United Youth 4-1 Hartlepool Youth

With Carlisle using their four first year professional players in Adam Bradley, James Earl, Pete Ferris and Dan Kirkup it gave the Cumbrians a good edge over Hartlepool in terms of experience. The match was played in three 30 minute periods to give different players a chance in such warm summer conditions, and lessen the pressure in a relatively stress-free pre-season friendly.

The United scorers in the game were Mike Stewardson with a brace, James Earl and Pete Ferris. The win came at a slight cost though, with Earl and surprise inclusion, Jake Simpson, both struggling a little with injuries, Matthew Brown missed the game with a calf strain, while star striker Stephen Hindmarch was also absent, the Penrith-born youngster suffering with a virus. The next match for the youngsters comes at home to Darlington on Friday.


United players used :

Adam Bradley, Grant Carson, Ashley Combe, Jonny Blake, Dan Kirkup, Dan Wordsworth,Terry Stewart, Matthew Blake, Richard Hoban, James Earl, Matthew Wood, Pete Ferris, Jake Simpson, Mark Graham, Andy Hardman and Mike Stewardson.


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