2007–08 Morecambe F.C. season

2007–08 Morecambe F.C. season

Manager	Sammy McIlroy
Stadium	Christie Park
League Two	11th
FA Cup	First round
League Cup	Third round
Football League Trophy	Area finals
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

During the 2007–08 English football season, Morecambe F.C. competed in Football League Two.

Season summary

Morecambe achieved an 11th-place finish in their first ever season in the Football League. The club also claimed two victories in the League Cup, winning away at second-tier Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers. However, they lost in the third round with a 5-0 defeat at Sheffield United.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Steven Drench 2 DF Adam Yates 3 DF Michael Howard 4 DF David Artell[notes 1] 5 DF Jim Bentley 6 MF Craig Stanley 7 MF Michael Twiss 8 MF Garry Hunter 9 FW Wayne Curtis 10 MF Carl Baker 11 MF Garry Thompson 12 MF Damien Allen 14 MF Neil Sorvel 15 MF Fraser McLachlan 16 MF Stewart Drummond

No. Position Player 17 MF Jamie Burns 18 MF Paul Lloyd 19 DF Simon Grand 20 FW Jon Newby 21 FW Matthew Blinkhorn 22 DF Jamie Davies 23 DF Henry McStay[notes 2] 24 DF Andy Langford 25 DF Danny Adams 26 MF Paul Jarvis 28 MF Gary Ball 30 GK Scott Davies 32 GK Shwan Jalal[notes 3] (on loan from Peterborough United) 33 GK Steve McIlhargey

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 23 DF Keiran Walmsley (to Fleetwood Town) 27 DF Phil McLuckie (to Workington) 29 DF Ryan Cresswell (on loan from Sheffield United)

No. Position Player 31 GK Scott Loach (on loan from Watford) 32 GK Joe Lewis (on loan from Norwich City)

References

1. "FootballSquads - Morecambe - 2007/08". footballsquads.co.uk.

Notes

1. Artell was born in Rotherham, England, but also qualified to represent Gibraltar internationally and made his international debut for Gibraltar in March 2014.
2. McStay was born in Armagh, Northern Ireland, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and has represented them at U-21 level.
3. Jalal was born in Baghdad, Iraq, but was raised in England and played for the England C team; he later made his international debut for Iraq in June 2015.