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  • Taylor (15), Curtis (32), Curtis (44)
  • Wilson (51)
  • Date:2009-02-14
  • Kick-off:15:00
  • Venue:Christie Park
  • Attendance:1795
  • Referee:Penn, A

Live Commentary

90mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90mins

Chester are replacing Ryan Lowe with Paul Smith.

85mins

The referee has booked Paul Linwood.

80mins

Morecambe are replacing Aaron Taylor with Diarmuid O'Carroll.

80mins

Chester are replacing David Mannix with Paul Rutherford.

51mins

Goal!! Chester have scored with Laurence Wilson putting it in the back of the net.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 3 v 0.

45mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

45mins

Jay Harris goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.

44mins

Goal!! Morecambe have scored with Wayne Curtis putting it in the back of the net.

38mins

The referee has booked Glenn Rule.

36mins

James Vaughan is replaced by Ben Jones.

32mins

Goal!! Morecambe have scored with Wayne Curtis putting it in the back of the net.

15mins

Goal!! Aaron Taylor scores for Morecambe.

0mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.


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Match Report

A brace from Wayne Curtis helped Morecambe record their first double of the season with an excellent win over struggling Chester.

Curtis, making his first start since the end of October, scored twice in quick succession after youngster Aaron Taylor had headed the Shrimps into a 14th minute lead.

Chester had the first clear chance when central defender Paul Linwood forced a great double save from Barry Roche with a firm header on target from a Ryan Lowe free-kick.

But Morecambe soon took control as they took the lead with a well taken corner.

Michael Twiss, one of three former Chester players, produced a vicious in-swinger and Taylor nipped in front of his marker to direct a header past John Danby.

Chester rallied after the game and Kevin Ellison got the ball into the net with a glancing header only to see the offside flag raised.

But from there Morecambe dominated and should have scored a second after 27 minutes but Stewart Drummond missed the target from close range when he looked certain to slam home Neil Wainwright's cross.

Six minutes later, Morecambe did manage to double their advantage.

Wainwright again provided the ammunition with a storming run and cross down the left which Chester failed to clear and Curtis followed up to slam the ball home from 15 yards.

As half-time approached, Curtis hit his second to make it three with a stunning right-foot strike from the edge of the box from Taylor's neat knock down.

Chester came back strongly in the second half with a much better display.

Laurence Wilson gave them hopes of a comeback on 51 minutes when he scored a superb individual goal on 51 minutes after latching on to Wainwright's poor cross-field ball.

The visitors almost added a second a few moments later when Shrimps skipper Jim Bentley diverted a Ben Jones cross just wide of his own goal.

Roche made two decent saves from Lowe but it was the home side who came closest to scoring when Dave Artell headed a Garry Hunter corner inches over.

Morecambe

Chester City

Corners

88

Fouls

98

Goal attempts

1114

Shots off target

64

Offsides

73

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