Down to Gresty Road for the first round of the FA Youth Cup where a hearty attendance of 370 assembled in the massive main stand ahead of the game. Carlisle taking on a Crewe outfit who play a level higher than United in the youth league system, while the Blues also had to make do without three of their four strikers with Jamie Clarey, Danny Hodgson and Alex Salmon all out injured, that therefore leaving Greg Peel as the only available Carlisle frontman.
3 mins - Crewe start slowly with some bad defending, Peel and Connor Thomson have half shots blocked in a goalmouth scramble.
7 mins - Liam Wilson for Crewe shoots over the top from 25 yards out.
14 mins - Peel robs Crewe's Billy Waters and feeds Kyle Dempsey for a long range shot blocked by Liam Nolan.
16 mins - Bad high challenge by Crewe's Toby Appleton on Brandon Gwinnutt, remarkably escapes even a booking.
19 mins - Foul by Tom Berwick on Crewe's James Jones 35 yards out, Brandon Moores fires the free-kick over the top.
20 mins - Pass by Moores to Jones in Carlisle box, good block on 15-yard shot by United's Brad Staunch.
21 mins - Moores shoots wide of the Carlisle far-post from just outside the box.
22 mins - Moores fires over the United crossbar from 25 yards out.
24 mins - Dempsey robs Nolan, shoots across goal from 15 yards out, Crewe goalkeeper Robbie Johnson parries away, Pat Brough slides in at back-post but slices the rebound wide from close range.
27 mins - Lovely turn and pass down the right-hand channel by Dempsey, Thomson pulls back from the by-line, Peel unmarked 12 yards out pulls shot across goal and wide of the near-post. Good chance missed for Carlisle.
31 mins - Crewe's James Baillie sends a deep ball over to the back-stick, Joe Gorman half-volleys it over the top from 12 yards out.
33 mins - Jones to Baillie down the United left, Baillie cross in, Wilson header over the angle of Carlisle's near-post and crossbar from 10 yards out.
39 mins - Waters shot from 25 yards out pushed behind by Carlisle goalkeeper Jordan Parker, Jones corner in drops to Moores, 12-yard shot well blocked away by Staunch.
42 mins - Jack Lynch corner in for United, Dempsey heads over the top from the middle of the Crewe box.
43 mins - Brough foul on Crewe's Jones to the left of the Carlisle 'D', Moores shot from there on the free-kick parried away by Parker.
45 mins - Crewe's Appleton shoots straight at Parker from long range.
47 mins - Jones sends a Crewe delivery in from 40 yards out, Gorman flicks a header across goal and wide from the middle of the United box.
48 mins - Wilson gives the ball away to Peel 35 yards out, Peel runs on before shooting straight at the Alex' goalkeeper.
50 mins - Dillon Morse foul on Crewe's Callum Saunders in the left-hand corner, Jones free-kick in, Gorman heads over the top from 8 yards out.
52 mins - Dempsey sends Brough away down the left-hand channel with a nice pass, Brough shot from 15 yards out across the goal and into the net off the base of the far-post. 1-0 Carlisle.
53 mins - Moores races into the United box, 15-yard shot parried away by Parker.
60 mins - Jones through to Wilson, goes round Parker but Parker still manages to get a block in from a tight angle at close range, Morse then seems to handle the ball away from danger but no penalty awarded to Crewe.
67 mins - Jones corner in for Crewe, Nolan heads straight at Parker from 6 yards out. Good chance.
71 mins - Wilson ball to Moores down the left-hand channel, Moores shot from 15 yards out across Parker and into the far corner of the United net for a very similar goal to Carlisle's. 1-1.
72 mins - Berwick corner in for United, Morse header from 8 yards out caught by Johnson.
74 mins - Crewe substitution, Dominic Smith on for Saunders upfront.
75 mins - Smith to Waters, 20-yard shot parried behind by Parker, Jones corner in, Staunch heads partly clear for United, Waters again 20-yard shot once more well saved by Parker. Jones corner in, Gorman heads wide from close range.
78 mins - Crewe's Moores pounces on a loose ball but half-volleys it over the top from just outside the Carlisle box.
81 mins - Louis Johnson concedes possession for Crewe, Dempsey shot from long range straight at the Alex' goalkeeper.
82 mins - Foul by Louis Johnson on Thomson to the right of the Crewe 'D', Berwick's shot from the free-kick deflects away from the danger off the wall.
85 mins - Staunch and Parker get themselves in a mix-up for United, Wilson 15-yard overhead kick caught by a backpedalling Parker.
86 mins - Carlisle substitution in central midfield, Connor Hammill on for Lynch.
87 mins - Peel to Thomson down the Crewe left, Thomson cuts in at pace but shoots straight at Robbie Johnson from 10 yards out. Good late chance to win it.
90+2 mins - Crewe's Waters shoots straight at Parker from 20 yards out.
90+3 mins - Last chance of the 90 minutes, Crewe's Wilson runs on before firing over the top from the Carlisle 'D'.
95 mins - Crewe substitution across their frontline, George Cooper comes on for Wilson.
99 mins - Staunch makes a deep run forward for Carlisle but pulls a 20-yard low drive well wide of the near-post.
101 mins - Jones short corner for Crewe to Waters, chipped into the box, Smith heads wide of the target from close range.
103 minutes - Carlisle substitution, Peel off and Danny Dixon on, Thomson goes upfront down the middle and Dixon takes his place on the right.
104 minutes - Carlisle asleep on quick Crewe throw-in on their right, Baillie to Waters, fantastic shot from Waters 22 yards out across Parker and into the net off the inside of the back-post. Great finish. 2-1 Crewe.
109 mins - Both sides make their final substitution of the match. Crewe bring Joe Howell on for Moores down the left and United replace Thomson with right-back Jake Chisholm upfront.
110 mins - Crewe's Smith has a 15-yard shot well saved by Blues man of the match Parker.
111 mins - Crewe's Jones fires wide of the target from distance.
112 mins - Long ball up from Crewe's Baillie down the right-hand channel, Morse and Parker leave it for each other, Smith sticks out a boot but his 10-yard lob hits the top of the Carlisle crossbar on its way over.
113 mins - Dale Minor cross in from the left for Carlisle, Dempsey shot from 12 yards out well pushed clear by Robbie Johnson away to his right, Dixon cross in after a bad attempted clearance by Cooper, Staunch heads over the top from 15 yards out.
117 mins - Bad back pass by Crewe's Baillie, Brough knocks it past the Alex' goalkeeper in the penalty area, Brough goes down under the challenge, referee Johnson awards a corner. One of those 50-50 ones on a penalty where sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't.
119 mins - Crewe's Smith plays in Waters for a 22-yard drive over the top.
120 mins - Smith then booked for kicking the ball away.
120+2 mins - Last chance for Carlisle to find a late leveller. Berwick shot from 35 yards out sneaks inches wide of the Crewe near-post. With the Alex' claiming a goal-kick and United appealing for a corner, referee Johnson prefers the easy option of blowing the final whistle.
Crewe line-up:
Robbie Johnson, James Baillie, Toby Appleton, Liam Nolan, Louis Johnson, Joe Gorman (c), James Jones, Billy Waters, Callum Saunders (Dominic Smith 74), Liam Wilson (George Cooper 95), Brandon Moores (Joe Howell 109).
Unused substitutes:
Paul Tyson (GK) and Perry Ng.
United line-up:
Jordan Parker, Brandon Gwinnutt, Dale Minor, Brad Staunch, Dillon Morse, Kyle Dempsey, Jack Lynch (Connor Hammill 86), Tom Berwick (c), Connor Thomson (Jake Chisholm 109), Greg Peel (Danny Dixon 103), Pat Brough.
Unused substitutes:
Lewis Brass (GK) and Evan McEvoy.
Referee - J Johnson.
Assistants - M Murphy and M Southern.
Attendance - 370.
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