Harvey Saunders

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Tranmere Rovers
29 Sep 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Harvey Saunders

8 Edition

The Tranmere Rovers Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

The small margins put Tranmere Rovers out

Out, 0‑2 to Preston, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Match

Tranmere Rovers win it in stoppage time

The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 92th minute. Harrogate Town will replay every second of the added time for a week.

Squad

Sam Taylor breaks a bone — 47 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 47 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad

Tempers go at Tranmere Rovers

Luke McGee 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 terraces

The crowd has taken to Charlie Whitaker

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match

Tranmere Rovers see off Harrogate Town

Three points for Tranmere Rovers, 1‑0 the final word against Harrogate Town in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Player ratings

Charlie Whitaker in the eights

A performance of 8.25 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

Ethan Bristow falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

No hiding place for Owen Foster

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Owen Foster, and the manager let it.

In brief