Brown laments two points dropped

Att: 6,368 Rating: ★★★★★ Ref: Kevin Johnson 5/10

NEW boss Phil Brown says Swindon will have to be more technically and tactically aware against Crawley on Easter Monday, after his side drew with Morecambe.

Callum Lang had put Morecambe ahead two minutes before half time but Luke Norris won and scored a controversial penalty to give the hosts a share of the spoils.

“Monday is just another game of football. We know what we have to do to win the next game,” said Brown.

“Here we had to roll our sleeves up and get something from the match. Morecambe are probably arguing about the penalty but I didn’t see the incident.

“At 1-1 you are thinking ‘here we go, my first home game, so hopefully a first home win’. If truth be known, it should have been.”

Morecambe were forced into an early change when goalkeeper Barry Roche injured himself and was replaced by Danijel Nizic.

Swindon controlled much of the game but couldn’t test the substitute keeper. Luke Norris scuffed a shot wide in the first half, before Rene Menayese lashed an effort over the crossbar.

The Shrimps took the lead in the 43rd minute when Vadaine Oliver won possession on the halfway line, before playing Lang through one-on-one with the keeper and the striker coolly slotted the ball past Moore into the corner.

Swindon almost equalised instantly when Ben Purkiss met Matt Taylor’s corner but Nizic superbly pushed the goal-bound header onto the post.

Kevin Johnson awarded Swindon the contentious penalty early in the second half when Alex Kenyon was deemed to have pulled back Luke Norris. And the Robins striker smashed the ball down the middle to equalise.

Richards then missed a glorious chance to give the hosts the lead when he couldn’t connect with Taylor’s low cross from two yards out. as the game fizzled out in the final twenty minutes.

Morecambe boss Jim Bentley said there were plenty of positives to take from the game.

“Hopefully we can get back to winning ways and keep this unbeaten run going on Monday,” he said.

“We had to dig in at times but we were strong defensively and we fully deserved the point.

“The turning point is the penalty and I need to see it again. No one in the stadium claimed for it – neither the fans nor the Swindon technical area.”