Simon Morgan

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Tranmere Rovers U18
7 Jul 2029
Saturday
Process

Marked for Simon Morgan

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The Tranmere Rovers Gazette

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

99 days out for Jordan Turnbull after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Tranmere Rovers will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market

Matthew Smith puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Tranmere Rovers, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout

Reuell Walters says Tranmere Rovers went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Boardroom

A new deal for Daniel Ross

The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.

Boardroom

Graduation day at Tranmere Rovers

5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Simone Perilli

Tranmere Rovers asked and Hellas Verona said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Match

Mees Rijks’s goal not enough for Tranmere Rovers

Mees Rijks scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Bristol Rovers, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Market

Tranmere Rovers promote Simon Morgan from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon Morgan has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Tranmere Rovers promote Thomas Grant from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thomas Grant has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief