Exeter City make the mammoth trip to Brunton Park on Saturday to face Carlisle United in a 3pm kick-off in EFL Sky Bet League One.
The Grecians will be looking to bounce back from Tuesday night's narrow defeat against Portsmouth when they take on newly promoted to League One side Carlisle United.
The Cumbrians have adapted well to life back in League One and picked up a point at home to Wigan Athletic in midweek thanks to Owen Moxon's goal.
There have been many classic encounters between the two sides, who can forget the pair of play-off semi-final matches back in 2016/17, or when Padraig Amond popped up to give the Grecians a vital 1-0 win during the promotion season?
A massive thank you to the near 300 legends that will be making that massive journey! Sing loud, sing proud!
Gary Caldwell's Thoughts
Manager Gary Caldwell has shared City's travel plans for the long trip north to Carlisle this weekend.
The Grecians will depart on Thursday and train in the north-west, before continuing further towards Cumbria on Thursday evening ahead of Saturday's match.
Match Tickets
Tickets are now on sale for our trip to Carlisle United on Saturday, August 19, 3pm.
We have been allocated 500 tickets in the Pioneer Foods Stand at Brunton Park, with the prices as follows:
(£ advance/£ match day)
- Adult - £23/£26
- Senior 65+ - £20/£23
- 18-22 - £17/£20
- 14-17 - £12/£13
- 11-13* - £12/£13
- Family 11-17* - £10/£11
- Under 11* - £9/£10
- Under 7* - £5/£6
- Carer - FOC
- Wheelchair - £20/£23
*Juniors U14, U11 and U7 must be purchased with an adult, senior, young person or junior U18.
* Family Junior - you can buy max. two FJ tickets for every one adult ticket or a max. one FJ ticket for every one senior.
How to Buy
Tickets are available via your online ticketing account or in the club shop.
The Kit
We will be wearing our home red and white kit for this fixture!
Away Day Guide
Please click here to view our dedicated away day guide and plan your trip to Carlisle!
The Stadium
- Name: Brunton Park
- Capacity: 17,949
- Year opened: 1909
- Address: Warwick Road, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 1LL
Brunton Park is the largest stadium in England that is not all-seater, where three of the sides are free standing terraces. Opened in 1909 to replace the old Devonshire Park, the grounds record attendance of 27,500 came in 1957 in an FA Cup tie vs Birmingham City.
How to get there
Grecian Travel
Grecian Travel, completely run by the Supporters' Club, and not for profit, will be available for City's trip to Adams Park, however we are awaiting the details.
- The coach will depart from Unit 1 nightclub at 6am for a fare of £55.
Other pick-up points include: Honiton Road park and ride (by Miller and Carter Steakhouse), junction 28 (Cullompton services), junction 27 (Tiverton), junction 25 (Taunton). All other pick-ups by prior arrangement.
Currently Grecian Travel can only be booked directly.
For more information or to book please contact Simon Carnall on email at: simoncarnall77@gmail.com.
By Road
From Exeter take the M5 north all the way up to the M6. Continue along the motorway to the north of the country before leaving the M6 motorway at J43 and take the exit signed Carlisle A69. The blue roof of the Pioneer Foods Stand can be seen on the right-hand side, almost as soon as you leave the roundabout. Keep going straight ahead along Warwick Road (A69) for one mile.
After passing through the third set of traffic lights the club shop (Blues Store) and statue of Hughie McIlmoyle on the right mark the main entrance to the ground for main stand ticket holders, directors, hospitality guests and reserved guest car parking only.
There is parking available for both home and away supporters. Follow the directions above and turn right immediately at the third set of traffic lights. Drive through the blue gates and behind the Pioneer Foods Stand to enter the car park on the right. Fans are charged £5 to park their car.
By Rail
Train travel from Exeter to Carlisle is tricky and takes around 7 hours with a couple changes. You would need to get the 05:49 from Exeter St Davids which gets in at 12:59pm.
It is approximately a one-mile walk from the station to Brunton Park.
There is no return train on the day that gets you back to Exeter, so an overnight stay is needed.
Parking
Parking is available next to the away end via Warwick Road or St Aidan's Road. £5 cars, £15 minibus, £20 coach.
How To Follow
Can't make it to Carlisle on Saturday? Why not get the next best thing with coverage on iFollow?
By purchasing a video match pass at the cost of just £10 overseas or an audio match pass for just £2.50 in the UK you'll get access to the stream which includes BBC Radio Devon commentary.
To purchase a match pass please click here.
- For further details on iFollow, please click here
- For a first time guide to iFollow, please click here
We will be proving live coverage on our Twitter and Facebook pages and will have reaction from Gary Caldwell and a player after the match.
Previous Encounter
Carlisle United 0 City 1 | April 9, 2022 | EFL Sky Bet League Two
Padraig Amond's late header was enough to earn the Grecians a big three points at Brunton Park last time out!