Morecambe 1-2 Cheltenham Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 17 December 2016
Result
Morecambe 1-2 Cheltenham Town
League Two · Saturday 17 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Morecambe 1-2 Cheltenham Town: match report
Morecambe lost to Cheltenham Town 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 17 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
Peter Murphy opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Morecambe's goal came from Peter Murphy (6'). Cheltenham Town scored through Billy Waters (70') and Harry Pell (71').
Discipline: Morecambe received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Morecambe were 18th on 23 points from 19 and Cheltenham Town 23rd on 18 points from 20. Morecambe went on to finish that season 18th with 52 points, and Cheltenham Town 21st with 50.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Morecambe wins, 5 draws and 3 for Cheltenham Town.
Going into the match Morecambe's last five read W-L-L-L-L and Cheltenham Town's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Peter Murphy
- 39'Red card · A. Kenyon
- 53'Yellow card · J. Cranston
- 53'Yellow card · Paul Mullin
- 70'Goal · Billy Waters
- 71'Goal · Harry Pell
Head-to-head
Team news
Morecambe line-up
Barry Roche, Liam Wakefield, Aaron McGowan, Ryan Edwards, Dean Winnard, Peter Murphy, Luke Conlan, Alex Kenyon, Michael Rose, Paul Mullin, Rhys Turner
Cheltenham Town line-up
Russell Griffiths, Aaron Downes, Danny Parslow, Jordan Cranston, Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Rob Dickie, Kyle Storer, H. Pell, Jack Munns, Billy Waters, Danny Wright