The Bulls travel to Christie Park on Saturday for their last Football League fixture at the ground.
It will be the first of two grounds the Bulls will visit for the last time, with Chesterfield also due to move at the end of the season. On the last visit the Bulls recorded a 3-0 win with a three goal burst in the last ten minutes. The return game of that 2007/8 season saw Morecambe win 3-0 at Edgar Street with Sam Gwynne and Richard Rose the only survivors from those encounters.
Morecambe want to see off their old home in style this season, and fancy a tilt at the play-offs after a solid campaign last term. A lack of goals was their main problem and attacking midfielder Ian Craney and striker Phil Jevons should go some way to cure that problem. On Saturday they expect to be without one-time Bulls target Jim Bentley. Bentley has played over 250 games for the club since opting for the Shrimps over the Bulls in 2002.
The Bulls will hand club debuts to up to 13 players, and a League debut to keeper Adam Bartlett on Saturday. Winger Jonny Godsmark will also likely get a first taste of League football, while defender Darren Jones last played in the League, for Cheltenham, nearly six years ago. Marc Pugh scored at Christie Park, for Shrewsbury, 16 months ago and may be pushed into a striker's role if anything happens to Lee Morris or Leon Constantine on Saturday.
Morecambe vs Hereford United, Christie Park, Saturday August 8th, 3.00pm.