Morecambe 2-1 Macclesfield Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 22 September 2018

Result

Morecambe 2-1 Macclesfield Town

League Two · Saturday 22 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Morecambe 2-1 Macclesfield Town: match report

Morecambe won against Macclesfield Town 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 22 September 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

AJ Leitch-Smith opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Morecambe's goals came from AJ Leitch-Smith (61') and Andrew Fleming (77'). Macclesfield Town scored through Danny Whitaker (72').

Discipline: Morecambe received 1 yellow card; Macclesfield Town received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Morecambe were 22nd on 3 points from 8 and Macclesfield Town 23rd on 2 points from 8. Morecambe went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Macclesfield Town 22nd with 44.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Morecambe wins, 3 draws and 2 for Macclesfield Town.

Going into the match Morecambe's last five read L-L-L-L-W and Macclesfield Town's L-L-L-D-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Sam LavelleMorecambe
  • 38'Red card · M. RoseMacclesfield Town
  • 61'Goal · AJ Leitch-SmithMorecambe · 1-0
  • 72'Goal · Danny WhitakerMacclesfield Town · 1-1
  • 77'Goal · Andrew FlemingMorecambe · 2-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Morecambe 3, draws 3, Macclesfield Town 2.

Team news

Morecambe line-up

Barry Roche, Zak Mills, Luke Conlan, Alex Kenyon, Josef Yarney, Sam Lavelle, Liam Mandeville, Andrew Fleming, AJ Leitch-Smith, Aaron Wildig, Rhys Oates

Macclesfield Town line-up

Kieran O'Hara, James Pearson, David Fitzpatrick, Danny Whitaker, Fiacre Kelleher, Jamie Grimes, Michael Rose, Callum Evans, Tyrone Marsh, Malachi Napa, Nathan Blissett