‘I can tell already that we’ve got some very good players out wide and they can put good balls in’
MORECAMBE STANLEY
STANLEY concluded their pre-season programme as Colby Bishop added to his growing reputation by scoring another goal for the Reds.
New arrival Bishop scored his second goal for Stanley as the Reds signed off their pre-season with a 2-0 win over Morecambe at Leyland.
Bishop headed home against Preston North End on Tuesday night at the County Ground from a Callum Johnson cross and it was the two who combined again in the second half to give Stanley the lead against the Sky Bet League Two side.
Sean McConville doubled Stanley’s advantage soon after a strike from the edge of the area to leave Colby eagerly anticipating the Sky Bet League One opener at Lincoln City next week.
Colby believes the partnership he can strike up with the wide players in the team can lead to the club having plenty of success this season.
Bishop joined Stanley this summer for an undisclosed fee from non-league side Leamington and is taking plenty of positives from the pre-season campaign, and is using the match with Championship side Preston as an indication of what the Reds can be capable of this season.
“I’m looking forward to the season because I can tell already that we’ve got some very good players out wide and they can put a good ball in,” he told the club’s official website.
“I think it went well, it was obviously a tough test, they were a very good team and they moved the ball well.
“We handled it really well, and in the second half I thought that we did
looped up and Mark Hughes cleared off the line.
Alessandra then tried his luck from the edge of the box but Dimi Evtimov was equal to it.
Shrimps keeper Roche was then the busier, with Bishop steering two headers on target but he couldn’t get past the stopper leaving it all square at the break.
After the break, Aaron Wildig rifled over for Morecambe and ex-Stanley winger John O’Sullivan cut inside but had his curling shot saved by Evtimov.
Morecambe won a penalty when O’Sullivan was judged to have been caught by Seamus Conneely and the Irishman took the spot-kick which was saved onto the post by Evtimov.
Coleman put on Joe Pritchard and Zaine Francis-Angol early on in the second half and Stanley soon took the lead with Bishop leaping high .