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OLD: DON’T WRITE US OFF!

Morecambe thrive on ‘small fry’ tag

By Dan Barnes

OLD HABITS: Morecambe’s Steven Old, right, challenges Forest Green Rovers’ Christian Doidge
PICTURE: PSI/Shane Healey

STEVEN Old doesn’t mind that Morecambe aren’t one of the first names on supporters’ lips.
Admittedly, the Lancashire seaside town was not really an outpost where the globe-trotting former New Zealand international expected his career to take him, but he’s revelling in being a part of Jim Bentley’s underdog army.
For the second season in a row, the Shrimps find themse...

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