Morecambe Under 18's 6-2 Galgate Under 18's

Morecambe secured their first win of the season at the hands of Galgate. After last week's disappointing defeat to Charnock Richard in the Syndicate Trust Youth Cup, The shrimps needed to bounce back and big changes were made by manager Richard Gough. The formation changed to 4-3-3 with Guy Gibson, William Swan-Bell, John Frizzle, Lewis Hogg and Lawrence Cope coming into the starting line-up.

It wasn't all plain sailing for Morecambe as Galgate penned them in their own half for the first ten minutes. However Galgate didn't create much and only created one decent opening but Morecambe Keeper Joe Shanley, was up to the task making an excellent save. The deadlock was then broken 10 minutes later as Morecambe broke. A flick on by Russell Moore played in John Frizzle, who out paced the defence and finished with aplomb into the bottom corner. Morecambe then took control of the game having more of the possession with the passing particularly a joy to watch. Dan Jackson, Sam Hallam and Russell Moore won every ball in the midfield for the rest of the half but very few chances were created, so the Shrimps went in 1-0 up at halftime.

The second half started the same as the first with Galgate putting Morecambe under more pressure but once again it was Morecambe, who scored first again. An inswinging corner was met by Russell Moore's header which nestled in the bottom corner despite the best attempts of the Galgate keeper and the player on the line. The Shrimps concentration then suddenly switched off as Galgate's Nathan Winder pulled a goal back only a few minutes later when he skipped through two poor challenges and dispatched leaving Shanley with no chance.

Two more goals by Morecambe then killed off any hopes of a Galgate comeback as Morecambe once again took control. Moore scored his second with a smart finish from substitute William Huntington's pull back and then fellow substitute Daniel Murtagh scoring from long range, leaving the Keeper grasping thin air.

Winder then pulled another consolation back when he headed over Shanley but then got himself sent off for a second bookable offence after he kicked out at Huntington. Galgate had already started to tire and by now, Morecambe were dominant. Dan Jackson then slotted home with other players queuing up behind him to finish, and finally Swan-Bell scored after the Keeper spilled Dan Jackson's long range effort.