Player ratings

BROWN: Excellent saves in difficult conditions to deny Cranston and Mandeville before he denied Leitch-smith from the spot ..................... 8 GIBBONS: Positive performance, driving forward when he could ............................ 6 SMITH: In a decent spell of form .................................. 6 RAWLINSON: Solid at the heart of the defence ........... 6 VASSELL: Started well with crucial blocks and challenges throughout ......................... 6 KAY: Took his goal expertly and looked solid sitting in front of the back four .......... 7 OYELEKE: Below his best. Couldn’t complain about being subbed .............................. 5 CONLON: Another not quite at his best ............................. 5 MONTANO: Well below the high standards he set in the previous two games ............ 5 POPE: Played well with little service, then took his goal expertly ............................. 8 HANNANT: Another who didn’t reach the standards set in the previous two games ............ 5 SUBSTITUTES QUIGLEY (Oyeleke, 64): Excellent cross for Pope’s goal .... 7 Not used: Joyce, Hornby, Pugh, Dodds, Whitfield, Hardcastle. Morecambe: Halstead, Yarney, Old, Lavelle, Conlan, Cranston (Oates, 79), Kenyon, Mandeville, Leitch-smith, Ellison (Thompson, 86), Oswell (Oliver, 86). Not used: Roche, Thompson, Mendes Gomez, Piggott, Hedley. STAR MAN: Scott Brown: He was a strong contender for this even before his penalty save secured the point.