Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Carlisle United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 23 December 2017

Result

Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Carlisle United

League Two · Saturday 23 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Carlisle United: match report

Forest Green Rovers lost to Carlisle United 0-1 in the League Two on Saturday 23 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Richie Bennett of Carlisle United in the 28th minute.

Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Carlisle United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Forest Green Rovers were 24th on 20 points from 22 and Carlisle United 14th on 28 points from 22. Forest Green Rovers went on to finish that season 21st with 47 points, and Carlisle United 10th with 67.

Going into the match Forest Green Rovers's last five read L-L-D-L-W and Carlisle United's L-D-D-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Richie BennettCarlisle United · 0-1
  • 81'Yellow card · M. RobertsForest Green Rovers
  • 84'Yellow card · Jordan StevensForest Green Rovers
  • 86'Yellow card · Daniel GraingerCarlisle United
  • 90+4'Yellow card · S. LairdForest Green Rovers
  • 90+4'Yellow card · T. MillerCarlisle United

Team news

Forest Green Rovers line-up

Brad Collins, Dale Bennett, Scott Laird, Lee Collins, Jack Fitzwater, Drissa Traoré, Charlie Cooper, Isaiah Osbourne, Keanu Marsh-Brown, Christian Doidge, Dan Wishart

Carlisle United line-up

Jack Bonham, Daniel Grainger, Gary Liddle, Tom Parkes, James Brown, Clint Hill, Mike Jones, Jamie Devitt, R. Lambe, Hallam Hope, Richie Bennett