Cautious optimism as squad refresh begins at Tranmere Rovers
After narrowly missing out on the playoffs last term, Tranmere Rovers have undergone something of a rebuild in the close season as they look to freshen up what was becoming an aging squad.
After narrowly missing out on the playoffs last term, Tranmere Rovers have undergone something of a rebuild in the close season as they look to freshen up what was becoming an aging squad.
Tranmere Rovers ensured their battle for a playoff position will go down to the final day as they eased to a 2-0 victory over already relegated Oldham Athletic at Prenton Park.
Tranmere Rovers will go into Saturday’s clash with Oldham Athletic knowing that clinching a playoff place is no longer in their own hands.
Elliott Nevitt came off the bench on Friday night and grabbed a brilliant brace as Tranmere Rovers edged out Mansfield Town 3-2 in a topsy-turvy encounter.
Another instalment of Friday Night Football awaits Mansfield Town as they face out-of-form Tranmere Rovers on Merseyside.
Nigel Clough must feel as if a weight has lifted off his shoulders as his Mansfield Town side beat Tranmere Rovers 2-0 to end a winless run of 14 games in all competitions.
Mansfield Town’s winless run dates back to August 14th where they secured their last victory, a 2-1 win over Newport County at the One Call Stadium.
Tranmere Rovers will be aiming to put last season’s play-off disappointment behind them as they get their League Two campaign underway on Saturday.
Having suffered what was felt by many as an unjust demotion from League One in 2020, hopes were high that Tranmere could bounce back and achieve promotion at the first time of asking. However those hopes ended in a playoff defeat to Morecambe in a season that saw not one but two managerial departures.
Tipped for a relegation battle, Morecambe are now one game away from a League One promotion for the first time in their history after edging past Tranmere.
The Shrimps are close to making it a Lancashire double weekend at Wembley as they have a 2-1 lead over Tranmere heading into the second-leg.
The return of James Vaughan to Tranmere’s starting eleven should give supporters a sense of hope despite Thursday’s narrow home defeat to Morecambe in the first leg of the League Two playoff semi-final.
Ian Dawes will take temporary charge of Tranmere for a second time this season and the stakes could hardly be higher as Morecambe visit for the League Two playoff semi-final first leg.
Tranmere finally clinched their play-off position in League Two but rather than gaining some momentum with a win, Rovers limped over the line with a scoreless draw at home to Colchester.
As the final day of the League Two season beckons, Tranmere find themselves in the enviable position of sitting in the playoff positions. After Saturday, Rovers will only be too glad to hold a similar position.
After a wretched opening 45 minutes against strugglers Barrow, Keith Hill changed personnel and formation at half time to great effect as his side kept their automatic promotion hopes alive.
Tranmere play host to Barrow on Saturday with both sides looking for a win to boost their vastly different aims going into the crunch period of the season.
After some personnel and formation tweaks Tranmere bounced back from the Good Friday defeat to Cheltenham and more than matched leaders Cambridge to earn a bank holiday point.
After a chastening 4-0 defeat to Cheltenham on Good Friday, Tranmere will look to bounce back against league leaders Cambridge United on Easter Monday.
Since sustaining a knee injury against Leyton Orient on February 27th, James Vaughan has been out of action and Tranmere have been without the second highest scorer in League Two.
After an encouraging result in midweek, Mansfield Town will be going into this weekend’s fixture full of confidence that they can disrupt the momentum of another promotion-pushing side.
Charlie Wyke has been in fine form this season and will have his and Sunderland’s eyes firmly set on the EFL Trophy as they face a trip to Wembley to take on Tranmere Rovers in the final.
Tranmere were without the league’s second highest goalscorer in James Vaughan on Saturday and they will be hoping for a swift return if the 1-0 defeat to Crawley was anything to go by.
Tranmere welcome Crawley Town to Prenton Park this weekend hoping for a fourth consecutive win and aiming to potentially break into the automatic promotion places