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Morecambe F.C.

2016–17 season
Chairman	Peter McGuigan
Manager	Jim Bentley
Stadium	Globe Arena
League Two	18th
FA Cup	First round replay (vs. Coventry City)
League Cup	Second round
League Trophy	Second round
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The 2016–17 season was Morecambe's tenth 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 in the FA Cup and the second round in the latter two.

The season page covers the period between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2017.

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Friendly	Morecambe	4–0	Bury	Morecambe
16:00	Ellison Trialist Trialist Barkhuizen	Report		Stadium: Globe Arena

19 July 2016 (2016-07-19) Friendly	Morecambe	1–1	Burnley	Morecambe
19:30	Turner 55'	Report	Gray 66'	Stadium: Globe Arena

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Friendly	FC Halifax Town	6–2	Morecambe	Halifax
15:00	Kosylo 46' Macdonald 54' Garner 59' Denton 69' Peniket 83', 88'	Report	Mullin 7', 55'	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 635 (45 away) Referee: Jane Simms

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Friendly	Morecambe	1–4	Preston North End	Morecambe
19:30	Barkhuizen 78'		Robinson 23', 81' Pringle 39' Hugill 71'	Stadium: Globe Arena

League Two

League table

Matches

6 August 2016 1	Grimsby Town	2–0	Morecambe	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Jackson 6' Bolarinwa  43' Davies 63' Gowling  71' McKeown  81'	Report	Fleming  62'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,004 Referee: Mark Heywood

13 August 2016 2	Morecambe	2–1	Blackpool	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Wakefield  41' Dunn 45+3' (pen.) Rose  70' 76'		Taylor  4' Potts 23' Robertson  59'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 3,676

16 August 2016 3	Morecambe	2–0	Portsmouth	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Edwards 10' Barkhuizen 21' Stockton  65' Fleming  79' Molyneux  90+3'	Report	Doyle  67' Stevens  90+1'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,838 Referee: Nigel Miller

20 August 2016 4	Yeovil Town	0–1	Morecambe	Yeovil
15:00 BST	Dawson  40'	Report	Ellison 55' Fleming  79'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,937 Referee: John Busby

27 August 2016 5	Accrington Stanley	2–3	Morecambe	Accrington
15:00 BST	Kee 27', 34' Hughes  36' Conneely  37' Parish  45+2' O'Sullivan  49'	Report	Stockton 45+1', 57'  54' Ellison 46'  76' Rose  83' Edwards  90+2'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,763 Referee: Mike Jones

3 September 2016 6	Morecambe	1–2	Leyton Orient	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Ellison 49'  90' Rose  67'	Report	Kelly 27' Bowery 55'  90'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,665 Referee: John Brooks

10 September 2016 7	Morecambe	1–5	Doncaster Rovers	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Kenyon  27' Stockton 45' Barkhuizen  51' Rose  63' Whitmore  84'	Report	Butler 4' Marquis 17', 66'  49' Blair 74' Coppinger 80'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,791 Referee: Ollie Yates

17 September 2016 8	Cambridge United	1–2	Morecambe	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Mingoia 36' Williamson  53'	Report	Dunn 62' (pen.) Mullin 64' Winnard  79'	Stadium: The R Costings Abbey Stadium Referee: Darren England

24 September 2016 9	Morecambe	2–3	Crawley Town	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Barkhuizen  49' Rose 89' Stockton 90+3'	Report	Yussuf 72' Collins 83' McNerney  88' Smith 90+1'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,304 Referee: Chris Sarginson

27 September 2016 10	Barnet	2–2	Morecambe	Canons Park, London
20:00 BST	Akinde 7', 31'	Report	Barkhuizen 9' Stockton 81'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,164 Referee: Gavin Ward

8 October 2016 11	Morecambe	0–3	Carlisle United	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Fleming  48' Ellison  55'	Report	Grainger 15' Kennedy 72', 78' Miller  90+3'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 3,773 Referee: Kevin Friend

11 October 2016 12	Notts County	1–2	Morecambe	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Dickinson  33' Forte  74' Oliver 90+3'	Report	Barkhuizen 16', 55' (pen.) Edwards  85'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Stadium Attendance: 3,507 Referee: Dean Whitestone

15 October 2016 13	Morecambe	0–2	Stevenage	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Whitmore  61' Mullin 88' Murphy  90+5'	Report	Godden 36' Cowans  43' Kennedy 57' Henry  88'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,212 Referee: Richard Clark

22 October 2016 14	Colchester United	2–2	Morecambe	Colchester
15:00 BST	Porter 4', 39' (pen.) Wright  49'	Report	Barkhuizen 17' 27' Ellison  38' Fleming  56' Rose  62' Edwards  72' Molyneux 77'	Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium Attendance: 2,815 Referee: Gavin Ward

29 October 2016 15	Morecambe	0–3	Exeter City	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Edwards  35' Barkhuizen  42'	Report	Wheeler 4' Grant 16' Holmes 35' James  56' Croll  79'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,302 Referee: Ben Toner

12 November 2016 16	Wycombe Wanderers	2–0	Morecambe	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT	Pierre  34' 47' Jacobson  72' O'Nien 81'	Report	Jennings  8' Winnard  25' Rose  45+3' Mullin  56'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 3,019 Referee: Darren Handley

19 November 2016 17	Morecambe	0–2	Luton Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Rose  72' Whitmore  85'	Report	Hylton 26'  90+4' Vassell 60' Smith  89'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,507 Referee: Ben Toner

22 November 2016 18	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Morecambe	Crewe
19:45 GMT	Kiwomya 19' Jones 42'	Report	Turner 8' Edwards  70' Wakefield  83'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 2,844 Referee: Trevor Kettle

26 November 2016 19	Morecambe	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Rose 20' (pen.)  22' Ellison  26' Murphy 63' Wakefield  83'	Report	Donaldson  24' Slew  25'  47' Threlkeld 44'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,435 Referee: Darren England

17 December 2016 20	Morecambe	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Murphy 6' Kenyon  39' Mullin  53'	Report	Cranston  53' Waters 70' Pell 71'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,297 Referee: Michael Salisbury

26 December 2016 21	Mansfield Town	0–1	Morecambe	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Clements  37'	Report	Fleming 13' Winnard  72' Murphy  75' Wildig  88'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 3,237 Referee: Mark Haywood

30 December 2016 22	Hartlepool United	3–2	Morecambe	Hartlepool
19:45 GMT	Amond 10' Paynter 14' (pen.) Featherstone 24' Woods  35' Nsiala  61'	Report	Winnard  26' Fleming 52' Edwards 90+5'	Stadium: The Northern Gas and Power Stadium Attendance: 2,996 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

2 January 2017 23	Morecambe	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Edwards  90+3'	Report		Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,722 Referee: Ben Toner

7 January 2017 24	Morecambe	4–1	Notts County	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Molyneux 2'  17' Mullin 27' Rose 31' (pen.) Fleming  45+1' Wakefield  84' Ellison 90+1'	Report	Hewitt  30' Forte 80' O'Connor  90+3'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,315 Referee: Carl Boyeson

14 January 2017 25	Carlisle United	1–1	Morecambe	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Joyce  18' Wyke 74'	Report	Wildig 7' Murphy  32' Edwards  48' Winnard  49'  73' Kenyon  67'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,524 Referee: Ross Joyce

4 February 2017 26	Doncaster Rovers	1–1	Morecambe	Doncaster
15:00 GMT	Butler  51' Marquis 56' Mason  66'	Report	Murphy 24' Edwards  75'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 6,096 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

7 February 2017 27	Leyton Orient	0–1	Morecambe	Leyton, London
19:45 GMT	Semedo  72' Collins  82'	Report	Mullin 72'  73' McGowan  83'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 2,660 Referee: John Brooks

11 February 2017 28	Morecambe	2–0	Cambridge United	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Murphy  9' Ellison 50', 55'	Report	Berry  43' Mingoia  90'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 2,162 Referee: Nigel Miller

14 February 2017 29	Morecambe	0–1	Barnet	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Murphy  27'	Report	Bover  60' Champion 65'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referee: David Coote

18 February 2017 30	Crawley Town	1–3	Morecambe	Crawley
15:00 GMT	Collins 77' (pen.) Lelan  87' Boldewijn  89'	Report	Turner 3' Mullin  6' 7', 40' Evans  52' Wakefield  76'	Stadium: Checkatrade.com Stadium Attendance: 2,091 Referee: Charles Breakspear

21 February 2017 31	Newport County	1–1	Morecambe	Newport
19:45 GMT	Williams 18' O'Brien  61'	Report	Rose 64'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 1,988 Referee: Brendan Malone

25 February 2017 32	Morecambe	1–0	Grimsby Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Molyneux 2'	Report	Gunning  72'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,824 Referee: Darren Handley

28 February 2017 33	Portsmouth	1–1	Morecambe	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Naismith 64' Roberts  76'	Report	Molyneux 83' Rose  90'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 15,592 Referee: Stephen Martin

4 March 2017 34	Blackpool	3–1	Morecambe	Blackpool
15:00 GMT	Cullen 14' Potts 54' Daniel  63' Edwards 80' (o.g.)	Report	Murphy  55' Evans 83' Roche  88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,453 Referee: Tony Harrington

11 March 2017 35	Morecambe	1–3	Yeovil Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Evans 53' Ellison  74'	Report	Butcher 45+2'  84' Lacey 65' Mugabi 71'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,433 Referee: Mark Brown

14 March 2017 36	Morecambe	0–1	Newport County	Morecambe
19:45 GMT		Report	Bird 67' (pen.) O'Brien  77'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,080 Referee: Peter Bankes

18 March 2017 37	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Morecambe	Plymouth
15:00 GMT	Carey 17' Kennedy  67'	Report	Ellison  88' Whitmore  90+4'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,878 Referee: Dean Whitestone

21 March 2017 38	Morecambe	1–2	Accrington Stanley	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Whitmore  8' Ellison  45+1' Conlan  81' Wildig 82' Edwards  86'	Report	McCartan 45+1', 66' Rodgers  81'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,506 Referee: Oliver Langford

25 March 2017 39	Morecambe	1–3	Mansfield Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Mullin 6' Duckworth  31' Winnard  85'	Report	Rose 4', 33'  55' Whiteman 39' Benning  62'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,497 Referee: Robert Jones

8 April 2017 41	Morecambe	1–1	Hartlepool United	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Mullin 59'  61'	Report	Amond 39'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,548 Referee: Andy Haines

14 April 2017 42	Stevenage	0–1	Morecambe	Stevenage
15:00 BST		Report	Molyneux 68'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 3,117 Referee: Darren Deadman

17 April 2017 43	Morecambe	1–1	Colchester United	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Whitmore  42' Winnard  68' Rose 88' (pen.)	Report	Loft  16' Brindley 22' Fosu  26'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,447 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

22 April 2017 44	Exeter City	3–1	Morecambe	Exeter
15:00 BST	Wheeler 47' Sweeney  82' Brown  87' Reid 90+2' (pen.) McAlinden 90+5'	Report	Kenyon  24' Ellison 61'  61' Edwards  62' Mullin  63' Molyneux  72'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,991 Referee: Lee Swabey

29 April 2017 45	Morecambe	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Morecambe
15:00 BST	McGowan  62' Ellison  73' 81'	Report	Jacobson  49' Pierre  73' Akinfenwa 89'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,742 Referee: Darren Drysdale

6 May 2017 46	Luton Town	3–1	Morecambe	Luton
17:30 BST	Vassell 29' Potts  44' Cuthbert  57' Marriott 74', 86'	Report	Wildig  52' Rose 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,399 Referee: John Busby

FA Cup

6 November 2016 First round	Morecambe	1–1	Coventry City	Morecambe
14:00 GMT	Winnard 59' Whitmore  77' Murphy  90'	Report	Sterry 72'  79' Rúben Lameiras  90+1'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,732 Referee: Andy Haines

15 November 2016 First round replay	Coventry City	2–1	Morecambe	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Sordell 39', 57'	Report	Winnard 10' Jennings  86'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 2,175 Referee: Mark Haywood

EFL Cup

9 August 2016 First round	Rotherham United	4–5 (a.e.t.)	Morecambe	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Wood  51' Halford 59' (pen.) Yates 81', 120' Forde 83'	Report	Stockton 6' Edwards  59' Dunn 68', 90+2' (pen.), 118' Wakefield  77' Ellison 113'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 3,793 (118 away fans) Referee: Seb Stockbridge

24 August 2016 Second round	Morecambe	1–2	AFC Bournemouth	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Stockton 14'		Gradel 8' Wilson 54'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 2,542

EFL Trophy

30 August 2016 Group stage 1	Bury	4–1	Morecambe	Bury
19:00 BST	Ismail 3' (pen.) Pope 49', 90+1' Kay  53' 81' Soares  83'		Mullin 43'  53' Wakefield  70'	Stadium: Gigg Lane

4 October 2016 Group stage 2	Morecambe	3–1	Stoke City U23	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Dunn 3'  90+7' Stockton 21' Murphy 44'  53'	Report	Edwards  15' Adam 48' Bardsley  90+7'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 686 Referee: Andy Haines

9 November 2016 Group stage 3	Morecambe	3–2	Bradford City	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Fleming  40' Mullin 54' Stockton 66', 68' Edwards  72'	Report	Vučkić 52', 83' McNulty  78'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 827 Referee: Tony Harrington

6 December 2016 Second round	Scunthorpe United	1–1 (5–3 p)	Morecambe	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Mantom 3'	Report	Edwards  35' 53'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 987 Referee: Darren Drysdale
	Penalties
	Morris Madden van Veen Mantom Williams		Murphy Rose Molyneux Mullin

Transfers

In

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	LB		Luke Conlan	Burnley	Free transfer
1 July 2016	CB		Liam Wakefield	Accrington Stanley	Free transfer
1 July 2016	CB		Dean Winnard	Accrington Stanley	Free transfer
10 July 2016	CF		Rhys Turner	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer
30 July 2016	GK		Danijel Nizic	Burnley	Free transfer
1 August 2016	LB		Michael Rose	Rochdale	Free transfer

Out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	CM		Charlie Bailey	Kendal Town	Released
1 July 2016	RB		Shaun Beeley	Barrow	Released
1 July 2016	LM		Nathan Bondswell	Free agent	Released
1 July 2016	RM		Jamie Devitt	Carlisle United	Free transfer
1 July 2016	CB		Chris Doyle	Southport	Released
1 July 2016	CB		Adam Dugdale	Eastleigh	Released
1 July 2016	DM		Alan Goodall	Altrincham	Released
1 July 2016	CF		Jack Kelleher	Bradford Park Avenue	Released
1 July 2016	MF		Darren McKnight	Stalybridge Celtic	Released
1 July 2016	CF		Shaun Miller	Carlisle United	Free transfer
1 July 2016	CB		Andy Parrish	Free agent	Released
9 August 2016	LB		Laurence Wilson	Bangor City	Free transfer
9 November 2016	RW		Tom Barkhuizen	Preston North End	Mutual consent

1. Following Shaun Beeley being released, he later signed for Barrow.
2. Following Chris Doyle being released, he later signed for Southport.
3. Following Adam Dugdale being released, he later signed for Eastleigh.
4. Following Jack Kelleher being released, he later signed for Bradford Park Avenue.
5. Following Darren McKnight being released, he later signed for Stalybridge Celtic.
6. Following Barkhuizen's departure, he signed a pre-contract agreement on 18 November 2016 to join on 1 January 2017.

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
2 July 2016	CF		Cole Stockton	Tranmere Rovers	January 2017
26 July 2016	CB		Alex Whitmore	Burnley	End of Season
30 July 2016	CF		Jack Dunn	Liverpool	January 2017
31 August 2016	LB		James Jennings	Cheltenham Town	January 2017
31 August 2016	CF		Ntumba Massanka	Burnley	January 2017
19 January 2017	AM		Antony Evans	Everton	End of Season
31 January 2017	RB		Michael Duckworth	Fleetwood Town	End of Season

See also

• List of Morecambe F.C. seasons

References

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3. "Liam Wakefield Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
4. "Shrimps Sign Winnard". Morecambe Official Site. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
5. "Rhys Turner Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
6. "Nizic Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
7. "Michael Rose Signs". Morecambe Official Site. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
8. ^ "Retained & Released". Morecambe Official Site. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
9. "Barrow add ex-Morecambe defender Beeley". BBC. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
10. ^ "Retained List". Morecambe Official Site. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
11. "Carlisle United make double signing". BBC. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
12. "Southport bring in O'Brien and Doyle". BBC. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
13. "Eastleigh sign centre-back Dugdale". BBC. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
14. "Former Shrimps Kelleher and Ryan at Bradford Park Avenue". Lancaster Guardian. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
15. "Darren McKnight". Stalybridge Celtic Official Site. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
16. "Morecambe 16/17 Transfers". SkySports. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
17. "Miller Joins Carlisle". Morecambe Official Site. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
18. "Citizens Reinforce Further with Wilson Signature". Bangor City Official Site. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
19. "Tom Barkhuizen to sign for Preston on January 1". SkySports. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
20. "Tom Barkhuizen". Morecambe Official Site. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
21. "Stockton Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
22. "Alex Whitmore Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
23. "Jack Dunn Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
24. "Jennings Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
25. "Ntumba Massanka Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
26. "Antony Evans Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
27. "Duckworth Loan". Morecambe Official Site. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.

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