Friday night fun at an extremely wet Parkside Road with heavy rain hammering down for the majority of the game. For Carlisle, Ben Mckenna and Brad Potts absent injured, Danish trialists Michael Brodersen and Lasse Merring-Mikkelsen feature, along with the more local trialist Stuart Green, two teams of eleven play a half apiece for United with Tony Caig and then youth teamers Will James, Dave Symington and Josh Todd available as substitutes if required.
Carlisle start the match playing the diamond formation with Adam Collin in goal and Steven Swinglehurst, Stephen O'Halloran, Danny Livesey and Frank Simek across the back four from left to right. At the base of the midfield diamond is Paul Thirlwell, on the left edge is James Berrett, the right belongs to Tom Taiwo and at the tip is Jon-Paul McGovern. The two strikers who play the first-half are Rory Loy to the left and Craig Curran to the right.
3 mins - Donnelly corner in for Kendal, Collin drops, Barnett shoots straight into the arms of Collin from close range.
4 mins - McGovern to Curran, 20-yard drive over top.
10 mins - Donnelly corner, Collin flaps, Bell header from 8 yards headed off line by Livesey.
13 mins - Thirlwell to Berrett to Loy, one-on-one with goalkeeper Dootson 12 yards out, Shoots straight at Dootson's legs, rebounds to Berrett for 15-yard side-footer into roof of net, 0-1.
15 mins - Kendal free-kick to back post, Williams chips back in, Peers volley 6 yards, good save Collin. Donnelly corner, Barnett header 10 yards wide far post.
17 mins - McGovern cross in from left, Curran 10 yards header wide far-post.
Midway point - Kendal front two pressing on leading to a few long balls from O'Halloran, good crossing in from right by Simek.
30 mins - awful back-pass by Kendal's Wisdom, Loy clear through one-on-one 12 yards, shoots straight at Dootson's legs. McGovern corner, Dootson flaps, Livesey half-volley cleared back-post, Loy 12 yards shoots into Dootson's gloves.
31 mins - Swinglehurst to Curran, 20-yard shot over.
35 mins - Simek cross in from right, Curran mistimed header hits defender, falls to Berrett, back to Curran, low 12-yard shot past Dootson, 0-2.
Carlisle start the second-half playing the diamond formation again with Mark Gillespie in goal and Matty Robson, Peter Murphy, Lubomir Michalik and Lance McGlen across the back four from left to right. At the base of the midfield diamond is Lasse Merring-Mikkelsen, on the left edge is Andy Welsh, the right belongs to Stuart Green and at the tip is Francois Zoko. The two strikers who play the second-half are Michael Brodersen to the left and Paddy Madden to the right.
46 mins - Kendal make two substitutions during the interval as probably their best two players are taken off as the home side face Blackburn at Parkside Road as soon as tomorrow afternoon. Mark Peers and Mark Jackson going off for Danny McGahon and Gary McEvatt respectively. No Carl Osman for Town tonight by the way, he's on holiday, while Tom Newnes is absent ill with an abcess.
47 mins - Robson cross in from left, Madden 8-yard header straight at Dootson.
48 mins - Zoko pass to Green, Green well placed side-footer 12 yards past Dootson, 0-3.
50 mins - Green to Madden, 20-yard shot across goal and past far-post.
51 mins - Michalik shot 25 yards wide far-post.
53 mins - Merring-Mikkelsen ball over top, Robson low cross in from left, just beyond Madden at far-post.
57 mins - Welsh ball through for Brodersen, 15-yard shot wide far-post.
59 mins - Green cross in from right, breaks to Welsh, 15-yard shot over top.
59 mins - Jordan Tucker off, Danny Moss on.
60 mins - Zoko to Brodersen, low cross in from left, Welsh 12-yard shot pushed behind Dootson. Welsh corner, Michalik header 10 yards easy catch Dootson.
65 mins - Green chip over Dootson 18 yards goes over crossbar.
66 mins - Andy Bell, Ashley Dunn and Danny Williams off. Chris Ward, Ian Kilford and Tom Kilifin on.
67 mins - Welsh to Robson, shot over top 20 yards.
Midway point - Green, Mikkelsen and Brodersen in order of trialist quality, Brodersen looks well off the pace at times.
68 mins - McEvatt to Kilifin, 15-yard shot wide.
73 mins - Kilifin cross in from left, Moss laid back to McEvatt, 8 yard shot into net, 1-3.
76 mins - Michael Brodersen off, Josh Todd on, Todd to left of diamond, Welsh to tip of diamond, Zoko upfront alongside Madden.
80 mins - Welsh run forward, shot 18 yards wide far-post.
82 mins - Welsh in from left, bobbly shot across goal 18 yards, Dootson sees late, creeps into far corner, 1-4.
84 mins - Welsh to Todd, powerful 20-yard drive, good parry away Dootson.
88 mins - Welsh to Zoko, 15 yard shot deflects off Joseph and loops past Dootson into far top corner of net, 1-5.
Kendal line-up :
Craig Dootson, Dan Barnett, Danny Wisdom, Jordan Tucker, Marc Joseph, Ciaran Donnelly, Mark Peers (Danny McGahon 46), Andy Bell (Chris Ward 66), Mark Jackson (Gary McEvatt 46), Ashley Dunn (Ian Kilford 66), Danny Williams (Tom Kilifin 66).
Unused substitute :
Stu Dixon (GK).
Goal - Gary McEvatt 73.
United first-half line-up :
Adam Collin, Frank Simek, Danny Livesey, Stephen O'Halloran, Steven Swinglehurst, Paul Thirlwell, Tom Taiwo, James Berrett, Jon-Paul McGovern, Craig Curran, Rory Loy.
United second-half line-up :
Mark Gillespie, Lance McGlen, Lubomir Michalik, Peter Murphy, Matty Robson, Lasse Merring-Mikkelsen, Stuart Green, Andy Welsh, Francois Zoko, Paddy Madden, Michael Brodersen (Josh Todd 76).
Unused substitutes :
Tony Caig, Will James and David Symington.
Goals - James Berrett 13, Craig Curran 35, Stuart Green 48, Andy Welsh 82 and Francois Zoko 88.
Referee - Alan Young.
Attendance - 669.
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