Keith wrote:The one I was thinking of was 1985. York were a League club. We went to York, expecting to be beaten but got a draw. Christie Park wasn't up to standard so we hurriedly arranged to play at Main Road.
The Shrimps have got a fair bit of History with York City in the FA Cup, no wonder there is slight confusion!
In answer to Keith's initial question, and after consulting Potted Shrimps, yesterday was actually the third time we have played at a top flight teams ground in the FA Cup. The other two previous occasions were both ties against York City almost 20 years apart, which, because of replays, were held at Manchester City's Main
e Road:
1966 Round 1 - 2nd Replay/3rd game (Maine Road - neutral venue):
York City 1-0 Morecambe (4,283 attn). 1st game at York ended 0-0, return at Christie Park 1-1 (Lea, 6,237 attn). We also played York City at Botham Crescent in the 1968 FA Cup first round, losing 2-0.
1985 Round 1 - replay (Maine Road, Christie Park deemed not fit enough to host initial replay)
Morecambe 0-2 York City (1,305 attn). 1st game at Bootham Crescent had ended 0-0.
2021 Round 3 (Stamford Bridge)
Chelsea 4-0 Morecambe (0 attn)
For a bonus, we've actually lost three times at Maine Road in the FA Cup......
1992 Round 1 qualifying
Maine Road FC 2-1 Morecambe (Coleman, 180 attn)