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Morcambe v Barnet

Saturday 15th March 3.00pm
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  Ground Christie Park
Lancaster Road
Morcambe
Lancashire
LA4 5TJ		  
  Phone 01524 411797  
  Capacity 6,300  
  Record Attendance 9,324 v Weymouth, FA Cup 4/1/62  
  Formed 1920  
  Nickname The Shrimps  
  Colours Red Shirts, White Shorts, Black & White Socks  
  Manager Jim Harvey  
  Parking Street Parking  
  Admission Price Adults £9.00-10.00, Copncessions ££6.00-7.00,
Under -16's £4.00-5.00		  
  Programme Yes, last year £1.50.  
  Bar Two  
       
  Last Season    
  Underhill Barnet 1 Morcambe 0 attn. 1316  
  Christie Park Morcambe 1 Barnet 0 attn. 1283  
  Average Attn 1289 (9th in Conference)  
  Highest Attn 1780 v Doncaster, won 2-1  
  Lowest Attn 635 v Farnborough, drew 1-1  
  Highest Home Win 3-1 v Woking  
  Highest Away Win 3-1 v Woking  
  Highest Home Defeat 1-5 v Yeovil  
  Highest Away Defeat 1-4 v Telford  
  Highest Draw 3-3 v Doncaster away  
  Highest Aggregate 7, 3-4 v Northwich, away
7, 3-4 v Stalybridge, away		  
  Top Goalscorer Talbot 15  
       
  Final Position (6th)
  Home Away  
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
42 12 5 4 30 27 5 6 10 33 40 62
 
       
  This Season    
  Position 3rd  
  At Underhill ,Barnet 1 Morecambe 1, attn. 1250  
  Ave Attn 1330  
  Highest Attn 2012 v Chester,  
  lowest Attn 869 v Telford, won 1-0  
  Highest Home Win 5-0 v Woking  
  Highest Away Win 6-0 v Woking  
  Highest HomeDefeat 1-2 v Yeovil  
  Highest Away Defeat 2-3 v Kettering
2-3 v Northwich Victoria
0-2 v Yeovil Town		  
  Highest Draw 1-1 v Farnborough (home), Chester (home), Margate (away),
Barnet (away), D & R (away), nuneaton (away) and Stevenage (away)		  
       
  Current Position (3rd)
  Home Away  
P W D L F A W D L F A Pts
34 13 2 1 38 8 5 5 8 28 23 61
 
       
  The Season So Far

Unfortunately for the Bees Morcambe are in the middle of a very succesful run. They are currently second in the current form table and haven't lost since 18th January away to Yeovil. In fact Yeovil are the only team to have beaten them at home, 1-2 way back in their second home game of the season.

They've only conceded eight goals at Christie Park with nine clean sheets and put 38 past the opposition.

On Tuesday night they hosted Margate, beating them 3-0.

Barnet - what can I say? I don't like to be negative, I really want to be behind the Lads - BUT THEY KEEP LETTING US DOWN. How can the club expect people to pay good money and come week after week only to see such atrocious football. How many of those who left when Stevenage scored their second will be coming back next time?

Not many I should imagine.

It saddens me that all the hard work people like Janet and the KBA do, trying to get the ground situation sorted out, will probably be for nothing because at this rate we won't need a new ground.

Until the team perform on the pitch the fans won't come. You can have the best, shiniest ground in the world but if the football's bad, it will be empty.

This is backed up by the attendances achieved when the Club won promotion and entered the League as shown in the table below.

Simple equation: Good Football = Good Crowds.

(Sorry for that - Rant over).

Attendance History (League games only)
Year League Pos. Ave. Attn. Notes
90/91 Conference 1st 2918 Promoted
91/92 Fourth 7th 3720 Made play-offs. League changed name - no promotion.
92/93 Third 3rd 3429 Promoted
93/94 Second 24th 2423 Shit hit the fan - relegated
94/95 Third 11th 2248  
95/96 Third 9th 2281  
96/97 Third 15th 2141  
97/98 Third 7th 2254 Made play-offs
98/99 Third 16th 2107  
99/00 Third 6th 2743 Made play-offs
00/01 Third 24th 2406* Relegated
01/02 Conference 5th 1456  
02/03 Conference 10th
8/3/03		 1353  
*ave attn. not including Torquay game 2264

Phil's Prediction
Morcambe 3 Barnet 0

(Ed's note - congratulations to Phil for getting the possessive apostrophe in the right place for the first time this season!)

Morcambes Last Six

Last-six tables from conguide.com.

All League games

D D W W W W

Date   L D W Score, Opposition Attn
08/02/2003 A   1:1 v stevenage borough 1,809 
15/02/2003 H   1:1 v chester city 2,012 
22/02/2003 A   6:0 v woking 1,491 
01/03/2003 H   3:1 v northwich victoria 1,332 
08/03/2003 A   3:0 v telford united 1,040 
11/03/2003 H   3:0 v margate 1,252

Home

W W W D W W

Date   L D W Score, Opposition Attn
21/12/2002 H   1:0 v kettering town 1,094 
26/12/2002 H   3:0 v southport 1,954 
25/01/2003 H   3:1 v hereford united 1,437 
15/02/2003 H   1:1 v chester city 2,012 
01/03/2003 H   3:1 v northwich victoria 1,332 
11/03/2003 H   3:0 v margate 1,252

Away

W L D D W W

Date   L D W Score, Opposition Attn
01/01/2003 A   3:2 v southport 1,375 
18/01/2003 A   0:2 v yeovil town 4,353 
21/01/2003 A   1:1 v nuneaton borough 718 
08/02/2003 A   1:1 v stevenage borough 1,809 
22/02/2003 A   6:0 v woking 1,491 
08/03/2003 A   3:0 v telford united 1,040 

Current Form (up to Saturday March 8th)

  Pos W D L F A Pts
Morecambe 2nd 4 2 0 17 4 14
Barnet 13th 2 1 3 10 12 7

League Snippet

Below is Barnet and Morcambe's league details based on their Home and Away performances.

    Pl W D L GF GA GD Pnts
2 Morcambe (home) 16 13 2 1 38 8 30 41
12 Barnet (away) 17 4 7 6 28 34 -6 19

Results Grid

Below are the result grids for Barnet and Morcambe so far this season. These show how many times various scores have been attained by each club.

Key

  Lost
  Drawn
  Won

Barnet (Away)

Away 0 1 2 3 4 5 Goals Against
0 2       1    
1   2 2     1  
2   2 2 1 1    
3 1            
4     1   1    
Goals For              

Morcambe (Home)

Home 0 1 2 Goals Against
0        
1 2 2 1  
2 2 1    
3 3 3    
4 1      
5 1      
Goals For        

If They're Picked...

Below is a list of players who - IF THEY'RE PICKED - will be starting an anniversary game. In other words, it will be their nth start where n is divisible by 10. This takes no account of whether they are likely to be picked due to injury, suspension and suchlike.

Player   Could be their nth start
DOOLAN J 200
PLUCK L 40
STREVENS B 70

History

Morcambe were formed in 1920 and joined the Lancashire Combination. They played at Woodhill Lane but moved to Roseberry Park the following season. They won the league in 1924/25 and were runners up the next term. The ground was re-named Christie Park.

From 1927 to the end of the War Morcambe were not very succesful, but finished fourth in the 46/47 season.

1960/61 was possibly their best season when they were League Champions, Lancashire Junior Cup Winners, also reaching the 3rd round of the FA Cup losing 0-1 to Weymouth in front of a record crowd of 9,234.

1966/67 was another good one, winning the League and Combination Cup. This was achieved again the following season, also being the first non-league club to win the Lancashire Senoir Cup.

In 1973/74 Morcambe triumphed at Wembley, beating Dartford 2-1 in the FA Trophy.

Then a ten year baron period followed, with financial problems and poor performances on the pitch, but the 1985/86 season saw a third place (Northern League) League position and winning the Junior Cup.

1994/95 sees Morcambe getting promotion into the Conference after finishing runners-up.They finished 9th in their first season.

Chritie Park has had a lot of money spent on it and is now up to League standard.

Morcambes most succesful season in the Conference so far was 1999/2000 when they finished third. Last season they ended up one place behind the Bees in sixth.

Notable ex-player
Kenny Lowe-Barnet via Barrow

  
       
 

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