Shrimps strong enough for shark-infested League One pond

League One will be full of ex-Premier League teams next year. Morecambe, never relegated as a Football League team, will not look out of place.   When, in February 2021, Morecambe’s board put out a statement stating they wanted to forget the oft-heard phrase in local and divisional circles, ‘Goodbye Little Old Morecambe,’ many could […]

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Morecambe 1-0 Newport: Shrimps triumph in L2 play-off final

A controversial penalty decision gave Morecambe the crucial goal as they reached the third tier of English Football for the first time in their history. Neither side were able to find the back of the net in normal time, but in the second half of extra time the deadlock was eventually broken by Carlos Mendes […]

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Heroes & Villains – Morecambe

Former manager Sammy McIlroy celerates Morecambe’s victory in the 2006/07 Conference Pl.ay Off Final Hero – Sammy McIlroySammy McIllroy will always be held in the highest regard by Morecambe fans as it was he who guided to the club to the Football League for the first time in the club’s history.The former Manchester United star […]

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Greatest Own Goals of All-Time No.6

Forest Green Rovers vs Morecambe is hardly a fixture of two footballing heavyweights. It did however give us one of the greatest goals in FA Cup history. The name of Wayne Hatswell became well-known for all the wrong reasons after the two sides played each other in the First Round of the FA Cup in […]

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