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Old’s pure gold as Shrimps box clever

By Nathan Jacobs

STAR MAN STEVE OLD Morecambe

MORECAMBE’S heroic defence was compared to a boxer on the ropes by manager Jim Bentley as they held on to get a valuable three points against Wycombe.
First-half goals from Steve Old and Adam McGurk put the Chairboys to the sword and despite prolonged spells of second-half pressure, Wycombe were unable to mount the comeback required. Adebayo Akinfenwa gave Wycombe hope after 82 minutes, impressively heading a Paris Cowan-Hall cross from the right-hand side but it proved insufficient.
“While it’s 2-0 it’s okay but wh...

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