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Wycombe Wanderers 0 Morecambe 2 Saturday 2nd January 2016 Football League Two ![]() Defeat to The Shrimps came after Gareth Ainsworth recalled Joe Jacobson, Matt Bloomfield and Garry Thompson to the starting XI in favour of Sido Jombati, Steven McGinn and Aaron Amadi-Holloway - but on an afternoon where rain was virtually non-stop, Wanderers failed to adapt to the conditions and didn't register a shot on target during the 90 minutes. The closest Wanderers came in the entire game was on 39 minutes when Sam Wood's low ball from the left was flicked past the right-hand post by Thompson. Meanwhile, the visitors included former Wanderer Peter Murphy as their Captain but the midfielder seemed to be on a kamikaze mission and was booked on 5 minutes for a pull on Bloomfield and then left the field on a stretcher on 15 minutes after coming off worse for a foul on Luke O'Nein. In a show of respect, Murphy received applause from all four sides of the ground as he was taken from the pitch. The half-time break was perhaps a time for both sides to re-group but it was the visitors who got the breakthrough on 53 minutes when Shaun Miller powered the ball into the roof of net from the right of the Wycombe penalty area after Anthony Stewart had miscued a clearance. Brentford loanee Jermaine Udumaga was introduced again shortly afterwards and added a bit more spark to Wycombe efforts. A later double substitution bringing on Amadi-Holloway and Gozie Ugwu (his first League appearance for five games) was also seen as a possible catalyst for a late surge from Wanderers butinstead on 83 minutes a Morecambe break down the right channel saw referee Andy Davies adjudge that Ingram had tripped Aaron Wildig as he was about to shoot at goal and consequently produced a red card. With all Wanderers' substitutes used, Jason McCarthy pulled on the goalkeeper's shirt for the resulting penalty but although diving the correct way, was unable to stop Jamie Devitt spot-kick. Not a happy way to start the year but Wanderers are still in a relatively heathly position in the table (6th with 40 points from 24 games). That compares to the same stage in the 2014/15 season, where Wanderers were sitting on top of the table with 47 points from 24 games. Full-time - Wycombe 0 Morecambe 2
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