Morecambe

[Cliff Byrne’s Right Peg]

A phenomenal achievement: promoted despite constantly favourites for relegation and operating with the smallest budget in the league

[Northumbiron]

And getting a penalty that clearly wasn’t one!

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lesgeo

[Awaywego]

Shouldn’t be allowed, how come a little club like them have achieved promotion, they should know their place.

[mistertonmick]

Northumbiron wrote:

And getting a penalty that clearly wasn’t one!

ref must have been confused, Red shirts White shorts and Black socks, it must be something about that colour strip that gets dodgy penalties.

[Northumbiron]

Not to mention the one Newport should have got when the Morecambe keeper punched their forward’s lights out!

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lesgeo

[Ferrite]

Didn’t watch the final but can’t begrudge Morecambe promotion after such a fantastic season for them, an incredible achievement to turn things around after finishing just above relegation last time around.

Shame though, I’d rather have gone to Morecambe than Newport next season.

[Northumbiron]

Yeah, lost my second closest away fixture.

Fingers crossed Hartlepool can win the NL playoffs.

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Ferrite

[Awaywego]

All highest placed teams in the playoffs got promoted, is that a first?

[Ferrite]

Morecambe v. Sunderland will be quite the fixture next season though, NI!

[BigLeftToe]

Goes to show what can be achieved on a shoestring budget if you make the right signings (funnily enough it’s not by signing the likes of Jarvis, KDT and Mooney who had never scored a professional league goal between them). Songo’o also looked twice the footballer he ever did for us!

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Cliff Byrne's Right Peg, Northumbiron

[Northumbiron]

Ferrite wrote:

Morecambe v. Sunderland will be quite the fixture next season though, NI!

My Mackem mate has his season ticket for SoL.

Probably never seen Cheltenham play before either!

[Ferrite]

Bit harsh on Songo’o, he was ok for us wasn’t he?

[Iron-awe]

Yep fantastic stuff from Morecambe wish them all the best, on Songo, he had some good games for us but for me he always came across a bit clumsy. Seemed to struggle to get the ball out from under his feet at times but maybe I’m being a bit harsh, I always expect a lot from new signings, I really should know better by now.

[TwoWrights]

Northumbiron wrote:

Ferrite wrote:

Morecambe v. Sunderland will be quite the fixture next season though, NI!

My Mackem mate has his season ticket for SoL.

Probably never seen Cheltenham play before either!

Odd that some seem to struggle to exit League One (door ajar) and ‘some’ breeze through it at the first go. Always a good day out at the SoL, and we usually have ‘refreshments’ at the Royal Navy Club in Roker Avenue.

[Northumbiron]

Ipswich were expected to breeze it too.

There’s no such thing as a dead cert in football.

[Awaywego]

And that is exactly why I have optimism for next season NI,it’s a funny old game we love.

[Ferrite]

Forest spent years trying to get out of League One, they clearly felt they were too big a club for that league, same as the Mackems. Whereas Wolves & Leicester just got on with it & both walked the league.

Iron-awe wrote:

on Songo, he had some good games for us but for me he always came across a bit clumsy. Seemed to struggle to get the ball out from under his feet at times but maybe I’m being a bit harsh

Probably not unfair, I was quite impressed with him though, broke up a lot of play in front of a pretty poor back 4. We’ve not had that sort of player this season & it showed.

[Sanfran49]

He replaced the role that Bish did. Morecambe declared as having the lowest playing budget in the league and they assembled a more than competitive squad.

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Ferrite

[alcazar]

Aye…but woild you care to bet that their chairman’s 23/4 year old son isn’t in charge of recruitment?

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