2020–21 Morecambe F.C. season

Morecambe
2020–21 season
Co-chairmen	Graham Howse & Rod Taylor
Manager	Derek Adams
Stadium	Mazuma Stadium
League Two	4th
Play-offs	Winners
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Third round
EFL Trophy	Group Stage (4th)
Top goalscorer	League: Carlos Mendes Gomes (15); All: Carlos Mendes Gomes (16)
Average home league attendance	0
Biggest win	Morecambe 4–0 Manchester United U23; 18 November 2020
Biggest defeat	Morecambe 0–7 Newcastle United; 23 September 2020
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →
	All statistics correct as of match played 31 May 2021.

The 2020–21 season was Morecambe's 97th season since formation and their 14th consecutive season in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. It ended with the club being promoted to League One for the first time in their history, following playoff wins against Tranmere Rovers and, in the final, Newport County. They also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season was severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with all matches except the play-offs taking place behind closed doors.

Pre-season

Due to the late start to the season, and lack of preparation time, Morecambe's pre-season was limited to just three matches against Manchester United U23s, Workington and Everton U23s.

22 August 2020 (2020-08-22) Friendly	Manchester United U23	1–1	Morecambe	Carrington
	Galbraith		Mendes Gomes	Stadium: Aon Training Complex Attendance: 0

25 August 2020 (2020-08-25) Friendly	Morecambe	1–0	Workington	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Stockton 54'	Report		Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Handley

29 August 2020 (2020-08-29) Friendly	Everton U23	0–1	Morecambe	Halewood
15:00 BST			Stockton 12'	Stadium: USM Finch Farm Attendance: 0

Competitions

EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Cheltenham Town (C, P)	46	24	10	12	61	39	+22	82	Promotion to the EFL League One
2	Cambridge United (P)	46	24	8	14	73	49	+24	80
3	Bolton Wanderers (P)	46	23	10	13	59	50	+9	79
4	Morecambe (O, P)	46	23	9	14	69	58	+11	78	Qualification for League Two play-offs
5	Newport County	46	20	13	13	57	42	+15	73
6	Forest Green Rovers	46	20	13	13	59	51	+8	73
7	Tranmere Rovers	46	20	13	13	55	50	+5	73
8	Salford City	46	19	14	13	54	34	+20	71

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	23	9	14	69	58	+11	78	13	5	5	38	27	+11	10	4	9	31	31	0

Last updated: 8 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W
Position	4	14	5	2	1	6	6	11	12	10	9	10	10	14	11	12	10	8	5	5	9	8	6	3	6	7	6	8	4	4	5	5	4	5	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.^[3]

12 September 2020 1	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Morecambe	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	May 28'	Report	Davis 40' Phillips 78' (pen.) Mendes Gomes 90+1'	Stadium: Jonny-Rocks Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

19 September 2020 2	Morecambe	0–5	Cambridge United	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Diagouraga 58' Mendes Gomes 60'	Report	Hoolahan 29' Turner 34' (o.g.) May 37' Mullin 54', 64'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Speedie

26 September 2020 3	Southend United	1–2	Morecambe	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Gibson 5' (o.g.) Taylor 15' Demetriou 37'	Report	Phillips 33' 73' Kenyon 37' Wildig 55'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 0 Referee: Charles Breakspear

3 October 2020 4	Morecambe	1–0	Port Vale	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Phillips 76' (pen.) Gibson 85' O'Sullivan 90+5'	Report	Legge 77'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madley

10 October 2020 5	Oldham Athletic	2–3	Morecambe	Oldham
15:00 BST	McAleny 52', 90'	Report	Wildig 42' Gibson 57' Kenyon 59' Stockton 66'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Josh Smith

17 October 2020 6	Crawley Town	4–0	Morecambe	Crawley
15:00 BST	Francomb 52' 54' Watters 67', 71' Frost 77'	Report		Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby

20 October 2020 7	Morecambe	1–1	Mansfield Town	Morecambe
18:30 BST	Phillips 3' 35' Lavelle 50' Cooney 82'	Report	Charsley 26' McLaughlin 29'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

24 October 2020 8	Morecambe	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Leitch-Smith 19' Lavelle 21' Hendrie 64' Wildig 74' Knight-Percival 87'	Report	Godwin-Malife 74' Young 79' Matt 83' 87'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury

27 October 2020 9	Carlisle United	3–1	Morecambe	Carlisle
19:00 GMT	Songo'o 1' (o.g.) Mellish 3' Riley 37' Tanner 87' Reilly 89'	Report	O'Sullivan 50' Songo'o 79' 81'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ross Joyce

31 October 2020 10	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Morecambe	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Khan 50'	Report	Phillips 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

3 November 2020 11	Morecambe	2–2	Exeter City	Morecambe
18:30 GMT	Mendes Gomes 41' Hendrie 45+1'	Report	Randall 33' 65' Taylor 72'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ollie Yates

14 November 2020 12	Morecambe	1–1	Stevenage	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Knight-Percival 8' Slew 80' Mendes Gomes 87'	Report	Oteh 27' (pen.) 77' Hutton 59'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Nield

21 November 2020 13	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Morecambe	Scunthorpe
15:00 GMT	Onariase 80' Rowe 90+5'	Report	Wildig 90+3' Cooney 90+5'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Peter Wright

24 November 2020 14	Salford City	2–1	Morecambe	Salford
19:00 GMT	Denny 6' Smith 10' Henderson 28' Andrade 36' Hunter 41', 44' Elliott 86'	Report	Lavelle 40' Stockton 54' Songo'o 60' Cooney 90+3'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 0 Referee: Neil Hair

1 December 2020 15	Morecambe	1–0	Barrow	Morecambe
18:30 GMT	Mendes Gomes 12' Davis 25' Songo'o 70'	Report	Hird 15'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Bramall

5 December 2020 16	Newport County	2–1	Morecambe	Newport
15:00 GMT	Amond 11' Dolan 83' (pen.)	Report	Davis 30' Mendes Gomes 32' Hendrie 34' Phillips 68' 82'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Purkiss

12 December 2020 17	Morecambe	1–0	Harrogate Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Wildig 56' 84' Halstead 89'	Report		Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ollie Yates

15 December 2020 18	Morecambe	2–1	Leyton Orient	Morecambe
18:30 GMT	Davis 11' Lavelle 56' 78' Mendes Gomes 73' Songo'o 86' Leitch-Smith 90+3'	Report	Johnson 18' Angol 44' Clay 68' Sotiriou 86' Vigouroux 89'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0

19 December 2020 19	Colchester United	1–2	Morecambe	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Stockton 24' (o.g.)	Report	O'Sullivan 8' Cooney 23' Songo'o 61' Mendes Gomes 90+2'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 1,094 Referee: Sam Allison

26 December 2020 20	Morecambe	3–1	Grimsby Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Stockton 45' Songo'o 56' Mendes Gomes 58', 71' Phillips 90+3'	Report	Pollock 21'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

16 January 2021 21	Leyton Orient	2–0	Morecambe	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Sotiriou 60' Angol 83', 90+2' Knight-Percival 88' (o.g.)	Report	Lyons 90+1'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Brett Huxtable

19 January 2021 22	Morecambe	1–1	Walsall	Morecambe
19:00 GMT	Stockton 40' Lavelle 79' Mendes Gomes 80' Hendrie 88' Derek Adams	Report	Gordon 37' Jules 40'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury

23 January 2021 23	Morecambe	3–0	Colchester United	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Phillips 46' Hendrie 55' Diagouraga 58' O'Sullivan 80'	Report	Pell 60'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Lewis

26 January 2021 24	Exeter City	0–2	Morecambe	Exeter
18:00 GMT	Maxted 8'	Report	Phillips 9' (pen.), 56' Stockton 66' Diagouraga 85' Cooney 90+2'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

30 January 2021 25	Morecambe	0–1	Tranmere Rovers	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Phillips 38' Songo'o 45' Cooney 62' Hendrie 90+3'	Report	Spearing 65' Woolery 74'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard

6 February 2021 26	Stevenage	2–2	Morecambe	Stevenage
15:00 GMT	List 8' Norris 81'	Report	Diagouraga 28' Stockton 32' Cooney 90+1'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Oldham

9 February 2021 27	Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Morecambe	Horwich
19:00 GMT	Doyle 43' Maddison 73' Williams 80'	Report	Lyons 83'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: Behind closed doors Referee: Oliver Langford

16 February 2021 28	Bradford City	2–1	Morecambe	Bradford
19:00 GMT	O'Connor 28' Vernam 63' Rowe 90+2'	Report	O'Sullivan 9', 65' Gibson 45' Wildig 57'	Stadium: Utilita Energy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young

20 February 2021 (2021-02-20) 29	Barrow	1–2	Morecambe	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 GMT	Banks 21' Jones 26' Quigley 65'	Report	Wildig 24' Lavelle 52' Songo'o 63' Mellor 66'	Stadium: Progression Solicitors Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Bramall

23 February 2021 (2021-02-23) 30	Morecambe	2–1	Salford City	Morecambe
18:30 GMT	Songo'o 49' Lavelle 90' Mendes Gomes 90+4' Wildig 90+6'	Report	Thomas-Asante 45+1' Threlkeld 90+2' Turnbull 90+5' Hladký 90+9'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) 31	Mansfield Town	1–0	Morecambe	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Sweeney 21' Bowery 41'	Report	Gibson 20' Lavelle 45' Mellor 72'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

2 March 2021 (2021-03-02) 32	Morecambe	3–1	Crawley Town	Morecambe
18:30 GMT	Stockton 5' Mendes Gomes 59', 88'	Report	Nadesan 13'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Oliver Langford

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06) 33	Morecambe	3–1	Carlisle United	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Lavelle 12' Wildig 32' Diagouraga 37' Mellor 45+2' Stockton 53'	Report	Alessandra 39' Hayden 79'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Allison

9 March 2021 (2021-03-09) 34	Forest Green Rovers	2–2	Morecambe	Nailsworth
19:00 GMT	Collins 10' Stokes 23' Bernard 38' Matt 79'	Report	Stockton 22' O'Sullivan 38' Gibson 45+4' Mendes Gomes 90+4'	Stadium: The innocent New Lawn Attendance: 0 Referee: Trevor Kettle

13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 35	Morecambe	1–3	Newport County	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	Songo'o 20' Lavelle 38'	Report	Dolan 8' (pen.) Sheehan 45+1' Ellison 79'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Haines

20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) 36	Harrogate Town	0–1	Morecambe	Harrogate
15:00 GMT	Jones 72'	Report	Smith 1' (o.g.) Knight-Percival 39' 75' Stockton 45' Gibson 89' O'Sullivan 90+4'	Stadium: EnviroVent Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Josh Smith

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27) 37	Morecambe	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	McAlinden 20'	Report		Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Marc Edwards

2 April 2021 (2021-04-02) 38	Cambridge United	2–1	Morecambe	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Mullin 18', 81' (pen.) Taylor 83' Ironside 87' Digby 90+3' Burton 90+4'	Report	Mendes Gomes 51' Gibson 55' Wildig 82' Price 88'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Rock

6 April 2021 (2021-04-06) 39	Morecambe	1–1	Southend United	Morecambe
18:30 BST	Stockton 56'	Report	Dieng 18' Demetriou 68'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Scott Oldham

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 40	Port Vale	1–0	Morecambe	Burslem
15:00 BST	Oyeleke 14' Brisley 26' Smith 34' Rodney 89'	Report	Lavelle 34'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Coggins

13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) 41	Morecambe	4–1	Scunthorpe United	Morecambe
18:30 BST	Stockton 25' Mendes Gomes 37' Bedeau 49' (o.g.) Songo'o 60' 78'	Report	Howe 29' Beestin 83'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Declan Bourne

17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) 42	Morecambe	4–3	Oldham Athletic	Morecambe
12:30 BST	Mendes Gomes 5', 53' Wildig 42' Stockton 45+1'	Report	McAleny 39' Borthwick-Jackson 78' Jameson 88'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury
Note: Kick-off brought forward from 15:00 to avoid clashing with the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

20 April 2021 (2021-04-20) 43	Grimsby Town	0–3	Morecambe	Cleethorpes
19:00 BST	Clifton 83'	Report	Stockton 22' Songo'o 28' Waterfall 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard

24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) 44	Morecambe	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	Morecambe
15:00 BST	Mellor 23' Price 49'	Report	Afolayan 40' Jackson 45+3'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Boyeson

1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 45	Walsall	0–2	Morecambe	Walsall
15:00 BST		Report	Stockton 45+2' Songo'o 58' 76'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Swabey

8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) 46	Morecambe	2–0	Bradford City	Morecambe
15:00 BST	McAlinden 28' Songo'o 38' Stockton 57' Diagouraga 79'	Report	Watt 62'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

Play-offs

Morecambe's 4th-place finish in the league saw them qualify for the play-offs for the first time in 11 years. They played 7th place Tranmere Rovers over two legs and edged the Merseysiders out 3–2 on aggregate to reach the final for the first time in their history.

20 May 2021 (2021-05-20) Semi-final 1st Leg	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Morecambe	Birkenhead
18:00 BST	Clarke 19' Spearing 54' Vaughan 78' Lloyd 83' O'Connor 89'	Report	Knight-Percival 15' McAlinden 45+1' Lyons 87' Mendes Gomes 89'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Darren Drysdale

23 May 2021 (2021-05-23) Semi-final 2nd Leg	Morecambe	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Tranmere Rovers	Morecambe
12:30 BST	Wildig 9' Cooney 76'	Report	Vaughan 53', 81'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 1,558 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Play-off Final

The semi-final victory over Tranmere saw Morecambe book their third trip to Wembley, after the 1974 FA Trophy Final and the 2007 Conference Play-off Final.

They played Welsh side Newport County for a place in League One, and prevailed thanks to a penalty from Carlos Mendes Gomes in the second period of extra time.

31 May 2021 (2021-05-31) Final	Morecambe	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Newport County	London
15:00 BST	Mendes Gomes 107' (pen.), 108' O'Sullivan 112'	Report	Labadie 96' Demetriou 120'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 9,083 Referee: Bobby Madley

FA Cup

The draw for the first round proper was made on 26 October 2020 by Grant Holt.^[4] Morecambe were handed an away tie at eighth tier Maldon & Tiptree.

The draw for the second round proper was made on 9 November 2020 by Danny Cowley,^[5] with Morecambe drawn at home to Solihull Moors of the National League.

Robbie Savage drew the teams for the third round proper on 30 November 2020,^[6] with Morecambe being drawn away to Premier League giants (and eventual runners-up in the competition) Chelsea.

All draws were broadcast live on the BBC.

8 November 2020 First round	Maldon & Tiptree	0–1	Morecambe	Maldon
12:45 GMT	McNamara 42' Stokes 90+1'	Report	Phillips 43' (pen.) Knight-Percival 69'	Stadium: Wallace Binder Attendance: 0 Referee: Will Finnie

28 November 2020 Second round	Morecambe	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Solihull Moors	Morecambe
12:30 GMT	Wildig 22' Lavelle 49' Stockton 53', 59', 107' O'Sullivan 95' 106' Songo'o 100' Davis 102'	Report	Hudlin 19' Hancox 45+3' Gleeson 49' Cranston 69' Williams 73' Ward 90+3' Coxe 107'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Speedie

10 January 2021 (2021-01-10) Third round	Chelsea	4–0	Morecambe	Fulham
13:30 GMT	Mount 18' Werner 44' Hudson-Odoi 49' Havertz 85'	Report	Gibson 78'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren England

EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.^[7] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on 6 September, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.^[8]

5 September 2020 First round	Grimsby Town	1–1 (3–4 p)	Morecambe	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Green 34'	Report	Phillips 7' Slew 44'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury
	Penalties
	Pollock Tilley Preston Edwards McKeown		Kenyon McAlinden Hendrie Pringle O'Sullivan

15 September 2020 Second round	Morecambe	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Wildig 22' Kenyon 30'	Report	Badan 38' Hamer 60' Garrity 62' Whelan 73' Grant 90'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner

23 September 2020 Third round	Morecambe	0–7	Newcastle United	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Diagouraga 33'	Report	Joelinton 5', 31' Almirón 20' Murphy 27' Hayden 45+2' Lascelles 51' Lavelle 90+1' (o.g.)	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Drysdale

EFL Trophy

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.^[9]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Salford City	3	2	0	0	1	4	7	−3	6	Advance to Round 2
2	ACA	Manchester United U21	3	1	1	0	1	6	4	+2	5	Advance to Round 2
3	L1	Rochdale	3	1	0	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	L2	Morecambe	3	1	0	0	2	5	4	+1	3

Source: EFL.com

8 September 2020 Group stage	Morecambe	1–2	Rochdale	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Lavelle 23' 55' O'Sullivan 62'	Report	Tavares 86' Newby 90+3'	Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Samuel Barrott

29 September 2020 Group stage	Salford City	2–0	Morecambe	Salford
19:45 BST	Wilson 44' Thomas-Asante 75' Touray 79' Hunter 90+2'	Report	Knight-Percival 1' Hendrie 43'	Stadium: Moor Lane Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell

18 November 2020 Group stage	Morecambe	4–0	Manchester United U21	Morecambe
18:30 GMT	Cooney 24', 28' Davis 34' Price 62' Hendrie 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Mazuma Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 August 2020	LB	Stephen Hendrie	Kilmarnock	Free transfer	^[10]
2 August 2020	CB	Harry Davis	Grimsby Town	Free transfer	^[11]
3 August 2020	CB	Nathaniel Knight-Percival	Carlisle United	Free transfer	^[12]
4 August 2020	CF	Liam McAlinden	Stockport County	Free transfer	^[13]
10 August 2020	LM	Ben Pringle	Gillingham	Free transfer	^[14]
13 August 2020	RB	Kelvin Mellor	Bradford City	Free transfer	^[15]
22 September 2020	LB	Liam Gibson	Newcastle United	Free transfer	^[16]
23 September 2020	CB	Yann Songo'o	Scunthorpe United	Free transfer	^[17]
26 January 2021	GK	Kyle Letheren	Chesterfield	Free transfer	^[18]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
5 August 2020	GK	Jake Turner	Newcastle United	Recalled Jan 2021	^[19]
11 August 2020	RB	Ryan Cooney	Burnley	30 June 2021	^[20]
12 August 2020	DM	Adam Phillips	Burnley	1 February 2021	^[21]^[22]
6 January 2021	CM	Brad Lyons	Blackburn Rovers	30 June 2021	^[23]
22 January 2021	GK	Jökull Andrésson	Reading	29 January 2021	^[24]
1 February 2021	DM	Alex Denny	Salford City	End of season	^[25]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CB	Tom Brewitt	Tacoma Defiance	Released	^[26]^[27]
1 July 2020	RB	Adam Buxton	Prestatyn Town	Released	^[26]^[28]
1 July 2020	LW	Kevin Ellison	Newport County	Released	^[26]^[29]
1 July 2020	CF	Kyle Hawley	Stalybridge Celtic	Released	^[26]^[30]
1 July 2020	CF	Michael Howard	Marine	Released	^[26]^[31]
1 July 2020	CM	Lamin Jagne	Unattached	Released	^[26]
1 July 2020	CF	Rhys Oates	Hartlepool United	Released	^[26]^[32]
1 July 2020	CB	Steven Old	East Kilbride	Rejected contract	^[33]^[34]
1 July 2020	GK	Barry Roche	Retired		^[26]
1 July 2020	CB	Ritchie Sutton	Altrincham	Released	^[26]^[35]
1 July 2020	CM	Andrew Tutte	Bolton Wanderers	Released	^[26]^[36]
7 August 2020	LB	Jordan Cranston	Solihull Moors	Undisclosed	^[37]
11 September 2020	LB	Luke Conlan	AFC Fylde	Undisclosed	^[38]

Footnotes

^ Entire regular season played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however approximately 1,500 did attend the home leg of the Play-off semi-final.^[1]

References

^ "Morecambe 1–1 Tranmere Rovers". BBC Sport. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "Sky Bet League Two fixtures 2020/21". Sky Sports. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ "Emirates FA Cup first round Draw, Emirates FA Cup 2020-21". The Football Association. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ "LIVE Emirates FA Cup second round Draw, Emirates FA Cup 20-21". The Football Association. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^ "Third round Draw, Emirates FA Cup 20-21". The Football Association. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
^ "Carabao Cup Round One draw confirmed". English Football League. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ "Carabao Cup: Round Two and Three draw confirmed". English Football League. 6 September 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^ "EFL Trophy Regional Groups confirmed". English Football League. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
^ "Signing: Stephen Hendrie". Morecambe F.C. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Signing: Harry Davis". Morecambe F.C. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
^ "Signing: Nathaniel Knight-Percival". Morecambe F.C. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
^ "Signing: Liam McAlinden". Morecambe F.C. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "Signing: Ben Pringle". Morecambe F.C. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "Signing | Kelvin Mellor". Morecambe F.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
^ "SIGNING | Liam Gibson". Morecambe FC - Official Site. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
^ "SIGNING | Yann Songo'o". Morecambe FC - Official Site. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "Signing | Kyle Letheren". Morecambe FC - Official Site. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ "Loan Deal | Jake Turner". Morecambe F.C. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
^ "Loan Deal: Ryan Cooney". Morecambe F.C. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
^ "Loan Deal | Adam Phillips". Morecambe F.C. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ "Phillips arrives on loan". Accrington Stanley - Official SIte. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "Loan Deal | Brad Lyons". Morecambe F.C. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
^ "Jökull makes short-term Shrimps switch". Reading FC - Official Site. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
^ "Loan deal | Alex Denny". Morecambe FC - Official Site. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Retained List". Morecambe F.C. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^ "Prestatyn Town make biggest signing yet in ex-Football League full-back Buxton". Tacoma Defiance. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ "Prestatyn Town make biggest signing yet in ex-Football League full-back Buxton". nwsport.co.uk. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
^ "Kevin Ellison joins Exiles on one-year deal". Newport County A.F.C. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
^ "Kyle Hawley joins Celtic". Stalybridge Celtic F.C. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ "Howard Makes Marine Move Permanent". Northern Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "Pools sign Rhys Oates". Hartlepool United F.C. 1 August 2020. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
^ "Six Players Sign New Contracts". Morecambe FC - Official Site. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "In with the Old, as defender Steven arrives". East Kilbride F.C. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
^ "Double delight as Ceesay and Sutton join Robins". Altrincham F.C. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ "Evatt Brings in Experienced Midfielder". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
^ "Morecambe defender makes Solihull Moors move". Morecambe Visitor. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
^ "Luke Conlan Joins Fylde For Undisclosed Fee". Morecambe F.C. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

[2] Entire regular season played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however approximately 1,500 did attend the home leg of the Play-off semi-final.^[1]

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[11] "Signing: Stephen Hendrie". Morecambe F.C. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[12] "Signing: Harry Davis". Morecambe F.C. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

[13] "Signing: Nathaniel Knight-Percival". Morecambe F.C. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[14] "Signing: Liam McAlinden". Morecambe F.C. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

[15] "Signing: Ben Pringle". Morecambe F.C. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[16] "Signing | Kelvin Mellor". Morecambe F.C. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

[17] "SIGNING | Liam Gibson". Morecambe FC - Official Site. Retrieved 22 September 2020.

[18] "SIGNING | Yann Songo'o". Morecambe FC - Official Site. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[19] "Signing | Kyle Letheren". Morecambe FC - Official Site. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[20] "Loan Deal | Jake Turner". Morecambe F.C. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[21] "Loan Deal: Ryan Cooney". Morecambe F.C. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.

[22] "Loan Deal | Adam Phillips". Morecambe F.C. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[23] "Phillips arrives on loan". Accrington Stanley - Official SIte. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[24] "Loan Deal | Brad Lyons". Morecambe F.C. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.

[25] "Jökull makes short-term Shrimps switch". Reading FC - Official Site. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

[26] "Loan deal | Alex Denny". Morecambe FC - Official Site. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[Retained_List-27] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Retained List". Morecambe F.C. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

[28] "Prestatyn Town make biggest signing yet in ex-Football League full-back Buxton". Tacoma Defiance. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

[29] "Prestatyn Town make biggest signing yet in ex-Football League full-back Buxton". nwsport.co.uk. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

[30] "Kevin Ellison joins Exiles on one-year deal". Newport County A.F.C. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

[31] "Kyle Hawley joins Celtic". Stalybridge Celtic F.C. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[32] "Howard Makes Marine Move Permanent". Northern Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[33] "Pools sign Rhys Oates". Hartlepool United F.C. 1 August 2020. Archived from the original on 7 October 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

[34] "Six Players Sign New Contracts". Morecambe FC - Official Site. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[35] "In with the Old, as defender Steven arrives". East Kilbride F.C. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.

[36] "Double delight as Ceesay and Sutton join Robins". Altrincham F.C. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[37] "Evatt Brings in Experienced Midfielder". Bolton Wanderers F.C. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.

[38] "Morecambe defender makes Solihull Moors move". Morecambe Visitor. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[39] "Luke Conlan Joins Fylde For Undisclosed Fee". Morecambe F.C. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.

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