Morecambe
2023–24 season
Co-chairmenGraham Howse & Rod Taylor
ManagerDerek Adams
(until 20 November)[1]
Ged Brannan
(from 27 November)[2]
StadiumMazuma Mobile Stadium
League Two16th
FA CupThird Round
EFL CupFirst Round
EFL TrophyGroup Stage (3rd)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Michael Mellon (13)
All:
Michael Mellon (15)
Highest home attendance4,713 v Bradford City
19 August 2023
Lowest home attendance1,203 v Barrow
10 October 2023
Average home league attendance4,013
Biggest winDoncaster Rovers 0–5 Morecambe
16 December 2023
Biggest defeatWrexham 6–0 Morecambe
25 November 2023
All statistics correct as of match played 13 January 2024.

The 2023–24 season is Morecambe's 100th season since formation, their 17th consecutive season in the Football League, and their first season back in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. This followed relegation from League One during the previous season.

They also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Pre-season friendlies

On 2 June, Morecambe announced their pre-season preparations, with matches against Workington, Warrington Town, Southport, Burscough and Blackpool.[3] A sixth was later added, against Wigan Athletic.[4]

11 July 2023 (2023-07-11) Friendly Workington Cancelled Morecambe Workington
19:30 BST Report Stadium: Borough Park
Note: Match cancelled the day before due to Morecambe not being able to raise a team.[5]
15 July 2023 (2023-07-15) Friendly Warrington Town 2–0 Morecambe Warrington
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Cantilever Park
Attendance: 573
18 July 2023 (2023-07-18) Friendly Southport 1–3 Morecambe Southport
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Big Help Stadium
Attendance: 623
22 July 2023 (2023-07-22) Friendly Burscough 1–10 Morecambe Burscough
15:00 BST
  • 31'
 Report
Stadium: Community Ground
25 July 2023 (2023-07-25) Friendly Morecambe 1–1 Blackpool Morecambe
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 2,265
29 July 2023 (2023-07-29) Friendly Morecambe 0–2 Wigan Athletic Morecambe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 1,508

Competitions

League Two

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Walsall 26 10 6 10 40 39 +1 36
14 Bradford City 27 9 8 10 34 36 −2 35
15 Swindon Town 28 9 7 12 50 54 −4 34
16 Morecambe 25 9 7 9 38 42 −4 34
17 Newport County 27 9 7 11 39 45 −6 34
18 Tranmere Rovers 28 10 3 15 43 42 +1 33
19 Grimsby Town 27 6 10 11 40 49 −9 28
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. 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[6]

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
25 9 7 9 38 42  −4 34 5 6 2 20 14  +6 4 1 7 18 28  −10

Last updated: 13 January 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425
GroundHAHHAHAHAHAAHHAAAHHAHAAHH
ResultWLDWLWLDWDWWWWLLLLDWLDLDD
Position614147119161412121010866712121281213161716
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

On 22 June, the EFL League Two fixtures were released.[7]

5 August 2023 (2023-08-05) 1 Morecambe 2–1 Walsall Morecambe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 4,609
Referee: Martin Coy
12 August 2023 (2023-08-12) 2 Mansfield Town 3–0 Morecambe Mansfield
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: One Call Stadium
Attendance: 6,695
Referee: Scott Simpson
15 August 2023 (2023-08-15) 3 Morecambe 0–0 Notts County Morecambe
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 3,860
Referee: Scott Jackson
19 August 2023 4 Morecambe 3–0 Bradford City Morecambe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 4,713
Referee: Lewis Smith
26 August 2023 5 Harrogate Town 2–0 Morecambe Harrogate
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium
Attendance: 2,224
Referee: Ross Joyce
2 September 2023 6 Morecambe 1–0 Salford City Morecambe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 3,458
Referee: Will Finnie
16 September 2023 7 Gillingham 2–1 Morecambe Gillingham
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: MEMS Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,915
Referee: Declan Bourne
23 September 2023 8 Morecambe 2–2 Swindon Town Morecambe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: The Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 3,737
Referee: Scott Tallis
30 September 2023 9 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 Morecambe Nailsworth
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: The Bolt New Lawn
Attendance: 2,290
Referee: Adam Herczeg
3 October 2023 10 Morecambe 1–1 Accrington Stanley Morecambe
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: The Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 3,458
Referee: Keith Stroud
7 October 2023 11 Colchester United 1–3 Morecambe Colchester
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium
Attendance: 3,350
Referee: Sam Purkiss
21 October 2023 12 Sutton United 2–3 Morecambe Sutton
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: VBS Community Stadium
Attendance: 2,603
Referee: Neil Hair
24 October 2023 13 Morecambe 1–0 Tranmere Rovers Morecambe
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: The Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 3,678
Referee: Paul Howard
28 October 2023 14 Morecambe 4–1 AFC Wimbledon Morecambe
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 4,453
Referee: Edward Duckworth
31 October 2023 15 Barrow 1–0 Morecambe Barrow-in-Furness
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: SO Legal Stadium
Attendance: 4,007
Referee: Ben Speedie
Note: Fixture was previous postponed due to international call-ups.[8]
11 November 2023 16 Grimsby Town 3–2 Morecambe Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 5,939
Referee: Alan Young
25 November 2023 17 Wrexham 6–0 Morecambe Wrexham
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: STōK Cae Ras
Attendance: 10,224
Referee: Ben Atkinson
28 November 2023 18 Morecambe 1–2 Newport County Morecambe
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Stadium
Attendance: 2,982
Referee: Ross Joyce
9 December 2023 (2023-12-09) 19 Morecambe 1–1 Stockport County Morecambe
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 4,505
Referee: John Busby
16 December 2023 20 Doncaster Rovers 0–5 Morecambe Doncaster
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: The Eco-Power Stadium
Attendance: 6,260
Referee: Kirsty Dowle
23 December 2023 21 Morecambe 1–3 Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 4,551
Referee: Lewis Smith
26 December 2023 22 Bradford City 2–2 Morecambe Bradford
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: University of Bradford Stadium
Attendance: 18,540
Referee: Darren Drysdale
29 December 2023 23 Notts County 5–0 Morecambe Nottingham
19:45 GMT
Report
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 9,786
Referee: Bobby Madley
1 January 2024 24 Morecambe 2–2 Harrogate Town Morecambe
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 3,776
Referee: Simon Mather

FA Cup

Morecambe were drawn away to Lincoln City in the first round,[9] Wycombe Wanderers in the second round[10] and Swansea City in the third round.[11][12]

4 November 2023 First Round Lincoln City 1–2 Morecambe Lincoln
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: LNER Stadium
Attendance: 4,607
Referee: Martin Coy
2 December 2023 Second Round Wycombe Wanderers 0–2 Morecambe High Wycombe
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 1,604
Referee: Peter Wright
6 January 2024 Third Round Swansea City 2–0 Morecambe Landore
17:30 GMT
Report
Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium
Attendance: 7,670
Referee: Tom Nield

EFL Cup

The Shrimps were drawn away to Rotherham United in the first round.[13]

8 August 2023 (2023-08-08) First Round Rotherham United 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Morecambe Rotherham
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: AESSEAL New York Stadium
Attendance: 2,834
Referee: Thomas Parsons
Penalties
Note: Morecambe went first in the shootout.

EFL Trophy

In the group stage, Morecambe were drawn into Northern Group A alongside Barrow, Blackpool and Liverpool U21.[14]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L1 Blackpool 3 3 0 0 0 9 3 +6 9 Advance to Round 2
2 ACA Liverpool U21 3 1 0 0 2 6 7 −1 3
3 L2 Morecambe 3 1 0 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4 L2 Barrow 3 1 0 0 2 3 6 −3 3
Updated to match(es) played on 14 November 2023. Source: EFL.com
19 September 2023 (2023-09-19) Group Stage Morecambe 0–3 Liverpool U21 Morecambe
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 1,607
Referee: Ollie Yates
10 October 2023 (2023-10-10) Group Stage Morecambe 3–1 Barrow Morecambe
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Mazuma Mobile Stadium
Attendance: 2,203
Referee: Simon Mather
14 November 2023 Group Stage Blackpool 2–1 Morecambe Blackpool
19:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 1,829
Referee: Martin Woods

Transfers

In

Date Pos Player Transferred from Fee Ref
1 July 2023CFEngland Charlie BrownEngland Cheltenham TownFree Transfer[15]
1 July 2023CMNorthern Ireland JJ McKiernanEngland WatfordFree Transfer[16]
1 July 2023GKEngland Stuart MooreEngland BlackpoolFree Transfer[17]
1 July 2023RBEngland Joel SeniorEngland Carlisle UnitedFree Transfer[18]
1 July 2023CFScotland Cammy SmithScotland Partick ThistleFree Transfer[19]
1 July 2023DMCameroon Yann Songo'oEngland Bradford CityFree Transfer[20]
1 July 2023CBEngland Chris StokesScotland KilmarnockFree Transfer[21]
7 July 2023CFEngland Jordan SlewEngland FC Halifax TownFree Transfer[22]
20 July 2023DMEngland Jacob DavenportEngland Stockport CountyFree Transfer[23]
11 August 2023LBDemocratic Republic of the Congo David TutondaEngland GillinghamFree Transfer[24]
23 November 2023RBEngland Oscar Threlkeld Free agent—[25]
3 January 2024RWWales Gwion Edwards Free agent—[26]

Out

Date Pos Player Transferred to Fee Ref
30 June 2023RBEngland Ryan CooneyEngland Crewe AlexandraReleased[27][28]
30 June 2023AMEngland Daniel CrowleyEngland Notts CountyReleased[27][29]
30 June 2023CBRepublic of Ireland Ryan DelaneyWales Newport CountyReleased[27][30]
30 June 2023CFRepublic of Ireland Courtney DuffusEngland BarrowReleased[27][31]
30 June 2023LBEngland Liam GibsonEngland Harrogate TownReleased[27][32]
30 June 2023LWFrance Arthur GnahouaEngland Grimsby TownReleased[27][33]
30 June 2023LWEngland Ashley HunterEngland Milton Keynes DonsReleased[27][34]
30 June 2023GKPortugal Andre Da Silva MendesEngland Lancaster CityReleased[27]
30 June 2023CFSenegal Oumar NiasseEngland MacclesfieldReleased[27][35]
30 June 2023CFEngland Jonathan ObikaScotland MotherwellReleased[27]
30 June 2023GKEngland Connor RipleyEngland Port ValeReleased[27][36]
30 June 2023LBSenegal Pape SouaréScotland MotherwellReleased[27][37]
30 June 2023CFEngland Cole StocktonEngland Burton AlbionReleased[27][38]

Loaned in

Date Pos Player Loaned from Date until Ref
11 July 2023CFScotland Michael MellonEngland Burnley8 January 2024[lower-alpha 1][39][40]
20 July 2023CFEngland Tom BloxhamEngland Shrewsbury Town9 January 2024[lower-alpha 2][41][42]
28 July 2023DMWales Eli KingWales Cardiff City8 January 2024[lower-alpha 3][43][44]
31 August 2023CBWales James ConnollyEngland Bristol Rovers3 January 2024[lower-alpha 4][45][46]
1 September 2023LWEngland Ethan WalkerEngland Blackburn Rovers2 January 2024[lower-alpha 5][47][48]
5 January 2024GKScotland Archie MairEngland Norwich CityEnd of Season[49]
11 January 2024AMEngland Joe AdamsEngland Wigan AthleticEnd of Season[50]
16 January 2024CFEngland Gerard GarnerEngland BarrowEnd of Season[51]
  1. ↑ On 8 January, Mellon was recalled back to Burnley early from his season-long loan.
  2. ↑ On 9 January, Bloxham was recalled back to Shrewsbury early from his season-long loan.
  3. ↑ On 8 January, King was recalled back to Cardiff early from his season-long loan.
  4. ↑ On 3 January, Connolly was recalled back to Bristol Rovers early due to injuries within the Bristol squad.
  5. ↑ On 2 January, Walker was recalled back to Blackburn early.

Loaned out

Date Pos Player Loaned to Date Until Ref
12 October 2023CMEngland Cameron RooneyEngland Nantwich Town11 November 2023[52]
15 December 2023CMEngland Cameron RooneyEngland Runcorn Linnets11 January 2024[53]
17 January 2024CMEngland Cameron RooneyEngland Lower Breck15 February 2024[54]

References

  1. ↑ "Club Statement | Derek Adams". Morecambe FC. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ged Brannan named First Team Manager". Morecambe FC. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Pre-season Friendly Matches Announced". Morecambe FC. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Wigan Athletic Friendly at the Mazuma". Morecambe FC. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Workington Friendly Cancelled". Morecambe FC. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "2023/24 SkyBet League Two Fixtures Released". Morecambe FC. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Postponed: Barrow v Morecambe". Barrow AFC. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "FA Cup 1st Round Draw". Morecambe FC. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "FA Cup second round details confirmed". Morecambe FC. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "A trip to Swansea City awaits in the FA Cup third round". Morecambe FC. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Details of Swansea City FA Cup clash confirmed". Morecambe FC. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Carabao Cup 1st Round Opponent named". Morecambe FC. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  14. ↑ "EFL Trophy Group and Draw Number". Morecambe FC. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "Charlie Brown joins Morecambe FC". Morecambe FC. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  16. ↑ "Morecambe sign former Watford midfielder McKiernan". British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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  18. ↑ "Morecambe Go Senior". Morecambe FC. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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  20. ↑ "Songo'o Returns To Morecambe FC". Morecambe FC. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  21. ↑ "Chris Stokes joins The Shrimps". Morecambe FC. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  22. ↑ "Slew re-signs for The Shrimps". Morecambe FC. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  23. ↑ "Davenport signs for The Shrimps". Morecambe FC. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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  25. ↑ "Oscar Threlkeld pens short-term deal". Morecambe FC. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  26. ↑ "Gwion Edwards becomes first January arrival!". Morecambe FC. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  27. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Retained List announced". Morecambe FC. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  28. ↑ "Full-back Cooney becomes second summer signing". Crewe Alexandra FC. 23 June 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  29. ↑ "Signing: Dan Crowley". Notts County FC. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  30. ↑ "Newport sign former Ireland U21 defender Delaney". British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  31. ↑ "Courtney Duffus Joins The Bluebirds". Barrow AFC. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  32. ↑ "Liam Gibson Is Our Second Summer Signing". Harrogate Town AFC. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  33. ↑ "Gnahoua Signs On A One-Year Deal". Grimsby Town FC. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  34. ↑ "Ash Hunter arrives at MK Dons". Milton Keynes Dons FC. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  35. ↑ "SILKMEN SIGN £13.5 MILLION MAN". Macclesfield FC. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  36. ↑ "Connor Ripley is a Valiant". Port Vale FC. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  37. ↑ "Pape Souaré Signs Six-Month Deal". Motherwell FC. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  38. ↑ "Brewers Bring In Striker Cole Stockton As First Summer Signing". Burton Albion FC. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  39. ↑ "Mellon returns for second Shrimps stint". Morecambe FC. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  40. ↑ "Michael Mellon returns to Burnley". Morecambe FC. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  41. ↑ "Bloxham becomes Adams' latest addition". Morecambe FC. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  42. ↑ "Shrewsbury Town recall Tom Bloxham". Morecambe FC. 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  43. ↑ "King arrives on loan from Cardiff". Morecambe FC. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  44. ↑ "Eli King recalled by Cardiff City". Morecambe FC. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  45. ↑ "Connolly joins Shrimps on season-long loan". Morecambe FC. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  46. ↑ "James Connolly returns to Bristol Rovers". Morecambe FC. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  47. ↑ "Walker joins Morecambe FC on loan". Morecambe FC. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  48. ↑ "Ethan Walker recalled". Morecambe FC. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  49. ↑ "Archie Mair arrives!". Morecambe FC. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  50. ↑ "Joe Adams signs!". Morecambe FC. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  51. ↑ "Ged Garner joins the Shrimps". Morecambe FC. 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  52. ↑ "Rooney heads out on loan". Morecambe FC. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  53. ↑ "Rooney is Runcorn bound". Morecambe FC. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  54. ↑ "Rooney joins Lower Breck on loan". Morecambe FC. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
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