Carlisle fans feel despair

Brendan McGill, who converted Andy Preece's miskicked shot, had given them hope of taking their survival fight to the final day of the season.

But Lee Andrews headed Damian Spencer's effort off the line and Odejayi scored off the bar from the following corner.

The goal was a hammer blow for the majority of the 9,500 fans - the biggest home attendance of the season.

Carlisle narrowly avoided relegation in four out of the last four years, and a dismal start to this campaign saw manager Roddy Collins lose his job.

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Paul Simpson took charge at the end of August and, although he inspired an improvement in the second half of the season, it was not enough.

A win would have set up the possibility of another unlikely escape act on the final day of the season, but that will not happen now.

Carlisle: Glennon, Shelley, Andrews, Murphy, Cowan, McGill, Boyd, Simpson, Farrell, Preece, Foran. Subs: Arnison, Duffield, Rundle, McDonagh, Langmead.

Cheltenham: Higgs, Wilson, Michael Duff, Shane Duff, Victory, Brayson, Finnigan, Bird, McCann, Fyfe, Spencer. Subs: Book, Griffin, Forsyth, Odejayi, Connolly.

Referee: P Danson (Leicestershire).

		P	GD	PTS
1	Rochdale	28	32	56
2	Bournemouth	27	3	49
3	Bury	27	3	48
4	Rotherham	24	13	45
5	Notts County	24	31	43
6	Shrewsbury	28	5	42
7	Chesterfield	27	4	42
8	Aldershot	26	10	41
9	Dag & Red	26	5	40
10	Accrington Stanley	24	4	39
11	Morecambe	27	5	38
12	Port Vale	26	5	37
13	Northampton	28	1	37
14	Burton Albion	27	0	37
15	Crewe	27	-1	34
16	Bradford	26	-5	33
17	Macclesfield	25	-7	29
18	Barnet	27	-9	29
19	Lincoln City	25	-13	28
20	Torquay	27	-4	26
21	Hereford	25	-9	26
22	Cheltenham	26	-14	25
23	Grimsby	27	-21	20
24	Darlington	24	-38	11