2014–15 Morecambe F.C. season

Morecambe
2014–15 season
Chairman	Peter McGuigan
Manager	Jim Bentley
Stadium	Globe Arena
League Two	11th
FA Cup	First Round
League Cup	First Round
League Trophy	Second Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jack Redshaw (11); Kevin Ellison (11); All: ; Jack Redshaw (12)
Highest home attendance	4,165 v Carlisle United; 26 December 2014
Lowest home attendance	1,156 v Mansfield Town; 10 February 2015
Average home league attendance	1,998
Biggest win	Dagenham & Redbridge 0–3 Morecambe; 9 August 2014; Morecambe 3–0 Luton Town; 13 December 2014
Biggest defeat	Portsmouth 3–0 Morecambe; 22 November 2014; Morecambe 1–4 Shrewsbury Town; 17 March 2015
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →
	All statistics correct as of match played 2 May 2015.

The 2014–15 season was Morecambe's eighth consecutive season in League Two, the fourth tier of English football.

They began the season on 9 August 2014, with the opening match of their League Two campaign. They also competed in three cup competitions, the FA Cup, the League Cup and the League Trophy. However, they only made it past the First Round in the League Trophy, losing 3–1 away to fellow League Two side Bury in the Second Round on 7 October 2014.

The season ended with a 3–1 home win over Southend United on 2 May 2015, securing an 11th-place finish in the league, the club's highest under Jim Bentley's management.

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies

19 July 2014	Morecambe	2–4	Dundee	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Amond 2' Edwards 66'	Report	Cadogan 25' Harkins 40' Boyle 72' MacDonald 90'

25 July 2014	Morecambe	1–2	Preston North End	Globe Arena, Morecambe
19:30	Williams 63'	Report	Garner 19' Keane 82'	Attendance: 1,364 Referee: Ross Joyce

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Newport County	46	18	11	17	51	54	−3	65
10	Exeter City	46	17	13	16	61	65	−4	64
11	Morecambe	46	17	12	17	53	52	+1	63
12	Northampton Town	46	18	7	21	67	62	+5	61
13	Oxford United	46	15	16	15	50	49	+1	61

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.^[1]

9 August 2014 1	Dagenham & Redbridge	0–3	Morecambe	Victoria Road, Dagenham
15:00		Report	Ellison 49' Amond 54' (pen.) Redshaw 90+5'	Attendance: 1,529 Referee: Patrick Miller

16 August 2014 2	Morecambe	3–2	Newport County	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Ellison 58', 63' Mullin 84'	Report	Chapman 27' O'Connor 29'	Attendance: 1,506 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

19 August 2014 3	Morecambe	1–0	Oxford United	Globe Arena, Morecambe
19:45	Ellison 39'	Report		Attendance: 1,615 Referee: Tony Harrington

23 August 2014 4	Cambridge United	1–2	Morecambe	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
15:00	Elliott 55'	Report	Mullin 16', 61'	Attendance: 3,152 Referee: Charles Breakspear

30 August 2014 5	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Morecambe	Prenton Park, Tranmere
15:00	Stockton 58', 90'	Report	Hughes 39' 63'	Attendance: 4,656 Referee: Mark Haywood

6 September 2014 6	Morecambe	0–0	Cheltenham Town	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00		Report		Attendance: 2,273 Referee: Mark Heywood

13 September 2014 7	Morecambe	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Ellison 19' Devitt 83'	Report	Hartley 25'	Attendance: 1,865 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

16 September 2014 8	Mansfield Town	1–0	Morecambe	Field Mill, Mansfield
19:45	Fisher 90'	Report		Attendance: 2,185 Referee: Stephen Martin

20 September 2014 9	AFC Wimbledon	1–0	Morecambe	Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames
15:00	Akinfenwa 27'	Report		Attendance: 3,822 Referee: Darren Drysdale

27 September 2014 10	Morecambe	0–1	Northampton Town	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Mullin 90+3'	Report	Byrom 20' Toney 33'	Attendance: 1,725 Referee: Scott Duncan

4 October 2014 11	Southend United	0–1	Morecambe	Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
15:00	Deegan 21'	Report	Redshaw 5' Beeley 25' Ellison 90+1'	Attendance: 5,284 Referee: Andy Woolmer

11 October 2014 12	Morecambe	1–3	Wycombe Wanderers	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Ellison 43' Fleming 45+3' Devitt 50'	Report	Wood 10' 52' Hayes 15' Scowen 46' Jacobson 72' Craig 84'	Attendance: 1,710 Referee: Phil Gibbs

18 October 2014 13	Burton Albion	0–2	Morecambe	Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent
15:00		Report	Fleming 56' Ellison 59' Kenyon 61' Barkhuizen 85'	Attendance: 2,560 Referee: Carl Boyeson

21 October 2014 14	Morecambe	1–1	York City	Globe Arena, Morecambe
19:45	Redshaw 90+4'	Report	Montrose 39' Coulson 77'	Attendance: 1,346 Referee: Andy Haines

25 October 2014 15	Morecambe	0–2	Exeter City	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00		Report	Beeley 9' (o.g.) Nichols 89'	Attendance: 1,787 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

31 October 2014 16	Accrington Stanley	2–1	Morecambe	Crown Ground, Accrington
19:45	Joyce 5' (pen.) McCartan 11' Hunt 90+1' Aldred 90+6'	Report	Hughes 40' Mullin 51' Beeley 58' Wilson 67'	Attendance: 1,710 Referee: Stephen Martin

15 November 2014 17	Morecambe	1–0	Bury	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Fleming 55' Ellison 70'	Report	Cameron 81'	Attendance: 2,665 Referee: David Coote

22 November 2014 18	Portsmouth	3–0	Morecambe	Fratton Park, Portsmouth
15:00	Westcarr 11' Whatmough 19' Bean 36' Wallace 54', 88'	Report	Goodall 46' Ellison 70' Hughes 82' Davies 84'	Attendance: 14,349 Referee: Gavin Ward

29 November 2014 19	Stevenage	1–1	Morecambe	Lamex Stadium, Stevenage
15:00	Walton 62' (pen.) Adams 78'	Report	Amond 85'	Attendance: 2,464 Referee: Mark Heywood

13 December 2014 20	Morecambe	3–0	Luton Town	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Ellison 17' Edwards 31' Hughes 45' Amond 81' Ellison 86'	Report	McNulty 26' 28' Lafayette 86'	Attendance: 2,263 Referee: Andy D'Urso

20 December 2014 21	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Morecambe	Greenhous Meadow, Shrewsbury
15:00	Woods 51' Mangan 86'	Report	Edwards 82'	Attendance: 4,708 Referee: Kevin Wright

26 December 2014 22	Morecambe	0–1	Carlisle United	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00		Report	Amoo 51' Meppen-Walter 75' Hanford 88' Beck 90+1'	Attendance: 4,165 Referee: Richard Clark

28 December 2014 23	Hartlepool United	0–2	Morecambe	Victoria Park, Hartlepool
15:00	Fenwick 35' Holden 80'	Report	Redshaw 22', 81' Mullin 43' Williams 90+3' Ellison 90+4'	Attendance: 4,108 Referee: Darren Drysdale

3 January 2015 24	Morecambe	0–0	Stevenage	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Devitt 36' Mullin 74'	Report	Henry 34' Charles 90+4'	Attendance: 1,530 Referee: Chris Sarginson

10 January 2015 25	Morecambe	0–0	Tranmere Rovers	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Devitt 53'	Report		Attendance: 2,232 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

16 January 2015 26	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Morecambe	Whaddon Road, Cheltenham
19:45	Dunn 18' (pen.) Sterling-James 90'	Report	Amond 83' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,122 Referee: Tim Robinson

24 January 2015 27	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Morecambe	Home Park, Plymouth
15:00	Reid 45+3' McHugh 88'	Report	Parrish 15' Redshaw 52' Goodall 80'	Attendance: 6,314 Referee: Oliver Langford

31 January 2015 28	Morecambe	1–1	AFC Wimbledon	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Amond 42' Redshaw 79'	Report	Reeves 12'	Attendance: 1,841 Referee: Pat Miller

7 February 2015 29	Northampton Town	2–1	Morecambe	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	Byrom 1' Richards 54' Taylor 90+4'	Report	Devitt 41' Hughes 69'	Attendance: 4,307 Referee: Robert Lewis

10 February 2015 30	Morecambe	2–1	Mansfield Town	Globe Arena, Morecambe
19:45	Mullin 17' Ellison 24' Fleming 51'	Report	Heslop 27' 62' McGuire 37'	Attendance: 1,156 Referee: Darren Bond

15 February 2015 31	Morecambe	2–3	Dagenham & Redbridge	Globe Arena, Morecambe
13:00	Fleming 24' 82' Edwards 47' Redshaw 90+5'	Report	Howell 1' Obileye 48' Cureton 52'	Attendance: 1,351 Referee: Tony Harrington

21 February 2015 32	Newport County	0–1	Morecambe	Rodney Parade, Newport
15:00	Jackson 64' Zebroski 82'	Report	Redshaw 8' Parrish 39'	Attendance: 2,883 Referee: Andy D'Urso

28 February 2015 33	Morecambe	0–2	Cambridge United	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Wilson 61' Edwards 76'	Report	Donaldson 45' Slew 59' Harrold 61' Champion 85'	Attendance: 1,593 Referee: Darren Handley

3 March 2015 34	Oxford United	1–1	Morecambe	Kassam Stadium, Oxford
19:45	Baldock 87'	Report	Ellison 11' Fleming 43' Beeley 80'	Attendance: 6,924 Referee: Fred Graham

7 March 2015 35	Luton Town	2–3	Morecambe	Kenilworth Road, Luton
15:00	McGeehan 5' 43' McNulty 65' Lawless 76' Lee 84' Oduwa 90+4' Wilkinson 90+6'	Report	Redshaw 18' 67' Wilson 29' 63' Beeley 64' Edwards 71' 80' Fleming 81' Hughes 84' Wilkinson 86' (o.g.)	Attendance: 8,667 Referee: Carl Berry

14 March 2015 36	Morecambe	0–1	Hartlepool United	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00		Report	Parrish 35' (o.g.)	Attendance: 1,673 Referee: Mark Haywood

17 March 2015 37	Morecambe	1–4	Shrewsbury Town	Globe Arena, Morecambe
19:45	Redshaw 28' 74' Arestidou 49' Drummond 62'	Report	Goldson 33' Collins 35' Grant 40' Grandison 84' Barnett 90+4'	Attendance: 1,363 Referee: Stuart Attwell

21 March 2015 38	Carlisle United	1–1	Morecambe	Brunton Park, Carlisle
15:00	Potts 53' Wyke 82'	Report	Redshaw 19' Amond 78' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,343 Referee: Peter Bankes

28 March 2015 39	Exeter City	1–1	Morecambe	St James Park, Exeter
15:00	Nicholls 80' Nichols 90+5'	Report	McGowan 17' Kenyon 18' Wilson 75' Hughes 89'	Attendance: 3,538 Referee: Michael Bull

3 April 2015 40	Morecambe	1–1	Accrington Stanley	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Ellison 25' Edwards 53'	Report	Jones 28' Gornell 41' Crooks 83'	Attendance: 1,982 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

6 April 2015 41	Bury	1–2	Morecambe	Gigg Lane, Bury
15:00	Eaves 17'	Report	Goodall 29' Amond 79' Mullin 85'	Attendance: 4,045 Referee: Darren Bond

11 April 2015 42	Morecambe	3–1	Portsmouth	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Kenyon 10', 69' Amond 90+3'	Report	Chaplin 85'	Attendance: 2,065 Referee: Steve Martin

14 April 2015 43	York City	2–1	Morecambe	Bootham Crescent, York
19:45	Zubar 34' Penn 51'	Report	Mullin 10' Hughes 84'	Attendance: 2,854 Referee: Scott Duncan

18 April 2015 44	Morecambe	1–2	Burton Albion	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Kenyon 8' Ellison 40' Arestidou 60' Hughes 90'	Report	Akins 30', 60' (pen.) Edwards 87'	Attendance: 2,139 Referee: Keith Stroud

25 April 2015 45	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Morecambe	Adams Park, High Wycombe
15:00	Amadi-Holloway 82' Bloomfield 85'	Report	Redshaw 39' Fleming 41' Hughes 45+2' Parrish 61' Mullin 86'	Attendance: 5,177 Referee: Lee Collins

2 May 2015 46	Morecambe	3–1	Southend United	Globe Arena, Morecambe
15:00	Redshaw 4' Wildig 54' Devitt 66'	Report	Payne 10' Deegan 30'	Attendance: 4,108 Referee: James Adcock

FA Cup

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.^[2]

8 November 2014 First Round	Dover Athletic	1–0	Morecambe	Crabble Athletic Ground, River
15:00	Kinnear 18' Payne 45+1'	Report	Kenyon 76' Wright 77'	Attendance: 1,609 Referee: Michael Bull

League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Morecambe were drawn at home to Bradford City.^[3]

12 August 2014 First Round	Morecambe	0–1	Bradford City	Globe Arena, Morecambe
19:45		Report	McLean 83'	Attendance: 2,395 Referee: Scott Duncan

League Trophy

2 September 2014 First Round	Fleetwood Town	1–3	Morecambe	Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood
19:45	Evans 12'	Report	Amond 28', 80' Redshaw 34'	Attendance: 2,048 Referee: Chris Sarginson

7 October 2014 Second Round	Bury	3–1	Morecambe	Gigg Lane, Bury
19:45	Nardiello 14' (pen.), 39' Soares 76' Hussey 84' Lowe 90+1' 90+4' Rose 90+2' Jalal 90+3'	Report	Beeley 74'	Attendance: 1,681 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Transfers

In

Date	Name	From	Fee	Ref
20 May 2014	Shaun Beeley	Fleetwood Town	Free	^[4]
20 May 2014	Jamie Devitt	Chesterfield	Free	^[4]
20 May 2014	Paul Bowman	Blackburn Rovers	Free	^[4]
15 July 2014	Alan Goodall	Fleetwood Town	Free	^[5]
16 July 2014	Laurence Wilson	Accrington Stanley	Free	^[6]
23 July 2014	Tom McCready	Airbus UK Broughton	Free	^[7]
2 August 2014	Paul Mullin	Huddersfield Town	Free	^[8]

Out

Date	Name	To	Fee	Ref
6 May 2014	Chris McCready	Released	Free	^[9]
6 May 2014	Joe McGee	Released	Free	^[9]
6 May 2014	Joe Mwasile	Workington	Free	^[9]^[10]
6 May 2014	Robbie Threlfall	Released	Free	^[9]
1 July 2014	Tony Diagne	Lincoln City	Free	^[11]
2 February 2015	Tom McCready	Exeter City	Free	^[12]

Loans in

Date	Name	From	End date	Ref
29 August 2014	Joe Widdowson	Bury	29 October 2014	^[13]
17 October 2014	Tom Barkhuizen	Blackpool	15 November 2014	^[14]
24 October 2014	Scott Davies	Fleetwood Town	3 January 2015	^[15]^[16]
20 March 2015	Danny Ward	Liverpool	19 April 2015	^[17]
20 March 2015	Aaron Wildig	Shrewsbury Town	19 April 2015	^[18]

Loans out

Date	Name	To	End date	Ref
1 August 2014	Marcus Marshall	Lincoln City	30 June 2015	^[19]
20 August 2014	Will Bell	Bala Town	30 June 2015	^[20]
24 February 2015	Chris Doyle	Chorley	24 March 2015	^[21]
26 March 2015	Jack Sampson	Macclesfield Town	30 June 2015	^[22]

References

^ "Jim looks ahead to big kick off". Morecambe F.C. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
^ "First round draw". The FA. 27 October 2014.
^ "Shrimps to face Bradford". Morecambe F.C. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Shrimps sign four". Morecambe FC. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015.
^ "Shrimps Sign Goodall". Morecambe F.C. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
^ "Bentley Adds Wilson". Morecambe F.C. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
^ "Tom McCready Signs". Morecambe F.C. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
^ "Shrimps sign young striker". Morecambe F.C. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Shrimps release four". Morecambe FC. 6 May 2014.
^ "Reds re-sign popular winger Joe Mwasile". Cumberland Echo. 1 November 2014.
^ "Tony Diagne Departure". Morecambe F.C. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
^ "McCready Joins Exeter". Morecambe F.C. 2 February 2015.
^ "Joe Widdowson Loan Deal". Morecambe F.C. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
^ "Barkhuizen Loan Deal". Morecambe F.C. 17 October 2014.
^ "Davies Loan Deal". Morecambe F.C. 24 October 2014.
^ "Morecambe 'keeper Davies heading back to Fleetwood for the time being". Morecambe Visitor. 4 January 2015.
^ "Danny Ward Signs". Morecambe F.C. 20 March 2015.
^ "Shrimps bring in Wildig on loan". Morecambe F.C. 20 March 2015.
^ "Marshall Joins Lincoln". Lincoln City F.C. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
^ "Will Bell Signs For Morecambe FC". Morecambe F.C. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
^ "Doyle Rejoins Chorley". Morecambe F.C. 23 February 2015.
^ "Sampson Leaves On Loan". Morecambe F.C. 26 March 2015.

[1] "Jim looks ahead to big kick off". Morecambe F.C. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.

[2] "First round draw". The FA. 27 October 2014.

[3] "Shrimps to face Bradford". Morecambe F.C. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

[Shrimps_sign_four-4] "Shrimps sign four". Morecambe FC. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015.

[5] "Shrimps Sign Goodall". Morecambe F.C. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.

[6] "Bentley Adds Wilson". Morecambe F.C. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

[7] "Tom McCready Signs". Morecambe F.C. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.

[8] "Shrimps sign young striker". Morecambe F.C. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.

[Shrimps_release_four-9] "Shrimps release four". Morecambe FC. 6 May 2014.

[10] "Reds re-sign popular winger Joe Mwasile". Cumberland Echo. 1 November 2014.

[11] "Tony Diagne Departure". Morecambe F.C. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

[12] "McCready Joins Exeter". Morecambe F.C. 2 February 2015.

[13] "Joe Widdowson Loan Deal". Morecambe F.C. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

[14] "Barkhuizen Loan Deal". Morecambe F.C. 17 October 2014.

[15] "Davies Loan Deal". Morecambe F.C. 24 October 2014.

[16] "Morecambe 'keeper Davies heading back to Fleetwood for the time being". Morecambe Visitor. 4 January 2015.

[17] "Danny Ward Signs". Morecambe F.C. 20 March 2015.

[18] "Shrimps bring in Wildig on loan". Morecambe F.C. 20 March 2015.

[19] "Marshall Joins Lincoln". Lincoln City F.C. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

[20] "Will Bell Signs For Morecambe FC". Morecambe F.C. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.

[21] "Doyle Rejoins Chorley". Morecambe F.C. 23 February 2015.

[22] "Sampson Leaves On Loan". Morecambe F.C. 26 March 2015.

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