United's Cumbrian-born forward Scott Dobie put in a battling display against Leeds United on Tuesday night to help The Blues earn a place in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Final. We caught up with him after the game to get his reaction.
He said: "We always seem to make things difficult for ourselves.
"It's the Carlisle United way of doing it. Whatever competition we're playing in we never end up winning the easy way. The important thing though is that we've done it and got to the final.
"It was a good battle for me out there this evening. I was looking to put myself about and cause some problems and I think I did that. I was up against two really tough defenders, especially Richard Naylor who's a typical big strong centre-back. I just wanted to be a nuisance and win as many free-kicks as possible near the box for Hartey and Kav and I've managed to do that.
"I thought Adam [Clayton] was superb and rightly deserved the Man of the Match. It was good to be involved in his goal, I just did what I could to put the defender under some pressure and it's fallen nicely for Adam but he still had plenty to do and finished it brilliantly.
"It was a lot harder watching from the sidelines after coming off than battling with their two defenders during the game itself. I felt my legs start to go a bit with 20 minutes left, that's maybe to do with being in and out of the team a lot this season. I'll keep working on my fitness and try to remain in good nick for the rest of the season.
"I think I've been in the situation before a few times now where I've been just a few games away from a Wembley final and just missed out, be it in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy or the play-offs. There was once in the trophy and play-offs with Forest then of course with ourselves in the play-offs two years ago.
"I'm just glad that we've made it this time around. I wouldn't say I'm used to the tension of these sort of games but it doesn't get any easier and it's pretty nerve wracking - and that's without even taking a penalty.
"Adam [Collin] was superb in the shoot out. We practice penalties in training and he's always stopping ours so we all knew he'd be good at it! I always thought he'd save at least one and as long as we got ours right, we'd be fine.
"I was a bit too young to be involved last time we got to Wembley in 1997 as I was still a second year YTS, learning my trade training with legends like Deano and Steve Hayward. I remember going down to watch them in the final as a fan and what a fantastic day it was.
"Hopefully this time around will be just as good for the fans and we can go down and perform like we have over these two legs and try to win the trophy for a second time."
