Morecambe boss Derek Adams was celebrating at full-time despite seeing his side 'narrowly' beaten 1-0 by Sunderland on the final day of the season. Nathan Broadhead's first half strike at the Mazuma Stadium gave the Black Cats the win they needed to book a place in the play-offs.
And while a defeat meant that Morecambe's relegation fate was no longer in their own hands, Gillingham's 2-0 home defeat at the hands of Rotherham consigned the Gills to League Two and ensured that the Shrimps survived. "It was a difficult game for both sides because they knew if they won the match they would have got themselves into the position they wanted to be," said Adams.
"Unfortunately for us, we lost a poor goal to start with but other results on the day have gone our way. Over the season, we have picked up enough points to keep ourselves in League One and that's where this football club wanted to be, having gained promotion last season to get ourselves into this situation.
