Morecambe 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
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Morecambe and Shrewsbury began the new League One season with a goalless draw at the Mazuma Stadium.
A game that saw plenty of effort, but few clear chances at either end, finished all square with both defences on top.
Shrewsbury started quickly, creating two chances in the opening five minutes, when Luke Leahy fired wide, then drilled a shot into the side netting before Morecambe had the best chance of the half on 26 minutes.
Cole Stockton played in Dylan Connolly who had a free run on goal but saw his effort well saved by the sprawling Marko Marosi.
The visitors had the better of the early second-half exchanges and went close to opening the scoring on 66 minutes when a George Nurse volley deflected off Stockton's foot but came back off the crossbar with Connor Ripley beaten.
Shrewsbury continued to press as Ryan Delaney denied Ryan Bowman a close-range tap-in from a left-wing cross.
But, after failing to trouble Marosi in the second period, the Shrimps were denied an injury-time winner when Matthew Pennington produced a superb block from Connolly's shot.
Match report supplied by PA Media