddy Jenks s X X X X X X 1 0 31 FW Tom Anderson s 0 0 40 DF Toby Mullarkey X X X X 0 0

Key X = Started the match s = Appeared as a substitute Superscript number (e.g., X1) = Number of goals scored in that round

Notes

References