The match officials for the Stevenage game have been confirmed.
Referee - Darren Drysdale
Assistant Referee 1 - Daniel Cook
Assistant Referee 2 - Nicholas Dunn
Fourth Official - Andy Bennett
Observer - Philip Knight
Coach - Andy D'Urso
The referee for this game is Mr Darren Drysdale. Darren has taken charge of three games so far this season and has shown 13 yellow cards and no reds.
He ran the rule over our final scheduled game of the 2022/23 season - a 1-1 draw down in Sutton. We levelled things up with a Joe Kizzi own goal with five minutes left to play, after Kyllian Kouassi had bagged early in the first half, and Jack Robinson was the only away booking.
Joe Riley and Lewis Alessandra scored the goals that won the game against Stevenage 2-1 here at Brunton Park in April 2022, and there were no Carlisle names taken on the day.
We met him twice during the 2017/18 season, with him looking after our 1 January 2018 fixture against Mansfield Town. The Stags won 3-1 with Kane Hemmings (2) and Rhys Bennett bagging their goals. Jamie Devitt notched our consolation from the spot and John O’Sullivan and Richie Bennett were the United names that went in the book that afternoon.
He was also the man in the middle for our trip to face Notts County a month later, in February 2018. Jamie Devitt scored a late consolation, but a first half brace from Jon Stead had already done the damage.
We had him once again at Field Mill when a Tyler Walker penalty gave Mansfield another narrow victory. Yet again the blue shirts avoided the little black book.
