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[thegazelle]

Fantastic another no hoper sh!t team beats some body who thought they had a divine right to go back to the league

wonder why confguide is down today?

[Alty Dave]

Well done Morecambe, it is good to see an honest team succeeding.

[Sarf London Alty]

Yes, well done to them, esp after the number of near misses in recent years.

However, as has been pointed out on here before, all this 'honest non league side, could be us one day' type analogy doesn't really wash as of course Umbro have pumped in millions to transfer Christie Park and the set up there over the past 10 years. Still, anything that pisses of all the ex-league boys on confguide must be good.

[hsmith1]

Well done to Morcambe and bad luck to Exeter.Exeter fans did support us a lot when we had our petition so come on dont start knocking teams for getting on.

[Mallorca Alty]

Im probably talking through my pocket here because I backed Exeter at 7-1 to win play-offs. Morecambe deserved to win on the day. But I don't think they are going to last too long in the league if they play some of their mercenries like McNiven and Twiss. I see them being another Accrington when everyone turns up for the first home game. Then they will go back to having crowds of 1500. I don't see the logic of continuing to pump money into a business and running it as a loss all the time.

[Altyant]

Aye, congratulations Morecambe

[Altysmiffy]

s'pose that buggers up our chances of getting Danny Adams back then?

[andrewflynn]

lol danny adams took out sammy m'clroy. quality

[radcliffe alty]

He did look far too fat for League 2 though. He looked the perfect build for Blue Square North.

Make of that what you will.

[Amsterdam Alty]

it was jim bentley i believe

[AltyTunnelSteward]

NO.........Definitely Danny Adams

[ManagementGuru]

When I first went to Morecambe in 1977, I arrived at Christie Park at 2:15pm, and there was no-one there (officials, turnstiles etc.) so I wandered into the ground and waited for other people to turn up, eventually buying a programme at 2:50 and watched a drab match in a ground with no atmosphere, a crowd of 358 (Average age 60+), many of whom from Alty.  We won 1-0 with Tony Webber scoring just after half time.

The following year, at the end of the season, another game with no atmosphere, except for the travelling Alty fans in the run up to Wembley.  We won 4-2 - and our team includedthe likes Steve Johnson (Jeff's brother).  And Morecambe didn't even bother to produce a programme for the match.

Typically back then Morecambe were lower mid table NPL with an average gate of around 300.  Where did all the people come from?  (Not Lancaster, thats for sure: - that would be like us seeing Macc getting in the football league and switching our allegance to a more succesful Cheshire based football club?)

But well done to them - it shows that if you are genuinely in it for the long haul, you can achieve lasting and sustainable progess.

[teasybeaver]

Morecombe do have the widest team in football. They look like they have 8 across the back but its just their 'stocky' defence, who are frustratingly fit.

Fair play to morecombe, they've always had ups and downs with attendances but i think they'll pull in 3000 regularly in league 2, shame about the manager!