# 2017–18 Morecambe F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Morecambe's eleventh consecutive season in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. 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 Preston North End, Rochdale, Blackburn Rovers, AFC Fylde, Bamber Bridge and Lancaster City.

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 5 May 2018. Source:

#### 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 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | 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 | | | |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.

### FA Cup

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

### EFL Cup

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

### EFL Trophy

On 12 July 2017, the group stage draw was completed with Morecambe facing Carlisle United, Leicester City U23s and Fleetwood Town in Northern Group A.
| 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 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | LB | Patrick Brough | Carlisle United | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Adam Campbell | Notts County | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | CF | Vadaine Oliver | York City | Free |
| 1 July 2017 | RW | Garry Thompson | Wycombe Wanderers | Free |
| 22 July 2017 | ST | Reece Deakin | Airbus UK Broughton | Free |
| 27 July 2017 | CB | Steven Old | GAIS | Free |
| 1 August 2017 | CB | Samuel Lavelle | Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 31 August 2017 | CF | Adam McGurk | Cambridge United | Free |

### Transfers out

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

### Loans in

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

### Loans out

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