Harrison’s men sunk by Shrimps

By Nick Loughlin

CRAIG Harrison admitted it took just seven minutes for his Hartlepool side to fall to their Emirates FA Cup demise after an underwhelming defeat to Morecambe. Pools arrived with just one defeat in 13 and hopes of a Football League scalp, but Kevin Ellison’s strike just four minutes in put pay to those hopes. From there the National League side were in no danger of recovery, the tie wrapped up with Andrew Fleming’s second-half effort.
An own-goal from Scott Loach rubbed salt into the wound, but for Harrison the game was ...