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)
Dave Challinor previews tonight match
“In terms of what we’ll see against Morecambe on Tuesday, I suggest you’ll see a very motivated group of forwards who are desperate to not only score but do themselves the world of good in terms of getting to start the game on Saturday [against Northampton Town],” Challinor said.
“They will make our decisions for us and they might make our decisions really easy and I hope they do.
“They might make them tough but we’ll see where we’re at because we want to win and progress in the competition. For us as a squad, it’s an opportunity for players to play games and have that chance to show what they can do and put it fresh in our minds in terms of where they’re at.
“We’ll use that but fundamentally, we want to win the game.”
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Hartlepool United are in Papa John’s Trophy action this evening against League One side Morecambe at Victoria Park.
Pools lost their opening group stage match on penalties at Carlisle United but were still able to pick up a point following a 3-3 draw after 90-minutes.
Tonight’s match will be decided on penalties if it is level after 90-minutes. The shoot out winner will get two points and the loser one.
Defeat for Morecambe tonight would see them exit the competition.
We’ll have all the updates and reaction throughout the evening in our live blog.
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