Morecambe 1-0 Northampton Town: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 21 August 2018
Result
Morecambe 1-0 Northampton Town
League Two · Tuesday 21 August 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Morecambe 1-0 Northampton Town: match report
Morecambe won against Northampton Town 1-0 in the League Two on Tuesday 21 August 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from AJ Leitch-Smith of Morecambe in the 45th minute.
Discipline: Morecambe received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Morecambe were 24th on 0 points from 3 and Northampton Town 20th on 2 points from 3. Morecambe went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Northampton Town 15th with 61.
Going into the match Morecambe's last five read L-L-L and Northampton Town's D-D-L.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Liam Mandeville
- 44'Yellow card · Steven Old
- 45+2'Goal · AJ Leitch-Smith
- 55'Yellow card · Dean Bowditch
- 55'Yellow card · Josef Yarney
- 56'Yellow card · Leon Barnett
- 56'Yellow card · Barry Roche
- 86'Second yellow · Barry Roche
Team news
Morecambe line-up
Barry Roche, Zak Mills, Luke Conlan, Andrew Fleming, Josef Yarney, Steven Old, Liam Mandeville, Aaron Wildig, Jason Oswell, AJ Leitch-Smith, Rhys Oates
Northampton Town line-up
David Cornell, Shay Facey, David Buchanan, Sam Foley, Ash Taylor, Leon Barnett, Sam Hoskins, Matt Crooks, Kevin van Veen, Andy Williams, Dean Bowditch