2013–14 Morecambe F.C. season

During the 2013–14 English football season, Morecambe Football Club competed in Football League Two where they finished in 18th position with 54 points.^[1]

Morecambe

2013–14 season
Chairman	Peter McGuigan
Manager	Jim Bentley
Stadium	Globe Arena
League Two	18th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Second round
League Trophy	Second round
Biggest win	Morecambe 4–1 Newport County 11 March 2014 Wimbledon 0–3 Morecambe 26 April 2014
Biggest defeat	Plymouth Argyle 5–0 Morecambe 1 March 2014
← 2012–13 2014–15 →
All statistics correct as of match played 3 May 2014.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Exeter City	46	14	13	19	54	57	−3	55
17	Cheltenham Town	46	13	16	17	53	63	−10	55
18	Morecambe	46	13	15	18	52	64	−12	54
19	Hartlepool United	46	14	11	21	50	56	−6	53
20	AFC Wimbledon	46	14	14	18	49	57	−8	53[a]

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: BBC Sport^{[needs update]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

1. On 28 April AFC Wimbledon were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player.^[2]

Results

Morecambe's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Two

Main article: 2013–14 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	3 August 2013	Wycombe Wanderers	A	0–1	3,238
2	10 August 2013	Torquay United	H	1–1	1,555	Williams
3	17 August 2013	Portsmouth	A	0–3	14,590
4	24 August 2013	Exeter City	H	2–0	1,539	Ellison (2)
5	31 August 2013	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–1	1,800	Ellison, Amond
6	7 September 2013	Southend United	A	3–1	6,080	Fleming (2), Jack Sampson
7	14 September 2013	Newport County	A	3–2	3,165	Amond, Naylor (2 o.g.)
8	21 September 2013	Dagenham & Redbridge	H	2–2	1,790	Amond, Hughes
9	28 September 2013	Northampton Town	A	0–0	3,841
10	5 October 2013	Chesterfield	H	4–3	2,204	Ellison, Amond, Hughes, Sampson
11	12 October 2013	Bury	A	2–0	3,082	Williams, Diagne
12	19 October 2013	AFC Wimbledon	H	1–1	2,149	Ellison
13	22 October 2013	Cheltenham Town	A	0–3	2,050
14	26 March 2014	Accrington Stanley	H	1–2	2,175	Sampson
15	2 November 2013	Burton Albion	A	1–0	2,702	Williams
16	16 November 2013	Rochdale	H	1–2	2,563	Amond
17	23 November 2013	Oxford United	H	0–3	4,871
18	26 November 2013	York City	H	0–0	1,381
19	30 November 2013	Mansfield Town	A	2–1	2,753	Ellison, Redshaw
20	7 December 2013	Cheltenham Town	H	0–1	1,290
21	14 December 2013	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	1,514	Redshaw, Amond
22	21 December 2013	Scunthorpe United	A	0–2	3,510
23	26 December 2013	Fleetwood Town	H	1–0	3,008	Amond
24	29 December 2013	Hartlepool United	A	1–2	2,081	Sampson
25	1 January 2014	York City	A	0–1	3,276
26	4 January 2014	Torquay United	A	1–1	2,004	Threlfall
27	11 January 2014	Wycombe Wanderers	H	1–1	1,575	Ellison
28	25 January 2014	Portsmouth	H	2–2	2,550	Hughes, Redshaw
29	8 February 2014	Burton Albion	H	0–1	1,478
30	15 February 2014	Rochdale	A	1–2	2,344	Redshaw
31	18 February 2014	Exeter City	A	1–1	2,620	Amond
32	22 February 2014	Oxford United	H	1–1	1,614	Diagne
33	1 March 2014	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–5	6,827
34	8 March 2014	Southend United	H	2–1	1,608	Redshaw, Ellison
35	11 March 2014	Newport County	H	4–1	1,300	Redshaw (2), Ellison, Devitt
36	15 March 2014	Dagenham & Redbridge	A	1–1	1,718	Hughes
37	18 March 2014	Accrington Stanley	A	1–5	1,525	Amond
38	22 March 2014	Northampton Town	H	1–1	1,761	Amond
39	25 March 2014	Chesterfield	A	0–1	4,891
40	29 March 2014	Bristol Rovers	A	0–1	5,647
41	5 April 2014	Mansfield Town	H	0–1	1,772
42	12 April 2014	Fleetwood Town	A	2–2	3,114	Pond (o.g.), Hughes
43	18 April 2014	Scunthorpe United	H	1–1	2,952	Sampson
44	21 April 2014	Hartlepool United	A	1–2	4,864	Ellison
45	26 April 2014	AFC Wimbledon	A	3–0	4,017	Amond, Devitt, Redshaw
46	3 May 2014	Bury	H	0–0	2,944

FA Cup

Main article: 2013–14 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	9 November 2013	Southend United	H	0–3	1,475

League Cup

Main article: 2013–14 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	6 August 2013	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	2,545	Williams
R2	28 August 2013	Newcastle United	H	0–2	5,375

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2013–14 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	8 October 2013	Carlisle United	H	0–0 (3–4 pens)	2,297

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From†	Fee	Ref.
6 June 2013	DF	Tony Diagne	Macclesfield Town	Undisclosed	[3]
1 July 2013	MF	Marcus Marshall	(Bury)	Free transfer	[4]
1 July 2013	FW	Jack Sampson	(Bolton Wanderers)	Free transfer	[5]
1 July 2013	MF	Alex Kenyon	(Stockport County)	Compensation	[6]
9 July 2013	DF	Mark Hughes	(Bury)	Free transfer	[7]
1 August 2013	FW	Padraig Amond	(Accrington Stanley)	Free transfer	[8]
31 January 2014	DF	Shaun Beeley	(Fleetwood Town)	Free transfer	[9]

† Brackets around club names denote the player's contract with that club had expired before he joined Morecambe.

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
22 January 2014	MF	Jamie Devitt	Chesterfield	End of season	[10][11]
21 March 2014	DF	Ryan Edwards	Blackburn Rovers	End of season	[12][13]
27 March 2014	DF	Jordan Mustoe	Wigan Athletic	End of season	[14]
27 March 2014	DF	Liam Grimshaw	Manchester United	End of season	[14]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To†	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2013	MF	Gary McDonald	(St Johnstone)	Contract expired	[15][16]
30 June 2013	DF	Will Haining	(Hyde)	Released	[17][18]
30 June 2013	FW	Chris Holroyd	(Macclesfield Town)	Released	[19]
30 June 2013	MF	Lewis Alessandra	(Plymouth Argyle)	Contract expired	[20]
30 June 2013	FW	Jordan Burrow	(Stevenage)	Contract expired	[21]
30 June 2013	FW	Danny Carlton	(Hyde)	Released	[22][23]
30 June 2013	MF	Dan Parkinson	(Barrow)	Released	[24][25]
30 June 2013	DF	James Short		Released	[24]

† Brackets around club names denote the player joined that club after his Morecambe contract expired.

Loans out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
21 January 2014	MF	Joe Mwasile	Altrincham	21 February 2014	[26]
28 March 2014	MF	Joe Mwasile	Barrow	28 April 2014	[27]

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Barry Roche	45	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	48	0
2	DF	Shaun Beeley	11(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11(1)	0
3	DF	Robbie Threlfall	31(3)	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	33(3)	1
4	MF	Alex Kenyon	33(6)	0	0	0	0(2)	0	1	0	34(8)	0
5	DF	Mark Hughes	43(1)	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	46(1)	5
6	DF	Tony Diagne	15(12)	2	0(1)	0	2	0	1	0	18(13)	2
7	FW	Jack Redshaw	14(15)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	14(15)	8
8	MF	Andrew Wright	30(5)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	34(5)	0
9	FW	Jack Sampson	31(11)	5	0(1)	0	2	0	1	0	34(12)	5
10	MF	Ryan Williams	21(4)	3	1	0	2	1	0(1)	0	24(5)	4
11	FW	Kevin Ellison	38(4)	10	1	0	1	0	0(1)	0	40(5)	10
12	MF	Jamie Devitt	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
14	FW	Marcus Marshall	6(9)	0	1	0	0(1)	0	0	0	7(10)	0
15	DF	Chris McCready	20(2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21(2)	0
16	MF	Stewart Drummond	31(4)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	34(4)	0
17	MF	Andrew Fleming	33(2)	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	37(2)	2
19	MF	Joe McGee	3(8)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0	4(9)	0
20	MF	Joe Mwasile	2(17)	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	1	0	4(19)	0
21	MF	Aaron McGowan	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
22	DF	Andy Parrish	38(1)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	42(1)	0
23	DF	Chris Doyle	1(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0
25	GK	Andreas Arestidou	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
27	FW	Pádraig Amond	33(12)	11	1	0	2	0	1	0	37(12)	11
34	DF	Ryan Edwards	8(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8(1)	0
37	DF	Jordan Mustoe	4(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4(1)	0