Story of the night: Hartlepool United 2-2 Morecambe – late drama as Pools secure 4-2 shoot out win
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A Matty Daly brace for Pools and first half goals from Shane McLoughlin and Callum Jones for Morecambe saw the game end at 2-2 following Luke Molyneux’s stoppage time penalty miss.
But Pools would run out victorious on penalties as Matty Daly, Molyneux, David Ferguson and Tom Crawford dispatched from 12-yards to secure two points with a 4-2 shoot out victory.
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FULL-TIME: Hartlepool United 2 (Daly 8’, 84’) Morecambe 2 (McLoughlin 33’, Jones pen 40’) - Pools win 4-2 on penalties
Key Events
- Pools XI: Mitchell; Ogle, Byrne, Odusina, Ferguson; Crawford, Smith, Daly, Cook; Goodwin, Cullen (Molyneux 72)
- Pools subs: Killip, Hendrie, Francis-Angol, Featherstone, Shelton, Molyneux, Fondop
- Pools bookings: Smith (2), Ogle (39), Odusina (50), Fondop (78)
- Morecambe XI: Andresson; Jones, Wildig, Delaney, Mensah, Ayunga, McLoughlin, Cooney, Price (Gnahoua 74), Pye (McDonald 74), Wooton
- Morecambe subs: Letheren, O’Connor, McDonald, Phillips, Gnahoua, Rooney, Stockton
- Morecambe bookings: Price (63)
- Referee: Simon Mather
- Attendance: 1,572 (43 Morecambe)
Kick-off: Morecambe get the ball rolling at The Vic
The rain is swirling around the ground here at the moment as we get under way.
Nine changes for Morecambe too - they were beaten 4-3 at Wycombe on Saturday
Morecambe XI: Andresson; Jones, Wildig, Delaney, Mensah, Ayunga, McLoughlin, Cooney, Price, Pye, Wooton
Morecambe subs: Letheren, O’Connor, McDonald, Phillips, Gnahoua, Rooney, Stockton
The Pools line-up is in!
Pools XI: Mitchell; Ogle, Byrne, Odusina, Ferguson; Crawford, Smith, Daly, Cook; Goodwin, Cullen
Pools subs: Killip, Hendrie, Francis-Angol, Featherstone, Shelton, Molyneux, Fondop
Another potential injury blow for Pools
Striker Fela Olomola has been seen sporting crutches at Victoria Park this evening. The forward was set to be on the bench after missing out Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at Stevenage.
It’s unclear what the exact nature of Olomola’s injury is at this stage but it looks highly unlikely that he’ll be involved this evening.
