Exeter City 2-2 Carlisle United: Game completed after 70-minute delay

Fans in the Stagecoach Stand are evacuated onto the pitch

Exeter's League Two game with Carlisle United was halted for more than an hour after smoke was seen coming from the back of a stand at St James Park.

The Stagecoach Stand, which houses a mixture of home and away supporters, was evacuated at 15:10 GMT with the cause believed to be a smoke grenade.

Police have made an arrest in connection with the incident, which saw fans evacuated onto the pitch.

The game restarted at 16:18 GMT and finished in a 2-2 draw.

The home side were ahead thanks to an early goal from Jayden Stockley when the match was interrupted.

Carlisle levelled after the delay through Charlie Wyke before David Wheeler put City in front late in the second half, only for Luke Joyce to draw Carlisle level five minutes later.

The match eventually finished at 18:02 GMT, more than 70 minutes after it should have ended.

Exeter academy coach Daniel Kelly was among those evacuated and took these pictures of the scene...

BBC Radio Devon's Exeter City summariser Andrew Barge, who was live on air at the time of the evacuation, told BBC Sport: "All the people in the old grandstand were evacuated just after Exeter had taken an early lead.

"We could hear alarms going off and nobody took any notice of them. A few minutes later, we saw a steward coming over beckoning the players off, and the players came off the field.

"A few moments later, we were told to evacuate the grandstand and that's what we did. The rest of the ground was as it was. No other stands were evacuated."

Exeter manager Paul Tisdale was among those waiting for news on the pitch after the evacuation

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Line-ups

Exeter

• 1Olejnik
• 6Ribeiro
• 39Brown
• 15Moore-Taylor
• 3WoodmanBooked at 48mins
• 22Wheeler
• 7Harley
• 8OakleyBooked at 53mins
• 10Holmes
• 33Stockley
• 29WatkinsBooked at 61mins

Substitutes

• 4Noble
• 5McAllister
• 13Morrison
• 26Tillson
• 30Pym
• 31Grant
• 38Taylor

Carlisle

• 1Gillespie
• 2Miller
• 6AtkinsonSubstituted forRaynesat 74'minutes
• 27Ellis
• 26GillespheyBooked at 82minsSubstituted forAsamoahat 84'minutes
• 24Hope
• 4Joyce
• 7Kennedy
• 3GraingerBooked at 81mins
• 9Wyke
• 21RiggSubstituted forGillieadat 60'minutes

Substitutes

• 5Raynes
• 10Héry
• 11Brough
• 13Hanford
• 17Gilliead
• 25Asamoah
• 44McQueen

Referee:

Nick Kinseley

Attendance:

3,375

Match Stats

Home TeamExeterAway TeamCarlisle

Possession

Home52%

Away48%

Shots

Home13

Away10

Shots on Target

Home4

Away4

Corners

Home7

Away8

Fouls

Home8

Away16

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Exeter City 2, Carlisle United 2.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+6'

Second Half ends, Exeter City 2, Carlisle United 2.

Posted at 90'+5'

Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Troy Brown.

Posted at 90'+5'

Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt missed. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

Posted at 90'+3'

Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Derek Asamoah.

Posted at 90'+1'

Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Lee Holmes (Exeter City).

Posted at 90'

Tom Miller (Carlisle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 87'

Attempt missed. Troy Brown (Exeter City) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high.

Posted at 86'

Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Mark Ellis.

Goal!

Posted at 85'

Goal! Exeter City 2, Carlisle United 2. Hallam Hope (Carlisle United) header from very close range to the centre of the goal.

Posted at 84'

Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Troy Brown.

Substitution

Posted at 84'

Substitution, Carlisle United. Derek Asamoah replaces Macaulay Gillesphey.

Posted at 83'

Attempt saved. Jayden Stockley (Exeter City) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.

Booking

Posted at 82'

Macaulay Gillesphey (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 82'

Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Macaulay Gillesphey (Carlisle United).

Booking

Posted at 81'

Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 81'

Christian Ribeiro (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 81'

Foul by Danny Grainger (Carlisle United).

Goal!

Posted at 79'

Goal! Exeter City 2, Carlisle United 1. David Wheeler (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lee Holmes.

Posted at 78'

Attempt missed. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.

Posted at 77'

Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Troy Brown.

Posted at 76'

Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Carlisle United. Michael Raynes replaces David Atkinson.

Posted at 74'

Foul by Craig Woodman (Exeter City).

Posted at 74'

Hallam Hope (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 73'

Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.

Posted at 70'

Craig Woodman (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 70'

Foul by Hallam Hope (Carlisle United).

Posted at 68'

Attempt missed. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.

Posted at 67'

Attempt missed. Jayden Stockley (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 64'

Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by David Atkinson.

Posted at 63'

Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Tom Miller.

Posted at 63'

Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Matt Oakley.

Booking

Posted at 61'

Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 61'

Foul by Ollie Watkins (Exeter City).

Posted at 61'

Mark Ellis (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 60'

Substitution, Carlisle United. Alex Gilliead replaces Steven Rigg.

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