Adam Lakeland has hinted he may look to involve some of Morecambe’s fringe players when they enter the FA Trophy on Saturday.

The Shrimps kick off their Trophy campaign this weekend as they visit Leek Town in the second round.

They do so after bouncing back from last weekend’s 6-2 defeat at Hednesford Town with a 2-2 draw against Hereford in National League North on Tuesday.

Matty Daly netted twice, opening the scoring and then salvaging a point after second-half goals from Lewis Hudson and Kameron Muir put the visitors in front.

The draw left Lakeland’s players ninth in the table going into Saturday’s tie with a Leek team fourth-bottom of the NPL Premier.

However, they snapped a three-game losing run in the league with victory over Ilkeston last weekend.

Speaking after Tuesday’s match, the Morecambe manager said: “I went to watch Leek against Guiseley a couple of Tuesday nights ago.

“We’ll probably get, as we always seem to do - especially in cup competitions when you’re playing teams from lower down the pyramid - an elevated version of them.

“I fully believe that. They’ve got some good players, they’re at home and they’ll want to knock us out won’t they?

“It’s going to be a difficult game. I would love to have a run in the Trophy but our priority is the league.

“We’ve got a massive month, a lot of games coming up, but Saturday’s the next game; a different competition.

“We want to go as far in it as we can but it might just be an opportunity for us to utilise some of the other lads who have not had as many minutes and, hopefully, they can put in good performances.”

Having seen his players lead at half-time, Lakeland felt the turning point was a decision by referee Richard Holmes early in the second period.

“The game and the momentum swung to them when the referee didn’t give a foul on Cameron Coxe,” he said.

“That led to the corner they went and equalised from. We should deal better with the second and third phase of a corner but it should be a free-kick.

“It’s a really poor and disappointing decision that, for me, has cost us because I felt we were sound in the game at 1-0.”