1986–87 Carlisle United F.C. season

Results & fixtures

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	York City	46	12	13	21	55	79	−24	49
21	Bolton Wanderers	46	10	15	21	46	58	−12	45	Relegated in play-offs^[a]
22	Carlisle United	46	10	8	28	39	78	−39	38	Relegated
23	Darlington	46	7	16	23	45	77	−32	37
24	Newport County	46	8	13	25	49	86	−37	37

Source: ^[1]
Notes:

^ Bolton Wanderers lost in the first round of the play-offs and were thus relegated.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
1	23 August	Chester City	A	2–2
2	30 August	York City	H	2–2
3	6 September	Blackpool	A	2–1
4	13 September	Walsall	H	0–3
5	16 September	Brentford	H	0–0
6	20 September	Bristol City	A	0–3
7	27 September	Mansfield Town	H	1–2
8	11 October	Darlington	H	1–0
9	14 October	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–2
10	18 October	Gillingham	A	0–1
11	21 October	Bury	H	2–1
12	25 October	Bristol Rovers	H	2–0
13	28 October	Newport County	A	1–1
14	1 November	Wigan Athletic	A	0–2
15	4 November	Port Vale	H	2–0
16	8 November	Bournemouth	A	1–2
17	22 November	Fulham	H	1–3
18	29 November	Swindon Town	A	0–2
19	13 December	Chesterfield	A	2–3
20	21 December	Notts County	H	0–2
21	26 December	Middlesbrough	A	0–1
22	27 December	Rotherham United	H	3–5
23	3 January	Fulham	A	0–3
24	24 January	Blackpool	H	3–1
25	3 February	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–0
26	7 February	Brentford	A	1–3
27	14 February	Bristol City	H	1–2
28	21 February	Mansfield Town	A	0–2
29	28 February	Newport County	H	2–2
30	3 March	Wigan Athletic	H	0–2
31	14 March	Gillingham	H	2–4
32	17 March	Bury	A	0–0
33	21 March	Darlington	A	1–0
34	28 March	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–0
35	31 March	York City	A	0–1
36	4 April	Bournemouth	H	0–0
37	7 April	Walsall	A	0–3
38	11 April	Port Vale	A	1–0
39	18 April	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2
40	20 April	Middlesbrough	H	0–1
41	22 April	Bristol Rovers	A	0–4
42	26 April	Notts County	A	1–2
43	2 May	Swindon Town	A	0–3
44	4 May	Rotherham United	A	1–2
45	6 May	Chester City	H	0–2
46	9 May	Chesterfield	H	3–0

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	2 September	Grimsby Town	H	1–0
R1 L2	9 September	Grimsby Town	A	0–2

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	15 November	Notts County	A	1–1
R1 R	18 November	Notts County	H	1–3

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
GS	8 December	Stockport County	A	1–0
GS	16 December	Bury	H	3–2
R1	20 January	Preston North End	H	1–2

^ "League Division Three end of season table for 1986–87 season". 11v11. AFS Enterprises. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.