Carlisle United F.C.
Carlisle United F.C. are an English football team currently playing in Conference National.
The club was formed when two Carlisle based teams, Shaddongate United and Carlisle Red Rose, merged in 1903. The newly formed club initially played at Milhome Bank and later at Devonshire Park, finally settling at their current home Brunton Park.
Carlisle were elected to the Football League Third Division (North) in 1928 replacing Durham City. Carlisle have played in all four divisions of The Football League, including a single season in Division One in 1974-1975, which they even topped for a while at the start of the season. Those glory days are now long gone, however, as they were finally relegated to the Football Conference in 2004, after years of struggling at the bottom of The Football league.
The club's honours include two Third Division Championship trophies in 1964-1965 and 1994-1995.
Due to the club's geographical location (Carisle is somewhat isolated in the far north-west of England, very close to the Scottish border) and their lack of recent success in England, the club is rumoured to be interested in joining the Scottish football league system. This suggestion has been vehemontly played down by both supporters and officials of the club, which is based in a city steeped in history dominated by a struggle to keep the town English.
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