2010–11 Morecambe F.C. season

Morecambe F.C.

2010–11 season
Chairman	Peter McGuigan
Manager	Sammy McIlroy
Football League Two	20th
FA Cup	1st Round (eliminated by Cheltenham Town)
League Cup	2nd Round (eliminated by Burnley)
Football League Trophy	Northern Section 1st Round (eliminated by Macclesfield Town)
Top goalscorer	League: Phil Jevons & Jimmy Spencer (8) All: Phil Jevons (9)
Highest home attendance	5,003 vs. Burnley, 24 August 2010
Lowest home attendance	1,612 vs. Macclesfield Town, 22 March 2011
Average home league attendance	2,256
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

This page shows the progress of Morecambe F.C. in the 2010-11 football season. This year they play their games in League Two in the English league system. This would be Morecambe's fourth season in The Football League and their very first playing at home at the newly built Globe Arena.

Results

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
7 Aug	A	Wycombe Wanderers	League Two	L 0-2	4,016
10 Aug	H	Coventry City	League Cup	W 2-0	4,002	Fleming 45', 61'
14 Aug	H	Rotherham United	League Two	D 0-0	3,258
21 Aug	A	Burton Albion	League Two	L 2-3	2,072	Fleming 8', 51'
24 Aug	H	Burnley	League Cup	L 1-3	5,003	Jevons 12'
28 Aug	H	Gillingham	League Two	D 1-1	2,325	Stanley 60'
31 Aug	A	Macclesfield Town	Football League Trophy	L 0-1	720
4 Sep	A	Oxford United	League Two	L 0-4	6,237
11 Sep	H	Chesterfield	League Two	D 1-1	2,323	Brown 26'
18 Sep	A	Southend United	League Two	W 3-2	5,106	Drummond 21', Mullin 26', Spencer 73'
25 Sep	H	Barnet	League Two	D 2-2	2,221	Drummond 70', Mullin 83'
28 Sep	H	Bury	League Two	L 1-4	2,607	Drummond 45'
2 Oct	A	Bradford City	League Two	W 1-0	10,640	Mullin 23'
9 Oct	H	Shrewsbury Town	League Two	W 1-0	3,239	Stanley 83'
16 Oct	A	Aldershot Town	League Two	L 1-2	2,308	Brown 66'
23 Oct	H	Stevenage	League Two	D 0-0	2,254
30 Oct	A	Torquay United	League Two	L 1-3	2,172	McCready 30'
2 Nov	H	Stockport County	League Two	W 5-0	2,005	Jevons (pen) 8', 38', 66', Bentley 33', Brown 68'
6 Nov	A	Cheltenham Town	FA Cup	L 0-1	2,066
13 Nov	H	Lincoln City	League Two	L 1-2	2,085	Jevons 6'
20 Nov	A	Cheltenham Town	League Two	D 1-1	2,524	Jevons (pen) 80'
27 Nov	H	Crewe Alexandra	League Two	L 1-2	1,793	Shuker 89'
11 Dec	H	Port Vale	League Two	W 1-0	2,326	Charnock 27'
1 Jan	H	Accrington Stanley	League Two	L 1-2	2,702	McCready 27'
3 Jan	A	Stockport County	League Two	W 2-0	3,890	Shuker 29', Spencer 32'
8 Jan	A	Shrewsbury Town	League Two	W 3-1	4,605	Holden (o.g) 7', Spencer 28', Wilson (pen) 48'
15 Jan	H	Torquay United	League Two	W 2-1	1,643	Wilson (pen) 87', (pen) 90'
22 Jan	A	Stevenage	League Two	L 0-2	2,002
25 Jan	A	Hereford United	League Two	L 1-2	1,831	Drummond 52'
1 Feb	A	Accrington Stanley	League Two	D 1-1	1,675	Jevons 66'
5 Feb	H	Cheltenham Town	League Two	D 1-1	10,691	Drummond 58'
8 Feb	H	Aldershot Town	League Two	D 1-1	1,703	Holdsworth 51'
12 Feb	A	Lincoln City	League Two	L 0-2	2,884
15 Feb	A	Northampton Town	League Two	D 3-3	3,522	Hurst 22', Spencer 65', Mullin 88'
19 Feb	H	Oxford United	League Two	L 0-3	2,171
22 Feb	A	Macclesfield Town	League Two	L 0-2	1,286
26 Feb	A	Chesterfield	League Two	W 2-0	6,441	Hurst 22', Spencer 57'
5 Mar	H	Southend United	League Two	W 2-1	1,917	McCready 28', Drummond 63'
8 Mar	A	Bury	League Two	L 0-1	2,480
12 Mar	H	Bradford City	League Two	L 0-1	3,521
19 Mar	A	Barnet	League Two	W 2-1	2,510	Carlton 35', 42'
22 Mar	H	Macclesfield Town	League Two	L 1-2	1,286	Spencer 59'
26 Mar	H	Wycombe Wanderers	League Two	L 0-3	1,940
2 Apr	A	Rotherham United	League Two	W 1-0	3,661	Spencer 82'
9 Apr	H	Burton Albion	League Two	W 2-1	1,877	McCready 14', Carlton 67'
16 Apr	A	Gillingham	League Two	D 1-1	5,545	Jevons (pen) 21'
22 Apr	A	Crewe Alexandra	League Two	L 1-2	3,614	Hunter 58'
25 Apr	H	Hereford United	League Two	D 1-1	2,016	Haining 71'
30 Apr	A	Port Vale	League Two	L 2-7	4,134	Jevons 32', Spencer 79'
7 May	H	Northampton Town	League Two	L 1-2	2,674	Cowperthwaite 90'

League data

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
18	Bradford City	46	15	7	24	43	68	−25	52
19	Burton Albion	46	12	15	19	56	70	−14	51
20	Morecambe	46	13	12	21	54	73	−19	51
21	Hereford United	46	12	17	17	50	66	−16	050^‡
22	Barnet	46	12	12	22	58	77	−19	48

Updated to games played on 11 May 2011.
Source: 2010–11 Football League Two#League table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
^‡Hereford United deducted 3 points for fielding an unregistered player.^[1]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	12	21	54	73	−19	51	6	8	9	26	31	−5	7	4	12	28	42	−14

Last updated: 11 May 2011.
Source: Morecambe F.C.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L
Position			21	21	24	24	21	20	22	20	17	20	19	20	17	19	19	21	19	21	20	16	13	17	17	17	18	18	19	17	18	20	19	17	19	21	19	19	19	16	15	15	15	15	17	20

Last updated: 1 July 2011.
Source: Results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Appearances and goals

As of 6 May 2011.

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Barry Roche	42	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	46	0	1	0
2	DF	Darren Moss	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	0
2	DF	Andy Holdsworth	12 (3)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12 (3)	1	2	0
4	DF	Paul Scott	6 (2)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8 (2)	0	2	0
5	DF	Jim Bentley	7 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	7 (2)	1	2	0
6	MF	Craig Stanley	21 (1)	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	24 (1)	2	5	0
7	MF	Adam Rundle	8 (9)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9 (9)	0	0	0
8	MF	Garry Hunter	27 (6)	1	1	0	0 (2)	0	1	0	29 (8)	1	4	0
9	FW	Chris Shuker	12 (15)	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	15 (15)	2	2	1
10	FW	Phil Jevons	27 (11)	8	1	0	2	1	0	0	30 (11)	9	2	0
11	MF	Neil Wainwright	1 (4)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (5)	0	0	0
14	FW	Jimmy Spencer	20 (12)	8	0 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	21 (13)	8	1	1
15	DF	Chris McCready	36 (1)	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	39 (1)	3	3	0
16	MF	Stewart Drummond	39 (2)	5	1	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	41 (3)	5	3	1
17	MF	Andrew Fleming	23 (7)	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	25 (7)	4	3	0
18	MF	Mark Duffy	16 (6)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	1	0	19 (7)	0	2	0
18	MF	Kevan Hurst	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	2	1	0
19	DF	Laurence Wilson	37 (1)	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	41 (1)	3	8	1
20	FW	Stuart Hendrie	1 (6)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (7)	0	0	0
21	FW	Paul Mullin	15 (11)	4	1	0	0 (2)	0	1	0	17 (13)	4	1	0
22	DF	Andy Parrish	41	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	45	0	2	1
24	DF	Niall Cowperthwaite	6 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6 (1)	1	1	0
26	DF	Tony Capaldi	17 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17 (1)	0	1	0
27	DF	Kieran Charnock	20 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20 (1)	1	3	0
28	DF	Will Haining	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	13	1	1	0
29	MF	Scott Brown	19 (13)	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	20 (13)	3	2	0
30	FW	Danny Carlton	11 (5)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11 (5)	3	2	0
31	GK	Laurie Walker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
32	GK	Joe Anyon	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
33	MF	Zac Aley	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0

Awards

End of Season Awards	Winner[2]
Fans Club of Morecambe Player of the Year	Andy Parrish
Shrimpsvoices Player of the Year	Barry Roche
Community Sports Player of the Year	Jim Bentley
Visitor Player of the Year	Andy Parrish
Players' Player of the Year	Barry Roche
Reserves' Player of the Year	Niall Cowperthwaite
Under 18s Player of the Year	Joe Culshaw
Under 17s Player of the Year	James Short
Goal of the Season	Scott Brown (vs Aldershot Town, 16 October 2010)

Transfers

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
27 May 2010	MF	Adam Rundle	Chesterfield	Free	[3]
15 June 2010	DF	Paul Scott	Bury	Free	[4]
4 July 2010	FW	Phil Jevons	Huddersfield Town	Free	[5]
27 July 2010	MF	Andrew Fleming	Wrexham	Free	[6]
27 July 2010	DF	Chris McCready	Northampton Town	Free	[6]
4 August 2010	FW	Stuart Hendrie	Atherstone Town	Undisclosed	[7]
5 August 2010	GK	Laurie Walker	Cambridge United	Free	[8]
3 September 2010	MF	Scott Brown	Cheltenham Town	Free	[9]
16 September 2010	DF	Tony Capaldi	Cardiff City	Free	[10]
6 January 2011	DF	Kieran Charnock	Torquay United	Undisclosed	[11]
28 January 2011	DF	Andy Holdsworth	Oldham Athletic	Free	[12]
15 February 2011	FW	Danny Carlton	Bury	Free	[13]
Players loaned in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
13 July 2010	FW	Jimmy Spencer	Huddersfield Town	End of season	[14][15]
25 November 2010	DF	Kieran Charnock	Torquay United	6 January 2011	[16]
28 January 2011	MF	Kevan Hurst	Carlisle United	End of season	[12]
8 March 2011	GK	Joe Anyon	Lincoln City	8 April 2011	[17]
18 March 2011	MF	Zac Aley	Blackburn Rovers	End of season	[18]
Players loaned out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
23 September 2010	FW	Gavin Clark	Kendal Town	9 November 2010	[19]
28 September 2010	MF	Neil Wainwright	Barrow	28 October 2010	[20]
9 November 2010	MF	Chris Wraighte	Kendal Town	11 December 2010	[21]
28 January 2011	DF	Will Haining	Fleetwood Town	11 December 2010	[12]
31 January 2011	MF	Craig Stanley	Torquay United	3 May 2011	[22][23]
1 March 2011	MF	Adam Rundle	Gateshead	End of season	[24]
12 March 2011	FW	Stuart Hendrie	Tamworth	11 April 2011	[25]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
20 January 2011	MF	Mark Duffy	Scunthorpe United	Undisclosed	[26]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
7 June 2010	DF	Henry McStay	Portadown	7 June 2010	[27]
16 June 2010	DF	Dave Artell	Crewe Alexandra	1 July 2010 (Bosman)	[28]
24 June 2010	GK	Scott Davies	Fleetwood Town	1 July 2010	[29]
1 July 2010	FW	Wayne Curtis	Fleetwood Town	29 July 2010	[30][31]
1 July 2010	MF	Fraser McLachlan	Colwyn Bay	28 August 2010	[30][32]
1 July 2010	FW	Aaron Taylor	Kendal Town	??	[30]
1 July 2010	MF	Matty Poole	Lancaster City	??	[30]
1 July 2010	DF	Rory Winters	Kendal Town	??	[30]
1 July 2010	DF	Ben Jackson	Northwich Victoria	??	[30]
21 October 2010	DF	Darren Moss	Bangor City	27 January 2011	[33][34]
15 April 2011	FW	Paul Mullin	Retired		[35]

References

1. "Torquay and Hereford docked points by Football League". BBC Sport. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
2. "Player of the Year Awards night". Morecambe F.C. 8 May 2011.
3. "Morecambe agree to sign former winger Adam Rundle". BBC Sport. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
4. "Morecambe swoop for Paul Scott". BBC Sport. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
5. "Striker Phil Jevons completes Morecambe switch". BBC Sport. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
6. "Shrimps sign two". Morecambe F.C. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
7. "Morecambe sign Atherstone striker Stuart Hendrie". BBC Sport. 4 August 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
8. "Morecambe agree deal for keeper Laurie Walker". BBC Sport. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
9. "Brown to travel to Oxford". Morecambe F.C. 3 September 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
10. "Shrimps sign Northern Ireland international". Morecambe F.C. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
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25. "Lambs add to Squad". Tamworth F.C. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
26. "Scunthorpe United sign Morecambe winger Mark Duffy". BBC Sport. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
27. "McFall hails McCafferty 'quality'". News Letter. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
28. "Defender David Artell signs for Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
29. "Fleetwood Town sign ex-Morecambe keeper Scott Davies". BBC Sport. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
30. "Morecambe release forward Wayne Curtis". BBC Sport. 25 May 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
31. "Fleetwood Town sign Wayne Curtis and Mark Beesley". BBC Sport. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
32. "Ex-Morecambe midfielder signs". Colwyn Bay F.C. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
33. "Defender Darren Moss leaves Morecambe". BBC Sport. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
34. "City snap up defender Moss". Bangor City F.C. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
35. "Morecambe striker Paul Mullin retires after back injury". BBC Sport. 15 April 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.