TRFC23 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Tranmere Rovers | Proving The Doubters Wrong Club Information Year Founded: 1884 Status: Professional Chairman Status: Loves the club Icons: John King, Eric Nixon Favoured Personnel: Iain Hume, Les Parry, Warwick Rimmer, Steve Yates, Ian Muir, Gareth Roberts, Ronnie Moore, Jim Harvey Fierce Rivals: Everton, Liverpool Other Rivals: Bolton, Leeds, Wrexham, Oldham, Blackpool, Stockport Finances: Okay Season Ticket Holders: 2500 Media Prediction: 18th Captain: John Welsh Vice Captain: Ian Goodison Transfers In Scott Wootton - Loan Devann Yao - Free Jason Banton - Free John Bateman - Free Danny Hutchins - Free Lateef Elford-Alliyu - Loan Transfers Out Danny Holmes - Released First Team Squad GK - Owain Fon Williams GK - John Bateman GK - Andy Coughlin DR/C - David Raven DR - Michael Kay DR - Danny Hutchins DC - Ian Goodison DC - Mark McChrystal DC - Scott Wootton D/WB/ML - David Buchanan D/WB/ML - Zoumana Bakakyogo D/MC - Ash Taylor DM, MC - Robbie Weir DM, MRC - John Welsh MRC, AMR - Max Power M/AMRL - Martin Devaney M/AMRL - Andy Robinson M/AMRL - Jason Banton M/AMRL - Devann Yao M/AMC - Joss Labadie AML, ST - Enoch Showunmi AMC, ST - Adam McGurk ST - Lucas Akins ST - Lateef Elford-Alliyu ST - Mustafa Tiryaki Probable Starting 11 Bateman Hutchins - Goodison - Wootton - Buchanan Devaney - Labadie - Welsh - Yao Showunmi - Elford-Alliyu Pre-Season Friendlies Wrexham 0-2 Tranmere ( - ) (McGurk 11, Goodison 55) Tranmere 2-1 Fleetwood (Showunmi 41, 45+2) (Viera 24) Tranmere 4-1 Buxton (Labadie 7, 49, Devaney pen 34, Showunmi 38) (Lovell 75) Bath 0-3 Tranmere ( - ) (Showunmi 3, Robinson 28, Tiryaki 62) Tranmere 0-3 Ipswich ( - ) (Priskin 57, Healy 66, Murray 79) Tranmere 2-2 Arsenal (Banton 45, 90) - Raven off 76 (Chamakh 36, 74) - Coquelin off 42 A decent pre-season with the only major blip being the Ipswich result. We could an should of scored more against Fleetwood but with a mixed team I was quite happy with the win. Game of pre-season was the Arsenal game by a mile. All the lads were up for it and they put up one hell of a fight to come away with a draw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1 Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Fantastic pre season, John Nice OP as well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackripper Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 great result against Arsenal well done Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRFC23 Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 Cheers for the comments guys Tranmere Rovers | Proving The Doubters Wrong August 2010 League One Matchday 1 Tranmere 0-0 Bournemouth ( - ) ( - ) Carling Cup 1st Round Tranmere 0-0 Scunthorpe ( - ) ( - ) Tranmere win 4-2 on penalties League One Matchday 2 Chesterfield 0-2 Tranmere ( - ) (Robinson 9, pen 30) League One Matchday 3 Tranmere 4-6 Huddersfield (Showunmi 45+1, Welsh 46, Labadie 51, Wootton 60) (Rhodes 7,18,27, McCombe 11, Gudjonsson 34, Ward 89) Carling Cup 2nd Round Tranmere 2-3 Burnley (Elford-Alliyu 38, 51) (Paterson 18,25, Bikey 33) League One Matchday 4 MK Dons 0-1 Tranmere ( - ) (Goodison 25) Johnstone Paint Trophy N 1st Round Oldham 0-0 Tranmere ( - ) ( - ) Tranmere win 4-3 on pens Manager Comments Quite happy with the way August went. We started off sluggishly and a bit too wasteful infront of goal for my liking but a slight tweak in tactics for game number 3 saw us take 3 points at Chesterfield which was a brilliant result. The Huddersfield game was absolutely brilliant although we lost. The fight the team displayed after being battered in the first half really fills me with confidence for the rest of the season. We were unlucky against Burnley in the cup but in all honesty I didn't mind the loss as we can now concentrate on the League and the JPT. Another gritty performance saw us grind out an excellent 1-0 win at FC Franchise before we scraped past Oldham on penalties. Given the relationship between the two clubs, this result was perhaps the most satisfying of the month. League Table No league table as I'm at the end of September in game. Will post one in the September update. Tranmere Player of the Month I've given it to John Welsh for this month. He has been solid in midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRFC23 Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 Tranmere Rovers | Proving The Doubters Wrong September 2010 League One Matchday 5 Tranmere 2-0 Charlton (Showunmi 8, Banton 37) ( - ) League One Matchday 6 Carlisle 1-2 Tranmere (Zoko 8) (Buchanan 21, Showunmi 23) League One Matchday 7 Sheff Utd 2-2 Tranmere (Maguire 26, Porter 82) (Simonsen o.g 47, Elford-Alliyu 90+2) League One Matchday 8 Tranmere 2-1 Rochdale (Showunmi 46, Buchanan 79) (Donaldson 85) League One Matchday 9 Tranmere 1-1 Exeter (Golbourne o.g 17) (Logan 69) Manager Comments Fantastic month for us in September. Unbeaten and the only slip ups coming against Sheffield United and Exeter. I was very happy to draw at Sheffield United considering I had expected to lose before the game. I was disappointed with the Exeter result. Hopefully we will bounce back in our next game. League Table Tranmere Player of the Month David Buchanan for me this month. He's been absolutely brilliant at left back and has even managed to chip in with some goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 What's the target for this season? Promotion? Playoff position? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRFC23 Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 What's the target for this season? Promotion? Playoff position? Midtable or better. I don't think we'll get near the top 2 but a playoff position isn't impossible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyosullivan Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Great start. Good luck for the rest of the season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plobdork Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Good luck man potencial great thread LOGO Pack??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRFC23 Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 Cheers. The logopack can be found at FMView Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRFC23 Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 Tranmere Rovers | Proving The Doubters Wrong October 2010 League One Matchday 10 Leyton Orient 4-3 Tranmere (Mooney 10, Tehoue 16, Laird 32, 84) (Buchanan 23, Akins 43, 59) Johnstone Paint Trophy N 2nd Round Tranmere 6-1 Morecambe (Wootton 4, Showunmi 7,29, Elford-Alliyu 33,35, Buchanan 39) (Ellison 70) League One Matchday 11 Tranmere 1-0 Preston (Showunmi 42) ( - ) League One Matchday 12 Walsall 1-1 Tranmere (Nicholls 10) (Showunmi 90+2) League One Matchday 13 Tranmere 0-1 Hartlepool ( - ) (Wallace 64) League One Matchday 14 Scunthorpe 1-1 Tranmere (Baxter 57) (Devaney 65) Manager Comments An indifferent month really. We started off the month with a thriller at Leyton Orient which we unfortunately lost. I felt that we atleast deserved a point from the game but I guess that's football. The game against Morecambe was a walk over and the lads simply dominated the entire game. Another good performance followed against Preston as we managed to grab the win. I was really happy with the result given that Preston have been the team to beat. The next two games were disappointing though. Enoch saved us at Walsall with a last minute goal and Hartlepool just outplayed us. We ended the month with a good game against Scunthorpe which we could of won. A point is better than none I guess. League Table Tranmere Player of the Month This month it's Enoch Showunmi. Without Showunmi's goals we would be nowhere near the position we are in. He saved us at Walsall and scored the goal to beat Preston. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRFC23 Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 Tranmere Rovers | Proving The Doubters Wrong November 2010 League One Matchday 15 Tranmere 3-1 Yeovil (Showunmi 18, 51, Banton 88) (Agard 69) FA Cup 1st Round Tranmere 4-1 Bradford (Akins 24, 72, Showunmi 37, Wootton 47) (Flynn 2) Johnstone Paint Trophy N Quarter Final Tranmere 3-1 Port Vale (Showunmi 31, Akins 45+1, Devaney 81) (Richards pen 78) League One Matchday 16 Colchester 3-1 Tranmere (Dawson 19, McChrystal o.g 46, Gillespie 60) (McGurk 83) League One Matchday 17 Wycombe 0-4 Tranmere ( - ) (Showunmi 10, 71, 74, Wootton 80) League One Matchday 18 Tranmere 4-1 Bury (Devaney 39, Wootton 45+2, 51, 56) (Haworth 68) FA Cup 2nd Round Accrington 0-2 Tranmere ( - ) (Robinson pen 7, Devaney) Manager Comments An excellent month for us. There was only one slip up in the month which came away at Colchester, where we were outplayed. The rest of the month we were excellent with Enoch Showunmi and Scott Wootton on top form. League Table Tranmere Player of the Month I could of easily given the award to Enoch Showunmi again as he's been brilliant again but I felt that Scott Wootton's performances deserved some recognition. I'm definitely going to try and get Scott if Man Utd don't extend his deal in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRFC23 Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 Tranmere Rovers | Proving The Doubters Wrong December 2010 Johnstone Paint Trophy N Semi Final Sheff Utd 0-2 Tranmere ( - ) (Wootton 30, McGurk 67) League One Matchday 19 Notts County 3-3 Tranmere (Townsend 28, Hughes 51, 80) (Robinson pen 14, Welsh 17, Taylor 54) Bakayogo off 88 League One Matchday 20 Tranmere 1-1 Sheff Wed (Showunmi 27) (Fon Williams o.g 46) League One Matchday 21 Oldham 3-4 Tranmere (Reid 51, 83, Murphy 75) (Banton 22, 86, Taylor 31, McGurk 62) League One Matchday 22 Tranmere 3-1 Stevenage (Herd 7, Wootton 25, Banton 77) (Parrett 30) League One Matchday 23 Brentford 1-2 Tranmere (Alexander 27) (Akins 51, Devaney 59) League One Matchday 24 Bournemouth 4-2 Tranmere (Lovell 45+3, 84, Fletcher 62, Pugh 80) (Goodison 16, Akins 54) Bakayogo off 73 Manager Comments Another good month for us. We started the month off with an absolutely brilliant win away at Sheffield United in the cup to put us through to the Northern Fianl against Crewe. I really think we stand a good chance of winning the Johnstone Paint Trophy this year. We followed that up with two hard working draws. We were down to 9 men at the end of the Notts County game so I'm happy we managed to hold on to get a point. 3 good wins followed but in the last game of the month Zoum Bakayogo got himself sent off and cost us atleast a point at Bournemouth. Disappointing. League Table Tranmere Player of the Month This month it's Martin Devaney. His runs down the wing and crosses have become an integral part of our attacking option and he is leading the way on assists. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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