They are getting used to dramatic finishes as the feel-good factor continues to follow Carlisle United’s rise up the League Two table.
Last week it was an injury time headed winner by Morgan Feeney which earned the points at Oldham.
This week a penalty in the fourth minute of time added on from Jordan Gibson made it four wins in four games since Paul Simpson’s return.
A 2-1 win over promotion-chasing Northampton Town provided the biggest scalp in this remarkable run of results which has seen the Blues climb nine points clear of the relegation zone.
A crowd of over 8,000 enjoyed the dramatic finish after a game where the vast majority would have settled for a point.
Carlisle had the first real chance of the game after Omari Patrick worked an opening to cross and Jack Armer teed up Kristian Dennis with a clever chest down. He hit a hard shot from eight yards but keeper Liam Roberts made a fine close-range save.
The game developed into an open affair, flowing from end to end but defences were solid and opportunities to test the respective keepers were rare.
Sam Hoskins tried his luck for the Cobblers from a narrow angle but was wide before a scrappy spell did little to suggest the deadlock could be broken.
When Gibson picked up a clearance his strong shot through a forest of bodies almost caught-out Roberts but he reacted well.
There was a late chance for Northampton when a corner fell kindly for Fraser Horsfall but from a very good position he shot well over the top.
Defences were generally solid at both ends in the second half with Feeney doing particularly well with one diving header to clear his penalty area.
Carlisle took the lead on 74 minutes through substitute Tobi Sho-Silva who had only just been introduced a minute earlier.
Brennan Dickenson did really well to work himself beyond a would-be tackler before producing an inviting through ball which Sho-Silva took in stride before finishing in style past Roberts.
But just like London buses, after waiting so long for one, another came along quickly. Four minutes later actually Northampton were level when Paul Lewis was left unmarked on the end of a cross and from eight yards he planted his header past Mark Howard.
Northampton went close five minutes from the end when Benny Ashley-Seal had a volley charged down and the follow-up was drilled wide by an off-balance Danny Rose.
Then came the dramatic conclusion in the fourth minute of the five added on. An in-swinging free-kick from Callum Guy was dangerous and the referee spotted a hand-ball by Horsfall in clearing.
Gibson showed no nerves as he stepped forward, placed the ball on the spot and thumped it home into the bottom corner.
