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Match Report – Tranmere 0, Morcambe 1
👏 Here’s how we line up today!#TRFC #SWA— Tranmere Rovers FC (@TranmereRovers) October 31, 2020
👏 Here’s how we line up today!#TRFC #SWA
⚽️ STARTING XI | Here’s the #Shrimps side to face @TranmereRovers in this afternoon’s @SkyBetLeagueTwo fixture at Prenton Park 🏟️ #COYS #COYS #COYS 📋 pic.twitter.com/mSIFfgMvdK— Morecambe FC (@ShrimpsOfficial) October 31, 2020
⚽️ STARTING XI | Here’s the #Shrimps side to face @TranmereRovers in this afternoon’s @SkyBetLeagueTwo fixture at Prenton Park 🏟️ #COYS #COYS #COYS 📋 pic.twitter.com/mSIFfgMvdK
1′ 15:00 KICK OFF
1′ Vaughan (TR) wins a free kick in his own half.
4′ Morcambe corner.
5′ Foul by Vaughan (TR) on Kenyon (MFC)
7′ Woolery (TR) missed attempt. Shot from 20 yards – it is close, but wide to the right.
11′ Banks (TR) shoots from outside the box, but is high and wide.
13′ Woolery (TR) shot blocked following an assist by Morris.
13′ Clarke (TR) header is blocked. Three shots for Tranmere in the last few minutes.
14′ At the other end, Slew (MFC) from the left side of the box is blocked.
14′ Morcambe corner. Attempt from Hendrie (MFC) following the corner is high and wide.
16′ Tranmere corner.
17′ Vaughan (TR) wins a free kick on the left.
19′ Vaughan’s header is close but misses.
20′ Morris (TR) shoots from outside the box , but misses.
21′ Shots coming thick and fast – could this be a better result than Tuesday?
22′ Foul by Khan (TR)
24′ Wildig (MFC) hits the right-hand post.
26′ Mendes Gomes (MFC) right-footed shot misses to the left.
28′ Mendes Gomes (MFC) right-footed shot misses to the left, again.
28′ Foul by Vaughan (TR)
30′ Foul by Woolery (TR)
33′ MacDonald (TR) is down and receiving treatment.
41′ Khan (TR) sends an accurate cross towards the head of Monthe but it skims by and goes out
44′ Hand ball by Hendrie (MFC)
44′ Tranmere corner
45′ Vaughan (TR) fouls Songo’o (MFC) Free kick Morcambe.
45 + 1 Foul by Woolery (TR)
45+4′ Half Time: Tranmere Rovers 0, Morecambe 0. Plenty of possession & shots from Tranmere, but nothing to show for it.
A more encouraging half from Rovers but the deadlock remains unbroken.0-0#TRFC #SWA— Tranmere Rovers FC (@TranmereRovers) October 31, 2020
A more encouraging half from Rovers but the deadlock remains unbroken.0-0#TRFC #SWA
Second half kicks off with the score at 0-0
47′ Lewis (TR) fouled by Kenyon (MFC)
48′ Another great cross from Khan (TR) but Lewis (TR) tips it wide.
50′ Khan (TR) is yellow carded for a foul on Mellor (MFC)
51′ Songo’o (MFC) 20 yard shot misses.
52′ Monthe (TR) shoots high and wide.
54′ What a save! Mendes Gomes (MFC) shot from the centre of the box is saved by Davies (TR)
56′ Penalty to Morecambe. Mendes Gomes (MFC) fouled by MacDonald (TF) in the area.
57′ GOAL! Tranmere Rovers 0, Morecambe 1 – Phillips (MFC) into the bottom left corner.
61′ Skill from Vaughan (TR) in the box. Saved.
64′ Foul by Khan (TR)
65′ | First change for Rovers as Feeney comes on for Khan0-1#TRFC #SWA pic.twitter.com/LCHGrsnxNA— Tranmere Rovers FC (@TranmereRovers) October 31, 2020
65′ | First change for Rovers as Feeney comes on for Khan0-1#TRFC #SWA pic.twitter.com/LCHGrsnxNA
67′ Foul by Vaughan (TR)
68′ Foul by O’Connor (TR)
71′ | A double change for Rovers.0-1#TRFC #SWA pic.twitter.com/46Y8HL9TsM— Tranmere Rovers FC (@TranmereRovers) October 31, 2020
71′ | A double change for Rovers.0-1#TRFC #SWA pic.twitter.com/46Y8HL9TsM
72′ Missed attempt. Smith (TR) shoots from the centre of the box but goes the wrong side of the left hand post.
72′ Missed attempt at the other end. Wildig (MFC) misses to the right.
78′ Smith’s (TR) shot is blocked and it rebounds to Vaughan (TR) who volleys it over the bar.
81′ Substitution, Morcambe – O’Sullivan is on and Mendes Gomes is off due to an injury.
83′ O’Sullivan’s (MFC) shot doesn’t trouble Tranmere goalie, Davies.
85′ Wildig (MFC) heads from the centre about 10 yards out, but misses right.
88′ Banks (TR) tries from 25 yards but it sails over and wide.
89′ Foul by Connor (TR)
90′ Substitution, Morcambe – Phillips is off and Pringle is on for the last few minutes.
90′ Four added minutes.
90+2′ Foul by Blackett-Taylor (TR) on Songo’o (MFC)
90+5′ Morcambe corner.
90+5′ FINAL WHISTLE: Game ends Tranmere 0, Morcambe 1. Not as bad a result as Tuesday, but losing is losing. I can start to feel the fans rumblings over Jackson intensifying. Jackson’s record so far this season isn’t good – W2 D3 L5 – he really needs to up the ante to keep his boss and more importantly the fans happy.
Full time here at Prenton Park.#TRFC #SWA— Tranmere Rovers FC (@TranmereRovers) October 31, 2020
Full time here at Prenton Park.#TRFC #SWA
Tranmere1 Davies (C)2 O’Connor26 Clarke6 Monthe18 MacDonald7 Morris28 Banks22 Lewis17 Khan14 Woolery9 Vaughan
Substitutes3 Ridehalgh4 Nelson8 Spearing11 Blackett-Taylor13 Murphy19 Feeney29 Smith
Morecambe1Turner2 Mellor5 Lavelle (C)4 Knight-Percival3 Hendrie14 Kenyon24 Songo’o20 Phillips10 Wildig11 Mendes Gomes7 Slew
Substitutes8 Diagouraga12 Halstead16 O’Sullivan18 Pringle19 McAlinden21 Cooney23 Price
Match Officials
Referee – Craig Hicks
Assistant Referee – Andrew Hendley
Assistant Referee – Gareth Mellor
Fourth Official – Paul Stonier
Tranmere Rovers F.C.
Morcambe F.C.