THE Shrimps' Reserves went down 4-3 to a strong Blackpool at Bloomfield Road today.
The side, managed by Jim Bentley in the absence of Jeff Udall, produced a good performance against a side that contained plenty of experience.
Danny Mitchley gave Blackpool an early lead but Wayne Curtis replied soon afrter from the penalty sport after a Joe Martin foul. The home side regained the lead when Ishmael Demontagnac beat Scott Davies after a neat one-two with Jason Euell. Mitchley added a third before half time as Blackpool ended the period on top with Davies saving superbly from a Neal Eardley free kick.
The Shrimps started the second half brightly with Curtis pulling the score back to 3-2 but as they looked for a leveller Euell made it 4-2.
Wayne Curtis capped a good afternoon by sealing his hat-trick late in the game.
Blackpool: Halstead, Eardley, Martin, Husband, Forshaw, D'Arcy, Almond, McPhee, Euell, Demontagnac, Mitchley. Subs: Potts, Foster, Rooney, Breakell, Barkhuizen.
Morecambe
1 Scott Davies
2 Ben Jackson
3 Gavin Clark
4 Tom Smyth
5 Rory Winters
6 Joe McGee
7 Matty Poole
8 Darren Moss
9 Wayne Curtis
10 Michael Twiss
11 Adam Edan
12 Ricky Ball
14 Steve Watson
15 Ben Farley
16 Jason Yates
17/gk Ben Procter
