Shrimps grab first victory

Morecambe won their first league match of the season as they ran out 3-2 victors away at Southend on Saturday afternoon.

Morecambe resisted early Southend pressure and opened the scoring in the 21st minute when Stewart Drummond netted after Mark Duffy drove his initial shot from loan debutant Tony Capaldi's long throw into the ground. The lead lasted just a minute before Blues equalised when a long ball forward picked out Anthony Grant and the midfielder blasted a 35-yard effort low into the bottom-right corner for his fourth goal in four league games. It took the Shrimps five minutes to regain the lead as Paul Mullin headed in unmarked at the far post from three yards out from Duffy's centre from the right. Southend levelled for a second time in the 51st minute when Michael Timlin's free-kick was headed back across goal by Bilel Mohsni for Barry Corr to outjump Barry Roche and nod home from close range. But Morecambe went back in front after 72 minutes when substitute Jimmy Spencer shot low into the bottom-left corner from Mullin's cross, and this time there was no way back for the Shrimpers.