Ben Barclay earned Carlisle a thrilling 3-2 aggregate victory over Bradford but is will miss the Sky Bet League Two play-off final against Stockport.
Defender Barclay, on loan from County, headed United’s third and semi-final clinching goal in the second period of extra time after Mark Hughes’ Bantams threatened to take the game to penalties.
The final whistle produced a mass pitch invasion with thousands of jubilant home supporters celebrating victory.
Carlisle trailed 1-0 from the first leg at Valley Parade but levelled the tie when defender Brad Halliday put through his own goal after 21 minutes.
That is the way it stayed for the rest of normal time with Bradford offering little in response up front.
Callum Guy, a former Bradford loanee, th…