# 2010–11 Morecambe F.C. season

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 first playing at home at the newly built Globe Arena.

## Football League Two
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 | 50 |
| 22 | Barnet | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 58 | 77 | −19 | 48 |
* ↑ Torquay United deducted one point and Hereford United deducted three points

### Results summary

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

## FA Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Score F–A | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| First round | 6 Nov | A | Cheltenham Town | L | 0–1 | 2,066 | |

## Football League Cup

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Score F–A | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| First round | 10 Aug | H | Coventry City | W | 2–0 | 4,002 | Fleming 45', 61' |
| Second round | 24 Aug | H | Burnley | L | 1–3 | 5,003 | Jevons 12' |

## Football League Trophy

| Round | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Score F–A | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| First round | 31 Aug | A | Macclesfield Town | L | 0–1 | 720 | |

## Appearances and goals

    As of 6 May 2011.
    (Substitute appearances in brackets)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Trophy | League Trophy | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | 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 |
| 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 | |
| 15 June 2010 | DF | Paul Scott | Bury | Free | |
| 4 July 2010 | FW | Phil Jevons | Huddersfield Town | Free | |
| 27 July 2010 | MF | Andrew Fleming | Wrexham | Free | |
| 27 July 2010 | DF | Chris McCready | Northampton Town | Free | |
| 4 August 2010 | FW | Stuart Hendrie | Atherstone Town | Undisclosed | |
| 5 August 2010 | GK | Laurie Walker | Cambridge United | Free | |
| 3 September 2010 | MF | Scott Brown | Cheltenham Town | Free | |
| 16 September 2010 | DF | Tony Capaldi | Cardiff City | Free | |
| 6 January 2011 | DF | Kieran Charnock | Torquay United | Undisclosed | |
| 28 January 2011 | DF | Andy Holdsworth | Oldham Athletic | Free | |
| 15 February 2011 | FW | Danny Carlton | Bury | Free | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 13 July 2010 | FW | Jimmy Spencer | Huddersfield Town | End of season | |
| 25 November 2010 | DF | Kieran Charnock | Torquay United | 6 January 2011 | |
| 28 January 2011 | MF | Kevan Hurst | Carlisle United | End of season | |
| 8 March 2011 | GK | Joe Anyon | Lincoln City | 8 April 2011 | |
| 18 March 2011 | MF | Zac Aley | Blackburn Rovers | End of season | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 23 September 2010 | FW | Gavin Clark | Kendal Town | 9 November 2010 | |
| 28 September 2010 | MF | Neil Wainwright | Barrow | 28 October 2010 | |
| 9 November 2010 | MF | Chris Wraighte | Kendal Town | 11 December 2010 | |
| 28 January 2011 | DF | Will Haining | Fleetwood Town | 11 December 2010 | |
| 31 January 2011 | MF | Craig Stanley | Torquay United | 3 May 2011 | |
| 1 March 2011 | MF | Adam Rundle | Gateshead | End of season | |
| 12 March 2011 | FW | Stuart Hendrie | Tamworth | 11 April 2011 | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Fee | Ref. |
| 20 January 2011 | MF | Mark Duffy | Scunthorpe United | Undisclosed | |
| Players released ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
| 7 June 2010 | DF | Henry McStay | Portadown | 7 June 2010 | |
| 16 June 2010 | DF | Dave Artell | Crewe Alexandra | 1 July 2010 (Bosman) | |
| 24 June 2010 | GK | Scott Davies | Fleetwood Town | 1 July 2010 | |
| 1 July 2010 | FW | Wayne Curtis | Fleetwood Town | 29 July 2010 | |
| 1 July 2010 | MF | Fraser McLachlan | Colwyn Bay | 28 August 2010 | |
| 1 July 2010 | FW | Aaron Taylor | Kendal Town | ?? | |
| 1 July 2010 | MF | Matty Poole | Lancaster City | ?? | |
| 1 July 2010 | DF | Rory Winters | Kendal Town | ?? | |
| 1 July 2010 | DF | Ben Jackson | Northwich Victoria | ?? | |
| 21 October 2010 | DF | Darren Moss | Bangor City | 27 January 2011 | |
| 15 April 2011 | FW | Paul Mullin | Retired | Retired | |