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Controversial penalty lifts Morecambe to League One
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Morecambe 1-0 Newport County (AET)
by Kadeem Simmonds
at Wembley Stadium
A CONTROVERSIAL Carlos Mendes Gomes penalty in extra time saw Morecambe promoted to League One on Monday despite replays suggesting that the foul was outside the box.
Two years earlier it was an 119th-minute penalty for Tranmere Rovers that denied Newport County promotion from League Two, and the heartache here felt eerily similar.
Shrimps substitute John O’Sullivan appeared to have been bundled over just outside the box, but referee Bobby Madley pointed to the spot and the striker duly converted.
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