One goal saw Morecambe reach the next round of the FA Trophy.

Morecambe boss Adam Lakeland admitted his players made hard work of Saturday’s 1-0 win at Leek Town which booked their place in round three of the FA Trophy, writes DEREK QUINN.

A late Matty Daly goal saw the Shrimps into the next round but Leek, who play in the league below the Shrimps, proved to be tough opponents.

They were also unfortunate to have a goal disallowed for offside in the first half, that many thought should have stood.

Lakeland said: “We got the job done, which was the most important part of the day, but we did make incredibly hard work of it.

“We have to give Leek credit and they showed today they have some very attacking players - and they made it tough for us.

“I thought we turned the ball over far too frequently. There were many spells where we had good possession and good control and then just turned the ball over.

“They are a dangerous team and we needed the game to be controlled, not an open one with many transitions, and I felt we got caught up in that sort of match mainly through our own doing.

“We have to acknowledge in the first half that they had a goal disallowed, which probably should have stood, and a time early in the second half where we turned the ball over again and Myles Boney came to our rescue with a brilliant save.

“It was a tough match but what matters in cup football is the result and we have won the game with a clean sheet and we found a way to make it into the next round.”