Morecambe 2-2 Burton Albion: result and report
League Two · Saturday 31 December 2011
Result
Morecambe 2-2 Burton Albion
League Two · Saturday 31 December 2011, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Morecambe 2-2 Burton Albion: match report
Morecambe drew with Burton Albion 2-2 in the League Two on Saturday 31 December 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Lewis Alessandra opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Morecambe's goals came from Lewis Alessandra (31') and Gary McDonald (68'). Burton Albion scored through B. Kee (38') and Calvin Makongo Zola (53').
Discipline: Morecambe received 4 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Morecambe were 13th on 31 points from 22 and Burton Albion 5th on 39 points from 22. Morecambe went on to finish that season 15th with 56 points, and Burton Albion 17th with 54.
Going into the match Morecambe's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Burton Albion's W-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · John McGrath
- 31'Goal · Lewis Alessandra
- 34'Yellow card · Andrew Fleming
- 38'Goal · B. Kee
- 45'Yellow card · Jason Price
- 53'Goal · Calvin Makongo Zola
- 57'Yellow card · B. Kee
- 61'Yellow card · Aaron Webster
- 66'Yellow card · Nick Fenton
- 68'Goal · Gary McDonald
- 74'Yellow card · Will Haining
Team news
Morecambe line-up
Nick Fenton, Will Haining, Tom McCready, Laurence Wilson, Izak Reid, Stuart Drummond, Andrew Fleming, Gary McDonald, Lewis Alessandra, Jason Price, Barry Roche
Burton Albion line-up
Ross Atkins, Aaron Webster, Nathan Stanton, Andy Corbett, Ryan Austin, Chris Palmer, Cleveland Taylor, Jacques Maghoma, Billy Kee, John Matthew McGrath, Calvin Makongo Zola