Morecambe 1 AFC Fylde 1: Shrimps’ late leveller ensures honours are even
Morecambe met AFC Fylde at the Halo Aerospace Stadium on Tuesday evening.
A late goal from Paul Lewis meant Morecambe shared the spoils against National League club AFC Fylde in their latest pre-season outing on Tuesday, writes DEREK QUINN.
The midfielder was on hand to score from Isaac Buckley-Ricketts’ low cross on 85 minutes, levelling the scores after Dylan Allen-Hadley had given the Coasters the lead.
Fylde’s left-winger, who was a constant threat to the Morecambe defence throughout a well-contested friendly, had put them ahead when scoring from a tight angle three minutes earlier.
Morecambe started the game on the front foot with Lewis Leigh hitting the post from a tight angle and Cameron Coxe forcing a flying save from Pat Boyes in the opening minutes.
After a sluggish start, Fylde hit back with the highly-rated Danny Ormerod seeing a shot superbly blocked by Lewis Baines.
The teams continued to trade chances with Elliot Newby heading a Teddy Collis cross wide from close range on 33 minutes.
That was before Allen-Hadley scuffed an effort from the edge of the box when he should have done better and Tom Whelan blazed over from close range.
Fylde started the second half on top with Ormerod seeing an early effort blocked by Shrimps substitute Liam Hogan and Allen-Hadley’s shot deflected wide.
Former Morecambe defender Adam Lewis went close from the edge of the box and Ormerod was denied an opener 10 minutes into the half by a sharp Joe Young save.
That proved to be the only clear chance until the final moments of the game when both sides found the target to share the spoils.
Morecambe: Young (Boney 75), Coxe (Trialist 75), Smith (Hogan 46), Baines, Williams (Fairclough 58), Leigh, O’Kane (Lewis 26), Daly (Illingworth 75), Newby, Buckley-Ricketts, Collis (Blois 46). Subs not used: Vilchez, Newall.
AFC Fylde: Boyes, Drewe (Main 60), C Whelan (Jackson 60), Lancaster (Fisher 70), Lewis (Dougall 70), Merrie (Meadowcroft 70), T Whelan (Taylor 60), Mitchell, Allen-Hadley, Ormerod (Morris 60), Mayor (Trialist 60). Sub not used: Jones.