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          2017-18 English League Two, Regular Season
          Coventry City Coventry City COV
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          Morecambe Morecambe MOR

          Morecambe survive after battling draw at Coventry

          May 5, 2018
          • PA Sport

          Morecambe secured their Football League status on goal difference after a battling 0-0 draw at Coventry City.
          The Shrimps had goalkeeper Barry Roche to thank for a number of superb stops after Barnet piled the pressure on with victory over Chesterfield.
          The draw also helped Coventry City set up a play-off date with Notts County.
          The Sky Blues started brightest with Roche tipping away Michael Doyle's powerful long-range effort after six minutes.
          Chris Stokes shot over before Jonson Clarke-Harris headed wide on 23 minutes as the Sky Blues stepped it up.
          Roche produced a superb instinctive save to keep out Clarke-Harris after 39 minutes as Morecambe continued to hang on.
          Kevin Ellison missed a great chance to give the visitors the lead when Lee Burge got the better of him in a one-on-one seven minutes after half-time.
          Roche got down well to save from Tom Bayliss in the 74th minute in a half of fewer chances.
          Clarke-Harris headed over from Liam Kelly's cross three minutes later, before Morecambe held on in a tense finish.

          English League Two Standings

          POS Team GP GD PTS
          1 Leyton Orient 37 +24 74
          2 Northampton Town 38 +19 69
          3 Stevenage 37 +17 67
          4 Carlisle United 38 +22 66
          5 Stockport County 38 +19 63
          6 Salford City 38 +17 62
          7 Bradford City 37 +13 61
          8 Mansfield Town 37 +10 58
          9 Sutton United 38 0 56
          10 Barrow 38 -3 55
          11 Swindon Town 37 +6 51
          12 Doncaster Rovers 38 -12 51
          13 Walsall 37 +6 49
          14 Tranmere Rovers 38 -2 49
          15 Grimsby Town 36 -4 47
          16 Gillingham 38 -14 44
          17 Newport County 37 -5 43
          18 AFC Wimbledon 38 -6 43
          19 Crewe Alexandra 37 -13 42
          20 Harrogate Town 37 -12 38
          21 Colchester United 38 -12 37
          22 Crawley Town 37 -18 36
          23 Hartlepool United 38 -26 32
          24 Rochdale 38 -26 26