The Tranmere Rovers Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Tranmere Rovers make their move for Lamine Cissé
$4.9M on the table at Stoke City. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Joe Ironside signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Joe Ironside and Tranmere Rovers agree another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Tranmere Rovers
Pedro Cauã and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jacob Marshall steps up from the Tranmere Rovers academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jacob Marshall has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Samuel Davis joins the Tranmere Rovers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Samuel Davis is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Tranmere Rovers promote Jacob Shaw from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jacob Shaw 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jonathan Graham joins the Tranmere Rovers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Graham is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Aden Baldwin
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Tranmere Rovers will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Pedro Cauã behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Tranmere Rovers will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
In brief
- The dugout Joe Ironside knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead Tranmere Rovers travel to Colchester United
- The dugout The manager comes out for Richie Smallwood