Match preview: Morecambe (a)

26-Oct-2024 07:45:12 | Chesterfield FC

After another draw at the SMH Group Stadium, Paul Cook’s men make another away journey, this time to Morecambe. They are looking to provide another impressive performance on the road for the travelling Spireites after delight in South Wales just over a week ago. Morecambe have undergone a difficult start to the season, winning just one of their opening 13 games, a 1-0 win over north-west rivals Barrow, who sit a point and a place ahead of the Spireites in eighth place. Head-to-head After a first meeting with the Shrimps in the FA Cup first round in 2002 ended in 2-1 defeat, the Spireites have only got the better of today’s opponents on two of the 14 occasions that followed. The first win came in 2010, when Martin Gritton scored the only goal in a 1-0 for John Sheridan’s men at Christie Park. There was a four-year wait for the next win, which came in Paul Cook’s first spell at the club when Jay O’Shea scored the winner in another 1-0 win for the Spireites at the then Proact Stadium. Today’s game will be Cook’s tenth meeting against the Lancashire outfit and he will be hoping to improve on his […]