1972–73 Carlisle United F.C. season

Results & fixtures

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
1	12 August	Burnley	A	2–2
2	19 August	Swindon Town	H	3–0
3	26 August	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1
4	29 August	Aston Villa	A	0–1
5	2 September	Nottingham Forest	H	1–2
6	9 September	Middlesbrough	A	0–1
7	16 September	Cardiff City	A	4–0
8	23 September	Preston North End	A	0–1
9	26 September	Blackpool	H	2–3
10	30 September	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1
11	7 October	Queen's Park Rangers	A	0–4
12	14 October	Fulham	H	2–1
13	21 October	Orient	A	1–2
14	28 October	Portsmouth	H	1–0
15	4 November	Blackpool	A	0–0
16	11 November	Sunderland	H	4–3
17	18 November	Oxford United	H	2–1
18	25 November	Luton Town	A	1–0
19	2 December	Bristol City	H	1–2
20	9 December	Hull City	A	1–1
21	16 December	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	5–1
22	23 December	Millwall	A	0–1
23	26 December	Preston North End	H	6–1
24	6 January	Huddersfield Town	H	0–0
25	20 January	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2
26	27 January	Middlesbrough	H	1–1
27	10 February	Cardiff City	A	0–1
28	17 February	Burnley	H	1–1
29	3 March	Queen's Park Rangers	H	1–3
30	10 March	Fulham	A	0–1
31	12 March	Swindon Town	A	0–2
32	17 March	Orient	H	1–0
33	21 March	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1
34	24 March	Portsmouth	A	0–0
35	27 March	Sunderland	A	1–2
36	31 March	Luton Town	H	2–0
37	7 April	Bristol City	A	1–4
38	14 April	Hull City	H	0–1
39	21 April	Oxford United	A	1–1
40	23 April	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0
41	24 April	Millwall	H	0–1
42	28 April	Aston Villa	H	2–2

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	5 September	Liverpool	H	2–2
R2 R	19 September	Liverpool	A	1–5

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
R3	13 January	Huddersfield Town	H	2–2
R3 R	16 January	Huddersfield Town	A	1–0
R4	3 February	Sheffield United	H	2–1
R5	24 February	Arsenal	H	1–2