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Morecambe 0-1 York City: Minstermen’s Ollie Banks nets vital goal against struggling Shrimps

A 98th-minute Ollie Banks goal gave title-chasing York a huge victory against ten-man Morecambe.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
1 March 2026

York’s Ollie Banks defend a Morecambe corner

By Derek Quinn

MORECAMBE 0

YORK CITY 1
Banks 90+9
A 98th-minute Ollie Banks goal gave title-chasing York a huge victory against ten-man Morecambe.
Banks volleyed home Josh Stones’s far-post cross deep into added time to earn the visitors a record-breaking ninth successive win and keep them at the top of the National League.
After Paul Lewis was sent off early in the second half, York dominated the game, but a missed Alex Hunt penalty and some superb defending left the Minstermen frustrated until Banks struck at the death.
Boss Stuart Maynard praised his players, saying: “I am really prou...

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