The Tranmere Rovers Gazette
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Joe Ironside keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Tranmere Rovers may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Tranmere Rovers
Diego Valdez was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
A promise honoured for Jack Whatmough
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Tranmere Rovers told Jack Whatmough something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
Squad16 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Tranmere Rovers
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and George McCormick was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Lamine Cissé knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tranmere Rovers, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market16 Nov 2026
Sam Finley told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Sam Finley has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Tranmere Rovers.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
Patrick Brough faces his old club
Barrow AFC next, and one man in the Tranmere Rovers dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Cameron Norman has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Cameron Norman has written the date down.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Diego Valdez starts on the language
Two hours a week with a tutor, which is the least glamorous thing at Tranmere Rovers and the one that decides whether a foreign signing is still here in two years.
In brief
- Squad Diego Valdez finally belongs at Tranmere Rovers
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Barrow AFC at home