Carlisle United are facing a Football Association charge over May's play-off home game against Bradford City.

The Blues have been charged with "crowd control misconduct" regarding the League Two semi-final second leg.

Carlisle won the game after extra-time to reach the Wembley final - sparking a mass pitch invastion.

The scenes, though, could now cost United, who have until next Monday to respond to the charge.

In a statement, the FA said: "Carlisle United have been charged with crowd control misconduct in relation to their EFL League Two match against Bradford City on Saturday 20 May 2023.

"It's alleged that the club failed to ensure its spectators and/or supporters (and anyone purporting to be its supporters or followers) conduct themselves in an orderly fashion and don't commit any form of pitch incursion.

"Carlisle United have until Monday 9 October 2023, to provide their response."

It is the latest FA misconduct charge to be levelled at the Cumbrians over fan behaviour.

A previous home game against Bradford City on Boxing Day last year saw the Blues fined £7,500 over racist chanting in the Warwick Road End and warned as to future conduct.

The play-off game, meanwhile, included an incident involving a Carlisle fan throwing a full drink bottle into the Bradford fans' section. He was fined by magistrates.

Previous alleged fan behaviour incidents, meanwhile, also saw the Blues cordon off an area of the Paddock after it was claimed objects were thrown during last October's game against Leyton Orient.

More recently, the opening game of the League One season against Fleetwood Town saw interim bans issued to three fans over the throwing of objects from the Warwick Road End.

United confirmed they had been notified about the charge. "As per today's statement, we have received notification from the FA about this charge, as indicated would be the case at the September CUSG meeting," a club spokesman said.

The Blues have, in recent times, issued a number of warnings about the consequences of bad behaviour by a minority of fans.

The play-off second leg against Bradford was attended by 15,401 supporters at Brunton Park, including 1,948 travelling fans.

Paul Simpson's United won the game 3-1 after extra-time to go through 3-2 on aggregate and reach the play-off final, which they went on to win at Wembley against Stockport County to secure promotion to League One.

The topic of fan behaviour was discussed at the September supporters' groups meeting, where chief executive Nigel Clibbens said "there had been a general improvement in fan behaviour recently, but standards needed to be maintained."

The director reiterated the club was operating under an FA Fan Behaviour Action Plan.