JIM Harvey's insistence that playing the first leg at home would work against Morecambe looks a little bit prophetic all of a sudden - but it isn't yet time to give up on the Shrimps.

Morecambe's first half performance was desperate - so bad, in fact, that you couldn't possibly believe the players could be outperformed so badly again.

Sure enough, a battling second half performance, and a surprise cameo from Robbie Talbot, gave the home side hope, especially after Stewart Drummond' s goal.

That should have been that - Morecambe have a decent away record and could be reasonably confident going into a one-off second leg.

The four minutes of injury time left the Stevenage followers biting their nails as Morecambe searched for the winner their second half performance thoroughly deserved.

However, the sucker punch hit hard and Borough took the three points, however, something around 4.50pm on Saturday evening gave me hope for the second leg.

What were those Stevenage players (not to mention fans) doing, exactly? You would have though, from their elaborate celebrations, they had just won the Premiership, not reached half time with the narrowest of leads.

At the very least, that will have wound the Morecambe players, officials and fans up.

Its now time for the strength of character of the Shrimps - both young and old - to shine through.If Stevenage really do believe that they are home and dry, then they are there for the taking.

Cocky players can become nervous players very quickly indeed - especially when they start thinking ' do we sit back and defend or do we go forward and try and get a win?' I'm not going to say anything daft like 'winning the first leg away from home is a bad result' it isn't.

Stevenage are ideally poised to make their way through to round two.

That doesn't mean they only have to turn up to book their ticket to Villa Park.

There is absolutely no way that Morecambe are out of this tie.

We're going to hear a lot about 'mountains to climb' in the coming days.

But then so did Sir Edmund Hilary just before he set off...

Another day, another celebrity football director.

This time it's Sean Bean, taking on a role at Sheffield United.

The Lord of the Rings and Full Monty star once played a Sheffield United striker in a film so appalling I can't even remember what it was called.

I also remember some bizarre showbiz gossip story suggesting that Mr Bean had covered up a tattoo while appearing in some lusty televisual clench.

Perhaps he could cover Neil Warnock's gob next time he starts suggesting that his 'injured' players come off the pitch and get the match abandoned.