The 2017-18 campaign delivered a dramatic, nail-biting survival for Morecambe as The Shrimps finished a precarious 22nd in League Two. The team, under the determined management of Jim Bentley, avoided relegation to the National League only on goal difference on the final, nerve-wracking day of the season. Leading the charge was the sensational young loanee Callum Lang, whose 10 crucial league goals proved decisive in their desperate fight, with his spectacular form earning him the EFL Young Player of the Month award in December. It was a tense year that defined the club's enduring fighting spirit to cling onto their Football League status.