Match Report
3 points and 1 places separated them: Carlisle United U18 22nd with 21, Hartlepool United U18 23rd with 18. Hartlepool United U18 ranked just 43rd in the league on five-round form despite their 23rd table position. Per game in the league, Carlisle United U18 were scoring 1.08 and conceding 1.71, Hartlepool United U18 1.58 and 2.46, against a competition average of 1.96 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Carlisle United U18 — three in succession.


