Match ends, Exeter City 2, Carlisle United 2.
Exeter City 2-2 Carlisle United: Game completed after 70-minute delay
- From the section League Two
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."
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
Full Time
Second Half ends, Exeter City 2, Carlisle United 2.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
Attempt missed. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Derek Asamoah.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
Foul by Lee Holmes (Exeter City).
Tom Miller (Carlisle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Troy Brown (Exeter City) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Mark Ellis.
Goal!
Goal! Exeter City 2, Carlisle United 2. Hallam Hope (Carlisle United) header from very close range to the centre of the goal.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Substitution
Substitution, Carlisle United. Derek Asamoah replaces Macaulay Gillesphey.
Attempt saved. Jayden Stockley (Exeter City) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
Booking
Macaulay Gillesphey (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Macaulay Gillesphey (Carlisle United).
Booking
Danny Grainger (Carlisle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Christian Ribeiro (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Danny Grainger (Carlisle United).
Goal!
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.
Attempt missed. Luke Joyce (Carlisle United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Troy Brown.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
Substitution
Substitution, Carlisle United. Michael Raynes replaces David Atkinson.
Foul by Craig Woodman (Exeter City).
Hallam Hope (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Craig Woodman (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Hallam Hope (Carlisle United).
Attempt missed. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Jayden Stockley (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by David Atkinson.
Corner, Exeter City. Conceded by Tom Miller.
Corner, Carlisle United. Conceded by Matt Oakley.
Booking
Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ollie Watkins (Exeter City).
Mark Ellis (Carlisle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution
Substitution, Carlisle United. Alex Gilliead replaces Steven Rigg.
