Exeter City 3-1 Morecambe: result and report

League Two · Saturday 22 April 2017

Result

Exeter City 3-1 Morecambe

League Two · Saturday 22 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Exeter City 3-1 Morecambe: match report

Exeter City beat Morecambe 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 22 April 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

David Wheeler opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Exeter City's goals came from David Wheeler (47'), R. Reid (90+2', penalty) and Liam McAlinden (90+5'). Morecambe scored through Kevin Ellison (61').

Discipline: Exeter City received 2 yellow cards; Morecambe received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Exeter City were 6th on 65 points from 43 and Morecambe 17th on 51 points from 43. Exeter City went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Morecambe 18th with 52.

Exeter City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Morecambe in a 3-4-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Exeter City win, 2 draws and 0 for Morecambe.

Going into the match Exeter City's last five read L-W-L-W-D and Morecambe's D-W-D-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · A. KenyonMorecambe
  • 47'Goal · David WheelerExeter City · 1-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Kevin EllisonMorecambe
  • 61'Goal · Kevin EllisonMorecambe · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Ryan EdwardsMorecambe
  • 63'Yellow card · Paul MullinMorecambe
  • 72'Yellow card · Lee MolyneauxMorecambe
  • 82'Yellow card · Pierce SweeneyExeter City
  • 87'Yellow card · Troy BrownExeter City
  • 90+2'Penalty goal · R. ReidExeter City · 2-1
  • 90+5'Goal · Liam McAlindenExeter City · 3-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Exeter City 1, draws 2, Morecambe 0.

Team news

Exeter City line-up (4-4-1-1)

Christy Pym, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Ethan Ampadu, Pierce Sweeney, Troy Brown, Jordan Tillson, Ryan Harley, D. Wheeler, Joel Grant, Jake Taylor, Ollie Watkins

Morecambe line-up (3-4-1-2)

Danijel Nizic, Aaron McGowan, Ryan Edwards, Dean Winnard, Alex Kenyon, Aaron Wildig, Andrew Fleming, Michael Duckworth, Antony Evans, Michael Rose, Paul Mullin