Match Day Thread Morecambe v Preston North End The Globe 24/8/21

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The Mazuma Stadium (formerly known as the Globe Arena for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Morecambe, Lancashire, England, which is the home of Morecambe F.C.[1][2][3][4][5] The stadium replaced the old Morecambe F.C. stadium, Christie Park, which was Morecambe's home from 1921 to 2010. The stadium holds up to 6,476 supporters, with 2,173 seats available in the Main Stand, which runs the length of one side of the pitch. Opposite the Main Stand is an uncovered terrace with a capacity of 606, giving a similar feel to the ground as that at Christie Park. At either ends of the pitch are the home and away stands, with the home end holding a maximum of 2,234 supporters and the away end having a capacity of 1,389.[6] In the north east corner of the stadium is the Tyson Fury Foundation, which is split between two floors. The building also houses a gym, which was purchased by Tyson Fury in August 2020.
History
Work officially started on clearing the site of trees on 9 May 2009, and work above ground started in early September 2009. By the middle of September the first main structure of the Main Stand was visible, and in early 2010 the other three stands were being developed. In late May the pitch was seeded.[7]

It was originally planned that the stadium would be ready for the 2009–10 season, but delays meant that it would not be ready until the 2010–11 season.

Globe Arena's opening game was to be a friendly against Bolton Wanderers on 28 July 2010, with the official opening of the stadium due to be marked by a local derby against rivals Preston North End on 31 July. However, all three planned home pre-season friendly fixtures were cancelled because of site delays.[8] The stadium's opening game was instead against Coventry City for Morecambe's League Cup first-round tie on 10 August,[9] in which Morecambe marked the occasion by beating their Championship opponents 2–0, with Andy Fleming scoring the first two goals at the stadium.[10]

The first league game at the Globe Arena was a 0–0 draw with Rotherham United. Their first league win came in a 1-0 match against Shrewsbury Town. The Shrimps' biggest victory on the ground was a 6–0 defeat of Crawley Town, with striker Phil Jevons becoming the first player to score a hat-trick on the ground. A record of 5,375 was set on 28 August 2013 when Morecambe hosted Newcastle United in the 2nd Round of the League Cup with Newcastle emerging 2–0 winners.


Been a few times apart from the main stand this is a reconstruction of the old Christie Park all that is missing is a car wash next to the ground

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LAST TIME OUT

PREVIOUS MEETINGS
This will be the 6th meeting between the clubs two League Cup ties at Deepdale and two bin liner games at Morecambe. Morecambe won the first ever competitive meeting folloing glass back Wayne Henderson's inability to catch the ball in the last minute of the game

FAMOUS MORECAMBE FOLK

John Eric Bartholomew, OBE (14 May 1926 – 28 May 1984), known by his stage name Eric Morecambe, was an English comedian who together with Ernie Wise formed the double act Morecambe and Wise. The partnership lasted from 1941 until Morecambe's death in 1984. Morecambe took his stage name from his home town, the seaside resort of Morecambe in Lancashire.

He was the co-star of the BBC One's television series The Morecambe & Wise Show, which for the 1977 Christmas episode gained UK viewing figures of over 28 million people.[1] One of the most prominent comedians in British popular culture, in 2002 he was named one of the 100 Greatest Britons in a BBC poll.[2]

Morecambe, who had previously suffered heart attacks in November 1968 and March 1979 as well as undergoing bypass surgery, collapsed from a heart attack as he left the stage of the Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury, following a performance; he died in hospital a few hours later

Unfortunately due to no longer being alive Eric will not be at the game however as long as local Romanians have not nicked his statue you can see the great man on the seafront

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Morecambe are next up for Preston North End as the teams fight for a place in the third round of the Carabao Cup.

PNE confirmed their place in round two by defeating League Two side Mansfield Town earlier in the month, meanwhile the Shrimps got past Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

PNE Team News

Four players missed the weekend’s game against Peterborough through Covid-related reasons and they will all be unavailable again on Tuesday night.

Tom Barkhuizen has returned to the training ground after being unwell with the illness and he has begun his seven to nine day phased return to training, as per protocols, so will miss the game against his former side.

Alan Browne, Ched Evans and Liam Lindsay are all still isolating.

The Opposition

Morecambe were victorious in the League Two Play-Off final at the end of last season, sealing a place in the third tier of English football for the first time in club history.

They certainly haven’t looked out of their depth either, taking four points from their opening four, earning a point away to Ipswich Town on the opening day of the season before beating Shrewsbury Town on home turf.

Since then, though, it’s been two defeats in a row, but only by one-goal margins against Rotherham United and Gillingham.

Key Stats

Tuesday night’s game will only be the sixth ever competitive meeting in the history of this fixture, with the first of those coming in 2007 in the same tournament, then known as the Carling Cup.

Morecambe lost their top scorer from last season in the summer, Carlos Mendes Gomes, who departed for Luton Town, but Cole Stockton is making up for the loss of his goals, with the forward having scored five already this term.

The Shrimps once turned to Tom Barkhuizen for goals; PNE’s No.29 scored 17 times in his 69 appearances for his former side.

Our Last Meeting





Preston North End welcomed Morecambe to Deepdale in 2018 in the first round of the EFL Cup and the Lilywhites came out 3-1 victors on the night.

Goals from Brandon Barker and Louis Moult put the home side two ahead, before Liam Mandeville pulled one back for the Shrimps just before the break.

Graham Burke’s goal on 58 minutes sealed the win for PNE, though, and earned his team a place in the second round.

Man In The Middle

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Referee James Oldham will take charge of his first Preston North End fixture on Tuesday night.

Over the last couple of seasons, Oldham has taken the whistle for League One and Two games. Last term he issued 83 yellow cards and four reds in his 29 games.

So far this campaign, he’s shown a total of 23 yellow cards in four games, ten of which came on the opening day of the League Two season, in a match between Stevenage and Barrow.

 

MACS VIEW

No doubt we will make changes suspect big Rodwell Grant will play from the start., Bayliss and Harrop may make a rare appearence and hazard a guess Rudd will be in goal, won't be easy against the Shrimps having battled their way to a brilliant promotion last season. Stockton will be a handful though
Another Tuesday night away game hopefully better than the garbage from last Tuesday, could be quite entertaining this one hopefully teh sell out visitors support will be the one celebrating.
Finally as it is Morecambe just to remind them that the superior club of the Lune delta play at the Giant Axe

 

Two goals from Emil Riis Jakobsen helped Preston North End to victory over League One Morecambe in round two of the Carabao Cup.

The 22-year-old Dane gave the visitors the lead after just seven minutes at the Mazuma Stadium, before doubling the advantage later in the first half.

Morecambe hit back to level through Anthony O'Connor and Cole Stockton.

But goals from Ryan Ledson and then Sepp van den Berg with 10 minutes to go put the match beyond the hosts.

• How Tuesday's Carabao Cup second-round ties unfolded

Riis Jakobsen, who signed for Championship side Preston last October, took little time to get going.

He got on the end of a high ball forward from captain Daniel Johnson, and in behind two defenders to calmly slot the ball away for his first of the night.

Then, when visiting keeper Jokull Andresson clashed with his own defender inside the Morecambe box, Riis Jakobsen was quickest to react and make it 2-0.

O'Connor gave the hosts hope of a comeback deep in first-half injury time, pulling one back from Greg Leigh's free-kick, before Stockton's right-footed strike levelled matters.

But, just three minutes later, a half-volley from Ledson put Preston back in the lead and 19-year-old Dutch defender Van den Berg, on loan from Liverpool, secured the win with a simple tap-in.

Morecambe manager Stephen Robinson:

"The performance was top-class and I don't think anyone would have known who was the Championship side and who was in League One but ultimately we conceded four goals and lost the game which is what matters.

"There were a lot of positives and we made them work hard but we are disappointed not to have won the game."

Preston North End manager Frankie McAvoy:

"It was a magnificent cup tie and every credit to Morecambe for pulling it back to 2-2. Our lads could have dropped their heads because when they got their second they were really putting us under pressure.

"But we stepped up and Ryan Ledson scored a magnificent goal to put us ahead again and then we worked a terrific fourth after a great move.

"Even then Morecambe kept coming. But we stood up to be counted and that was really pleasing."

 

First half although leading we were not brillant, the goal by them on half time made it a cracking second half, Ledson's goal just tremendous