Having another clearout and came across a team profile from 2002/03. I'll post more as & when I find anything worthy.
PLAYER PROFILES, MORECAMBE FC, SEASON 2002-2003
JIM BENTLEY,( squad no 5) Central Defender, Born Liverpool, 11th June 1976. Joined Morecambe July 2002 from Conference club Telford United. Previously at Manchester City. A commanding defender who won personal honours whilst at the Bucks Head club and was also selected to represented the FA. Scored 2 goals on his first appearance for the Shrimps in a pre-season game against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Full debut v Shrewsbury Town, LDV Vans Trophy, 22nd October 2002, Appearances this season, 8 (2 unused sub) 2 goals
RYAN ZICO BLACK, (squad no 19) Forward/midfielder, Born Guernsey, Channel Isles, 04/08/1981, Joined Morecambe’s Youth Academy scheme in the summer of 1998. Debut as substitute v Rushden & Diamonds on 14/08/1999, home game 0-0 draw. Has represented Northern Ireland at Under 18 & 21 level. Appearances last season 18 + 18 (4 unused sub). 5 goals,Appearances this season, 11 + 8 (2) 1 goal Overall appearances 60 + 47 ( 13 unused sub) 14 goals.
DANNY CARLTON, (squad no 17) Forward, Born Leeds, 22nd December 1983, Joined Morecambe from Acedamy in January 2002, Debut as substitute v Scarborough, 02nd March, full debut v Southport on 19th March 2002, Appearances last season, 1 + 4. Appearances this season 8 + 14, (2 unused) 1 goal. Overall Appearances 12 + 23 (3 unused) 7 goals.
LEE COLKIN (squad no 3). Defender Born Nuneaton, 15th July, 1974. Signed for Morecambe from Hednesford Town during the summer of 2001. Started out as a trainee at Northampton Town. Played at Hednesford on loan before joining them in the summer of 1999 Debut v Nuneaton 18/08/2001, Appearances last season, 36 + 1. Appearances this season 23 + 1 as sub, Overall appearances 58 +2
WAYNE CURTIS, ( squad no 21) Forward, Born Barrow, 06th March 1980, signed from Holker Old Boys FC after an extended trial at Christie Park. Debut v Dover Athletic, away won 3-2, (scored the 1st goal), 25th April 1998. Appearances last season 10 + 10 ( 5 unused) 9 goal. Appearances this season 17 + 2 as sub, 9 goals Overall appearances, 43 + 36 sub, (8 unused) 26 goals
STEWART DRUMMOND, ( squad no 6) Midfielder, Born Preston, 11th December 1975. Progressed through the youth teams. Signed as contracted player in June 1995. Debut as substitute v Rossendale United in the Lancs ATS Trophy, home, won 5-0, February 07th 1995. Full debut v Dagenham & Redbridge, home drew 2-2, 10th February 1996. Appearances last 45, 5 goal Appearances this season 24 + 1 as sub, 7 goals, Overall 241 + 27 used sub (12 unused), 30 goals.
LEE ELAM (squad no 23), Midfielder, Born Bradford 24th September 1976. Signed for Morecambe on eve of 2002/2003 season. Previously played for Conference rivals Southpor.
Started his career as a YTS at Bradford City before playing for Guiseley in the Unibond League Came on a substitute against Halifax Town on 20th August, and scored 2 goals to win the game, Appearances this season 21 + 2, (1 as unused sub) 8 goals.
ANDY GOUCK (squad no 8), Midfielder, Born Blackpool, 08th June 1972. Signed for Morecambe from Lancashire rivals Southport during the summer of 2001. Started as a trainee at Blackpool. Became captain at Bloomfield Road when only 18. Spent 3 seasons at Rochdale. Joined Southport during the summer of 1998 Debut v Nuneaton 18/08/2001, Appearances last season 27+5(1 unused) 3goal. Appearances this season, 4 + 11 (7 unused sub) 1 goal. Appearances overall 31 + 13 (10 unused,) 4 goals
KEITH HILL(squad no 24) Defender, Born Bolton, 17th May 1969. Signed for Morecambe just prior to season 2002-2003 from Cheltenham Town. Began his career at Blackburn Rovers, before joining west country Plymouth Argyle in a £175,000 transfer. Played also for Rochdale, Cheltenham and Wrexham(on loan) making over 450 league appearances.Debut v Margate, away 17th August 2002, 1-1 draw. Appearances this season 22 (1 as unused sub)
DAVID McKEARNEY ( squad no 2) Defender/midfielder, Born Liverpool, 20/06/68, signed from Chorley, July 1996. Previous clubs, Prescot Cables, Bolton Wanderers, Crewe Alexandra, Wigan Athletic. Debut Woking, home, lost 1-2, 17th August 1996. Appearances last season 48 Appearances this season, 23 + 1, 1 goal, Overall appearances, 316 + 4, ( 1 unused sub) 17 goals. Selected for the FA v The Unibond League in 1996, and also 1999.
CRAIG MAWSON (squad no 1) Goalkeeper, Born Keighley, 16th May 1979. Signed from Halifax Town. Previous club Burnley. Made his debut v Nuneaton 18/08/2001, kept clean sheet in 1-0 victory. Appearances last season 51. Appearances this season, 25, Overall Appearances 76
JAMIE MURPHY (sqaud no 4) Defender, born Blackpool, 25/02/1973, signed August 2000. Previous clubs, Blackpool, DoncasterRovers, Halifax Town, on loan, Cambridge United, Halifax Town. Football Conference winners medal whilst with Halifax Town, Appearances last season, 19+8, (2 unused), appearances this season, 1 + 2, 1 goal, overall appearances, 46+ 19 (7 unused) 2 goal
DAVID PERKINS ( squad no 16) Midfielder/Defender, Born Morecambe, 21/06/1982. Joined from Academy scheme in July 2000. Was an unused substitute at Yeovil on 29th September 2000, full debut v Lincoln City in LDV Vans Trophy Tuesday December 04th? Appearances last season ,26+2 (1 unused) Appearances this season 1+6 (2 unusued) Overall Appearances 39+ 8 (4 unused)
NICK ROGAN, (squad no 20) Forward. Born Blackpool, 15th October 1983. Signed for the Christie Park club in October 2001, earning a full contract in July 2002. Previously with Kendal Town in the Unibond League Debut as substitute v Margate, away 17th August 2002, 1-1 draw.Full debut v Grantham, 26th October, 2002, 3-1 win, Nick scoring 2 goals. Appearances this season 2 + 7 (5 unused) 2 goals.
ADRIANO RIGOGLIOSO ( squad no 7) midfielder/forward, Born Liverpool, 28/051979, signed from Marine July 2000, previous clubs Liverpool and Marine. Played in FA Youth Cup Final 199, Liverpool v West Ham United. Appearances last season, 29+ 18 (1 unused) 6 goals, Appearances this season, 20 + 4, 4 goals, Overall Appearances, 72 + 38 (11 unused sub) 12 goals
MICHAEL STRINGFELLOW (sqaud no 18) Midfielder, Born Lancaster, 09th October 1981. Signed from Youth Football. Made debut, as sub v Scarborough, 16th December 2000, at home, 4-4 draw. Full debut v Nelson, Marsden Trophy, 24th January 2001, won 6-0 away Appearances last season, 3 +8, ( 3 unused). Appearances this season 15 + 1, (1unused) 1 goal Appearances overall, 27 + 13 + (5 unused sub)1 goal
IAIN SWAN, (squad no 14) Central Defender, Born Glasgow, 16th October 197, Previously played for Leigh RMI and Oldham Athletic. Joined Morecambe from the Hilton Park club in July 2002.A tall imposing defender, with nearly 100 conference appearances behind him already. Debut v Margate, away. 17th August 2002, 1-1 draw Appearances this season 23 + 1 as sub, 1 goal.
ROBBIE TALBOT (squad no 9) Forward, Born Liverpool, 31st October 1979. Signed from Burscough 08th Febraury 2001 for £9,000. Previous club, Marine. Made his debut for Morecambe as a substitute against Kettering Town, away 10th February 2001, won 5-1. . Appearances last season, 30 + 2, 15 goals, Appearances this season (1 as unused sub) Overall Appearances, 41 + 14, ( 1 as unused sub) 26 goals
GARY THOMPSON, (squad no 11) Forward, Born Kendal, 24th November 1980. Joined club from Academy scheme in July 1999, Appearance last, 35 + 1, 8 goals, Appearances this season, 13+ 3, 4 goal, Appearances overall, 84 + 24 ( 2 unused) , 21 goals
NEIL UBERSCHAR, (squad no 12) Defender/Midfielder, Born Morecambe, 16th February 1981, Signed from Youth Football. Made debut v Leigh RMI, McMillan Trophy, won 5-2 aet, home 15th February 2001. Full debut v Stevenage, away, 1-1 draw, 23rd April 2001, Appearances last season 6 + 3, (2 unused) Appearances this season,7 + 4 (11 unused) Overall appearances 15 + 9 (14 unused sub),
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Something else from 2002/03 
Fact of the day – 60% of the surfing on the discussion board is done in the 2 hours after closing time
Fact of the day – 60% of the surfing on the discussion board is done in the 2 hours after closing time
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Ryan Zico Black is a name I'll never forget.....sadly for his time with Lancaster City.
I won a Season ticket to watch The Dollies for the very interesting 2006/07 Season. The answer to the competition question was Ryan Zico Black. I think I was the only entrant in the competition!
I was as Giant Axe for the dark evening game v Workington that season when the floodlights conked out at Half-Time with the Dollies 0-4 down, and having had their keeper sent off in the fist minute. The lights never went back on and the game was abandoned.
I won a Season ticket to watch The Dollies for the very interesting 2006/07 Season. The answer to the competition question was Ryan Zico Black. I think I was the only entrant in the competition!
I was as Giant Axe for the dark evening game v Workington that season when the floodlights conked out at Half-Time with the Dollies 0-4 down, and having had their keeper sent off in the fist minute. The lights never went back on and the game was abandoned.
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Really is like turning the clocks back to read Brian's posts once again. Excellent.
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One of the regular posts I was asked to put on the OWS, not sure of the date:
It was nice while it lasted. After 3 hours stood out in the pouring rain, for once I could look forward to an afternoon in the sponsors lounge and what an afternoon! I rarely make it into the ground before kick-off but being in the sponsors lounge I left my duty in the car park early, collected your programme editor from the bar and wandered round to the Umbro stand. As the whistle blew, someone was commenting about the mass exodus from the North Stand when Thomson put the ball in the net. A fantastic start to an excellent afternoon. Bar in the corner, Grandstand on the box with the scores coming through, half time pie ‘n peas and man-of-the-match presentation in JB’s. Ah well, that’s my afternoon in the sponsors lounge over for another year.
So what did the ‘net spectators think of Saturday’s 2-0 win over Gravesend?
“Solid performance in the second half, and the lads played within themselves throughout. Jim Bentley was outstanding, and the two Lees and Macca also played very well. The central midfield (including Shelley in the hole) didn't really click till late in the game. Danny worked his heart out and is obviously disappointed to be facing a period of suspension (the straight sending off was harsh, but I think the ref was probably thinking he should have booked him a couple of minutes earlier).
Not bad - great to have climbed the league but still a long way from second place, and must play more consistently throughout the game next week.”
“Not a complete performance by any means, but a good result in what was a potential 'banana skin,' & of course a clean sheet (remember them?). Very important to get some confidence back in the side before next week and we did that today. Shelley, Thommo, Jimbo, Danny C, Lecky & Colks all played brilliantly today. Bad and good points I think today.
GOOD:
4-4-2!,
A clean sheet,
The return of Wayne,
Robbie training on the pitch before the game WITH today's squad,
The strong 'never say die' performance from Danny & Lecky (Lee Elam) (amongst others),
Attacking football right from the off,
A sound turn-out in the rain against a team that's far from well-known in truth,
Southport's defeat,
& Three points which move us in to the top 3.
BAD:
Some lapses inconcentration during which Gravesend could have pulled one back or even pulled level,
Danny's red card,
Stringy & Drummy looked a bit lost at times in midfield I thought,
The fact that Gravesend lost their cool and slightly spoilt the game,
& Robbie's slightly off target shooting before the match!
Few major complaints though and a great result. Excellent boys. “
Hopefully a lot of you will have heard about today’s match from the posters that have appeared everywhere. Two of our directors, Stuart and Mark, own an internet company (Iomart) and gave us the time of one of their graphic designers, Jonathan Coole. With some input from Posh Bloke, the special posters finally appeared last Monday. The internet was put to good use shaping the final poster, two designs were put on morecambefc.com and feedback given through shrimpsvoices. A few more designs later using the internet to publish the changes in minutes for everyone to see, one of the two was chosen for the final poster and it went into print. If you haven’t already got one, I doubt there’ll be any left in the club shop – rumour has it that everyone taking a poster for display took an extra one for themselves as a collectors item. Mine’s in the window, honest ‘guv! Plans are being made to carry on the posters and a group of people will be meeting to discuss, design and distribute. If you can help, please get in touch with the club, we’d love to hear from you. Here’s what Mark Hallam had to say:
“I take your point about long term initiatives etc. We have just this week put up a "new fixtures coming up" sign as you enter Lancaster at the merger of Morecambe Rd/Owen Rd, this sign cost nearly £1000 which comes from a non existant advertising budget. The telephone scheme was tried because it did not cost the club anything, i volunteered my staff and my phone lines to try a scheme that was different to the mainstream attendance increase ideas, ie kids for a quid etc.
I have asked on many occasions for help or ideas on increasing attendance, some people have put forward ideas which i have discussed with other members of the board, however most ideas are financially unviable. One of the main reasons for not running with ideas is that we do not want to alienate existing supporters or season ticket holders. For example, last season we tried the See you on Saturday scheme which was criticised by some supporters who bemoaned that they had paid to get in.
It is very difficult trying to run such a large organisation on a shoestring budget, it is also difficult trying to please all interested parties. However we must keep trying and i am open to any suggestions for new ideas or better still anyone who wants to volunteer his or her services to the club.
It is quite an eye opener to join the board of a football club and to find out how dependant that club is on the volunteer services of a few dedicated supporters. All schemes that we run are run with a view to them being successful, if they are a success then they will become long term schemes, if they are not then obviously they will be short term failures.
It was nice while it lasted. After 3 hours stood out in the pouring rain, for once I could look forward to an afternoon in the sponsors lounge and what an afternoon! I rarely make it into the ground before kick-off but being in the sponsors lounge I left my duty in the car park early, collected your programme editor from the bar and wandered round to the Umbro stand. As the whistle blew, someone was commenting about the mass exodus from the North Stand when Thomson put the ball in the net. A fantastic start to an excellent afternoon. Bar in the corner, Grandstand on the box with the scores coming through, half time pie ‘n peas and man-of-the-match presentation in JB’s. Ah well, that’s my afternoon in the sponsors lounge over for another year.
So what did the ‘net spectators think of Saturday’s 2-0 win over Gravesend?
“Solid performance in the second half, and the lads played within themselves throughout. Jim Bentley was outstanding, and the two Lees and Macca also played very well. The central midfield (including Shelley in the hole) didn't really click till late in the game. Danny worked his heart out and is obviously disappointed to be facing a period of suspension (the straight sending off was harsh, but I think the ref was probably thinking he should have booked him a couple of minutes earlier).
Not bad - great to have climbed the league but still a long way from second place, and must play more consistently throughout the game next week.”
“Not a complete performance by any means, but a good result in what was a potential 'banana skin,' & of course a clean sheet (remember them?). Very important to get some confidence back in the side before next week and we did that today. Shelley, Thommo, Jimbo, Danny C, Lecky & Colks all played brilliantly today. Bad and good points I think today.
GOOD:
4-4-2!,
A clean sheet,
The return of Wayne,
Robbie training on the pitch before the game WITH today's squad,
The strong 'never say die' performance from Danny & Lecky (Lee Elam) (amongst others),
Attacking football right from the off,
A sound turn-out in the rain against a team that's far from well-known in truth,
Southport's defeat,
& Three points which move us in to the top 3.
BAD:
Some lapses inconcentration during which Gravesend could have pulled one back or even pulled level,
Danny's red card,
Stringy & Drummy looked a bit lost at times in midfield I thought,
The fact that Gravesend lost their cool and slightly spoilt the game,
& Robbie's slightly off target shooting before the match!
Few major complaints though and a great result. Excellent boys. “
Hopefully a lot of you will have heard about today’s match from the posters that have appeared everywhere. Two of our directors, Stuart and Mark, own an internet company (Iomart) and gave us the time of one of their graphic designers, Jonathan Coole. With some input from Posh Bloke, the special posters finally appeared last Monday. The internet was put to good use shaping the final poster, two designs were put on morecambefc.com and feedback given through shrimpsvoices. A few more designs later using the internet to publish the changes in minutes for everyone to see, one of the two was chosen for the final poster and it went into print. If you haven’t already got one, I doubt there’ll be any left in the club shop – rumour has it that everyone taking a poster for display took an extra one for themselves as a collectors item. Mine’s in the window, honest ‘guv! Plans are being made to carry on the posters and a group of people will be meeting to discuss, design and distribute. If you can help, please get in touch with the club, we’d love to hear from you. Here’s what Mark Hallam had to say:
“I take your point about long term initiatives etc. We have just this week put up a "new fixtures coming up" sign as you enter Lancaster at the merger of Morecambe Rd/Owen Rd, this sign cost nearly £1000 which comes from a non existant advertising budget. The telephone scheme was tried because it did not cost the club anything, i volunteered my staff and my phone lines to try a scheme that was different to the mainstream attendance increase ideas, ie kids for a quid etc.
I have asked on many occasions for help or ideas on increasing attendance, some people have put forward ideas which i have discussed with other members of the board, however most ideas are financially unviable. One of the main reasons for not running with ideas is that we do not want to alienate existing supporters or season ticket holders. For example, last season we tried the See you on Saturday scheme which was criticised by some supporters who bemoaned that they had paid to get in.
It is very difficult trying to run such a large organisation on a shoestring budget, it is also difficult trying to please all interested parties. However we must keep trying and i am open to any suggestions for new ideas or better still anyone who wants to volunteer his or her services to the club.
It is quite an eye opener to join the board of a football club and to find out how dependant that club is on the volunteer services of a few dedicated supporters. All schemes that we run are run with a view to them being successful, if they are a success then they will become long term schemes, if they are not then obviously they will be short term failures.