Morecambe thrashed at Hednesford Town in National League North

Morecambe missed the chance to move into the National League North play off positions after being thrashed 6-2 away at Hednesford Town in National League North.

The Shrimps went into the contest on the back of securing their seventh straight home win to top the form table, but after a dominant first ten minutes, the hosts then took control of the match with two quickfire goals.

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Here’s his reaction to @MorecambeFC’s 6-2 defeat at Hednesford Town in National League North.

Watch to the end. #UTS 🦐 | @BeyondRadio | #HEDvMOR pic.twitter.com/glk0tdmGgr

— Dave Salmon (@dpsalmon) November 7, 2026

Firstly, in the 13th minute after a loose ball fell to Aaron Jarvis, who played it into the path of the on-running Dylan Mottley-Henry, and he found the bottom corner.

Then just a minute later, Mottley-Henry picked up the ball just inside his own half, again after a loose header, and drove all the way into the box before once again firing into the bottom corner.

Hednesford then went 3-0 up in the 37th minute when Jamie Cooke slammed home from just inside the area.

The Shrimps pulled one back just before half time through Ruben Curley, after Matty Daly slid the ball through, and his shot found the far corner with some help from the Hednesford keeper.  

The hosts reasserted their dominance straight after the break, scoring four minutes after the restart, as Cooke grabbed his second, bending the ball into the far corner.

Paul Lewis then pulled another goal back in the 56th minute after good play between Daly and Curley, he side footed the ball into the corner for his fifth goal of the season.

An honest assessment on today’s 6-2 defeat at Hednesford from @MorecambeFC skipper Liam Hogan.#UTS 🦐 | @BeyondRadio | #HEDvMOR pic.twitter.com/9G3IVpceo8

— Dave Salmon (@dpsalmon) November 7, 2026

But the hosts continued to attack with real intent, and Cooke completed his hat-trick in the 67th minute. The sixth and final goal came from a header from a corner by Jamie Morgan in the 79th minute to complete the scoreline.

Hednesford Town: Murdock, Morgan, Williams ©, Cooke, Jarvis (Abimbola 57’), (Mottley-Henry 77’), Kinsella, Cirino, Curran-Nicholls (Sharples-Ahmed 86’), Ward, Merry (Taylor 64’).

Substitutes Not Used: Hornby, Langston, Hayden.

Goals: Mottley-Henry 13’ 15’, Cooke 38’ 50’ 68’, Morgan 79’.

Morecambe: Boney, Coxe (Davis 77’), Hogan ©, Baines, Daly, Newby (Neill 53’), Buckley-Ricketts (Collis 69’). Lewis (Blois 77’), O’Kane, Cain Dobson (89’), Curley.

Substitutes Not Used: Tonge, Garner, Dobson.

Goals: Curley 41’, Lewis 57’.

Attendance: 2447 (194 away)