2017–18 Morecambe F.C. season

Globe Arena
League Two	22nd
FA Cup	Second round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage (4th)
Biggest win	Morecambe 3–0 Hartlepool United; 4 November 2017
Biggest defeat	Exeter City 4–1 Morecambe; 30 September 2017; Morecambe 0–3 Port Vale; 17 October 2017; Morecambe 1–4 Notts County; 26 December 2017; Cheltenham Town 3–0 Morecambe; 7 April 2018
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of match played 5 May 2018.

The 2017–18 season was Morecambe's eleventh consecutive season in League Two, the fourth tier of English football.^[1] They finished 22nd in League Two, and also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy, where they were eliminated in the second round, first round and group stage respectively.

The season page covers the period between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018.

Competitions

Friendlies

As of 26 June 2017, Morecambe have announced six pre-season friendlies against

AFC Fylde,^[4] Bamber Bridge^[5] and Lancaster City.^[6]

Bamber Bridge v Morecambe

11 July 2017	Bamber Bridge	1–2	Morecambe	Bamber Bridge
19:30 BST	Carsley 14'	Report	Hedley 23' Thompson 49'	Stadium: Irongate

15 July 2017 Bay Trophy	Morecambe	1–0	Lancaster City	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Fleming 90'	Report		Stadium: Globe Arena

18 July 2017	Morecambe	0–2	Preston North End	Morecambe
19:30 BST		Report	Barkhuizen 36' Pearson 56'	Stadium: Globe Arena

21 July 2017	Morecambe	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	Morecambe
19:30 BST	Turner 38'	Report	Graham 10' Bennett 31'	Stadium: Globe Arena

25 July 2017	AFC Fylde	2–1	Morecambe	Medlar-with-Wesham
19:30 BST	Rowe 9' Lund 57' (o.g. )	Report	Turner 67'	Stadium: Mill Farm Referee: David Underwood

Morecambe v Rochdale

29 July 2017	Morecambe	0–1	Rochdale	Morecambe
15:00 BST		Report	Davies 53'	Stadium: Globe Arena Referee: Graham Salisbury

League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Port Vale	46	11	14	21	49	67	−18	47
21	Forest Green Rovers	46	13	8	25	54	77	−23	47
22	Morecambe	46	9	19	18	41	56	−15	46
23	Barnet (R)	46	12	10	24	46	65	−19	46	Relegation to the National League
24	Chesterfield (R)	46	10	8	28	47	83	−36	38	Relegation to the National League

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Result 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	9	19	18	41	56	−15	46	6	9	8	22	27	−5	3	10	10	19	29	−10

Last updated: 5 May 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	D
Position	6	5	13	15	19	20	20	16	19	20	21	21	20	21	22	23	19	20	22	21	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2018. Source: Statto.com

A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.[7]^[8]

5 August 2017 1	Morecambe	2–1	Cheltenham Town	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Thompson 55', 90+1' Wildig 85'	Report	Eisa 43' Atangana 52'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,450 Referee: Anthony Coggins

12 August 2017 2	Lincoln City	1–1	Morecambe	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Green 70'	Report	Wildig 53'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,060 Referee: Gavin Ward

19 August 2017 3	Morecambe	0–1	Swindon Town	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Rose 36'	Report	McDermott 13' Mullin 80'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,655 Referee: Mark Heywood

26 August 2017 4	Cambridge United	0–0	Morecambe	Cambridge
15:00 BST		Report	Lund 34' Conlan 49'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,573 Referee: Graham Horwood

2 September 2017 5	Morecambe	1–2	Accrington Stanley	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Oliver 57' Brough 60' Campbell 62' Müller 76' Ellison 90+5'	Report	Kee 31' Jackson 63' Clark 90'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 2,059 Referee: Peter Bankes

9 September 2017 6	Notts County	2–0	Morecambe	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Jones 27' Hewitt 65' Forte 85'	Report	Rose 26' Müller 88'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 5,305 Referee: Richard Clark

12 September 2017 7	Yeovil Town	2–2	Morecambe	Yeovil
19:45 BST	Zoko 37' Krysiak 58' Surridge 65'	Report	Old 17' McGurk 66' Ellison 77' Brough 90+2'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,205 Referee: Craig Hicks

16 September 2017 8	Morecambe	2–1	Newport County	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Ellison 34', 80' McGurk 85' McGowan 90'	Report	Bennett 36' Demetriou 42'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,189 Referee: Darren Drysdale

23 September 2017 9	Stevenage	2–1	Morecambe	Stevenage
15:00 BST	Godden 27' Wootton 66' Gorman 90'	Report	Old 36' Thompson 75'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 1,996 Referee: John Busby

26 September 2017 10	Morecambe	0–0	Luton Town	Morecambe
19:45 BST		Report	Lee 50'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,354 Referee: Darren Handley

30 September 2017 11	Exeter City	4–1	Morecambe	Exeter
15:00 BST	Brown 4' Stockley 24', 45+6' Croll 45+1' Moxey 48' 55' Pym 81'	Report	Lund 34' Oliver 38' Thompson 73' Müller 90+4'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,651 Referee: Brett Huxtable

7 October 2017 12	Morecambe	0–1	Crawley Town	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Campbell 29' Ellison 34'	Report	Clifford 18' Sanoh 36' Roberts 45+2' McNerney 87'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,222 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

14 October 2017 13	Chesterfield	0–2	Morecambe	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Weir 31'	Report	McGurk 17' Kenyon 19' Thompson 47' Oliver 90+2'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 4,489 Referee: Darren Drysdale

17 October 2017 14	Morecambe	0–3	Port Vale	Morecambe
19:45 BST		Report	Anderson 34' Montaño 90+2'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,241 Referee: Ross Joyce

21 October 2017 15	Morecambe	0–0	Grimsby Town	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Wildig 73'	Report	Jones 35'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,525 Referee: Ben Toner

28 October 2017 16	Forest Green Rovers	2–0	Morecambe	Nailsworth
15:00 BST	Marsh-Brown 30' Laird 64'	Report	Conlan 45+3' McGurk 85'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 2,515 Referee: Charles Breakspear

11 November 2017 17	Morecambe	2–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Old 27' McGurk 43'	Report	Saunders 26' Akinfenwa 82' Stewart 90'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,472 Referee: Andy Haines

18 November 2017 18	Colchester United	0–0	Morecambe	Colchester
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 2,872 Referee: Lee Collins

21 November 2017 19	Morecambe	0–1	Crewe Alexandra	Morecambe
19:45 GMT		Report	Ng 61' 85'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 927 Referee: Scott Oldham

25 November 2017 20	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Etuhu 51' Lambe 77'	Report	Old 7' Thompson 72'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,010 Referee: Darren Handley

9 December 2017 21	Morecambe	2–0	Coventry City	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	McGurk 10' Oliver 36' Lang 69' Fleming 72' Rose 84'	Report		Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,773 Referee: Robert Lewis

16 December 2017 22	Barnet	2–1	Morecambe	Canons Park
15:00 GMT	Campbell-Ryce 30' Taylor 34' Coulthirst 62'	Report	Müller 45+1' Campbell 72'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,123 Referee: Dean Whitestone

23 December 2017 23	Mansfield Town	2–1	Morecambe	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Hemmings 8' Hamilton 59' Rose 88' 90+5' White 90+3'	Report	Lang 50' Ellison 87' Roche 90+5'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,058 Referee: Ross Joyce

26 December 2017 24	Morecambe	1–4	Notts County	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Lang 89'	Report	Grant 13' 59' Alessandra 21' 86'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,947 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

29 December 2017 25	Morecambe	4–3	Yeovil Town	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Müller 27' Oliver 72' Lang 79' 85' Ellison 90+2' 90+3' Rose 90+5'	Report	Gray 1' Khan 17' Smith 63' Krysiak 79' Sowunmi 84'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,124 Referee: Darren Handley

6 January 2018 26	Grimsby Town	0–2	Morecambe	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Summerfield 34'	Report	Ellison 10' Lavelle 37' Kenyon 38' Old 41'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 3,104 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

13 January 2018 27	Morecambe	1–1	Stevenage	Morecambe
15:00	Ellison 23' Rose 34' Wildig 60' Old 79'	Report	Smith 25' Newton 65' Franks 89'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,268 Referee: Tom Nield

20 January 2018 28	Luton Town	1–0	Morecambe	Luton
15:00	Mullins 64'	Report	Conlan 45' Fleming 63'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,476 Referee: Trevor Kettle

23 January 2018 29	Newport County	1–1	Morecambe	Newport
19:45 GMT	Tozer 14' Bennett 22' Willmott 90+3'	Report	McGurk 31' Rose 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 2,754 Referee: Kevin Johnson

27 January 2018 30	Morecambe	1–2	Mansfield Town	Morecambe
15:00	Lavelle 22' Lang 31' McGowan 52'	Report	Diamond 40' Rose 70' Byrom 71' Spencer 90+4'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,416 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

3 February 2018 31	Port Vale	0–0	Morecambe	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00	Kay 57'	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,968 Referee: Ben Toner

10 February 2018	Morecambe	Postponed	Chesterfield	Morecambe
15:00				Stadium: Globe Arena

17 February 2018 32	Morecambe	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Morecambe
15:00	McGowan 59' Winnard 67' Rose 84' Conlan 89' Wylde 90'	Report	Clements 13' Grubb 78'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,447 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

24 February 2018 33	Wycombe Wanderers	2–4	Morecambe	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Freeman 65' O'Nien 84'	Report	McGurk 3' Ellison 26', 27', 38' Wylde 52'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,672 Referee: Craig Hicks

6 March 2018 34	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Morecambe	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Kee 45+2' (pen) Brown 63' Jackson 67'	Report	Rose 73' Old 85'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,769 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

10 March 2018 35	Crawley Town	1–1	Morecambe	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Ahearne-Grant 90+3'	Report	Lavelle 59' Lang 90+1', 90+2'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,642 Referee: Brendan Malone

17 March 2018 36	Morecambe	2–1	Exeter City	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	McGowan 36' Lavelle 43' Rose 78'	Report	Sweeney 37' Moxey 45+2'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,056 Referee: Carl Boyeson

20 March 2018 (2018-03-20) 37	Morecambe	0–0	Colchester United	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	McGurk 67' Rose 70'	Report	Mandron 71'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 893 Referee: Richard Clark

24 March 2018 38	Morecambe	0–0	Lincoln City	Morecambe
		Report	Rowe 85'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,883 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

30 March 2018 39	Swindon Town	1–1	Morecambe	Swindon
15:00 BST	Norris 55' (pen.) Hussey 60'	Report	Lang 43'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,328 Referee: Kevin Johnson

7 April 2018 40	Cheltenham Town	3–0	Morecambe	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Sellars 58' Boyle 65' Pell 73'	Report	Wylde 55' Winnard 90'	Stadium: LCI Rail Stadium Attendance: 2,420 Referee: Lee Swabey

10 April 2018 41	Morecambe	2–2	Chesterfield	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Thompson 16' 26' Kenyon 26' Lang 33'	Report	Dennis 55' Kellett 74' Brown 76'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,042 Referee: Martin Coy

14 April 2018 42	Morecambe	1–1	Carlisle United	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Conlan 13' Lang 29'	Report	Devitt 14', 69'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 3,319 Referee: John Brooks

21 April 2018 43	Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Morecambe	Crewe
15:00 BST	Miller 88'	Report	McGurk 34'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,942 Referee: Charles Breakspear

24 April 2018 44	Morecambe	0–0	Cambridge United	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Lavelle 56' Kenyon 78'	Report	Carroll 55'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 992 Referee: Ross Joyce

28 April 2018 45	Morecambe	0–1	Barnet	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Oliver 77'	Report	Brindley 38' Nicholls 79'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 2,073 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

5 May 2018 46	Coventry City	0–0	Morecambe	Coventry
15:00 BST	Grimmer 40'	Report		Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 15,874 Referee: Andy Davies

FA Cup

On 16 October 2017, Morecambe were drawn at home against Hartlepool United in the first round.^[9] An away fixture against Shrewsbury Towm was confirmed for the second round.^[10]

4 November 2017 First round	Morecambe	3–0	Hartlepool United	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Ellison 4' Fleming 67' Loach 85' (o.g.)	Report	Donnelly 8' Featherstone 79'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 2,004 Referee: Tom Nield

2 December 2017 Second round	Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Morecambe	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Rodman 32' Whalley 37' (pen.) Payne 39'	Report	Roche 36' Wildig 69'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 3,184 Referee: Craig Hicks

EFL Cup

On 16 June 2017, Morecambe were drawn away to Barnsley in the first round.^[11]

8 August 2017 First round	Barnsley	4–3	Morecambe	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Ugbo 22' Potts 71' Yiadom 81' Hedges 90+5'	Report	Campbell 36' Lavelle 45+1' 65' Rose 49' (pen.) Thompson 76' Oliver 82'	Stadium: Oakwell Referee: Darren Bond

EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Morecambe facing

Leicester City U23s and Fleetwood Town in Northern Group A.^[12]^[13]

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Fleetwood Town (Q)	2	2	0	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Round 2
2	ACA	Leicester City U21s	3	1	0	1	1	3	5	−2	4	Round 2
3	L2	Carlisle United	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	+1	3
4	L2	Morecambe (E)	3	0	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Morecambe v Carlisle United

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Morecambe	0–2	Carlisle United	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Fleming 82'	Report	Hope 1' Kennedy 44'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,228

3 October 2017	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Morecambe	Fleetwood
19:45 BST	Burns 25' McGowan 72' (o.g.) Ekpolo 90+4'	Report	Ekpolo 51' (o.g.)	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 768 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

7 November 2017	Leicester City U21s	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Thompson 8' Osborne 90'	Report	Ndukwu 25' Knight 85'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 432 Referee: Robert Jones
	Penalties
	Rose Turner Lavelle Osborne Campbell		Choudhury Knight Gordon Uche

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	LB	Patrick Brough	Carlisle United	Free	^[14]
1 July 2017	CF	Adam Campbell	Notts County	Free	^[15]
1 July 2017	CF	Vadaine Oliver	York City	Free	^[16]
1 July 2017	RW	Garry Thompson	Wycombe Wanderers	Free	^[17]
22 July 2017	ST	Reece Deakin	Airbus UK Broughton	Free	^[18]
27 July 2017	CB	Steven Old	GAIS	Free	^[19]
1 August 2017	CB	Samuel Lavelle	Bolton Wanderers	Free	^[20]
31 August 2017	CF	Adam McGurk	Cambridge United	Free	^[21]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2017	CB	Ryan Edwards	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed	^[22]
1 July 2017	LM	Lee Molyneux	Guiseley A.F.C.	Released	^[23]
1 July 2017	CF	Paul Mullin	Swindon Town	Undisclosed	^[24]
1 July 2017	DM	Peter Murphy	Retired	—	^[25]
1 July 2017	CB	Liam Wakefield	Boston Utd	Released	^[25]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
3 July 2017	RB	Mitchell Lund	Doncaster Rovers	End of Season	^[26]
9 August 2017	CM	Elliot Osborne	Fleetwood Town	January 2018	^[27]
22 August 2017	CB	Max Müller	Wycombe Wanderers	End of Season	^[28]
31 August 2017	CF	Callum Lang	Wigan Athletic	End of Season	^[29]
January 2018	MF	Gregg Wylde	Plymouth Argyle	End of Season	^[29]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
15 August 2017	MF		Ben Hedley	Witton Albion	12 September 2017	^[30]
24 August 2017	GK		Niall Maher	Halesowen Town	21 September 2017	^[31]

References

^ "History". Statto. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^ "Pre-season Friendlies". Morecambe Official Site. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Blackburn Friendly". Morecambe Official Site. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
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^ "Fixture List". Morecambe Official Site. June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
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^ "Campbell Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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^ "Garry Thompson Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
^ "Reece Deakin Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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^ "Lavelle Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
^ "Adam McGurk Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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^ "Elliott Osborne Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
^ "Max Muller Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Callum Lang". Morecambe Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
^ "Ben Hedley Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
^ "Niall Maher Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

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[3] "Blackburn Friendly". Morecambe Official Site. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

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[10] "Shrewsbury In second round". Morecambe Official Site. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.

[11] "Shrimps To Face Barnsley In Carabao Cup". Barnsley Official Site. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

[12] "Leicester City join Group A in Checkatrade Trophy". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

[13] "Checkatrade Trophy Group A fixtures confirmed". Fleetwood Town Official Site. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.

[14] "Patrick Brough Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

[15] "Campbell Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[16] "Vadaine Oliver Signs". Morcambe Official Site. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

[17] "Garry Thompson Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[18] "Reece Deakin Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

[19] "SIGNING: Steve Old". Morecambe Official Site. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[20] "Lavelle Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[21] "Adam McGurk Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

[22] "Edwards Joins Argyle". Morecambe Official Site. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

[23] "Fleming Offered Deal". Morecambe Official Site. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.

[24] "Mullin Signs For Swindon". Morecambe Official Site. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[Released-25] "Retained List". Morecambe Official Site. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

[26] "Mitchell Lund Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[27] "Elliott Osborne Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

[28] "Max Muller Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

[Callum_Lang-29] "Callum Lang". Morecambe Official Site. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

[30] "Ben Hedley Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.

[31] "Niall Maher Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

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