2020–21 Morecambe F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is Morecambe's 14th consecutive season in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. They will also compete in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Morecambe

2020–21 season
Co-chairmen	Graham Howse & Rod Taylor
Manager	Derek Adams
Stadium	Mazuma Stadium
League Two	7th
FA Cup	Third Round
EFL Cup	Third Round
EFL Trophy	Group Stage (4th)
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Phillips (8) Carlos Mendes Gomes (8) All: Adam Phillips (10)
Biggest win	Morecambe 4–0 Manchester United U23 18 November 2020
Biggest defeat	Morecambe 0–7 Newcastle United 23 September 2020
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of match played 6 February 2021.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 August 2020	LB		Stephen Hendrie	Kilmarnock	Free transfer	[1]
2 August 2020	CB		Harry Davis	Grimsby Town	Free transfer	[2]
3 August 2020	CB		Nathaniel Knight-Percival	Carlisle United	Free transfer	[3]
4 August 2020	CF		Liam McAlinden	Stockport County	Free transfer	[4]
10 August 2020	LM		Ben Pringle	Gillingham	Free transfer	[5]
13 August 2020	RB		Kelvin Mellor	Bradford City	Free transfer	[6]
22 September 2020	LB		Liam Gibson	Newcastle United	Free transfer	[7]
23 September 2020	CB		Yann Songo'o	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	[8]
26 January 2021	GK		Kyle Letheren	Chesterfield	End of season	[9]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
5 August 2020	GK		Jake Turner	Newcastle United	Recalled Jan 2021	[10]
11 August 2020	RB		Ryan Cooney	Burnley	30 June 2021	[11]
12 August 2020	DM		Adam Phillips	Burnley	1 February 2021	[12][13]
6 January 2021	CM		Brad Lyons	Blackburn Rovers	30 June 2021	[14]
22 January 2021	GK		Jökull Andrésson	Reading	29 January 2021	[15]
1 February 2021	DM		Alex Denny	Salford City	End of season	[16]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CB		Tom Brewitt	Unattached	Released	[17]
1 July 2020	RB		Adam Buxton	Unattached	Released	[17]
1 July 2020	LW		Kevin Ellison	Newport County	Released	[17][18]
1 July 2020	CF		Kyle Hawley	Stalybridge Celtic	Released	[17][19]
1 July 2020	CF		Michael Howard	Marine	Released	[17][20]
1 July 2020	CM		Lamin Jagne	Unattached	Released	[17]
1 July 2020	CF		Rhys Oates	Hartlepool United	Released	[17][21]
1 July 2020	CB		Steven Old	East Kilbride	Rejected contract	[22][23]
1 July 2020	GK		Barry Roche	Retired		[17]
1 July 2020	CB		Ritchie Sutton	Altrincham	Released	[17][24]
1 July 2020	CM		Andrew Tutte	Bolton Wanderers	Released	[17][25]
7 August 2020	LB		Jordan Cranston	Solihull Moors	Undisclosed	[26]
11 September 2020	LB		Luke Conlan	AFC Fylde	Undisclosed	[27]

Competitions

EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	Tranmere Rovers	26	13	5	8	35	31	+4	44	Promotion to the EFL League One
4	Newport County	25	12	7	6	36	27	+9	43	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	Exeter City	26	11	9	6	48	33	+15	42
6	Carlisle United	23	13	3	7	34	22	+12	42
7	Morecambe	26	12	6	8	35	36	−1	42
8	Cheltenham Town	25	11	8	6	34	23	+11	41
9	Salford City	25	10	8	7	32	21	+11	38
10	Leyton Orient	27	11	5	11	34	29	+5	38
11	Crawley Town	25	9	8	8	36	34	+2	35

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[28]

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
26	12	6	8	35	36	−1	42	6	4	3	17	15	+2	6	2	5	18	21	−3

Last updated: 6 February 2021.
Source: BBC

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
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D
Position	4	14	5	2	1	6	6	11	12	10	9	10	10	14	11	12	10	8	5	5	9	8	6	3	6	7

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.[29]

12 September 2020 1	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Morecambe	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	May  28'	Report	Davis  40' Phillips  78' (pen.) Mendes Gomes  90+1'	Stadium: Jonny-Rocks Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

19 September 2020 2	Morecambe	0–5	Cambridge United	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Diagouraga  58' Mendes Gomes  60'	Report	Hoolahan  29' Turner  34' (o.g.) May  37' Mullin  54', 64'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Speedie

26 September 2020 3	Southend United	1–2	Morecambe	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Gibson  5' (o.g.) Taylor  15' Demetriou  37'	Report	Phillips  33'  73' Kenyon  37' Wildig  55'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 0 Referee: Charles Breakspear

3 October 2020 4	Morecambe	1–0	Port Vale	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Phillips  76' (pen.) Gibson  85' O'Sullivan  90+5'	Report	Legge  77'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madley

10 October 2020 5	Oldham Athletic	2–3	Morecambe	Oldham
15:00 BST	McAleny  52', 90'	Report	Wildig  42' Gibson  57' Kenyon  59' Stockton  66'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Josh Smith

17 October 2020 6	Crawley Town	4–0	Morecambe	Crawley
15:00 BST	Francomb  52'  54' Watters  67', 71' Frost  77'	Report		Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby

20 October 2020 7	Morecambe	1–1	Mansfield Town	Morecambe
18:30 BST	Phillips  3'  35' Lavelle  50' Cooney  82'	Report	Charsley  26' McLaughlin  29'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

24 October 2020 8	Morecambe	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Leitch-Smith  19' Lavelle  21' Hendrie  64' Wildig  74' Knight-Percival  87'	Report	Godwin-Malife  74' Young  79' Matt  83'  87'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury

27 October 2020 9	Carlisle United	3–1	Morecambe	Carlisle
19:00 GMT	Songo'o  1' (o.g.) Mellish  3' Riley  37' Tanner  87' Reilly  89'	Report	O'Sullivan  50' Songo'o  79'  81'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross Joyce

31 October 2020 10	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Morecambe	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Khan  50'	Report	Phillips  57' (pen.)	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

3 November 2020 11	Morecambe	2–2	Exeter City	Morecambe
18:30 GMT	Mendes Gomes  41' Hendrie  45+1'	Report	Randall  33'  65' Taylor  72'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ollie Yates

14 November 2020 12	Morecambe	1–1	Stevenage	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Knight-Percival  8' Slew  80' Mendes Gomes  87'	Report	Oteh  27' (pen.)  77' Hutton  59'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Nield

21 November 2020 13	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Morecambe	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Onariase  80' Rowe  90+5'	Report	Wildig  90+3' Cooney  90+5'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Wright

24 November 2020 14	Salford City	2–1	Morecambe	Kersal
19:00 GMT	Denny  6' Smith  10' Henderson  28' Andrade  36' Hunter  41', 44' Elliott  86'	Report	Lavelle  40' Stockton  54' Songo'o  60' Cooney  90+3'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 0 Referee: Neil Hair

1 December 2020 15	Morecambe	1–0	Barrow	Morecambe
18:30 GMT	Mendes Gomes  12' Davis  25' Songo'o  70'	Report	Hird  15'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Bramall

5 December 2020 16	Newport County	2–1	Morecambe	Newport
15:00 GMT	Amond  11' Dolan  83' (pen.)	Report	Davis  30' Mendes Gomes  32' Hendrie  34' Phillips  68'  82'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Purkiss

12 December 2020 17	Morecambe	1–0	Harrogate Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Wildig  56'  84' Halstead  89'	Report		Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ollie Yates

15 December 2020 18	Morecambe	2–1	Leyton Orient	Morecambe
18:30 GMT	Davis  11' Lavelle  56'  78' Mendes Gomes  73' Songo'o  86' Leitch-Smith  90+3'	Report	Johnson  18' Angol  44' Clay  68' Sotiriou  86' Vigouroux  89'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0

19 December 2020 19	Colchester United	1–2	Morecambe	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Stockton  24' (o.g.)	Report	O'Sullivan  8' Cooney  23' Songo'o  61' Mendes Gomes  90+2'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 1,094 Referee: Sam Allison

26 December 2020 20	Morecambe	3–1	Grimsby Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Stockton  45' Songo'o  56' Mendes Gomes  58', 71' Phillips  90+3'	Report	Pollock  21'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

16 January 2021 21	Leyton Orient	2–0	Morecambe	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Sotiriou  60' Angol  83',  90+2' Knight-Percival  88' (o.g.)	Report	Lyons  90+1'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Brett Huxtable

19 January 2021 22	Morecambe	1–1	Walsall	Morecambe
19:00 GMT	Stockton  40' Lavelle  79' Mendes Gomes  80' Hendrie  88' Derek Adams	Report	Gordon  37' Jules  40'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury

23 January 2021 23	Morecambe	3–0	Colchester United	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Phillips  46' Hendrie  55' Diagouraga  58' O'Sullivan  80'	Report	Pell  60'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Lewis

26 January 2021 24	Exeter City	0–2	Morecambe	Exeter
18:00 GMT	Maxted  8'	Report	Phillips  9' (pen.),  56' Stockton  66' Diagouraga  85' Cooney  90+2'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

30 January 2021 25	Morecambe	0–1	Tranmere Rovers	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Phillips 38' Songo'o  45' Cooney  62' Hendrie  90+3'	Report	Spearing  65' Woolery  74'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard

6 February 2021 26	Stevenage	2–2	Morecambe	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	List  8' Norris  81'	Report	Diagouraga  28' Stockton  32' Cooney  90+1'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Oldham

FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.[30] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.[31] The third round draw was made on 30th November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.[32]

  Win   Draw   Loss

8 November 2020 First Round	Maldon & Tiptree	0–1	Morecambe	Maldon
12:45 GMT	McNamara  42' Stokes  90+1'	Report	Phillips  43' (pen.) Knight-Percival  69'	Stadium: Wallace Binder Attendance: 0 Referee: Will Finnie

28 November 2020 Second Round	Morecambe	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Solihull Moors	Morecambe
12:30 GMT	Wildig  22' Lavelle  49' Stockton  53', 59', 107' O'Sullivan  95'  106' Songo'o  100' Davis  102'	Report	Hudlin  19' Hancox  45+3' Gleeson  49' Cranston  69' Williams  73' Ward  90+3' Coxe  107'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Speedie

10 January 2021 Third Round	Chelsea	4–0	Morecambe	Fulham
13:30 GMT	Mount  18' Werner  44' Hudson-Odoi  49' Havertz  85'	Report	Gibson  78'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren England

EFL Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.[33] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.[34]

5 September 2020 First round	Grimsby Town	1–1 (3–4 p)	Morecambe	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Green  34'	Report	Phillips  7' Slew  44'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury
	Penalties
	Pollock Tilley Preston Edwards McKeown		Kenyon McAlinden Hendrie Pringle O'Sullivan

15 September 2020 Second round	Morecambe	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Wildig  22' Kenyon  30'	Report	Badan  38' Hamer  60' Garrity  62' Whelan  73' Grant  90'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner

23 September 2020 Third round	Morecambe	0–7	Newcastle United	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Diagouraga  33'	Report	Joelinton  5', 31' Almirón  20' Murphy  27' Hayden  45+2' Lascelles  51' Lavelle  90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Drysdale

EFL Trophy

  Win   Draw   Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.[35]

Pos	Div	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Salford City	3	2	0	0	1	4	7	−3	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Manchester United U21	3	1	1	0	1	6	4	+2	5
3	L1	Rochdale	3	1	0	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	L2	Morecambe	3	1	0	0	2	5	4	+1	3

Source: EFL.com

8 September 2020 Group stage	Morecambe	1–2	Rochdale	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Lavelle  23'  55' O'Sullivan  62'	Report	Tavares  86' Newby  90+3'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

29 September 2020 Group stage	Salford City	2–0	Morecambe	Salford
19:45 BST	Wilson  44' Thomas-Asante  75' Touray  79' Hunter  90+2'	Report	Knight-Percival  1' Hendrie  43'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell

18 November 2020 Group stage	Morecambe	4–0	Manchester United U21	Morecambe
18:30 GMT	Cooney  24', 28' Davis  34' Price  62' Hendrie  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

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