Carlisle United head Rob Elliot feels unlucky to be serving a third touchline ban of the season already.

Elliot was sat in the stands for their FA Cup upset of League Two leaders Salford City and he will have to do the same for the league game with Boston United this Saturday (15:00 GMT).

The latest ban was for an accumulation of yellow cards following the win at Altrincham last month. He had been suspended following a sending-off during his side's defeat at Eastleigh in September and then for picking up a number of yellow cards.

"First and foremost, I do need to take responsibility, but I do think I've been a bit unlucky with a few of them," Elliot told BBC Radio Cumbria.

"The sending off at Eastleigh, I still can't believe. It's just mental. Two (yellow cards) have been for chucking the ball back on the pitch when the ball's gone into the dugout and you step on the pitch yet you see managers running down the touchline celebrating when they score a goal, so the inconsistency is frustrating.

"But ultimately it lies with me and my responsibility to be a bit better. But as long as we win, I don't care where I sit."

Carlisle are now unbeaten in eight games and have climbed to eighth in the table, one place and two points outside the play-offs and progressed to a second round cup meeting with York City.

The visit of lowly Boston to Brunton Park offers another winnable match, but Elliot is wary.

"The expectation comes that you look at the run we've been on, you maybe look at where they are in the table, you assume you turn up and win another game," he added.

"When you do that, it's when you get hurt and that's the challenge for the lads. We need to treat Boston with more respect than we've treated anyone."