Story of the night: Carlisle United 3-3 Hartlepool United – Pools lose 4-3 on penalties following Papa John's Trophy thriller
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Pools trailed 3-1 with nine minutes remaining after goals from Taylor Charters, Manasse Mampala and Tristan Abrahams cancelled out Matty Daly’s first half strike.
But a fine goal from Luke Molyneux and a penalty from Fela Olomola forced a penalty shoot out which Carlisle won 4-3.
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Hide AdThat sees Pools take a point away from the game while The Cumbrians claim two in the group stages.
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LIVE: Carlisle United 3 (Charters 11’, Mampala 59’, Abrahams 78’) Hartlepool United 3 (Daly 17’, Molyneux 81’, Olomola 89’) - Carlisle win 4-3 on penalties
Key Events
- Pools XI: Mitchell; Ferguson, Odusina, Lawlor, Hendrie, Ogle; Smith, Daly, Molyneux; Goodwin, Cullen
- Pools subs: Killip, Byrne, Crawford, Featherstone, Shelton Burey, Olomola
- Pools bookings: Daly (55)
- Carlisle XI: Jensen; Armer, Devine, Alessandra, Dickenson, Mellish, Charters, Feeney, Dixon, Mampala, Young
- Carlisle subs: Simons, McDonald, Riley, Guy, Clough, Abrahams, Bell
- Carlisle bookings: None
- Referee: James Bell
- Attendance: 1,360 (120 Pools)
No transfers expected before kick-off tonight
The Mail understands that Pools are still looking to complete deals before the 11pm deadline but it is likely to go down to the wire.
There is every possibility the club could miss out on all of their targets but they will still be able to secure free agents.
The Pools team is in!
Pools line-up: Mitchell; Ogle, Hendrie, Odusina, Ferguson, Molyneux; Lawlor, Daly, Smith; Cullen, Goodwin
Pools subs: Killip, Byrne, Crawford, Featherstone, Shelton Burey, Olomola
Goood evening! Welcome back to our Pools live blog
We’re live from Carlisle United’s Brunton Park for the Papa John’s Trophy clash.
On Saturday, Pools beat Carlisle 2-1 in League Two at Victoria Park thanks to goals from Tyler Burey and Gavan Holohan.
Neither player is likely to feature this evening with Dave Challinor expected to make wholesale changes.
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