Brad Lyons thrilled as he makes 'goal-den' impact at Morecambe

That was former Coleraine midfielder Brad Lyons' reaction after he nodded home an equaliser for Morecambe seconds after coming on against Bolton on Tuesday night.

Lyons, who is on loan at the Shrimps from Blackburn Rovers, made an instant impact from the bench heading home John O'Sullivan's corner in the 83rd minute to earn his side a share of the spoils.

It was the Ballymoney man's first goal in English football and he pretty pleased with it as you can imagine.

"It's my first league goal and my first Morecambe goal, it's brilliant but the most important thing is we got a good point away at a tough place," he told the Morecambe website.

"I was standing waiting to get on and the gaffer said to all of us to come on and prove a point and make the difference.

"Thankfully 'Jono' put in a wonder ball and thankfully I could get there first and tuck it into the corner.

"As first touches go it can't get much better.

"It's a Premier League stadium (University of Bolton Stadium) and the pitch is top notch, I think that suited our game and we played very well on the night. We got the ball down and played well.

"We have a good squad here with good players and hopefully we can keep the head down and start getting more wins under our belt and keep the push until the end of the season."

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