United take on Morecambe at the Globe Arena in their third pre-season friendly game of the 2011-12 campaign. Carlisle missing just Ben Mckenna and Josh Todd through injury have trialists Stuart Green and Lasse Merring-Mikkelsen on the bench, as the Blues start the match in a diamond formation as follows :
Rory Loy - Paddy Madden
Jon-Paul McGovern
Tom Taiwo - James Berrett
Paul Thirlwell
Matty Robson - Peter Murphy - Danny Livesey - Frank Simek
Adam Collin
4 mins - Robson long range effort deflects away off Chris McCready. Berrett corner in, pinball in box, Berrett cross back in, Livesey half-volley from middle of box flies high and wide.
6 mins - Madden charges down Barry Roche clearance from back-pass, goal-kick Morecambe.
9 mins - Izak Reid weak shot from edge of box straight at Collin.
16 mins - Berrett corner in, Roche punches clear, McGovern header back in caught by Roche.
22 mins - McGovern to Loy, runs forward, Loy left-footed 25-yard strike loops over top of Roche and in, 0-1.
24 mins - Phil Jevons cuts in from the left for Morecambe, shot from edge of box flies across goal and narrowly wide of Collin's far-post.
39 mins - After a quiet spell in the game Robson cuts in from the left past Parrish, right-footed shot from 22 yards out pings away off knees of Roche.
46 mins - United keep the same formation but bring on Stuart Green, Lance McGlen and Liam Noble for James Berrett, Frank Simek and Jon-Paul McGovern respectively.
46 mins - Morecambe replace Andy Parrish and Chris McCready with Niall Cowperthwaite and Kieran Charnock respectively.
50 mins - Thirlwell cross in from left, Loy heads wide from close range.
59 mins - Former Carlisle striker Danny Carlton picks up on a loose ball for the home side before firing a 25-yard half-volley well over the top.
64 mins - United make a further three changes to the diamond formation personnel as Paul Thirlwell, Paddy Madden and Rory Loy are replaced by Lasse Merring-Mikkelsen, Francois Zoko and Craig Curran respectively.
64 mins - Morecambe bring on Gary McDonald in place of Izak Reid.
65 mins - Robson left-footed free-kick from 30 yards out goes well wide.
71 mins - Mark Gillespie replaces Adam Collin between the Carlisle sticks.
76 mins - Garry Hunter shot for Morecambe deflects wide, Hunter corner in sees Kieran Charnock rise well to head into the United net from the middle of the box, 1-1.
77 mins - Carlisle make it a full house of 11 substitutions on the night as Matty Robson, Peter Murphy, Danny Livesey and Tom Taiwo are replaced by Steven Swinglehurst, Stephen O'Halloran, Lubomir Michalik and Andy Welsh respectively.
79 mins - Morecambe bring on Joe Culshaw for Garry Hunter.
81 mins - Phil Jevons and Swinglehurst tussle for possession in the Carlisle box, Jevons goes down, referee Paul Tierney points to the spot. Jevons dusts himself down to step up and send Gillespie the wrong way with the penalty kick, 2-1.
83 mins - Morecambe replace Dan Parkinson with Sean Breen.
90 mins - Laurence WIlson cuts in from the right and has his shot from the edge of the box pushed behind by Gillespie. Charnock heads wide from the resultant corner.
Morecambe line-up :
Barry Roche, Will Haining, Andy Parrish (Niall Cowperthwaite 46), Chris McCready (Kieran Charnock 46), Laurence Wilson, Izak Reid (Gary McDonald 64), Stewart Drummond, Garry Hunter (Joe Culshaw 79), Dan Parkinson (Sean Breen 83), Phil Jevons, Danny Carlton.
Unused substitutes :
Shaun Routledge (GK) and Joe McGee.
Goals - Kieran Charnock 76 and Phil Jevons 81 (pen).
United line-up :
Adam Collin (Mark Gillespie 71),Frank Simek (Lance McGlen 46), Danny Livesey (Lubomir Michalik 77), Peter Murphy (Stephen O'Halloran 77), Matty Robson (Steven Swinglehurst 77), Paul Thirlwell (Lasse Merring-Mikkelsen 64), James Berrett (Liam Noble 46), Tom Taiwo (Andy Welsh 77), Jon-Paul McGovern (Stuart Green 46), Paddy Madden (Francois Zoko 64), Rory Loy (Craig Curran 64).
No unused substitutes.
Goal - Rory Loy 22.
Referee - Paul Tierney (Wigan).
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