Marine 0 Lancaster City 0

LANCASTER City players Stuart Gelling and Paul Fleming were sold before this match on Bank Holiday Monday.

City fans will have the chance to see their old favourite Gelling again at home on Tuesday night when the team take on his new club Colwyn Bay.

New striker Neil Morton - signed from Morecambe for an undisclosed four figure sum - failed to score in his second match for the club. But the former Wigan player still managed to cause a few problems up front.

Marine 's players may now be better known than the average Unibond Premier league star after the TV programme "Marine Lives" but fame and fortune didn't help the screen stars control rampant City in the first half.

Chris Ward and Neil Morton appeared to be developing a decent understanding and it was good work by those two that created a chance for midfielder Kenny Mayers, but despite beating the on rushing keeper he was unable to steer the ball into the net.

Marine boss Roly Howard - better known as Kenny Dalglish's window cleaner - must have used some of his motivational skills during the half time interval as the home side came out the stronger for the second 45 minutes.

The hard-earned point pushes Lancaster up to 9th in the league, though they remain 5 points behind leaders Hyde United.

TEAM: Thornley, Kilbane, Graham, Udall, Horner, Mayers, Trainor, Haddow, Morton, Ward, Kennedy.

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