Carlisle City Football Club is a

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club based in

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at Gillford Park.

History

The club was formed in 1975 by two former Carlisle United players,

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and Ron Thompson "to give local lads somewhere to play". They joined the

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, and were runners-up in 1976–77 and 1977–78, and again in 1979–80.Northern Alliance 1979-1990
Non-League Matters After finishing bottom of the league in 1986–87, Carlisle left the Northern Alliance to join the Northern Combination. However, at the end of the 1987–88 season the Combination merged into the Northern Alliance, with Carlisle rejoining to become founder members of the new Division One. In 1991–92 they were Division One champions, earning promotion to the Premier Division.
Non-League Matters The club were subsequently Premier Division runners-up in 1993–94, 1995–96, 2002–03, 2013–14 and 2014–15. After finishing third in 2015–16, they were promoted to Division One of the North West Counties League. At the end of the 2018–19 season, the club were transferred to Division Two of the Northern League. The club won the title in the 2021–22 season, earning promotion to Division One.

Ground

In 2015 the club took over the lease of Gillford Park from

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, allowing them to move up to the North West Counties League.

Honours

*Northern League **Division Two champions 2021–22 *Northern Alliance **Division One champions 1991–92

Records

*Best

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performance: First qualifying round, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80 *Best

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performance: Third round, 1976–77, 2023–24 *Record attendance: 708 v Carlisle United, 8 July 2017

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