The Tranmere Rovers Gazette
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
Up for the corner, and Lewis Warrington delivers — 7.81
Centre-halves are allowed forward twice a season and are judged on what they do when they get there. Lewis Warrington scored, was marked 7.81, and got back before anybody noticed he had gone.
Squad27 Sep 2027
A row about effort at Tranmere Rovers
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Harry McKirdy was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match25 Sep 2027
Tranmere Rovers see off Barnet
Three points for Tranmere Rovers, 2‑1 the final word against Barnet in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad27 Sep 2027
Tranmere Rovers lose Michael Harris
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Omari Patrick
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings27 Sep 2027
Charlie Whitaker takes the honours
Marked 7.91 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Tranmere Rovers had the best player on the pitch.
The dugout27 Sep 2027
Tranmere Rovers pick somebody else ahead of Harry McKirdy
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
The dugout27 Sep 2027
A satisfied the manager
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑1, the manager could afford to be generous.
The dugout27 Sep 2027
Harry McKirdy knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Harry McKirdy trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Looking ahead A test against the best for Tranmere Rovers
- Match Point won or two lost for Tranmere Rovers?
- Looking ahead Nohan Kenneh goes back to face Shrewsbury Town