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Derek Adams reflects on Morecambe turmoil: ‘It was tough – but now I just want a shot at success again’

The League Managers Association could hardly have picked anyone better to be a guest speaker on their diploma course at St George’s Park in midweek than Derek Adams.

by
John Lyons
26 October 2025

Derek Adams guided Morecambe through difficult times

The League Managers Association could hardly have picked anyone better to be a guest speaker ontheir diploma course at St George's Park in midweek than Derek Adams.
So, for a Q&A on the challenges of management, who better than Adams? The Scot endured just abouteverything during his third spell in charge of Morecambe.
The man who famously led the low-budget Shrimps to League One for the first time in their history in2021 returned to a club in chaos in June 2024.
He was led to believe a takeover was imminent but - like what followed for over more than a yearafterwards - it failed to materia...

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