2011–12 Morecambe F.C. season

During the 2011–12 season, Morecambe F.C. competed in League Two.

Morecambe
2011–12 season
ChairmanPeter McGuigan
ManagerJim Bentley
StadiumGlobe Arena
League Two15th
FA CupFirst Round
League CupSecond Round
League TrophySecond Round
Biggest winMorecambe 6–0 Crawley Town
10 September 2011
Biggest defeatSwindon Town 3–0 Morecambe
17 December 2011
All statistics correct as of match played 5 May 2012.

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Bristol Rovers 46 15 12 19 60 70 −10 57
14 Accrington Stanley 46 14 15 17 54 66 −12 57
15 Morecambe 46 14 14 18 63 57 +6 56
16 AFC Wimbledon 46 15 9 22 62 78 −16 54
17 Burton Albion 46 14 12 20 54 81 −27 54
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   EIR Barry Roche 48 0 44+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF   ENG Nick Fenton 38 3 35+0 3 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF   SCO Will Haining 44 0 36+4 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF   ENG Izak Reid 40 2 26+10 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF   ENG Garry Hunter 41 1 30+7 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW   ENG Lewis Alessandra 46 4 24+18 4 0+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF   ENG Kevin Ellison 38 17 26+8 15 1+0 0 1+1 1 0+1 1
14 FW   ENG Jordan Burrow 19 4 14+5 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF   ENG Chris McCready 48 0 46+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF   ENG Stewart Drummond 42 5 36+2 5 1+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
17 MF   ENG Andrew Fleming 17 2 11+6 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF   SCO Gary McDonald 46 3 39+3 3 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+1 0
19 DF   ENG Laurence Wilson 34 6 30+0 5 1+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0
20 MF   ZAM Joe Mwasile 6 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF   ENG Andy Parrish 42 0 29+9 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
24 DF   ENG Niall Cowperthwaite 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF   ENG Dan Parkinson 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
27 FW   ENG Jack Redshaw 11 2 7+4 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF   ENG Joe McGee 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 FW   ENG Danny Carlton 47 10 34+10 9 1+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
Players featured for Morecambe but left before the end of the season:
27 DF   ENG Kieran Charnock 6 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
29 FW   WAL Jason Price 19 2 12+6 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
10 FW   ENG Phil Jevons 30 5 14+13 4 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 1
Players featured for Morecambe on loan this season and returned to their parent club:
12 FW   ENG Craig Curran 7 1 6+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 GK   SCO Chris Kettings 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   EIR Sean McGinty 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers edit

Place Position Nation Number Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
1 MF   11 Kevin Ellison 15 0 1 1 17
2 FW   30 Danny Carlton 9 0 1 0 10
3 DF   19 Laurence Wilson 5 1 0 0 6
4 MF   16 Stewart Drummond 5 0 0 0 5
= FW   10 Phil Jevons 4 0 0 1 5
6 FW   9 Lewis Alessandra 4 0 0 0 4
= FW   14 Jordan Burrow 4 0 0 0 4
8 FW   2 Nick Fenton 3 0 0 0 3
= MF   18 Gary McDonald 3 0 0 0 3
10 FW   29 Jason Price 2 0 0 0 2
= MF   17 Andrew Fleming 2 0 0 0 2
= MF   7 Izak Reid 2 0 0 0 2
= FW   27 Jack Redshaw 2 0 0 0 2
14 MF   8 Garry Hunter 1 0 0 0 1
= FW   12 Craig Curran 1 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 62 1 2 2 67

Disciplinary record edit

Number Nation Position Name League Two FA Cup League Cup FL Trophy Total
                   
2   DF Nick Fenton 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
30   FW Danny Carlton 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
17   MF Andrew Fleming 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
15   DF Chris McCready 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
6   DF Will Haining 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
16   MF Stewart Drummond 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11   MF Kevin Ellison 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
19   DF Laurence Wilson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8   MF Garry Hunter 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
29   FW Jason Price 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3   DF Sean McGinty 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
10   FW Phil Jevons 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
22   DF Andy Parrish 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2   DF Nick Fenton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1   GK Barry Roche 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14   FW Jordan Burrow 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18   MF Gary McDonald 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9   FW Lewis Alessandra 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 50 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 53 1

Results edit

Pre-season friendlies edit

12 July 2011 Raith Rovers 1–1 Morecambe Stark's Park
19:30 Baird   80' Alessandra   75'
19 July 2011 Morecambe 2–1 Carlisle United Globe Arena
19:45 Charnock   76'
Jevons   81'
Loy   22'
23 July 2011 Morecambe 1–1 Derby County Globe Arena
19:30 Wilson   76' (pen.) Fenton   65' (o.g.)
25 July 2011 Airbus UK Broughton 1–0 Morecambe The Airfield
19:30 Sheridan   37'
27 July 2011 Morecambe 0–3 Preston North End Globe Arena
19:45 Daley   32'
Proctor   48'
Miller   80'
1 August 2011 Morecambe 0–2 Manchester United XI Globe Arena
19:45 Drinkwater   58'
Lingard   63'
Attendance: 2,912

League Two edit

6 August 2011 1 Morecambe 0–1 Barnet Globe Arena
15:00 Byrne   76' Attendance: 1,874
13 August 2011 2 Hereford United 0–3 Morecambe Edgar Street
15:00 Carlton   37'
Jevons   45'
Drummond   65'
Attendance: 2,045
16 August 2011 3 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Morecambe Abbey Business Stadium
19:45 Goulding   84' Fenton   61'
Ellison   90+2'
Attendance: 2,035
20 August 2011 4 Morecambe 2–0 Aldershot Town Globe Arena
15:00 Ellison   8'
Alessandra   79'
Attendance: 1,833
27 August 2011 5 Northampton Town 0–2 Morecambe Sixfields Stadium
15:00 Jevons   15'
Wilson   25(pen)'
Attendance: 4,016
3 September 2011 6 Morecambe 1–1 Bradford City Globe Arena
15:00 Reid   57' Hannah   90+3' Attendance: 4,025
10 September 2011 7 Morecambe 6–0 Crawley Town Globe Arena
15:00 Carlton   9,62,72'
Fenton   22'
Ellison   69'
Wilson   83(pen)'
Attendance: 2,054
13 September 2011 8 Macclesfield Town 1–1 Morecambe Moss Rose
19:45 Tomlinson   1' Carlton   16' Attendance: 1,527
17 September 2011 9 Dagenham & R 1–2 Morecambe Victoria Road
15:00 Lee   73' Carlton   47'
Drummond   54'
Attendance: 1,732
24 September 2011 10 Morecambe 2–3 Bristol Rovers Globe Arena
15:00 Price   57'
Ellison   63'
Bolger   27'
Mcgleish   65'
Anyinsah   74'
Attendance: 2,583
1 October 2011 11 Torquay United 1–1 Morecambe Plainmoor
15:00 Mansell   62' Ellison   82' Attendance: 2,207
8 October 2011 12 Morecambe 1–2 Wimbledon Globe Arena
15:00 Drummond   20' Midson   35'
Jolley   83'
Attendance: 2,631
15 October 2011 13 Southend United 1–1 Morecambe Roots Hall
15:00 Drummond   83' (o.g.) Jevons   53' Attendance: 9,782
22 October 2011 14 Port Vale 0–4 Morecambe Vale Park
15:00 Price   27'
Alessandra   37'
Wilson   87' (pen.)
Fleming   90'
Attendance: 5,004
25 October 2011 15 Morecambe 3–3 Rotherham Globe Arena
19:45 McDonald   3'
Wilson   28' (pen.), 37' (pen)
Grabban   39' (pen.)
Evans   58'
Revell   64'
Attendance: 3,012
29 October 2011 16 Morecambe 2–1 Gillingham Globe Arena
15:00 Hunter   8'
Ellison   68'
Nouble   90+5' (pen.) Attendance: 2,067
5 November 2011 17 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Morecambe Home Park
15:00 Walton   31' Fenton   90+4' Attendance: 5,409
19 November 2011 18 Morecambe 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Globe Arena
15:00 Ellison   69' Powell   79'
Clayton   90+5'
Attendance: 2,169
26 November 2011 19 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Morecambe Greenhous Meadow
15:00 Wroe   39' (pen.)
Wright   88'
Attendance: 5,623
10 December 2011 20 Morecambe 0–0 Oxford United Globe Arena
15:00 Attendance: 1,914
17 December 2011 21 Swindon Town 3–0 Morecambe The County Ground
15:00 Jervis   27'
De Vita   45+2'
Murray   76'
Attendance: 7,116
26 December 2011 22 Morecambe 1–2 Accrington Stanley Globe Arena
15:00 Drummond   55' Stockley   34'
Hughes   75'
Attendance: 2,569
31 December 2011 23 Morecambe 2–2 Burton Albion Globe Arena
13:00 Alessandra   31'
McDonald   68'
Kee   38'
Zola   53'
Attendance: 1,810
2 January 2012 24 Crewe Alexandra 0–1 Morecambe Alexandra Stadium
15:00 Ellison   28' Attendance: 3,840
7 January 2012 25 Morecambe 1–2 Northampton Town Globe Arena
15:00 Ellison   81' Johnson   21'
Asante   52'
Attendance: 1,879
14 January 2012 26 Bradford City 2–2 Morecambe Valley Parade
15:00 Ravenhill   60'
Seip   89'
Davies   86' (o.g.)
Ellison   90+1'
Attendance: 10,065
21 January 2012 27 Morecambe 1–2 Torquay United Globe Arena
15:00 Jevons  88' Ellis   17'
Stevens   81'
Attendance: 1,800
11 February 2012 28 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Morecambe Memorial Stadium
15:00 Brown   57'
McGleish   75' (pen.)
Lund   77'
Richards   90+3'
Fenton   40'
Drummond   76'
Ellison   88'
Attendance: 5,381
14 February 2012 29 Morecambe 1–0 Macclesfield Town Globe Arena
19:45 Carlton   56' Marshall   62'
Bateson   64'
Attendance: 1,316
18 February 2012 30 AFC Wimbledon 1–1 Morecambe Kingsmeadow
15:00 Moore   34'
Yussuff   75'
Fleming   50'
McDonald   52'
Wilson   85'
Hunter   90+2'
Attendance: 3,964
22 February 2012 31 Crawley Town 1–1 Morecambe Broadfield Stadium
19:45 Neilson   49' Fleming   21'
McCready   82'
Burrow   88'
Attendance: 2,184
25 February 2012 32 Morecambe 1–0 Southend United Globe Arena
15:00 Fleming   64'
Burrow   75'
Barker   78' Attendance: 1,971
28 February 2012 33 Morecambe 1–2 Dagenham & Redbridge Globe Arena
19:45 Ellison   26' Elito   13'   65'
Scott   71'
Attendance: 1,246
3 March 2012 34 Aldershot Town 1–0 Morecambe Recreation Ground (Aldershot)
15:00 Payne   17'
Madjo   26'
Herd   75'
Mekki   79'
Brown   90+3'
Haining   87'
McDonald   89'
Attendance: 2,381
6 March 2012 35 Morecambe 3–1 Cheltenham Town Globe Arena
19:45 Ellison   32'   55'
Reid   48'
Hunter   57'
Duffy   13' Attendance: 1,207
10 March 2012 36 Morecambe 0–1 Hereford United Globe Arena
15:00 Taylor   27' Attendance: 1,653
17 March 2012 37 Barnet 0–2 Morecambe Underhill Stadium
15:00 Dennehy   85' Ellison   42'
Drummond   61'
Redshaw   63'
Attendance: 1,536
20 March 2012 38 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Morecambe Crown Ground
19:45 Murphy   14'
Joyce   62'
Carlton   29'   70' Attendance: 1,924
24 March 2012 39 Morecambe 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Globe Arena
15:00 Ellison   74'
McCready   88'
Collins   68'
Taylor   80'
Richards   88'
Attendance: 2,175
31 March 2012 40 Oxford United 1–2 Morecambe Kassam Stadium
15:00 Rendell   5' Curran   3'
Drummond   74'
Attendance: 7,023
6 April 2012 41 Morecambe 0–1 Swindon Town Globe Arena
15:00 Benson   46'   47' Attendance: 3,011
9 April 2012 42 Burton Albion 3–2 Morecambe Pirelli Stadium
15:00 Bolder   6'   56'
Webster   39'
Richards   45'
Phillips   84'
Palmer   87'
Zola   90+3'
Burrow   45+3'
Carlton   49'   66'
Attendance: 2,329
14 April 2012 43 Morecambe 0–0 Port Vale Globe Arena
15:00 Attendance: 2,210
21 April 2012 44 Rotherham United 3–2 Morecambe Don Valley Stadium
15:00 Grabban   21'   90+1'
Taylor   48'
Cresswell   45'   74'
Burrow   39'
Redshaw   75' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,876
28 April 2012 45 Morecambe 2–2 Plymouth Argyle Globe Arena
15:00 McCready   35'
Burrow   51'
Hunter   59'
Alessandra   70'
Young   4'
Purse   83'
Attendance: 2,313
5 May 2012 46 Gillingham 2–0 Morecambe Priestfield Stadium
15:00 Lee   18'   25'   76' Attendance: 4,382

FA Cup edit

13 November 2011 Round 1 Morecambe 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Globe Arena
15:00 Wilson   62' (pen.) Lines   18'
O'Grady   52'
Attendance: 4,160

League Cup edit

9 August 2011 Round 1 Barnsley 0–2 Morecambe Oakwell
19:45 Carlton   49'
Ellison   86'
Attendance: 4,331
23 August 2011 Round 2 Millwall 2–0 Morecambe The Den
19:45 Bouazza   34'
Mkandawire   45+2'
Attendance: 3,443

Football League Trophy edit

4 October 2011 Round 1 Morecambe 2–3 Preston North End Globe Arena
19:30 Attendance: 4,385

Transfers edit

 
Players and supporters observe a minute's silence prior to Morecambe's FA Cup match against Sheffield Wednesday on Remembrance Sunday.
Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
1 June 2011 MF   Kevin Ellison   Rotherham United Free Transfer [1]
18 June 2011 MF   Izak Reid   Macclesfield Town Fee yet to be decided [2]
23 June 2011 FW   Lewis Alessandra   Oldham Athletic Free Transfer [3]
23 June 2011 MF   Gary McDonald   Hamilton Academical Free Transfer [3]
1 August 2011 DF   Nick Fenton   Rotherham United Free [4]
1 August 2011 GK   Shaun Routledge   Oldham Athletic Free [4]
3 September 2011 FW   Jason Price   Barnet Free [5]
21 January 2012 FW   Jordan Burrow   Chesterfield Free [6]
24 January 2012 FW   Jack Redshaw   Altrincham Undisclosed [7]
Players loaned in
Date from Pos. Name From Date to Ref.
23 January 2012 GK   Chris Kettings   Blackpool End of season [8]
27 February 2012 DF   Sean McGinty   Manchester United 13 March 2012 [9][10]
22 March 2012 FW   Craig Curran   Carlisle United End of season [11]
Players loaned out
Date from Pos. Name To Date to Ref.
24 November 2011 DF   Kieran Charnock   Fleetwood Town 3 January 2012 [12]
17 December 2011 MF   Dan Parkinson   Colwyn Bay 17 December 2012 [13]
26 January 2012 FW   Jack Redshaw   Altrincham 26 February 2012
24 February 2012 MF   Dan Parkinson   Vauxhall Motors 24 March 2012 [14]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Fee Ref.
Players released
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Join date Ref.
13 May 2011 DF   Tony Capaldi   Oxford United 1 July 2011 [15][16]
7 June 2011 MF   Craig Stanley   Bristol Rovers 1 July 2011 (Bosman) [17]
1 July 2011 FW   Stuart Hendrie   Hinckley United 22 July 2011 [15][18]
1 July 2011 GK   Laurie Walker   Kettering Town 2 August 2011 [15][19]
1 July 2011 DF   Andy Holdsworth   Alfreton Town 31 August 2011 [15][20]
1 July 2011 MF   Scott Brown   Fleetwood Town 8 August 2011 [15]
1 July 2011 MF   Chris Shuker   Port Vale 14 January 2012 [15]
1 July 2011 MF   Neil Wainwright   Kendal Town 23 September 2011 [15]
5 July 2011 MF   Adam Rundle   Darlington 5 July 2011 [21]
6 January 2012 DF   Kieran Charnock   Fleetwood Town 6 January 2012 [22]
1 March 2012 GK   Shaun Routledge   Workington 1 March 2012
16 March 2012 FW   Jason Price   Guiseley 16 March 2012 [23]
3 April 2012 FW   Phil Jevons Unattached [24]
6 April 2012 DF   Paul Scott Unattached [25]

Awards edit

End of Season Awards Winner[26]
Fans' Club Player of the Year Andy Parrish
Players' Player of the Year Chris McCready
Shrimpsvoices Player of the Year Chris McCready
Visitor Player of the Year Chris McCready
Junior Reds Player of the Year Kevin Ellison
Community Sports Player of the Year Stewart Drummond
Under 18's Player of the Year Ryan Winder
Under 17's Player of the Year Will Bell
Goal of the Season Kevin Ellison vs Aldershot Town

References edit

  1. ^ "Morecambe sign former Rotherham winger Kevin Ellison". BBC Football. 1 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Morecambe recruit Izak Reid from Macclesfield Town". BBC Football. 18 June 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Morecambe net Gary McDonald & Lewis Alessandra". BBC Football. 24 June 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Morecambe complete the signing of Nick Fenton". BBC Football. 2 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Morecambe snap up striker Jason Price". BBC Football. 3 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Burrow Joins the Shrimps". Star Management Signings. 22 January 2012.
  7. ^ "Morecambe sign Jack Redshaw from Altrincham". BBC Sport. 24 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Kettings heads out on loan". Blackpool F.C. 23 January 2012.
  9. ^ "Loans: McGinty makes move". Manchester United. 27 February 2012.
  10. ^ "Loans: McGinty injury blow". Manchester United. 12 March 2012.
  11. ^ "Carlisle's Craig Curran joins Morecambe on loan". BBC Sport. 22 March 2012.
  12. ^ "Fleetwood Town sign Morecambe's Kieran Charnock on loan". BBC Sport. 24 November 2011.
  13. ^ "Seagulls sign winger Dan Parkinson from Morecambe". Daily Post. 17 December 2011. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  14. ^ "Parkinson joins Vauxhall on loan". Morecambe F.C. 24 February 2012.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g "Ken McKenna and Stewart Drummond join Morecambe staff". BBC Football. 17 May 2011.
  16. ^ "Oxford United agree to sign Tony Capaldi from Morecambe". BBC Football. 13 May 2011.
  17. ^ "Bristol Rovers sign Morecambe midfielder Craig Stanley". BBC Football. 7 June 2011.
  18. ^ "Hinckley United experience both sides of the football coin". The Hinckley Times.
  19. ^ "Kettering Town manager seals Laurie Walker deal". Betting Pro.
  20. ^ "Alfreton Town bring in midfielder Andy Holdsworth". BBC Football. 31 August 2011.
  21. ^ "Darlington sign Morecambe winger Adam Rundle". BBC Football. 6 July 2011.
  22. ^ "Charnock stays with Fleetwood". Pitchero. 4 January 2012.
  23. ^ "Jason joins Guiseley". Morecambe F.C. 15 March 2012.
  24. ^ "Striker Phil Jevons allowed to leave Morecambe". BBC Sport. 3 April 2012.
  25. ^ "Scott released by Shrimps". Sky Sports. 6 April 2012.
  26. ^ "Honours shared in Player of the Year awards". Morecambe F.C. 30 April 2012.