Morecambe 3-4 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 6 October 2018

Result

Morecambe 3-4 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Saturday 6 October 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Morecambe 3-4 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Morecambe were beaten by Tranmere Rovers 3-4 in the League Two on Saturday 6 October 2018. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Rhys Oates opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Morecambe's goals came from Rhys Oates (13'), Vadaine Oliver (73') and AJ Leitch-Smith (80'). Tranmere Rovers scored through Ollie Banks (28'), Harvey Gilmour (41'), Jonny Smith (54') and Harvey Gilmour (89').

Discipline: Morecambe received 1 yellow card; Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Morecambe were 18th on 10 points from 11 and Tranmere Rovers 10th on 17 points from 11. Morecambe went on to finish that season 18th with 54 points, and Tranmere Rovers 2nd with 80.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Morecambe wins, 1 draw and 1 for Tranmere Rovers.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Rhys OatesMorecambe · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Rhys OatesMorecambe
  • 28'Goal · Ollie BanksTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · Harvey GilmourTranmere Rovers · 1-2
  • 54'Goal · Jonny SmithTranmere Rovers · 1-3
  • 72'Yellow card · Connor JenningsTranmere Rovers
  • 73'Goal · Vadaine OliverMorecambe · 2-3
  • 80'Yellow card · Adam BuxtonTranmere Rovers
  • 80'Goal · AJ Leitch-SmithMorecambe · 3-3
  • 89'Yellow card · Ollie BanksTranmere Rovers
  • 89'Goal · Harvey GilmourTranmere Rovers · 3-4

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Morecambe 0, draws 1, Tranmere Rovers 1.

Team news

Morecambe line-up

Barry Roche, Zak Mills, Luke Conlan, Aaron Wildig, Josef Yarney, Sam Lavelle, Rhys Oates, Andrew Tutte, Vadaine Oliver, AJ Leitch-Smith, Liam Mandeville

Tranmere Rovers line-up

Scott Davies, Adam Buxton, Zoumana Bakayogo, Luke McCullough, Stephen McNulty, Manny Monthe, Jonny Smith, Ollie Banks, Connor Jennings, Paul Mullin, Harvey Gilmour