Match Pack: Carlisle United (A)

Sutton head to Brunton Park for the first time since the 2022/23 campaign, making their longest trip of the season to take on Carlisle United.

Read below for everything you need to know ahead of the match.

Match Info

• Fixture: Carlisle United vs Sutton United
• Competition: Enterprise National League
• Venue: Brunton Park
• Date: Saturday, 11th April; 3pm
• Strip: Amber home kit
• Television: National League TV

Officials

• Referee: Declan Brown. Refereed his first National League game when we visited Ebbsfleet a year ago this weekend, and took charge of our game at Rochdale in August. He has been refereeing in the Football League since October.
• Assistant Referees: Alex Gray; William Vaughan
• Fourth Official: Bilal Moosa

How to Follow

Video

A live stream on National League TV – via DAZN – will be available overseas by purchasing a match pass here.

A range of passes are available for the 2025/26 season, with pricing as follows:

• Annual – Pay Up Front: £99.99/year

Pay for a year upfront to get the best value deal.

• Annual – Pay Monthly: £12.99/month

Pay for a year upfront to get the best value deal.

• Monthly Flex: £19.99/month

Renews monthly. Cancel anytime with 30 days’ notice.

Audio

Supporters will also be able to listen to all the action, with a Mixlr audio commentary being available and will be posted on social media accounts before kick-off.

Social Media

You can also follow the game through our social media channels below, with full text coverage during the fixture.

X: @suttonunited

Facebook: @suttonunited

Instagram: @suttonunited

In Person

Tickets can be purchased on Carlisle’s ticketing website in advance.

Ticket Prices

• Adult: £20
• Senior: £17
• Young Adult (18–22): £14
• Junior (Under 18): £9
• Junior (Under 14): £9
• Under 11: £6
• Family Junior (11–17): £7
• Carer: £0
• Under 7: £0

The ticket office can also be contacted on ticket.printing@carlisleunited.co.uk, and opens from 10am until kick-off on matchday. This can be located on the West Side of the ground.

Getting to the Ground

Stadium Address:

Warwick Road

Carlisle

Cumbria

CA1 1LL

By Car

Head north and join the M25 motorway. Follow the M25 clockwise until you reach the junction for the M40 or M1, then continue north toward the M6 motorway. Stay on the M6 for most of the journey heading toward Carlisle.

Leave the M6 at Junction 43 for Carlisle. At the roundabout, take the first exit onto the A69. Brunton Park is approximately 1.1 miles along Warwick Road on the right-hand side.

The supporters’ car park is situated on the east side of the ground, and will be open from 12:30pm on matchday. The area is vulnerable to flooding so please check social media posts on matchday.

Car parking is £5 on a matchday.

Please note, cash is the only form of payment accepted for the parking mentioned above.

There are approximately 400 available spaces in the car park, with a small number of disabled bays. Disabled bays are allocated on a first come, first served basis and a valid disabled badge must be displayed in the car window.

By Public Transport

Brunton Park is 1.2 miles from Carlisle Railway Station, which can be reached from London Euston via a change at Preston (Lancs), or via King’s Cross via a change at Newcastle.

From Sutton, take a Southern service to London Victoria, then catch a Victoria line tube service to Euston. From there, Avanti West Coast services run directly to Preston (Lancs), and from there trains terminate at Carlisle.

Alternatively, take a Thameslink which runs directly to King’s Cross St Pancras. Walk over to King’s Cross, catch an LNER train to Newcastle, before catching a Northern service which also terminates at Carlisle. In total, either journey should take between four-and-a-half and five hours.

From Carlisle Station, head out and cross the road, before locating Nando’s Restaurant on the crescent shaped road adjacent to the first set of traffic lights. Walk straight down Warwick Road for about one mile and you will reach Brunton Park on the left-hand side. A taxi rank is located just outside the Railway Station.

From the city centre, Brunton Park is approximately 0.8 miles from the Lanes Shopping Centre. Exit onto Lowther street and turn right. Take the next left onto Lonsdale Street and carry straight on across the road at the traffic lights until you get to Hartington Place. Take a right, at the end of the road head left, and you are now on Warwick Road. Brunton Park is located on the left-hand side as you walk along.

Alternatively, take the number 63 bus from the city centre. Alight at the Lakeland Gate Inn. Head back a short distance from the direction you travelled on the bus and Brunton Park is on your right-hand side.

Show your match or season ticket when you board and ask for a footyrider ticket, giving you half price travel in Carlisle on the day of the game.

Plan your journey HERE!

By Coach

The coach for our trip to Carlisle United will depart from Gander Green Lane at 6am.

Tickets for this journey cost £50 (Return) or 35 (Single/U16), and the Supporters’ Club request supporters to meet at 5:45am.

Bookings can be taken via The Supporters’ Hub on matchdays or email suttonunitedcoachtravel@hotmail.com.

Any short notice changes will be highlighted on www.suttonunitedsupportersclub.co.uk.

Accessibility

All accessible entrances will be open as detailed in the stadium map below:

Travelling supporters will be housed in Petteril End, also known as The Waterworks.

This is an open terrace behind the goal, with a limited number of seats available on a first come first served basis. Hot and cold food and drinks are available to purchase but no alcohol will be served. On most home matchdays away fans are welcome to make use of the extensive food and drink selection in our Fan Zone. Please note – the away end in Brunton Park is CARD ONLY.

Supporters can collect pre-paid tickets from the away ticket office, but this may change depending on the allocation sold – meaning if there’s a low number of sales, you may have to collect from our matchday ticket office on the east side of Brunton Park.

Away fans are advised to check the @CUFC_SLO Twitter account, which will make supporters aware of which ticket office is being used on that particular day.

Please note, turnstiles open 90-minutes before kick-off.

Each game at Brunton Park is subject to an assessment in liaison with Cumbria Police. Some fixtures will have designated pubs for away fans, but in general, travelling supporters can use any pub with exception of the Caledonian and the Beehive, which are designated as home fans only.

The Fan Zone at Brunton Park will ordinarily be available for all fans to use. However, some games may be designated home fans only.

Drums are not allowed in the away end.

Carlisle have a dedicated Supporter Liaison Officer, Simon Clarkson, who can be contacted on slo@carlisleunited.co.uk.

Their staff strive to deliver the best service to all supporters on a matchday and will be happy to help with any enquiries or issues that may arise.

You can always approach a member of our ‘meeter and greeter’ team or nearest steward in and around the stadium for help, while our shop, kiosk and ticketing staff can also provide assistance.

Similarly, if you require First Aid, alert a steward or staff member, who will get you the help you need.

Nearby services:

• CASH MACHINE – Premier Store, Warwick Road, CA1 2BX
• EV CHARGING – Lidl, Warwick Road, CA1 2RZ
• FILLING STATION – Tesco, Warwick Road, CA1 2SB
• HOTEL – Premier Inn, Warwick Road, CA1 2WF
• PHARMACY – Tesco, Warwick Road, CA1 2SB
• POST OFFICE – Premier Store, Warwick Road, CA1 2BX
• SUPERMARKET – Lidl, Warwick Road, CA1 2RZ
• TOURIST INFORMATION – Market Street, CA3 8JE
• TAXIS – (01228) 527575 / 515818 (01228) 247365

View our hosts’ one-page pocket guide HERE.

The Family Zone opens at 1:30pm on a Saturday matchday, providing a fun place to meet new friends and play games ahead of the action.

The Zone is open until half-time, and with staff in place to keep an eye on things, it gives a safe and secure environment where children of all ages can relax.

This area can be accessed via the main concourse in the East Stand. Section eight of the East Stand is the preferred seating area for users of our Family Zone, but families and children from any area of the stand can use the facility.

For more information, click HERE.

Fan Zone:

Located on the west side of the stadium, United’s main Fan Zone is the perfect place to be pre and post-match.

Food and drink will be available from our usual matchday vendors, who provide a plethora of outstanding catering options. Furthermore, our two container bars will be open for supporters to purchase their favourite pint ahead of the action on the pitch.

The exciting addition of the big screen – which will show the early and late kick-off – adds another much-improved aspect ahead of the 2024/25 campaign, making the experience better for everyone in attendance.

For more information, including details on our brand new Warwick Road End Fan Zones, click HERE.

Our staff strive to deliver the best service to all supporters on a matchday and will be happy to help with any enquiries or issues that may arise.

You can always approach the nearest steward in and around the stadium for help, while our shop, kiosk and ticketing staff can also provide assistance.

Similarly, if you require First Aid, alert a steward or staff member, who will get you the help you need.

Food and drink:

We have a number of catering kiosks situated throughout Brunton Park, offering a range of food and beverage options. In addition, our Fan Zone has two container bars and a range of usual matchday vendors, who sell an array of food and drink options.

Programme:

United’s programme provides supporters the opportunity to purchase an informational booklet relating to each specific fixture – or two, if it’s a double-issue, which includes a pull-out poster of one of the Blues’ first team players.

First Time Visitor Scheme:

As part of our First Time Visitors Scheme, supporters attending the stadium for the first time can collect a surprise gift from the West Stand Ticket Office. Simply let a member of staff know it’s your first visit to receive your welcome gift.

Wheelchair & Ambulant Disabled

Stat Attack

2 – Carlisle sit second in the form guide across the last five games, picking up 11 points (W3, D2, L0), a tally bettered only by York City (12.)

3 – 50% of Carlisle’s entire goal tally (80) have been scored by Regan Linney (18), Georgie Kelly (12) and Luke Armstrong (10).

4 – Regan Linney’s four goals from his last five games is more than in his previous 20 games combined.

5 – Sutton have never lost to Carlisle across five meetings (W3, D2, L0), beginning in 2021. Their last trip to Brunton Park brought a 1-1 draw in December 2023.

Player In Focus

Regan Linney

Position: Forward

Age: 28

Appearances 25/26: 39

Goals 25/26: 17

Assists 25/26: 9

Head-To-Head

• Carlisle United wins: 0
• Draws: 2
• Sutton United wins: 3

Last Five Meetings: 

• Sutton United 2-1 Carlisle United – 30th August 2025 (National League)
• Sutton United 1-1 Carlisle United – 8th May 2023 (League Two)
• Carlisle United 1-1 Sutton United – 3rd December 2022 (League Two)
• Carlisle United 0-2 Sutton United – 29th January 2022 (League Two)
• Sutton United 4-0 Carlisle United – 25th September 2021 (League Two)

Last Time We Met

Sutton picked up a first Enterprise National League win of the season, and at the same time inflicted Carlisle’s first defeat, with a stirring victory to end a month of testing fixtures in the best way.

A game that started slowly swung Sutton’s way either side of half time as Ashley Nadesan missed a glorious chance at the end of the first half before Edon Pruti’s header four minutes after the break put U’s in front, and David Ogbonna’s delightfully taken goal eight minutes from the end provided insurance against a late Carlisle comeback which only produced Georgie Kelly’s stoppage time effort.

Played for Both

David Ajiboye

A fans’ favourite during his time at Gander Green Lane, David Ajiboye came to prominence during his time at Sutton, giving him a platform to build a career within the EFL before returning to the National League on a permanent basis last summer with a move to Carlisle United.

Born in Bromley, Aljiboye signed for Brighton & Hove Albion on a two-year scholarship in 2015 and gained experience on loan at Worthing in the Isthmian League Premier Division in 2017, where he made three appearances. This was followed by his debut for Brighton’s Under-21’s; a 2-0 defeat to MK Dons in the EFL Trophy, before returning to South London temporarily with a loan move to Millwall Under-23.

He was then released by Brighton in the summer of 2018 and returned to Worthing on a permanent basis, scoring 21 goals in 45 games across the 2018/19 season, before moving to Sutton the following year.

His time in SM1 proved to be extremely fruitful, making over 100 appearances for the club across a three-year spell and helping to gain promotion to League Two for the club’s history, striking up one of the best partnerships in the division with Isaac Olaofe and Omar Bugiel.

He subsequently earned a move into League One with Peterborough United, spending three years with at London Road where he appeared 50 times, and barring a brief loan move back at Sutton at the end of the 2022/23 season, remained part of the Posh team until 2024.

This preceded a couple of loan moves towards the backend of last season, joining York City and Newport County, before returning to the National League permanently in the summer with a switch to Carlisle, where he has scored seven times, notably when he put gloss on top of a 3-1 win over Forest Green Rovers with a driving run forwards from his own half that took him past multiple defenders before lifting the ball over Harry Isted with a deft left-footed finish.