Venue: Meadow Lane Stadium
League 2
Saturday 1st September 2007; 3:00pm

Half Time:0-1
Attendance: 4434
Fixture 4

Ref: Steve Bratt

Notts County

Pilkington, Canoville ,Tann, Hunt, McCann (80 Somner ), Smith (70 Frost ), MacKenzie, Butcher, Mayo, Parkinson, Sam (61 Weir-Daley )

Substitutes Not Used

Sandercombe, Silk,

Morecambe

Lewis, Yates, Artel,l Bentley, Adams ,Thompson (90 Hunter ), Sorvel, Stanley, Baker (70 Newby ), Allen (66 Blinkhorn ), Twiss

Substitutes Not Used

Drench, Howard,

Notts Player Ratings

Pilkington - 8 Kept us in the game in the second half
Hunt - 6 Not up to last years standard yet this could be due to he misses Edwards
Canoville 5 – Like the rest of the defence look shaky
Mayo - 5 Poor game in midfield but improved when went back to left back.
McCann - 5 Far too many passes went out of play or to opposition players
Tann - 6 Quiet game needs to form a partnership with Hunt
McKenzie - 7 Tried to make things happen.
Smith - 6 Look poor today compared to last year.
Butcher - 6 Saved us yet again
Parkinson - 7 Out of position today but played well against 2 tall defenders but needs to go back out wide
Sam – 4 Got in the positions to score but then missed when easier to score

Weir Daley - 6 Came on but needs to play wider

Frost - 6 Got booked but did not show much
Somner - 6 Not on long enough

Match Report

Morecambe could of gone ahead in the tenth minute, when a corner came across and it was only some fine keeping by Pilkington that kept the scores level.

The Notts keeper grabbed the ball on the line, some Morecambe players appealed for a goal but the Notts keeper played on.

Notts went straight up the other end of the field and a fine cross from Parkinson was misjudged by the Morecambe keeper.

This left Sam with an open goal just a few yards out, but to the amazement of everyone he put the header wide when it looked easier to score.

Notts fell behind on thirty-five minutes when a free kick fell to Twiss who give the visitors a shock lead.

Half Time: Notts County 0-1 Morecambe

Morecambe had a fantastic chance to double the lead early in the second half but when Thompson found himself clear on goal but fired wide of Pilkington’s goal.

Notts maybe should have had a penalty when a fine run from Mayo saw him brought down in the box, but for some strange reason the Referee played on to the amazement of the crowd.

With time running out you guessed it up popped Butcher again. The midfielder player headed in a Mayo cross to give the magpies a point.

Full Time: Notts County 1-1 Morecambe