Morecambe 4-2 Fleetwood Town

Andy Dallas scored twice on his debut to lift Morecambe off the bottom of the League Two table with a much-needed 4-2 win over Fleetwood.

Morecambe took the lead from the penalty spot in the 13th minute. Hallam Hope's left-wing cross hit the hand of Shaun Rooney and Callum Cooke beat Jay Lynch from the spot.

Cooke went close to making it 2-0 with a free-kick from 20 yards that beat the wall but hit the outside of the post.

Fleetwood came back into the game three minutes from the break when James Bolton was left free in the Morecambe box to head home Phoenix Patterson's left-wing corner.

Dallas, who ed the club on loan from Barnsley on Friday, then scored with a superb strike from the edge of the box and added a second on the hour with a close-range finish.

Matty Virtue pulled one back with a tap-in after being gifted a chance by some poor Morecambe defending.

Ryan Graydon missed a golden opportunity to level the scores when played in on goal on 79 minutes and he was made to pay when Marcus Dackers headed home Adam Lewis' cross four minutes from time.

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Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Walsall	28	18	5	5	54	30	24	59	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
2 Doncaster Rovers	29	15	7	7	42	32	10	52	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
3 Notts County	28	14	8	6	45	28	17	50	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win
4 AFC Wimbledon	27	14	6	7	39	20	19	48	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win
5 Crewe Alexandra	29	12	12	5	36	25	11	48	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
6 Port Vale	28	13	9	6	35	29	6	48	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win
7 Bradford City	28	13	8	7	38	28	10	47	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss
8 Salford City	28	12	8	8	33	26	7	44	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
9 Grimsby Town	29	13	3	13	40	45	-5	42	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
10 Chesterfield	28	10	9	9	43	32	11	39	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
11 Milton Keynes Dons	28	11	5	12	42	40	2	38	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
12 Cheltenham Town	28	10	8	10	37	39	-2	38	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win
13 Colchester United	28	8	13	7	33	29	4	37	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win
14 Swindon Town	30	9	10	11	43	44	-1	37	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
15 Fleetwood Town	27	9	9	9	37	35	2	36	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
16 Bromley	28	8	11	9	36	37	-1	35	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
17 Gillingham	27	9	5	13	25	29	-4	32	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
18 Barrow	28	8	7	13	27	32	-5	31	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
19 Newport County	27	8	6	13	35	46	-11	30	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
20 Harrogate Town	30	8	6	16	25	41	-16	30	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
21 Accrington Stanley	27	7	8	12	34	45	-11	29	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
22 Tranmere Rovers	28	6	8	14	21	46	-25	26	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
23 Morecambe	28	6	5	17	26	44	-18	23	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
24 Carlisle United	28	5	6	17	22	46	-24	21	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss

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home team, Morecambe

Manager: Derek Adams

Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

Number 1,
H. Burgoyne
Number 23,
D. Tutonda , substituted for A. Lewis at 77 minutes
Number 6,
J. Stott
Number 5,
M. Taylor , Yellow Card at 89 minutes
Number 2,
L. Hendrie
Number 20,
C. Cooke , substituted for P. Lewis at 90 minutes
Number 24,
Y. Songo'o , Captain
Number 9,
H. Hope , Yellow Card at 29 minutes, substituted for T. White at 77 minutes
Number 8,
H. Macadam
Number 16,
A. Dallas , substituted for G. Edwards at 83 minutes
Number 19,
M. Dackers

Substitutes

home team, Morecambe

Number 7,
G. Edwards
Number 3,
A. Lewis
Number 17,
P. Lewis
Number 12,
R. Schofield
Number 11,
J. Slew
Number 18,
B. Tollitt
Number 4,
T. White

away team, Fleetwood Town

Manager: Pete Wild

Formation: 4 - 5 - 1

Number 13,
J. Lynch , Yellow Card at 33 minutes
Number 16,
Mackenzie Hunt
Number 25,
F. Potter
Number 5,
J. Bolton , Captain, Yellow Card at 88 minutes
Number 26,
S. Rooney
Number 10,
D. Mayor , substituted for B. Cover at 57 minutes
Number 17,
M. Helm , substituted for H. Neal at 68 minutes
Number 6,
E. Bonds , Yellow Card at 58 minutes
Number 8,
M. Virtue-Thick , Yellow Card at 88 minutes
Number 44,
P. Patterson , substituted for O. Devonport at 57 minutes
Number 7,
R. Graydon

away team, Fleetwood Town

Number 2,
B. Cover
Number 31,
O. Devonport
Number 37,
L. Hewitson
Number 32,
K. Hughes
Number 27,
K. Moore
Number 20,
H. Neal
Number 33,
P. Smith

Morecambe
Fleetwood Town

home team, Morecambe

Manager: Derek Adams

Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

Number 1,
H. Burgoyne
Number 23,
D. Tutonda , substituted for A. Lewis at 77 minutes
Number 6,
J. Stott
Number 5,
M. Taylor , Yellow Card at 89 minutes
Number 2,
L. Hendrie
Number 20,
C. Cooke , substituted for P. Lewis at 90 minutes
Number 24,
Y. Songo'o , Captain
Number 9,
H. Hope , Yellow Card at 29 minutes, substituted for T. White at 77 minutes
Number 8,
H. Macadam
Number 16,
A. Dallas , substituted for G. Edwards at 83 minutes
Number 19,
M. Dackers

Substitutes

Number 7,
G. Edwards
Number 3,
A. Lewis
Number 17,
P. Lewis
Number 12,
R. Schofield
Number 11,
J. Slew
Number 18,
B. Tollitt
Number 4,
T. White

Referee:: Edward Duckworth
Assistant Referee 1:: Daniel Woodward
Assistant Referee 2:: Paul Stonier
Fourth Official:: Paul Newhouse

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Morecambe have won just two of their nine Football League games against Fleetwood Town (D4 L3), failing to win any of their last four matches against this opponent (D3 L1).
After winning their first away Football League game against Morecambe 4-0 in September 2012, Fleetwood Town have since failed to win any of their last three matches against the Shrimps (D2 L1).
Morecambe have won just one of their last 15 home league games (D3 L11), scoring just 11 goals in total across that time.
Fleetwood have won just one of their last six away league games (D1 L4), though that sole victory did come in their last away game against Salford (2-0).

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Postat 90 minutes plus 7
Match ends, Morecambe 4, Fleetwood Town 2.
Full Timeat 90 minutes plus 7
Second Half ends, Morecambe 4, Fleetwood Town 2.
Postat 90 minutes plus 6
Offside, Fleetwood Town. James Bolton is caught offside.
Postat 90 minutes plus 6
Attempt saved. Matty Virtue (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mackenzie Hunt.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Owen Devonport (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 90 minutes plus 5
Foul by Max Taylor (Morecambe).
Postat 90 minutes plus 4
Shaun Rooney (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Marcus Dackers (Morecambe).
Postat 90 minutes plus 1
Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
Substitutionat 90 minutes
Substitution, Morecambe. Paul Lewis replaces Callum Cooke.
Bookingat 89 minutes
Max Taylor (Morecambe) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by Owen Devonport (Fleetwood Town).
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Luke Hendrie (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Bookingat 88 minutes
James Bolton (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card.
Bookingat 88 minutes
Matty Virtue (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card.
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Tom White.
Goal!at 86 minutes
Goal! Morecambe 4, Fleetwood Town 2. Marcus Dackers (Morecambe) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adam Lewis with a cross.
Postat 85 minutes
Foul by James Bolton (Fleetwood Town).
Postat 85 minutes
Gwion Edwards (Morecambe) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Postat 84 minutes
Foul by Ryan Graydon (Fleetwood Town).

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