# 2018–19 Morecambe F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Morecambe's 12th consecutive season in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. They finished 18th in League Two, and also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy. They were eliminated in the first round of the FA Cup and the EFL Cup, and in the Group stage of the EFL Trophy.
The season page covers the period between 1 July 2018 and 30 June 2019.

## Competitions
### Pre-season friendlies

Morecambe revealed pre-season friendlies against Bamber Bridge, Alfreton Town, Chorley, Chester and Fleetwood Town.

### League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 57 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 56 |
| 18 | Morecambe | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 54 | 70 | −16 | 54 |
| 19 | Crawley Town | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 51 | 68 | −17 | 53 |
| 20 | Port Vale | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 49 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 May 2019. 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 | 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | D |
| Position | 24 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

#### Matches

On 21 June 2018, the League Two fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### FA Cup

The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October.

### EFL Cup

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.

### EFL Trophy

On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced.
| Pos | Lge | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Sunderland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 8 | Round 2 |
| 2 | ACA | Stoke City U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Carlisle United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | L2 | Morecambe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 0 | |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Lamin Jagne | Free agent | — |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Carlos Mendes Gomes | West Didsbury & Chorlton | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Zak Mills | Grimsby Town | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | LW | Rhys Oates | Hartlepool United | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Jason Oswell | Stockport County | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | James Sinclair | GAIS | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CM | Andrew Tutte | Bury | Free transfer |
| 3 July 2018 | LB | Jordan Cranston | Cheltenham Town | Free transfer |
| 9 July 2018 | GK | Mark Halstead | Southport | Free transfer |
| 23 July 2018 | GK | Dawid Szczepaniak | Airbus UK Broughton | Free transfer |
| 8 August 2018 | CF | A-Jay Leitch-Smith | Shrewsbury Town | Free transfer |
| 26 October 2018 | CM | Florent Cuvelier | Walsall | Free transfer |
| 9 January 2019 | CB | Ritchie Sutton | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 9 February 2019 | RW | Aaron Collins | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free transfer |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2018 | LB | Patrick Brough | Falkirk | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Reece Deakin | Free agent | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Luke Jordan | Chester | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | RB | Aaron McGowan | Hamilton Academical | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Adam McGurk | Nuneaton Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | GK | Danijel Nizic | Western Sydney Wanderers | Mutual consent |
| 1 July 2018 | DM | Michael Rose | Macclesfield Town | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CF | Rhys Turner | Barrow | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | CB | Dean Winnard | Southport | Released |
| 1 July 2018 | LM | Steven Yawson | Free agent | Released |
| 4 July 2018 | LB | Leif Davis | Leeds United | Undisclosed |
| 2 January 2019 | RW | Garry Thompson | Workington | Released |
| 5 January 2019 | CF | Jason Oswell | Wrexham | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 12 July 2018 | CF | Liam Mandeville | Doncaster Rovers | 31 May 2019 |
| 10 August 2018 | CB | Josef Yarney | Newcastle United | 10 January 2019 |
| 31 August 2018 | CF | Joe Piggott | Wigan Athletic | 1 January 2019 |
| 4 January 2019 | CB | Paul McKay | Cardiff City | 31 May 2019 |
| 17 January 2019 | CF | Richie Bennett | Morecambe | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | CF | Sam Dalby | Leeds United | 31 May 2019 |
| 31 January 2019 | RM | Piero Mingoia | Accrington Stanley | 31 May 2019 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 20 July 2018 | RW | Gilmàr | Global Cebu | 31 December 2018 |
| 3 August 2018 | SS | Adam Campbell | Carlisle United | 1 January 2019 |
| 17 August 2018 | DM | Tyler Brownsword | Skelmersdale United | September 2018 |
| 17 August 2018 | CF | Kyle Hawley | Skelmersdale United | September 2018 |