Morecambe came close to drawing level three minutes later when Paul Mullin found space in the box but struck his shot straight at Tony Roberts.

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The small and sleek corner space gets packed out quickly at weekends, drawing in locals with classics such as fish and chips or a full English breakfast.

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The result was that, as the Americans were building up in Iraq in 2007, the British were drawing down (ostensibly to give Iraqis space to find their own solutions).

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