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Match Report

Nothing looked on as Valentine received the ball just inside the Morecambe half but the two Morecambe centre backs went walkabout and Valentine picked out Proctor in acres of space down the middle.

Goalkeeper Joe Lewis raced off his line and he was in no mans land as Proctor calmly lifted the ball over his head and into the empty net for his second of the afternoon.

Valentine showed more great vision a minute after the goal and he almost sent Neil Roberts clean through at goal but he was stopped following a well timed tackle from Bentley.

It was now all Wrexham with Morecambe’s attacks now rare and Llewellyn almost made it three just before the half hour mark when his header from Done’s corner was cleared from the line by Twiss.

Neil Roberts went close with ten minutes of the half left when he fired in a long range shot that just cleared the bar and the only threat on the Wrexham goal was when Pejic had to head clear a cross from inside the six yard box but Wrexham left the field to a round of applause.

Morecambe had to do something at the interval and manager Sammy McIlroy introduced former Wrexham striker Jon Newby for Jamie Burns and the Shrimps reduced the arrears within ten minutes of the restart.

By this time, Proctor had curled an effort wide for Wrexham but good build up play down the Morecambe right created the opening for Jon Newby to score from close range after having an earlier strike chalked off for a push.

Wrexham responded by replacing Matty Done with Eifion Williams with Llewellyn still staying out on the right flank but this change did little to turn around our fortunes as we the visitors continued to control the game.

Garry Thompson should have done better when he headed over and in a rare Wrexham attack, substitute Eifion Williams forced Lewis into a diving save from the edge of the area.

Morecambe continued to press but Josh Johnson, on as substitute for Chris Llewellyn, went close after his cross almost dropped in over Lewis but in the end just cleared the cross bar with ten minutes left.

Morecambe used all their substitutes in a bid to get back into the game and one of these, Wayne Curtis, should have done better after a mistake from Hope allowed him a clear shot at goal but Williams was off his line quickly to block the shot.

There was still time at the death for Craig Stanley but in the end we just about crossed the finishing line with our noses in front but realistically it was three points that we should have had in the bag by half time.

Match Reaction

Jon Newby: "If I had a few quid for every time I scored against Wrexham I'd be a rich man! I just hope we draw them in the first round of the F.A. Cup now! It's pleasing from a personal point of view, but obviously as a team we're disappointed we didn't get anything from the game. Wrexham have always been a lucky team for me, I don't know what it is. I didn't know whether I'd make it onto the bench or not today; if I'd known I'd have had a fiver on myself! I'd have liked to have stayed here last season and got a few goals for the club. It's a fantastic club and I got on really well with Brian Carey.  [Source: Wrexham FC - click here for more]