JP Trophy
February 9, 2010
Carlisle United
(6)2 - 3(5)
Leeds United
JP Trophy
19:00 GMT, February 9, 2010
Brunton Park, England
Referee: A Hall
2nd Leg: 4 - 4 (Agg)
Cumbrians book Wembley date
Scoring Summary
| Carlisle United | Leeds United |
|---|---|
| Adam Clayton (33') | Robert Snodgrass (46') |
| Kevan Hurst (72') | Jason Crowe (80') |
| Mike Grella (86') |
Teams
| Carlisle United | Leeds United |
|---|---|
| 1 Adam Collin | 1 Casper Ankergren |
| 14 Ian Harte | 2 Jason Crowe |
| 5 Danny Livesey | 6 Richard Naylor |
| 21 Richard Keogh | 17 Lubomir Michalik |
| 3 Evan Horwood | 21 Shane Lowry |
| 8 Graham Kavanagh | 15 Gary McSheffrey |
| 11 Paul Thirlwell | 4 Michael Doyle |
| 10 Matty Robson | 28 Max-Alain Gradel |
| 24 Kevan Hurst | 14 Jonathan Howson |
| 25 Adam Clayton | 23 Robert Snodgrass |
| 9 Scott Dobie | 10 Luciano Becchio |
| Substitutes | |
| 40 Lenny Pidgeley | David Martin 36 |
| 6 Peter Murphy | Leigh Bromby 26 |
| 12 Tom Taiwo | Neil Kilkenny 8 |
| 17 Richard Offiong | Bradley Johnson 16 |
| 28 Gary Madine | Mike Grella 13 |
| Substitutions | |
| Tom Taiwo for Graham Kavanagh (74) | Bradley Johnson for Michael Doyle (66) |
| Gary Madine for Scott Dobie (79) | Neil Kilkenny for Jonathan Howson (66) |
| Mike Grella for Richard Naylor (79) | |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Richard Keogh (53) | Jason Crowe (45) |
| Jonathan Howson (50) | |
| Max-Alain Gradel (64) | |
| · Squads: Carlisle United | Leeds United | |
Shootout Snapshot
Ian Harte (pen)  | 1 - 0 | |
| 1 - 0 | Bradley Johnson (miss) | |
| Kevan Hurst (pen) | 2 - 0 | |
| 2 - 1 | Robert Snodgrass (pen) | |
| Gary Madine (pen) | 3 - 1 | |
| 3 - 2 | Gary McSheffrey (pen) | |
| Richard Keogh (miss) | 3 - 2 | |
| 3 - 3 | Mike Grella (pen) | |
| Adam Clayton (pen) | 4 - 3 | |
| 4 - 4 | Max-Alain Gradel (pen) | |
| Evan Horwood (pen) | 5 - 4 | |
| 5 - 5 | Neil Kilkenny (pen) | |
| Matty Robson (pen) | 6 - 5 | |
| 6 - 5 | Shane Lowry (miss) |
Carlisle held their nerve to win a dramatic penalty shoot-out 6-5 to book their place in the Wembley final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy with victory over Leeds.
The Cumbrians twice led through Adam Clayton and Kevan Hurst but Leeds staged a fighting comeback in normal time to level the aggregate scores with goals from Robert Snodgrass, Jason Crowe and Mike Grella before penalties settled matters.
Carlisle opened the scoring after 33 minutes when Scott Dobie squeezed a pass through to Clayton, with the ball taking a deflection off Lubomir Michalik and falling perfectly into the stride of the midfield man, who coolly slid his shot beyond Casper Ankergren from just inside the area.
Leeds came out firing on all cylinders at the start of the second half and were level within two minutes of the restart. Adam Collin produced a diving save to deny Max Gravel but Snodgrass was on hand to nod the ball over the goalkeeper from close range.
The visitors were the better side for long periods in the second half but it was Carlisle who eased the pressure after 72 minutes when Hurst got the better of Michalik and turned cleverly inside the area before hammering a shot past Ankergren.
Simon Grayson's men refused to give up and Crowe lashed home a left-wing cross to keep the tie in the balance before Grella forced home Gary McSheffrey's left-wing cross to take the game to penalties.