FESTIVE PERIOD AFTER THRILLER

Hope and Danny Grainger blasted home the penalty.

Poleon struck again, however, three minutes later to make it 2-2 with an emphatic finish following a cross by midfielder Luke Gambin.

Sowerby restored Carlisle’s lead 11 minutes after the break when,after a cross by Jamie Devitt, he fired in off the post. Tom Parkes before Jerry Yates levelled in the 14th minute, pouncing to score from pointblank range after Morris parried an Ashley Nadesan shot. Carlisle went in front after 37 minutes when George Francomb brought down Hallam

Former Bradford striker Dominic Poleon gave Crawley the lead in only the eighth minute by out- pacing defender Anthony Gerrard and scoring with a low shot off the far post.

Crawley keeper Glenn Morris dived to parry a shot from the recalled at Macclesfield and also in this game.

“The evidence says there are many such decisions and the club will complain to the FA. “

He added: “You create your own luck but my boys are not giving up.

“You can win in life and in football and sometimes phases have to be challenged by players.”

Crawley have now lost six of their last seven league games and head coach Gabriele Cioffi revealed that poor refereeing decisions against them will lead to a complaint being made to the Football Association.

He said: “A few decisions have been dodgy and I am sick of saying it. We should have had a penalty