New loan signing Roy O'Donovan was pitched in for an instant Hartlepool United debut, hours after signing from Sunderland.

The Irishman arrived from Sunderland until the end of the season and replaced Denis Behan in the starting line-up.

HARTLEPOOL UNITED: Flinders; Austin, Collins, Liddle, Hartley; Jones, Sweeney, Gamble, Larkin, O'Donovan, Boyd. Subs: Cook (gk), Humphreys, McSweeney, Behan, Brown, Fredriksen, Bjornsson.

CARLISLE UNITED: Collin; Livesey, Murphy, Dobie, Robson, Thirlwell, Harte, Keogh, Hurst, Clayton, Duffy. Subs: Gillespie (gk), Horwood, Bridge-Wilkinson, Kavanagh, Taiwo, Marshall, Kane.

Referee: Colin Webster (Shotley Bridge)