'I'd love to boss the Shrimps one day' says ex-club stalwart Parrish

Morecambe cult hero Andy Parrish dreams of one day returning to his former club as first-team manager.

- by Craig Salmon

But the ex-Shrimps stalwart could see his long-held ambition die within days if the club fails to find a way out of its current ownership crisis.

The Shrimps, who were relegated out of the Football League last season after finishing bottom of League Two, are at risk of folding.

While the football season at all levels-barring the Premier League-got under way last weekend, the terraces at the Jakeman Community Stadium were eerily silent.

The Shrimps were due to visit Boston United on the opening day of the new National League campaign.

However, rather than plotting their first steps to regaining their status as a Football League club against the Pilgrims, Morecambe have had their membership of the National League suspended.

The gravity of the situation is bound to be felt even more this weekend as the Shrimps, who are managed by Derek Adams, were scheduled to entertain Brackley Town in their first home game at the Mazuma Stadium.

The ground's turnstiles will remain locked today, though, and it remains to be seen whether they will remain shut for good-certainly under the club's present guise.

Having met at the beginning of July to issue Morecambe with a suspension after discovering wages had gone unpaid, the league's compliance and licensing committee is due to meet again on Wednesday, August 20, where the club could face expulsion.

That would be catastrophic and would almost certainly sound the death knell of the club.