Hull were a disappointment considering almost a million pounds has been spent in the close season bringing in 13 new players.

Following the recent influx of six new players Roddy Collins was able to line up with his preferred 4-4-2 formation and the quality of the football at times indicates that there may be better times ahead.

Manager Roddy Collins was justifiably pleased with the performance and said: "I think the lads played really well and created a hell of a lot of chances. It only needed the nick of a ball and they would have got their just rewards. So at the end of the day it was very positive and could have been three points. I’m encouraged, I’ve seen a lot considering we’ve just put the team together. I feel confident in the players, the way they play the game and show great commitment for the club is exactly what I require from them. We’ll play worse and we’ll win. When the first win comes, and I don’t think it’s far away, it will be take off time. I said to the lads, I don’t want to hang around the bottom end of the table, it’s the top six for me and that’s all I want.”

Carlisle dominated the early exchanges with Glennon needing two attempts to keep out Stuart Elliott's shot on 4 minutes.

Ian Goodison then went close for the Tigers, shooting over from the edge of the box when Carlisle's defence could only partially clear a David Beresford corner.

Four minutes later the Cumbrians were unlucky not to take the lead when Tony Hopper broke into the box only to see his shot across Glennon rebound off the angle of post and bar.

Alex Haddow then blasted over the bar with a long range effort before Hull came back with Lawrie Dudfield shooting wide from a Beresford cross.

On 26 minutes Mark Winstanley's header from a Stuart Elliott corner flew narrowly wide.

Three minutes later Steve Halliday should have opened the scoring but his left foot curler was well saved by Glennon, closely followed by a Haddow turn on the edge of the box which had Glennon scrambling to turn his shot for a corner.

Mark Birch then made room on the right before getting in a cross which Halliday headed wide.

Little had been seen of Hull but they should have taken the lead in first half injury time when a Greaves flick on was headed straight at Weaver by Gary Alexander.

Two minutes into the second half a Theo Whitmore shot had Weaver at full stretch but Birch was on hand to clear the danger.

Nicky Mohan headed over from Beresford's corner before Carlisle stopped the Tiger's early dominance with a speculative Peter Murphy shot straight down Glennon's throat from 30 yards.

On 62 minutes a Dudfield cross cum shot had Weaver scrambling back to tip over the bar for a corner.

Edwards then headed over a Beresford corner while at the other end Halliday broke clear only to shoot weakly at Glennon.

Hull finished the stronger with Weaver saving a Lee shot and Mark Greaves heading narrowly wide Goodison's cross.

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