2019–20 Morecambe F.C. season
# 2019–20 Morecambe F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was Morecambe's 96th season since formation and their 13th consecutive season in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. They finished 22nd in League Two, and also competed in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy, where they were eliminated in the first round, second round and group stage respectively.

## Pre-season

The Shrimps have announced they will face FC United of Manchester, Bamber Bridge, Barrow, Everton U23s, Marine and Accrington Stanley as part of their pre-season preparations.

## Competitions

### League Two

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 47 | 55 | −8 | 42 | 1.17 | |
| 18 | Carlisle United | 37 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 42 | 1.14 | |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 37 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 41 | 1.11 | |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 40 | 1.08 | |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 38 | 1.06 | |
| 22 | Morecambe | 37 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 32 | 0.86 | |
| 23 | Stevenage | 36 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 22 | 0.61 | Reprieved from relegation |
| 24 | Macclesfield Town (R) | 37 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 32 | 47 | −15 | 19 | 0.51 | Relegation to the National League |

* ↑ As a result of Bury's expulsion from League One, only one team is relegated to maintain League Two at 24 teams.
* 1 2 Macclesfield Town deducted four points for failing to both pay their players' wages and to fulfil a fixture, reduced from six points after appeal. A further seven-point deduction was given for failing to play December's match against Plymouth Argyle. A further two-point deduction was given for breaches of regulations over non-payment of wages. On 3 July the EFL appealed against the independent disciplinary panel's sanctions on Macclesfield. A further four points were deducted on 11 August 2020, resulting in Macclesfield Town being relegated. Stevenage reprieved

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 7 March 2020. 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | L | D | D | L | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | V |
| Position | 21 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |

**Matches**

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL League Two fixtures were revealed.

**Matches**

**Coronavirus Suspension**

On 13 March 2020, all professional football in England was suspended until at least 3 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Six days later, the suspension was extended to at least 30 April 2020. On 3 April 2020, the suspension was extended indefinitely.

On 11 May 2020, the Government released a document that stated that sport would not be able to resume before 1 June 2020 at the earliest, and only behind closed doors.

On 15 May 2020, the League Two clubs voted to end the season early, a decision that was ratified on 9 June.

This left Morecambe in 22nd place on 0.86 points per game, and safe to take their place in League Two for the 2020–21 season.

### FA Cup

The draw for the first round proper was made on 21 October 2019 by Karen Carney (home teams) and Jermaine Beckford (away teams).

### EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June. The second round draw was made on 13 August 2019 following the conclusion of all but one first-round matches.

### EFL Trophy

On 9 July 2019, the pre-determined group stage draw was announced with Invited clubs to be drawn on 12 July 2019.

| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | L1 | Blackpool | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | ACA | Wolverhampton Wanderers U21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L2 | Morecambe | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | L2 | Carlisle United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 | |

## Transfers

### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2019 | CB | Tom Brewitt | AFC Fylde | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Adam Buxton | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Michael Howard | Preston North End | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Cole Stockton | Tranmere Rovers | Free transfer |
| 2 July 2019 | RM | John O'Sullivan | Blackpool | Free transfer |
| 25 July 2019 | RW | Lewis Alessandra | Notts County | Free transfer |
| 25 July 2019 | AM | Joe Lynch | Crewe Alexandra | Free transfer |
| 2 January 2020 | DM | Toumani Diagouraga | Swindon Town | Free transfer |
| 2 January 2020 | CF | Jordan Slew | Ashton United | Free transfer |
| 24 January 2020 | CB | Christian Mbulu | Crewe Alexandra | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 July 2019 | CF | Shaun Miller | Crewe Alexandra | 30 June 2020 |
| 12 August 2019 | RB | George Tanner | Manchester United | 24 January 2020 |
| 2 January 2020 | RB | Ryan Cooney | Burnley | 30 June 2020 |
| 2 January 2020 | DM | Adam Phillips | Burnley | 30 June 2020 |
| 15 January 2020 | GK | Christoffer Mafoumbi | Blackpool | 30 June 2020 |
| 31 January 2020 | CF | Harvey Bradbury | Millwall | 30 June 2020 |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 December 2019 | DM | Tyler Brownsword | Colne | 30 January 2020 |
| 11 January 2020 | CF | Kyle Hawley | FC United of Manchester | February 2020 |
| 14 February 2020 | CF | Michael Howard | Marine | 30 June 2020 |
| 3 March 2020 | RB | Adam Buxton | York City | 30 June 2020 |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 July 2019 | SS | Adam Campbell | Darlington | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RW | Aaron Collins | Forest Green Rovers | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CM | Ben Hedley | Bradford (Park Avenue) | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | Zak Mills | Oldham Athletic | Free transfer |
| 1 July 2019 | CF | Vadaine Oliver | Northampton Town | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | RB | James Sinclair | Oskarshamns | Released |
| 1 July 2019 | GK | Dawid Szczepaniak | Wrexham | Released |
| 5 July 2019 | FW | Kai Herbert | Huddersfield Town | Undisclosed |
| 10 January 2020 | AM | Joe Lynch | Free agent | Mutual consent |
| 23 January 2020 | RW | Lewis Alessandra | Carlisle United | Mutual consent |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Kevin Ellison and Barry Roche served as joint caretaker player managers in the intervening period, and also took charge of the FA Cup tie at Blackpool on 9 November 2019.
