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{{Short description|Association football club based in Birkenhead, England}}
{{About|the men's football club|the women's team|Tranmere Rovers L.F.C.}}
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'''Tranmere Rovers Football Club''' are a professional [[association football]] club based in [[Birkenhead]], [[Merseyside]], England. The team competes in {{English football updater|TranmerR}}, the fourth level of the [[English football league system]].

Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they adopted their current name in 1885. Tranmere's regular [[Kit (association football)|kit]] is an all-white strip with blue, or occasionally blue and green trim which have been their main colours since 1962. The club moved to its current home, [[Prenton Park]], in 1912. In 1995, the ground had a major redevelopment in response to the [[Taylor Report]]. It now seats 16,567 in four stands: the Main Stand, the Kop, the [[John King (footballer, born 1938)|Johnny King]] Stand and the Cowshed.

Tranmere played in regional leagues until they were invited to become a founder member of [[Football League Third Division North]] in 1921. They finished as champions for the 1937–38 season, though were relegated out of the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] the following year. They dropped into the [[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]] in 1961, before winning promotion back to the third tier at the end of the 1966–67 season. Relegation in 1975 was followed by an immediate promotion in 1975–76 under the stewardship of manager [[John King (footballer born 1938)|John King]], and this time they survived for just three seasons in the third tier until being relegated once again in 1979. During the 1980s, they were beset by financial problems and, in 1987, went into [[administration (British football)|administration]]. However John King returned to manage the club for a second spell and guided Rovers to promotion in 1988–89, which they followed up by winning the [[EFL Trophy|Associate Members' Cup]] in [[1990 Associate Members' Cup final|1990]] and then promotion out of the play-offs in [[1991 Football League Third Division play-off final|1991]].

The 1990s would prove to be the most successful period in the club's history as Tranmere remained in the second tier, and came close to reaching the [[Premier League]] with three consecutive play-off campaigns at the start of the decade. Under King's successor, [[John Aldridge]], Tranmere experienced a number of cup runs, most notably reaching the [[2000 Football League Cup final|2000 League Cup final]]. They were finally relegated in 2001 and then spent 13 seasons in the third tier, before back-to-back relegations saw them drop out of the Football League after an 94-year stay. Tranmere spent three seasons in the [[National League (division)|National League]] and then returned to the third tier of the Football League via successive play-off campaigns in [[2018 National League play-off final|2018]] and [[2019 EFL League Two play-off final|2019]]. They were demoted from [[EFL League One|League One]] in 2020 after clubs voted to end the season early due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

==History==
===Formative years===

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Tranmere Rovers were, initially, formed as Belmont Football Club when the football arms of two [[cricket]] clubs&nbsp;– Lyndhurst Wanderers and Belmont&nbsp;– came together in 1884.<ref name="official site history" /><ref name="TheCowsheds History" /> On 15 November 1884, they won their first game 4–0 against Brunswick Rovers. This was a [[friendly match]], as there were no leagues until 1888.<ref name="TheCowsheds History" /> With [[James McGaul]] as their president, the team completed their inaugural season, losing only one of their fifteen matches. An unrelated, disbanded side had played under the name "Tranmere Rovers Cricket Club (Association football section)" in 1881–82. On 16 September 1885, before their second season began, Belmont F.C. adopted this name Tranmere Rovers.<ref name="official site history" /> [[Tranmere, Merseyside|Tranmere]] was historically a large township that was subsumed within the later expansion of the town of [[Birkenhead]].<ref name=GENUKI>{{cite web|url=https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CHS/Tranmere|title=Tranmere|publisher=GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy|access-date=7 November 2020|archive-date=25 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025200940/https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CHS/Tranmere|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tranmere played their first matches at Steeles Field in Birkenhead.<ref name="official site history" /> In 1887, they bought Ravenshaws Field from Tranmere Rugby Club. In 1895, their ground was renamed [[Prenton Park]], although it was 25 years later that the team moved into the current stadium of the same name.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bishop |first=Peter |title=The A-Z Of Tranmere Rovers |date=1 January 1990 |publisher=Chester IV Graphics |pages=33–34}}</ref><ref name="TheCowsheds History" /> Tranmere first wore a kit of blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks. In 1889 they adopted orange and maroon shirts, but in 1904 returned to wearing their original kit.<ref name="historicalkits" />

In 1886, Tranmere entered their first competition: the Liverpool and District Challenge Cup; in 1889, they entered the [[West Lancashire Football League|West Lancashire League]]. They joined [[the Combination]], a much stronger league, in 1897, and won the championship in 1908.<ref name="History - Interwar Years">{{Cite web |title=History - Interwar Years |url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/club/history#Interwar_Years |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.tranmererovers.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="combination" /> In 1910, continuing their movement through the leagues, they entered the [[Lancashire Combination]] and in 1912 moved to the present Prenton Park site, with an 800-seat stand.<ref name="TheCowsheds History" /> Tranmere won the Lancashire Combination Championship in 1914,<ref name="Lancashire combination" /> and [[Stan Rowlands]] became the first Tranmere player to receive an international cap when he was selected to play for [[Wales national football team|Wales]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage |url=http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=108 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316024547/http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=108 |archive-date=16 March 2012 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.wfda.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref name="TheCowsheds History" /><ref name="Wales 0-2 England" />

Rovers continued to play throughout the [[World War I|First World War]], although their players were criticised for avoiding military service, despite being employed in the local shipyards.<ref name="TheCowsheds History" />

===Inter-war years===

[[File:Tranmere Rovers 27 August 1921.jpg|left|thumb|alt=First Football League match in 1921|First Football League match in 1921<ref name="bishop 98" />]]

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Following the expulsion of [[Leeds City F.C.|Leeds City]] Reserves in 1919, Tranmere were able to enter [[Central League (England)|the Central League]].<ref name="History - Interwar Years"/><ref name="combination" /> Their timing was excellent as the following season, four Central League clubs&nbsp;– including Tranmere&nbsp;– were invited to join the new [[Football League Third Division North|Division Three North]].<ref name="History - Interwar Years"/><ref name="combination" /> On 27 August 1921,<ref name="1921-22" /> they won their first [[The Football League|Football League]] match 4–1 against [[Crewe Alexandra]] at Prenton Park.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tranmere Rovers {{!}} Club {{!}} History {{!}} History {{!}} Club History |url=http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/page/History/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005055542/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/page/History/ |archive-date=5 October 2011 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.tranmererovers.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="official site history" /> At this time the team were managed by [[Bert Cooke]], who did so for 23 years in total, the club record for longest serving manager.{{primary source inline|date=February 2024|reason=ideally with confirmation that this is 'the club record for longest serving manager'. the club does not even say that. and source only goes as far as 2012.}}<ref name="managers" />

In 1924, local boy [[Dixie Dean]] made his debut aged 16 years 355 days. He played 30 games for Rovers, scoring 27 goals, before being transferred to [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] for £3,000.<ref name="official site history" /> In the 1927–28 season, Dean scored a [[English football records|record]] 60 League goals for Everton.<ref name="goal records" /> After Dean's departure, several talented young players also left for [[Football League First Division|Division One]] clubs, leading to Cooke's reputation as a shrewd businessman.<ref name="bishop 98" /> Among those sold was [[Tom Waring|Pongo Waring]] who&nbsp;– having scored six goals in the 11–1 victory over [[Durham City F.C.|Durham City]]&nbsp;– went to [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] for £4,700. As of 2010, Waring retains the record of scoring most goals for Villa in a single season.<ref name="TheCowsheds History" />

In 1934, an FA Cup tie between Rovers and [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] was watched at [[Anfield]] by 61,036 fans, a then-record crowd for Tranmere.<ref name="official site history" /> A year later, [[Robert Bell (footballer)|Bunny Bell]] netted 40 goals during the 1935–36 season, including nine goals in the 13–4 Boxing Day 1935 victory over Oldham Athletic.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 January 2017 |title=Bunny Bell and the triple hat-trick of 1935 |url=https://ryanferguson.co.uk/blogs/blog/bunny-bell-and-the-triple-hat-trick-of-1935 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=Ryan Ferguson |language=en}}</ref><ref name="indy festive feats" /> As of 2011, the aggregate of 17 goals in one game remained a league record.<ref name="goal records" />

During this same period, Tranmere made several appearances in the Welsh Cup, reaching the final on two occasions. In 1934, they lost 3–0 to Bristol City in a replay, after a 1–1 draw.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage |url=http://wfda.co.uk/welsh_cup.php?id=53 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225190203/http://wfda.co.uk/welsh_cup.php?id=53 |archive-date=25 December 2014 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=wfda.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> The following season, they went one better by beating local rivals Chester 1–0.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welsh Football Data Archive: Preserving our football heritage |url=http://wfda.co.uk/welsh_cup.php?id=54 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225172534/http://wfda.co.uk/welsh_cup.php?id=54 |archive-date=25 December 2014 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=wfda.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

Rovers won their first championship in the Football League in 1938, with victory in Division Three North, earning promotion to [[Football League Second Division|Division Two]] for the first time.<ref name="official site history" /><ref name="1937-38" /> As of 2025, this remains Rovers's only championship in the Football League. However, they were [[Promotion and relegation|relegated]] the next season, winning only six matches&nbsp;– the record for the worst performance of any team in Division Two.<ref name="1938-39" />

===Creation of the Superwhites===

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While the Borough Road stand received some damage, Prenton Park emerged from the [[World War II|Second World War]] largely unscathed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 May 2019 |title=The remarkable sacrifices of Tranmere Rovers during World War II |url=https://ryanferguson.co.uk/blogs/blog/tranmere-rovers-world-war-ii |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=Ryan Ferguson |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Rovers |last=Tranmere |title=Tranmere Rovers vs Sheffied Wednesday, 15th February 2011 |url=https://www.wikiwirral.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/download/Number/43626/filename/TRArticle001opt.jpg |work=Tranmere Rovers Official Matchday Programme}}</ref> Tranmere rejoined the peacetime Football League in Division Three North, and stayed there until the 1958 restructuring of the football league's lower divisions.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |title=History - Creation of the Superwhite|url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/club/history/#Creation_Of_The_Superwhite |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.tranmererovers.co.uk}}</ref> Manager [[Peter Farrell (Irish footballer)|Peter Farrell]]<ref name="managers" /> led Tranmere to finish 11th in the final season of the Northern Section, securing a place in the new national [[Football League Third Division|Division Three]], where they were, again, founder members.<ref>{{Cite web |title=England 1957/58 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1957-58.html |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref><ref name="1957-58" /> The final match against [[Wrexham F.C.|Wrexham]], also fighting for a place in the higher league, attracted a crowd of 19,615, which, as of 2010, remained the highest ever attendance at a Prenton Park league match.<ref name="TheCowsheds History" />

In 1961, Tranmere's inspirational captain [[Harold Bell (footballer)|Harold Bell]] left the club. Bell had been picked in the first game after the Second World War in the 1946 season, and did not miss a match until he was dropped on 30 August 1955, a total of 459 consecutive appearances for a British team, a record he still holds.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Most consecutive football league appearances for the same club |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/82681-most-consecutive-football-league-appearances-for-the-same-club |website=Guinness World Records}}</ref><ref name="appearances" /> Rovers certainly missed their captain, and were relegated to [[Football League Fourth Division|Division Four]] for the first time in 1961.<ref name="1960-61" />

[[File:Tranmere Rovers FC League Performance.svg|thumb|left|250px|Chart of yearly table positions of Tranmere Rovers in the Football League.]]The club brought in [[Dave Russell (footballer)|Dave Russell]] as manager,<ref name="managers" /> and Russell made some changes. Tranmere had worn a kit of blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks since 1904&nbsp;– the same colours as local rivals, [[Football League First Division|Division One]] club [[Everton F.C.|Everton]]. Russell introduced an all-white strip to set the teams apart, and white has remained the primary colour on Tranmere's shirts ever since.<ref name="historicalkits" /> Russell also developed a successful youth policy, with future England international [[Roy McFarland]] among its graduates.<ref name="official site history" /> Russell guided Rovers back to Division Three in 1967,<ref name="1966-67" /> a year before a new 4,000-seater main stand was opened, and Rovers reached the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time.<ref name="FA Cup Archive" /> Three years later the club's record attendance at Prenton Park was established, with 24,424 supporters watching the Rovers draw 2–2 with [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] in the FA Cup.<ref name="official site history" />

In 1972, [[Ron Yeats]] was installed as [[Player-coach|player-manager]].<ref name="managers" /> He strengthened Tranmere's connections with local rivals Liverpool by recruiting several former teammates such as [[Ian St John]], and bringing in [[Bill Shankly]] in a consultancy role.<ref name="TheCowsheds History" /> This team saw one of the most memorable Rovers results of all time when, in a League Cup tie in 1973, Tranmere beat First Division [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] 1–0 at their former [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]] home.<ref name="league cup" /> However, Tranmere returned to the Fourth Division in 1975.<ref name="1974-75" /> The following decade was among the bleakest times in the club's history, with the team usually in the lower reaches of the Fourth Division, beset by financial problems, and attaining crowds of less than 2,000.<ref name="TheCowsheds History" />

In 1979, [[Steve Mungall]] joined Tranmere from [[Motherwell F.C.|Motherwell]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Barry Hugman's Footballers - Steve Mungall |url=http://barryhugmansfootballers.com/player/14217 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609203252/http://barryhugmansfootballers.com/player/14217 |archive-date=9 June 2024 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=barryhugmansfootballers.com}}</ref> He went on to make more than 600 appearances for Rovers over a 17-year period. This spell saw Rovers rise up the league and make several appearances at Wembley.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History - The Wembley Years|url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/club/history#The_Wembley_Years |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.tranmererovers.co.uk}}</ref> He remained with the club, on the coaching staff, until October 2000, when he left to pursue business interests.<ref name="mungall ends era" />

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Another relegation to Division Four in 1979<ref name="1978-79" /> put the club in financial difficulties. Debts mounted throughout the 1980s, with insolvency forestalled through a series of friendly fixtures, contributions from fans and a £200,000 loan from [[Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|Wirral Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History - The 1980s |url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/club/history#The_1980s |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.tranmererovers.co.uk}}</ref> The partnership with Wirral Council proved an enduring one, with their logo appearing on the shirts until 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hilton |first=Nick |date=2 May 2013 |title=Home Bargains announced as Tranmere Rovers new shirt sponsor |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/home-bargains-announced-tranmere-rovers-3320730 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=Liverpool Echo |language=en}}</ref> In July 1984, the club was sold to a Californian attorney, making Tranmere one of the first English clubs to be bought by a foreign owner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/how-soccer-mad-californian-bruce-osterman-kicked-off-todays-megarich-global-sports-machine/|title=How a soccer-mad Californian kicked off today's megarich global sports machine|last=Trenholm|first=Richard|website=CNET|language=en|access-date=6 August 2019|archive-date=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806112119/https://www.cnet.com/news/how-soccer-mad-californian-bruce-osterman-kicked-off-todays-megarich-global-sports-machine/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in 1987, the club become the first English football team to enter [[Administration (law)|administration]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Fascinating Story of the First Foreigner to Buy a Football Team |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/sports/how-a-soccer-mad-california-lawyer-kicked-off-todays-megarich-global-sports-machine/ |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=CNET |language=en}}</ref>

===Johnny King era===
Local businessman [[Peter Johnson (businessman)|Peter Johnson]] took over the club.<ref name="official site history" /> This proved to be a turning point in Tranmere's history, the club under his ownership experiencing by far the most successful period in its history, in which manager [[John King (footballer born 1938)|John King]] took the team from the bottom of Division Four to the brink of English football's top league.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History - The Wembley Years |url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/club/history#The_Wembley_Years |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.tranmererovers.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="managers" /> King's first task was to avoid the team finishing bottom of Division Four, which would have resulted in their relegation from the football league. Safety was guaranteed in the last game of the season, with a 1–0 home win over [[Exeter City]] on the last day of the season.<ref name="TheCowsheds History" />

The first full season (1987–88) of King's second managerial spell in charge saw Tranmere make their first appearance at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], when a good mid-season run of form saw them qualify for the [[Football League Centenary Tournament]]. Tranmere defeated Division One clubs [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]] and [[Newcastle United]], before losing on penalties to eventual winner [[Nottingham Forest]].<ref name="wembley" /> The following season, King guided Tranmere to promotion as Division Four runner-up.<ref name="1988-89" /> Their final game played to secure promotion was against Crewe Alexandra, with both teams needing a point to gain promotion. The first half was contested as usual, but, in the second half, with the score at 1–1, neither team targeted the goal of the other, leading to combined celebrations when the game had concluded.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy6KccK3wtk |title=Flashback: Tranmere v Crewe (1988-89) |date=28 April 2016 |last=Official Tranmere Rovers |access-date=1 July 2025 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Earlier that season, they had won several games in the League Cup, including against Division One [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]], in between wins against fellow Division Four club Stockport County and Division 3 club Blackpool, ultimately losing to Bristol City of Division 3.<ref name="league cup" />

At the end their first season in Division Three, Tranmere almost secured promotion to Division 2, losing 2–0 in the play-off final to [[Notts County]],<ref name="1989-90" /> a week after a 2–1 victory over [[Bristol Rovers]] at Wembley Stadium in the [[1990 Associate Members' Cup final|final]] of the [[EFL Trophy|Leyland DAF Trophy]] had secured the club's first major trophy.<ref name="football league trophy" /><ref name="fchd.info">{{Cite web |title=Football Club History Database - Tranmere Rovers |url=https://www.fchd.info/TRANMERR.HTM |access-date=2 July 2025 |website=www.fchd.info}}</ref> The form of striker [[Ian Muir (English footballer)|Ian Muir]] was key to Tranmere's success during this period. He joined the club in 1985, and scored 180 goals in eleven seasons. He became the club's record scorer, and, in 2012, the first inductee to their [[hall of fame]].<ref name="Ian Muir" /> Fellow hall of fame member [[John Morrissey (footballer)|John Morrissey]] joined the club in 1985. The winger spent 14 seasons at the club, making 585 appearances.<ref name="John Morrissey" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tranmere |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/tranmere/tranmere.html |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com}}</ref>

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In the 1990–91 season, Tranmere won promotion to Division Two for the first time since the 1930s, with a 1–0 play-off win over local rivals [[Bolton Wanderers]].<ref name="1990-91" /> Once again, Rovers made an appearance in the Leyland DAF Trophy [[1991 Associate Members' Cup final|final]], this time losing 3–2 to [[Birmingham City]].<ref name="football league trophy" /> This made the play-off victory over [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] Tranmere's fourth appearance in a Wembley Stadium final in just over a year.

In summer 1991, former Liverpool player [[John Aldridge]] joined Tranmere Rovers, signing from Spanish club [[Real Sociedad]] for a fee of £250,000; he would remain on the club's payroll for the next 10 years, scoring 170 times to put him behind only Ian Muir in the all-time scoring charts.<ref name="official site history" /><ref name="John Aldridge" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tranmere Record Goalscorers {{!}} Tranmere-Web.com |url=https://www.tranmere-web.com/player-records/top-scorers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250525052311/https://www.tranmere-web.com/player-records/top-scorers |archive-date=25 May 2025 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.tranmere-web.com |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> Aldridge also received 30 caps for the [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Republic of Ireland]], and was the first Tranmere player to score at a [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]].<ref name="John Aldridge" /> In 1992, Scotland international [[Pat Nevin]] joined the team, forming a four-man attack alongside Aldridge, [[Chris Malkin]] and Morrissey.<ref name="Pat Nevin" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Barry Hugman's Footballers - Pat Nevin |url=http://barryhugmansfootballers.com/player/14504 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240609213519/http://barryhugmansfootballers.com/player/14504 |archive-date=9 June 2024 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=barryhugmansfootballers.com}}</ref> In three successive seasons, Tranmere reached the play-off semi-finals, missing out on promotion to the newly formed [[Premier League]] through defeat to [[Swindon Town]] in 1993,<ref name="1992-93" /> [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] in 1994,<ref name="1993-94" /> and [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] in 1995.<ref name="1994-95" /> 1994 also saw Tranmere progress to the League Cup semi-final, where they faced Aston Villa over two legs. The home leg was won 3–1 by Tranmere, with Villa scoring their only goal in the 94th minute. The score in the away leg was 2–1 in favour of Villa until the 88th minute when Villa scored again to win the game 3–1, so the match went to extra-time and penalties. With Tranmere one kick away from the final, Mark Bosnich saved Liam O'Brien's sudden death penalty, and Tranmere eventually lost 5–4.

A reconstructed Prenton Park was opened in March 1995, with the all-seater stadium then holding just under 17,000 supporters. In April 1996, with Rovers struggling for form in the league, chairman Frank Corfe appointed [[John Aldridge]] as [[Player-coach|player-manager]], and King was "moved upstairs" to become [[Director of football]]. They finished the [[1995–96 Football League|1995–96]] campaign in 13th position.

===2000 and beyond===

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In the 1999–2000 season, victories over Premiership sides including [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] and [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], and First Division club [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] led, not only to a place in the sixth round of the FA Cup,<ref name="FA Cup Archive" /> but also a place in the [[2000 Football League Cup final]] against [[Leicester City]]&nbsp;– the first time in the club's history that Rovers had reached the final of one of England's two most important trophies. [[Matt Elliott (footballer)|Matt Elliott]] scored Leicester's opening goal, before Tranmere's [[Clint Hill (footballer)|Clint Hill]] was sent off for a second bookable offence. Despite being reduced to ten men, [[David Kelly (association footballer)|David Kelly]] equalised; however, Elliot scored Leicester's second goal three minutes later, and Tranmere lost the match 2–1.<ref name="league cup 2000" /> This was the last League Cup game held at the [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|original Wembley stadium]].<ref name="TheCowsheds History" />

In 2000, Tranmere Rovers had another cup competition run, beating local Premier League rival [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] 3–0 at [[Goodison Park]],<ref name="Tranmere shame Everton" /> then [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] 4–3 (after being 0–3 down),<ref name="Tranmere comeback stuns Saints" /> before exiting after a loss to another local rival, Premier League club [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<ref name="Liverpool cling on to beat Tranmere" /> However, despite their cup success, Rovers struggled in the league. Aldridge quit as manager before Tranmere's relegation to Division Two, which ended a spell of ten years in Division One.<ref>{{Cite web |title=English Football Stats - English League Tables - 2000/01 - Tiers 1 - 4 |url=http://www.englishfootballstats.co.uk/League%20Tables/Football%20League%20Only/2000-01.htm |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.englishfootballstats.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="Aldridge walks out on Rovers" />
[[File:Trfc v sufc 2013 IJA 02.png|thumb|left|350px|Tranmere Rovers v [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] in the [[2012–13 Football League One|2012–13 season]]]]
The club hired [[Brian Little (footballer)|Brian Little]] as manager in 2003.<ref name="managers" /><ref name="Tranmere appoint Little" /> He took Rovers to a play-off semi-final in 2004–05, and equaled their greatest ever FA Cup performance, losing to eventual finalists [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] in a sixth round replay.<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 March 2004 |title=Tranmere 1-2 Millwall |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/3508054.stm |access-date=1 July 2025 |language=en-GB}}</ref> At the end of the 2005–06 season, Little left the club and was replaced by former player [[Ronnie Moore]].<ref name="managers" /><ref name="Moore appointed as Tranmere boss" /> In Moore's three seasons in charge, the club finished 9th, 11th and 7th, narrowly missing out on qualification for in the play-offs in his final season.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 May 2009 |title=Scunthorpe 1-1 Tranmere |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/8014943.stm |access-date=1 July 2025 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Moore was sacked in 2009, with former England winger [[John Barnes (footballer)|John Barnes]], whose only previous domestic managerial experience was with [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] 10 years earlier, replacing him.<ref name="managers" /><ref name="Barnes confirmed as Tranmere boss" /> It was during Barnes's time as manager that long-serving kitman, Mark Trevor, ended his 12-year "Labour of Love", washing the kit of his local team. Having been at the club since 1997, he washed his last kit in August 2009, ahead of the club's home game against [[Charlton Athletic]].<ref name="Trevors final wash" /> Barnes's term as manager lasted considerably less time, and it was a five months before long-serving club [[physiotherapist]] [[Les Parry]] was given temporary charge.<ref name="managers" /><ref name="Tranmere sack Barnes and McAteer" /><ref name="Les Parry Extends Contract as Manager" /> Rovers finished the season in 19th place in League One, avoiding relegation on the final day of the season, thanks to a 3–0 victory at Stockport County.<ref name="Stockport 0 - 3 Tranmere" /> In June 2010, Parry was given the manager's job on a permanent basis.<ref name="Les Parry Extends Contract as Manager" /> He was sacked on 4 March 2012, after a 1–0 defeat by Chesterfield left the club only one point above the relegation zone,<ref name="Tranmere Rovers sack manager Les Parry"/> and replaced by Ronnie Moore for the remainder of the season.<ref name="Club Statement" /> Moore won six of his thirteen games in charge at the end of the season, guiding Tranmere to a mid-table position, as they finished the season in the top half for the first time since his initial departure.<ref name="Tranmere 2011/12 Results"/><ref name="fchd.info"/> In April 2012, Moore signed a new one-year deal with Tranmere, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2012–13 season.<ref name="Moore extends contract" />

Towards the end of the 2013–14 season, Moore admitted breaking the Football Association's betting rules, and Tranmere sacked him when the club were just clear of the relegation zone.<ref name="Tranmere Rovers sack manager after betting breach" /> Assistant John McMahon took over as caretaker manager,<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 March 2014 |title=John McMahon: Tranmere Rovers can avoid relegation |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/26548577 |access-date=1 July 2025 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> but Tranmere were relegated to League Two in the final game of the season on the final day of the season.<ref name="Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Bradford City" /> [[Robert Edwards (footballer born 1973)|Rob Edwards]] was subsequently appointed as new manager.<ref name="Rob Edwards appointed as new manager" />

On 11 August 2014, it was announced that former player and [[Football Association]] chief executive [[Mark Palios]] and his wife Nicola were taking a controlling interest in the club from outgoing chairman Peter Johnson. Mark Palios would become executive chairman of the club, with Johnson becoming its honorary president.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28738487  "Mark Palios: Tranmere taken over by ex-FA chief and wife", BBC News, 11 August 2014] . retrieved 11 August 2014</ref><ref>[http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/new-owners-110814-1818957.aspx  "Tranmere Rovers Football Club Delighted To Announce New Owners", TRFC, 11 August 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205336/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/new-owners-110814-1818957.aspx |date=12 August 2014 }}. Retrieved 11 August 2014</ref>

After a poor start to the season, a home loss to [[Plymouth Argyle F.C.|Plymouth Argyle]] on 11 October 2014 saw Tranmere in last place in the Football League.<ref>[http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/tournament/points.html?date=1987-08-27;event=12;season=1987%2F88  "Football League Division Four /1987/88 /points table", ESPN.co.uk ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022174212/http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/tournament/points.html?date=1987-08-27;event=12;season=1987%2F88 |date=22 October 2014 }}. retrieved 18 October 2014</ref> Edwards was sacked as manager on 13 October.<ref name="edwards sacked">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29599237|title=Rob Edwards: Tranmere Rovers sack manager after five months|date=13 October 2014|access-date=29 December 2016|work=BBC Sport|archive-date=1 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201055820/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29599237|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mickey Adams]] took over a week later, with the aim of saving the club from relegation to the [[Football Conference|Conference]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 October 2014 |title=Micky Adams: Tranmere Rovers appoint ex-Port Vale manager |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/29644396 |access-date=1 July 2025 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> However, on 25 April 2015, after another defeat to Plymouth Argyle in the reverse fixture, Tranmere were relegated, ending their 94-year stay in the [[English Football League|Football League]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32362789  "Plymouth 3–2 Tranmere", BBC Sport, 25 April 2015] . Retrieved 25 April 2015</ref>

===Non-League years===

[[Gary Brabin]] was appointed as manager on 5 May 2015.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32589905  "Gary Brabin: Tranmere Rovers appoint new manager", BBC Sport, 5 May 2015] . Retrieved 6 May 2015</ref> It was a season of ups and downs, with poorer home form than away form. It took a while for Rovers to adjust to life in the non-league, with erratic form during the season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tranmere Rovers (Sky Sports) |url=https://www.skysports.com/tranmere-rovers-results/2015-16 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=SkySports |language=en}}</ref> Tranmere finished sixth, one place outside the play-off zone, in Gary Brabin's first season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=English Football Stats - Non-League Tables - National League Tables - 2015/16 |url=http://www.englishfootballstats.co.uk/Non-League%20Tables/2015-16.htm |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.englishfootballstats.co.uk}}</ref>

Tranmere started the [[2016–17 National League|2016–17]] season well, sitting at the top of the non-league table at the end of August, after which Brabin received an award for manager of the month.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/gary-brabin-named-manager-of-the-month-3288234.aspx|title=Gary Brabin Named Manager Of The Month|access-date=29 December 2016|archive-date=2 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002005447/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/gary-brabin-named-manager-of-the-month-3288234.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Form later dipped, with the club scoring only one goal scored in the next four games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tranmere Rovers (Sky Sports) |url=https://www.skysports.com/tranmere-rovers-results/2016-17 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=SkySports |language=en}}</ref> Following a 1–0 defeat to [[Sutton United]], Brabin left his role as manager on 18 September 2016.<ref name="tranmererovers.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/club-statement-3314214.aspx|title=Club Statement|access-date=29 December 2016|archive-date=7 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007063149/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/club-statement-3314214.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Assistant manager, ex-Southport boss Paul Carden took over on an interim basis.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 September 2016 |title=Paul Carden: Tranmere Rovers assistant manager takes interim charge |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/37407765 |access-date=1 July 2025 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> On 6 October 2016, former Tranmere player [[Micky Mellon]] was appointed permanent manager.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35217334 "Micky Mellon named Tranmere Rovers manager after Shrewsbury Town departure", BBC Sport, 7 October 2016.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905001933/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/35217334 |date=5 September 2017 }} Retrieved 23 November 2017</ref> His first game in charge was against cross-border rivals [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]], and ended with a 2–0 victory for Tranmere.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37527514 "Tranmere Rovers 2–0 Wrexham", BBC Sport, 8 October 2016.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226211915/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37527514 |date=26 December 2018 }} Retrieved 23 November 2017</ref> Despite a 2nd-place finish and a  95-point haul, this still was not enough to gain automatic promotion back to the league.<ref>[https://www.flashscores.co.uk/football/england/vanarama-national-league-2016-2017/standings/ "Vanarama National League 2016/17 Standings", Flash Scores, 29 April 2017.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034247/https://www.flashscores.co.uk/football/england/vanarama-national-league-2016-2017/standings/ |date=1 December 2017 }} Retrieved 23 November 2017</ref> Tranmere faced [[Aldershot Town]] in the play-offs. A goal from [[James Norwood]] and a brace from [[Cole Stockton]] in the first leg away at the [[Recreation Ground (Aldershot)|Recreation Ground]] saw Rovers take a 3–0 lead back to [[Prenton Park]] for the second leg, which ended in a 2–2 draw, Norwood and Stockton once again on the scoresheet. This gave Tranmere a 5–2 aggregate win and their first [[Wembley]] appearance in 17 years.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39758997 "Tranmere Rovers 2–2 Aldershot Town (agg: 5–2)", BBC Sport, 6 May 2017.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816052513/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39758997 |date=16 August 2017 }} Retrieved 23 November 2017</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39758998 "Aldershot Town 0–3 Tranmere Rovers", BBC Sport, 3 May 2017.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830173917/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39758998 |date=30 August 2017 }} Retrieved 23 November 2017</ref> However, they were beaten 3–1 in the [[2017 National League play-off final]] by [[Forest Green Rovers]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39850996 "Tranmere Rovers 1–3 Forest Green Rovers", BBC Sport, 14 May 2017.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211011529/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39850996 |date=11 February 2018 }} Retrieved 23 November 2017</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB5PsGSWS_E "GOAL! Connor Jennings With A Superb Strike At Wembley", YouTube, 17 May 2017.] Retrieved 23 November 2017</ref>

Tranmere's 2017–18 season got off to a poor start, with 3 wins from the first 12 games.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tranmere Rovers Results, 2017-18 |url=https://www.skysports.com/tranmere-rovers-results/2017-18 |website=Sky Sports}}</ref> Tranmere slipped to 18th in the table, their lowest ever league position.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41290751|title=Tranmere Rovers 0-1 Wrexham|date=23 September 2017|work=BBC Sport|access-date=14 May 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=5 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805074220/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41290751|url-status=live}}</ref> A spectacular winter turnaround saw Tranmere move into the play-off spots, where they remained for the rest of the season. This turnaround included a record-breaking run of 9 consecutive home league wins, which was ended in February with a 4–1 defeat to eventual title winner [[Macclesfield Town F.C.|Macclesfield Town]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Matt |date=20 February 2018 |title=Pivotal fixture for Tranmere against league leaders Macclesfield |url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/pivotal-fixture-tranmere-against-league-14312048 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=Liverpool Echo |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43040145|title=Tranmere Rovers 1-4 Macclesfield Town|date=20 February 2018|work=BBC Sport|access-date=14 May 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=11 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311104541/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43040145|url-status=live}}</ref> Tranmere responded to this defeat by winning 8 out of their next 9 games, finishing the season as [[National League (English football)|National League]] runners-up for the second time in as many years, qualifying for the play-offs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=English Football Stats - English League Tables - Season 2017-18 - Tiers 1-7 |url=http://www.englishfootballstats.co.uk/League%20Tables/2017-18.htm |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.englishfootballstats.co.uk}}</ref> In the play-off semi-final, Tranmere met [[Ebbsfleet United F.C.|Ebbsfleet United]] at home. Tranmere came from behind twice to take the game to extra time before prevailing 4–2 after extra time, a result which sent Tranmere to Wembley Stadium for the National League play-off final.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43990503|title=Tranmere Rovers 4-2 Ebbsfleet United (aet)|date=5 May 2018|work=BBC Sport|access-date=14 May 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=5 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805123559/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43990503|url-status=live}}</ref> On 12 May 2018, a crowd of 16,306 were at Wembley for the final against [[Boreham Wood F.C.|Boreham Wood]]. Tranmere were [[2018 National League play-off final|2–1]] victors, their first trophy in 27 years, and were promoted back to the [[English Football League|Football League]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44029571|title=Boreham Wood 1-2 Tranmere Rovers|date=12 May 2018|work=BBC Sport|access-date=14 May 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001231319/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44029571|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Return to the Football League===
Under the chairmanship of [[Mark Palios]] and the management of [[Micky Mellon]], Tranmere played in [[EFL League Two|League Two]] for the [[2018–19 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season|2018–19]] season, finishing 6th and thereby reaching the play-offs. On 25 May 2019, Tranmere secured back-to-back promotions, beating [[Newport County A.F.C.|Newport County]] 1–0 at Wembley Stadium. They did so with a goal from [[Connor Jennings]] in the 119th minute, thus securing their spot in [[EFL League One|League One]] for the [[2019-20 EFL League One|2019–20 season]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48318580 League Two Playoff Final: Newport 0, Tranmere 1, ''BBC Sport'', 25 May 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004064334/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48318580 |date=4 October 2020 }}. Retrieved 25 May 2019</ref>

By March 2020, the team were within the relegation zone, but with a game in hand on their nearest rivals and on a run of three successive victories. The cancellation of fixtures due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|COVID-19 pandemic]] meant that the season could not be completed, and a vote was taken by League One clubs on 9 June to resolve promotion and relegation issues on a [[points per game]] (PPG) basis. This meant that Tranmere would be demoted to League Two for the 2020–21 season. Club chairman Mark Palios said that the decision was unfair and that he was considering legal action as a result. He also announced that 20 members of staff would have to be made redundant.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/06/10/tranmere-consider-legal-action-against-efl-relegation-results/  Mike McGrath and James Ducker, "Tranmere consider legal action against EFL after relegation results in 20 redundancies", ''Telegraph'', 10 June 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611015911/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/06/10/tranmere-consider-legal-action-against-efl-relegation-results/ |date=11 June 2020 }}. Retrieved 12 June 2020</ref><ref>[https://talksport.com/football/efl/715612/tranmere-mark-palios-decision-grossly-unfair-charlton/ Josh Fordham, "Tranmere owner Mark Palios 'white hot with anger' as League One season ends in relegation, questions why Charlton can fight for survival but they can't", ''TalkSport'', 10 June 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612080114/https://talksport.com/football/efl/715612/tranmere-mark-palios-decision-grossly-unfair-charlton/ |date=12 June 2020 }}. Retrieved 12 June 2020</ref>

With the team back in League Two, [[Mike Jackson (footballer, born 1973)|Mike Jackson]] was named as manager of Tranmere on 18 July 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mike Jackson appointed first team manager|url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/2020/july/mike-jackson-appointed-first-team-manager/|access-date=18 July 2020|website=www.tranmererovers.co.uk|language=en-gb|archive-date=19 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719115239/https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/2020/july/mike-jackson-appointed-first-team-manager/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was sacked on 31 October 2020.<ref>[https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/2020/october/club-statement2/  TRFC Club Statement, 31 October 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305092003/https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/2020/october/club-statement2/ |date=5 March 2021 }}. Retrieved 31 October 2020</ref> [[Keith Hill (footballer)|Keith Hill]] succeeded temporary manager [[Ian Dawes (footballer, born 1984)|Ian Dawes]] on 21 November 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/2020/november/tranmere-rovers-appoint-keith-hill-as-first-team-manager/|title=Tranmere Rovers appoint Keith Hill as first team manager|access-date=11 May 2021|archive-date=11 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511083353/https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/2020/november/tranmere-rovers-appoint-keith-hill-as-first-team-manager/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was sacked on 11 May 2021, after the side reached the play-offs, but before the play-off matches had started.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/2021/may/club-statement---keith-hill/ |title="Club Statement - Keith Hill", ''Tranmere Rovers FC'', 11 May 2021 |access-date=11 May 2021 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511083034/https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/2021/may/club-statement---keith-hill/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Morecambe F.C.|Morecambe]] defeated Tranmere in the play-off semi-final.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57132083  "Morecambe booked a first EFL play-off final as they held Tranmere to a 1-1 draw to complete a 3-2 aggregate win.", ''BBC News'', 23 May 2021] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602160643/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57132083 |date=2 June 2021 }}. Retrieved 24 May 2021</ref> At the end of May 2021, Tranmere announced that Micky Mellon was returning to the club as manager, having spent the season apart in charge of [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Micky Mellon returns to Tranmere as manager for second time|url=https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/19339882.micky-mellon-returns-tranmere-rovers-manager/|access-date=2 June 2021|website=Wirral Globe|date=31 May 2021 |language=en|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602221538/https://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/19339882.micky-mellon-returns-tranmere-rovers-manager/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Tranmere re-appoint Mellon as boss|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57307327|access-date=2 June 2021|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603005818/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57307327|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite a strong start to the season, Tranmere sacked Mellon on 19 March 2023, following results that included a total of six wins since mid-October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tranmere Rovers (Sky Sports) |url=https://www.skysports.com/tranmere-rovers-results/2022-23 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=SkySports |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65008611 | title=Tranmere sack Mellon after second spell as boss | work=BBC Sport }}</ref> Dawes oversaw seven games as caretaker manager before being appointed the permanent manager, but Tranmere sacked him in early September 2023 after six consecutive defeats; Tranmere appointed their technical director [[Nigel Adkins]] as interim manager.<ref name="BBC-10Sep2023">{{cite news |title=Ian Dawes: Tranmere Rovers sack boss as Nigel Adkins takes interim charge |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66768196 |access-date=11 September 2023 |work=BBC Sport |date=10 September 2023}}</ref> Adkins was appointed permanent manager on 2 November 2023, signing a contract until the end of 2025–26 season.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 November 2023 |title=Nigel Adkins: Tranmere Rovers appoint interim manager on two-and-a-half-year deal |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/67300762 |access-date=12 March 2025 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> On 26 February 2025, Adkins left Tranmere by mutual agreement following a ten-game winless run in the league which culminated in a home defeat to [[Accrington Stanley F.C.|Accrington Stanley]] which left Tranmere two points above the relegation zone. He was replaced by assistant manager [[Andy Crosby]] until the end of the season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/2025/march/10/club-update--andy-crosby/ |access-date=11 April 2025 |website=www.tranmererovers.co.uk|title=Club Update: Andy Crosby}}</ref>

==Colours and crest==

[[File:Tranmere 1962 crest.jpg|right|150px|thumb|1962 crest]]
Belmont F.C., the forerunners of today's Rovers, wore blue shirts and white shorts, as did the early Rovers, until a radical change in 1889, when a combination of maroon and orange shirts and navy blue shorts was introduced to "dazzle" their opponents in the [[West Lancashire Football League|West Lancashire League]].<ref name="colours" /> These were abandoned in 1904 in favour of the earlier blue and white colours which have, in some form or other, remained until the present day.<ref name="historicalkits" /><ref name="colours" /> In 1962, Dave Russell introduced a white strip with blue trim, saying "Tranmere Rovers should have a specific identity of its own, so on Merseyside there's now Liverpool's red, Everton's blue and Tranmere's white".{{clarify|date=February 2024|reason=why did he capitalize 'Liverpool's Red'? but not 'Tranmere's white'? or 'Everton's blue'? is that a mistake?}}<ref name="colours" /> Since then, the team have worn varying combinations of blue and white, moving back towards a more predominantly white kit in 2000.<ref name="historicalkits" /><ref name="beautiful history" /> The team's colours are reflected in their nickname of the "Superwhites".<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Tranmere first introduced a badge on their shirt in 1962, wearing the coat of arms of the borough of [[Birkenhead]], along with adopting their motto "''Ubi fides ibi lux et robur''", meaning "Where there is faith there is light and strength".{{better source needed|date=February 2024|reason=source 1 is WordPress. He even calls it a 'blog' in the 'About Me' section. source 2 gives the motto, its meaning and the coat of arms of Birkenhead, but does not connect all this to Tranmere Rovers.}}<ref name="beautiful history" /><ref name="heraldry" /> The crest was replaced in 1972 by a [[monogram]], and, in 1981, by a simplified blue and white shield.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 March 2016 |title=Tranmere Rovers' logo, explained |url=https://ryanferguson.co.uk/blogs/blog/the-anatomy-of-a-club-badge |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=Ryan Ferguson |language=en}}</ref> In 1987, a complex <ref name="historicalkits" /> heraldic crest was introduced, adapting the Birkenhead crest through the inclusion of a football and a TRFC logo. The simpler badge was adopted in 1997,<ref name="historicalkits" /> and modified slightly in 2009 to mark the club's 125-year anniversary.<ref name="125 years" /> The blue and white crest incorporated simplified elements of the Birkenhead civic coat of arms: the [[crosier]] and lion originally formed part of the [[Birkenhead Priory]] [[Seal (emblem)|seal]]; the oak tree was a symbol of the Tranmere [[Local Board]]; the star or [[starfish]] represents [[Bebington]]; the two lions represent [[Oxton, Merseyside|Oxton]]; and the crescents may represent the [[William Laird (shipbuilder)|Laird family]].<ref>[http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/cheshire_pre74.html Civic Heraldry: Birkenhead County Borough Council] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729172950/http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/cheshire_pre74.html |date=29 July 2010 }}. Retrieved 23 September 2016</ref>

For the 2021–22 season, Tranmere reverted to their pre-1997 badge.<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 May 2021|title=2021/22 home kit revealed!|url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/2021/may/202122-home-kit-revealed/|access-date=8 October 2021|publisher=Tranmere Rovers F.C.|archive-date=8 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008211306/https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/2021/may/202122-home-kit-revealed/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Stadium==
{{Main|Prenton Park}}

[[File:Prenton Park 1986 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|Prenton Park in 1986]]
Rovers played their first matches at Steeles Field in Birkenhead but, in 1887, they bought a new site from Tranmere Rugby Club.{{synthesis inline|date=February 2024|reason=source, on 1887, states 'By 1887 Rovers had moved ground to Ravenshaws Field, which was later renamed Prenton Park, our final home before the switch to the current Prenton Park in 1912'. where does it mention buying anything? or Tranmere Rugby Club?}}<ref name="official site history" /> The ground was variously referred to as the "Borough Road Enclosure", "Ravenshaw's Field" and "South Road".<ref name="A-Z Prenton" /> The name "Prenton Park" was adopted in 1895 as a result of a suggestion in the letters page of the Football Echo.<ref name="A-Z Prenton" /> Because the land was required for housing and a school, Tranmere were forced to move and the name went with them. The present Prenton Park was opened on 9 March 1912.<ref name="A-Z Prenton" /><ref name="inglis" /> There were stands (also known as [[bleacher]]s) on both sides of the pitch, a paddock and three open terraces, the general format which remained until 1994.<ref name="official site Prenton Park"/>

Many improvements to the ground were driven by changes in [[legislation]]. The biggest change of all took place during 1994 and 1995. The [[Taylor Report]] suggested that all stadia in the top two divisions of English football should no longer permit standing. The club's response was to redevelop three sides of the ground with entirely new [[all-seater]] stands created&nbsp;– the Borough Road Stand (now the Johnny King Stand), the Cowshed and the new Kop, with the existing Main Stand remaining.<ref name="official site Prenton Park"/> Capacity in the ground thus increased from 14,200<ref name="A-Z Prenton" /> to the 16,567 of today.<ref name="official site Prenton Park" /> On 11 March 1995, having been built at a cost of £3.1 million, the new ground was officially opened.<ref name="TheCowsheds History"/>

Attendances at the ground have fluctuated over its hundred-year history. Around 8,000 visitors watched the first game at the stadium, as Tranmere beat [[Lancaster City F.C.|Lancaster Town]] 8–0.<ref name="ATTENDANCES" /> Prenton Park's largest-ever crowd was 24,424 for a 1972 [[FA Cup]] match between Tranmere and [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]].<ref name="football ground guide" /> Average attendances since the renovation range from just above 5000 in the early 2010s and the Non-League years, to the upper 8000s in the 90s, during the First Division years. In the 2020s, attendances have remained mostly in the low to mid 6000s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=England historical attendance and performance |url=https://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/league/trar.htm |access-date=2 July 2025 |website=european-football-statistics.co.uk}}</ref>

==Supporters and rivalries==
Tranmere Rovers had an average home attendance of 6,398 during the [[2024–25 EFL League Two|2024–25]] season, making them the 10th best supported club in [[EFL League Two|League Two]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 May 2025 |title=League Two 2024/2025 - Attendance |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/attendance/eng-league-two-2024-2025/1/ |access-date=2 July 2025 |website=worldfootball.net |language=en}}</ref> The club has a number of supporters' groups, including the Tranmere Rovers Supporters Trust and the Tranmere Rovers Official Supporters Club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supporter Groups |url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/fans/supporter-groups |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.tranmererovers.co.uk}}</ref> In 2010, the trust raised £12,500 for the club to sign [[Andy Robinson (footballer, born 1979)|Andy Robinson]] on loan.<ref name="les aid" /> Tranmere Rovers have been the subject of an independent supporters' [[fanzine]] ''Give Us an R'' since the 1990s.<ref name="GUAR" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fanzines |url=https://www.tranmere-web.com/page/blog/fanzines |website=Tranmere Web}}</ref>

Despite being geographically closest to [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] and [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]], Tranmere's time in the lower leagues has meant that they have rarely met either club and have built up traditional rivalries with near neighbours [[Wrexham F.C.|Wrexham]] and [[Chester F.C.|Chester]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 February 2016 |title=Chester v Tranmere Rovers: The North West's forgotten derby game |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35654873 |access-date=1 July 2025 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2024 |title=Wrexham AFC 0 Tranmere Rovers 1 |url=https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/sport/24190255.wrexham-suffer-defeat-tranmere-derby-encounter/ |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=The Leader |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://thechriswhitingshow.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/2012-football-rivalry-census-results |title = 2012–13 Football Rivalry Survey Results |access-date = 27 April 2015 |date = 28 August 2012 |archive-date = 2 April 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155825/https://thechriswhitingshow.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/2012-football-rivalry-census-results/ |url-status = live }}</ref> According to a survey entitled 'The League of Love and Hate' conducted in August 2019, Tranmere fans listed the more distant [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] and [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] as their biggest rivals, followed by Everton, Liverpool and [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]], although the census did not contain non-league clubs (Chester and, and that time, Wrexham).<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.givemesport.com/1500300-the-top-five-rivals-of-english-footballs-top-92-clubs-revealed|title = The top five rivals of English football's top 92 clubs have been revealed|date = 27 August 2019|access-date = 1 October 2019|archive-date = 29 September 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190929205049/https://www.givemesport.com/1500300-the-top-five-rivals-of-english-footballs-top-92-clubs-revealed|url-status = live}}</ref> Tranmere also had a fierce rivalry with [[Wallasey]]-based near neighbour [[New Brighton A.F.C.|New Brighton]], until that club failed to be re-elected to the Football League in 1951.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://planetprentonia.com/2016/11/10/a-history-of-the-wirral-derby-tranmere-v-new-brighton/|title=A History of The Wirral Derby: Tranmere v New Brighton|date=10 November 2016|work=planetprentonia.com|access-date=20 January 2017|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202123333/https://planetprentonia.com/2016/11/10/a-history-of-the-wirral-derby-tranmere-v-new-brighton/|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of the end of the 2022–23 season, Tranmere had met the following teams most times in the Football League:{{Citation needed|date=July 2025}}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Statistics, to end of 2022–23 season
|-
! scope="col" | Opponents
! scope="col" | P
! scope="col" | W
! scope="col" | D
! scope="col" | L
! scope="col" | W%
|-
! scope="row" | [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|120|53|26|41}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Hartlepool United F.C.|Hartlepool United]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|118|52|28|38}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Rochdale A.F.C.|Rochdale]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|113|54|23|36}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|108|40|31|37}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Halifax Town A.F.C.|Halifax Town]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|104|42|28|34}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Wrexham F.C.|Wrexham]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|102|38|25|39}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Chesterfield F.C.|Chesterfield]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|94|31|19|44}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|86|36|20|30}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|82|38|13|31}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[Southport F.C.|Southport]]
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|80|38|22|20}}
|-
|}

==Tranmere Rovers Ladies==
{{Main|Tranmere Rovers L.F.C.}}

Tranmere Rovers Ladies Football Club were founded in 1990.<ref name="history" /> Based on the Wirral, they are affiliated with the men's team<ref name="history" /> and play most of their home games at Ellesmere Port Sports Village.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tranmere Rovers Women {{!}} North West Womens Regional League |url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/displayTeam.html?divisionseason=306918252&teamID=12331791 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=fulltime.thefa.com}}</ref> Between 1996 and 2004 they competed in the [[FA Women's Premier League National Division|FA Premier League National Division]],<ref name="history" /><ref name="2004 table" /> then the top tier of the [[Women's football in England|English women's football]] pyramid. As of 2025, they play in the North West Regional League, Premier Division.<ref name="2012 table" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=North West Womens Regional League |url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/index.html?league=4674028&selectedSeason=973457419&selectedDivision=319275546&selectedCompetition=0&selectedFixtureGroupKey=1_833438195 |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=fulltime.thefa.com}}</ref>

==Players==
{{Main|List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. players}}

===First-team squad===
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{{Fs player|no=1|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Luke McGee]]}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Cameron Norman]]}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Patrick Brough]]}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Jordan Turnbull]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Nathan Smith (footballer, born 1996)|Nathan Smith]]}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Richard Smallwood (footballer)|Richie Smallwood]]|other= [[Captain (association football)|captain]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Charlie Whitaker]]}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Sam Finley]]}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Kristian Dennis]]}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Josh Davison]]}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Omari Patrick]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=[[Jack Barrett (footballer, born 2002)|Jack Barrett]]|other=on loan from [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]]}}
{{Fs player|no=13|nat=IRL|pos=GK|name=[[Joe Murphy (footballer, born 1981)|Joe Murphy]]}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Jayden Joseph]]|other=on loan from [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]}}
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{{Fs player|no=16|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Jason Lowe (footballer)|Jason Lowe]]}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=JER|pos=FW|name=[[Sol Solomon]]}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Connor Jennings]]}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Harvey Saunders]]}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Samuel Taylor (footballer, born 2003)|Samuel Taylor]]}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=WAL|pos=MF|name=[[Josh Williams (Welsh footballer)|Josh Williams]]}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=IRL|pos=MF|name=[[Lee O'Connor (footballer)|Lee O'Connor]]}}
{{Fs player|no=23|nat=SKN|pos=DF|name=[[Ethan Bristow]]}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=[[Billy Blacker]]|other=on loan from [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]]}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Taylan Harris]]|other=on loan from [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]]}}
{{Fs player|no=29|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=[[Joe Ironside]]}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=[[Aaron McGowan]]}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=LBR|pos=MF|name=[[Nohan Kenneh]]}}
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===Former players===
As part of the club's 125th anniversary celebrations in 2010, a [[hall of fame]] was announced, initially honouring seven former players and managers: [[Ian Muir (English footballer)|Ian Muir]], John Aldridge, John King, [[Ray Mathias]], [[Steve Mungall]], [[John Morrissey (footballer)|John Morrissey]], and [[Pat Nevin]].<ref name="Hall of Fame" /> [[Harold Bell (footballer)|Harold Bell]] holds the record for the most consecutive league appearances for a British team. He was picked for the first game after the Second World War in the 1946–47 season and did not miss a match until 30 August 1955, a total of 401 consecutive matches in the Third Division North.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Bell record" />

==Officials==

===Coaching staff===
{{updated|26 February 2025}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/teams |title=Staff |publisher=Tranmere Rovers F.C.|access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of staff
|-
! scope="col" | Position
! scope="col" | Name
|-
! scope="row" | Manager
| [[Andy Crosby]] 
|-
! scope="row" | Assistant Manager
| [[Andy Parkinson]]
|-
! scope="row" | Goalkeeping Coach
| [[Joe Murphy (footballer, born 1981)|Joe Murphy]]
|-
! scope="row" | Player Development Manager
| [[Alan Morgan (footballer, born 1973)|Alan Morgan]]
|-
! scope="row" | Physiotherapist
| John Adediran
|-
! scope="row" | Sports Scientist 
| Mark Cowan
|-
! scope="row" | Chief Scout 
| Ollie Knight
|-
! scope="row" | Performance Analyst 
| Kieran Stephens
|}

===Managers===
{{Main|List of Tranmere Rovers F.C. managers}}

By the start of the 2024–25 season, the club had employed 40 [[manager (football)|managers]]. The first man to hold this position was [[Bert Cooke]], appointed in 1912.<ref name="managers" /> He oversaw the club's entry into the Football League,<ref name="History - Interwar Years"/><ref name="combination" /><ref name="1921-22" /> and remained in charge for 23 years, the longest spell of any manager at the club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tranmere Manager History {{!}} Past & Present {{!}} Soccer Base |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2598&teamTabs=managers |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.soccerbase.com}}</ref><ref name="managers" /> Major changes were not seen until businessman [[Dave Russell (footballer)|Dave Russell]] took over in 1961.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> His introductions included the team's current all-white [[Kit (association football)|kit]]<ref name="historicalkits" /> and regularly arranged [[Floodlights|floodlit]] home fixtures on Friday evenings rather than the usual Saturday afternoon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friday Night Football Factfile |url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/2024/september/24/friday-night-football-factfile/ |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.tranmererovers.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="WSC" /> Rock band and Tranmere fans [[Half Man Half Biscuit]] described the practice in their song "Friday Night And The Gates Are Low".<ref name="hmhb1" /><ref name="hmhb2" />

Tranmere's most successful period came at the end of the twentieth century. John King returned for his third spell at the club in 1987, having previously both played for and managed the team.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Johnny King (1938-2016)|url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/johnny-king-1938-2016-3033736.aspx |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.tranmererovers.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="managers" /> He led them to a victory in the League Trophy,<ref name="football league trophy" /> and from the bottom of the Fourth Division to, on three occasions, reach the semi-finals in play-offs that had as their prize a promotion to the Premier League.<ref name="1992-93" /><ref name="1993-94" /><ref name="1994-95" /> Under King's replacement, John Aldridge, Tranmere appeared in the 2000 Football League Cup final.<ref name="league cup 2000" /> From 2009, they were managed by former club physiotherapist, Les Parry,<ref name="Tranmere sack Barnes and McAteer" /> until he was sacked on 4 March 2012,<ref name="Tranmere Rovers sack manager Les Parry" /> and replaced by [[Ronnie Moore]].<ref name="Club Statement" /> In February 2014, media reports suggested Moore was under investigation by [[The Football Association]], for breaching its rules against betting on competitions in which his club were involved.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26194712 |title=Ronnie Moore: Tranmere boss under FA betting investigation |work=BBC Sport |date=14 February 2014 |access-date=11 February 2018 |archive-date=5 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305032916/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26194712 |url-status=live }}</ref>  Three days later, Tranmere suspended Moore,<ref>{{cite news |author=Kay, Dan |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/tranmere-rovers-fc-suspend-manager-6719691 |title=Tranmere Rovers FC suspend manager Ronnie Moore over alleged betting rule breach |work=Liverpool Echo |date=17 February 2014 |access-date=9 April 2014 |archive-date=23 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223013434/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/tranmere-rovers-fc-suspend-manager-6719691 |url-status=live }}</ref> and then sacked him on 9 April 2014, after he conceded that the FA's charges were valid.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/apr/09/tranmere-sack-ronnie-moore-manager |title=Tranmere sack Ronnie Moore for breaching contract |work=The Guardian |date=9 April 2014 |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-date=24 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424182705/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/apr/09/tranmere-sack-ronnie-moore-manager |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 27 May 2014, the club announced that [[Robert Edwards (footballer born 1973)|Rob Edwards]] had been appointed as their new manager.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27583986 BBC Sport, "Tranmere Rovers appoint Rob Edwards as new manager", 27 May 2014] . Retrieved 27 May 2014</ref> Tranmere sacked Edwards on 13 October 2014.<ref name="edwards sacked"/> Moving quickly to arrest the decline which had seen Tranmere slump to the bottom of [[EFL League Two|League Two]], Tranmere announced former [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] manager [[Micky Adams]]'s appointment as Edwards's successor on 16 October 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29644396|title=Micky Adams: Tranmere Rovers appoint ex-Port Vale manager|date=16 October 2014|access-date=29 December 2016|work=BBC Sport|archive-date=23 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023112751/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/29644396|url-status=live}}</ref> He left the club by mutual consent on 19 April 2015, when the club were bottom of the league with two matches remaining.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/club-statement-2411451.aspx |title=Micky Adams leaves Tranmere Rovers by mutual consent |website=tranmererovers.co.uk |access-date=19 April 2015 |archive-date=19 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419134409/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/club-statement-2411451.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gary Brabin]], whose contract was in turn ended in September 2016, replaced Adams.<ref name="tranmererovers.co.uk"/> Tranmere appointed [[Micky Mellon]] as manager the following month, and he led the team to a pair of consecutive play-off final victories in the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons, the last of which brought a return to League One for the club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History - The 21st Century |url=https://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/club/history#The_21st_Century |access-date=1 July 2025 |website=www.tranmererovers.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=mellon>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/exciting-project-took-back-tranmere-11991099|title='Exciting project' took me back to Tranmere says new manager Mellon|first=Chris|last=Beesley|date=6 October 2016|access-date=29 December 2016|archive-date=14 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014100837/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/exciting-project-took-back-tranmere-11991099|url-status=live}}</ref> After four years at Tranmere, Mellon moved to [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] on 6 July 2020.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53298248  "Dundee United: Micky Mellon appointed as manager", ''BBC News'', 6 July 2020]. Retrieved 6 July 2020</ref>

On 18 July 2020, Mellon's former assistant manager [[Mike Jackson (footballer, born 1973)|Mike Jackson]] was appointed as manager, however his tenure was short-lived. After only two league wins in his first 10 games Jackson was sacked on 31 October 2020 following a 1–0 home defeat to [[Morecambe F.C.|Morecambe]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54764710 |title=Mike Jackson: Tranmere Rovers sack manager after three months - BBC Sport<!-- Bot generated title --> |work=BBC Sport |access-date=31 October 2020 |archive-date=1 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101052935/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54764710 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Keith Hill (footballer)|Keith Hill]] replaced Jackson as first team manager on 21 November.<ref>[https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/keith-hill-confirmed-new-manager-19323266 Ben Reardon, "Keith Hill confirmed as new manager of Tranmere Rovers", ''Liverpool Echo'', 21 November 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121203712/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/keith-hill-confirmed-new-manager-19323266 |date=21 November 2020 }}. Retrieved 21 November 2020</ref> Hill's first game ended in a 1–0 victory against [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 November 2020 |title=Tranmere Rovers 1-0 Carlisle United |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54969285 |access-date=1 July 2025 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> His side were top of the form table (after 20 games) in February, the team's spine spearheaded by [[Scott Davies (footballer, born 1987)|Scott Davies]], [[Peter Clarke (footballer)|Peter Clarke]], [[Manny Monthé]], [[Jay Spearing]], [[Paul Lewis (footballer)|Paul Lewis]] and [[James Vaughan (footballer, born 1988)|James Vaughan]]. Hill was sacked in May 2021, after the team had reached the League Two play-offs, but before the play-off matches took place. At the end of May 2021, Micky Mellon returned to Tranmere for a second spell as manager.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57305421 |title=Dundee Utd move to interview stage as former manager Micky Mellon returns to Tranmere Rovers |first=Kheredine |last=Idessane |website=BBC Sport |date=31 May 2021 |access-date=31 May 2021 |archive-date=31 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531111249/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57305421 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Full time managers are shown below (excluding caretaker managers).

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Managerial statistics, to 22 June 2024
|-
! scope="col" | Manager
! scope="col" | From
! scope="col" | To
! scope="col" | P
! scope="col" | W
! scope="col" | D
! scope="col" | L
! scope="col" | W%
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Reference
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bert|Cooke|Bert Cooke}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1912|August|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1935|April|30}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|607|258|123|226}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jack|Carr|Jack Carr (footballer born 1892)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1935|May|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1936|November|1}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|60|27|17|16}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jim|Knowles|Jim Knowles (footballer)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1936|November|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1939|January|1}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|98|38|16|44}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bill|Ridding|Bill Ridding}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1939|January|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1945|May|31}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|20|3|3|14}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ernest|Blackburn|Ernest Blackburn}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1946|September|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1955|May|1}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|421|172|83|166}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Noel|Kelly|Noel Kelly (footballer)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1955|July|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|October|1}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|107|26|25|56}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Peter|Farrell|Peter Farrell (footballer born 1922)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1957|October|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1960|December|31}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|164|63|34|67}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Walter|Galbraith|Walter Galbraith}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1961|January|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1961|December|1}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|43|20|3|20}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dave|Russell|Dave Russell (footballer born 1914)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1961|December|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1969|December|1}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|402|175|88|139}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jackie|Wright|Jackie Wright (footballer born 1926)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1969|December|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1972|April|1}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|132|35|57|40}}

|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ron|Yeats|Ron Yeats}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1972|April|8}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1975|April|4}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|156|49|44|63}}
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|John|King|John King (footballer born 1938)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1975|April|13}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1980|September|30}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|269|86|79|104}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_king" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Bryan|Hamilton|Bryan Hamilton}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1980|October|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1985|February|7}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|232|75|64|93}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_hamilton">
{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=259
| title       = Bryan Hamilton
| publisher   = Soccerbase
| access-date  = 8 November 2011
}}
</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Frank|Worthington|Frank Worthington}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1985|July|9}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1987|February|11}}
{{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|83|24|23|36}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_worthington">
{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=455
| title       = Frank Worthington
| publisher   = Soccerbase
| access-date  = 8 November 2011
}}
</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|John|King|John King (footballer born 1938)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1987|April|13}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1996|April|12}}
{{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|488|211|129|148}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_king" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Aldridge}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|1996|April|12}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2001|March|17}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|269|93|78|98}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_aldridge" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dave|Watson}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2001|May|20}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2002|August|1}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|55|22|15|18}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_watson" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ray|Mathias}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2002|August|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2003|September|29}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|66|29|18|19}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_mathias" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Brian|Little|Brian Little (footballer)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2003|October|12}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|June|9}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|147|61|43|43}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_little" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ronnie|Moore}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|June|9}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|June|5}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|171|71|42|58}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_moore" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|John|Barnes|John Barnes (footballer)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|June|14}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|October|9}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|14|3|1|10}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_barnes" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Les|Parry}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|October|9}}
| | {{dts|format=dmy|2012|March|4}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|131|40|34|57}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_parry" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ronnie|Moore}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2012|March|4}}
| | {{dts|format=dmy|2014|April|9}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|111|41|25|45}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_moore" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Rob|Edwards|Rob Edwards (footballer, born 1973)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2014|May|27}}
| | {{dts|format=dmy|2014|October|13}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|14|2|4|8}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_edwards">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2786
| title         = Rob Edwards
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 29 October 2014
| archive-date         = 29 October 2014
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20141029235049/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2786
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Micky|Adams|Micky Adams}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2014|October|16}}
| | {{dts|format=dmy|2015|April|19}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|38|10|11|17}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_adams">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=957
| title         = Micky Adams
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 25 July 2015
| archive-date         = 24 September 2015
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924124607/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=957
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Gary|Brabin|Gary Brabin}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2015|May|5}}
| | {{dts|format=dmy|2016|September|18}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|60|28|15|17}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_brabin">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2155
| title         = Gary Brabin
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 28 November 2021
| archive-date         = 8 March 2016
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20160308234332/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2155
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Micky|Mellon|Micky Mellon}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2016|October|7}}
| | {{dts|format=dmy|2020|July|6}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|198|91|45|62}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_mellon">{{cite web
| url         = https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2217
| title         = Micky Mellon
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 16 June 2020
| archive-date         = 16 June 2020
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20200616100032/https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2217
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Mike|Jackson|Mike Jackson (footballer, born 1973)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2020|July|18}}
| | {{dts|format=dmy|2020|October|31}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|13|3|5|5}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_jackson">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2551
| title         = Mike Jackson
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 31 October 2020
| archive-date         = 8 March 2016
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20160308234332/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2551
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Keith|Hill|Keith Hill (footballer)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2020|November|21}}
| | {{dts|format=dmy|2021|May|11}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|40|20|10|10}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_hill">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2066
| title         = Keith Hill
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 31 May 2021
| archive-date         = 3 June 2021
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20210603073349/https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2066
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Micky|Mellon|Micky Mellon}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|May|31}}
| | {{dts|format=dmy|2023|March|19}} 
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|97|39|25|33}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_mellon" />
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ian|Dawes|Ian Dawes (footballer, born 1984)}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2023|March|20}}
| | {{dts|format=dmy|2023|September|10}} 
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|19|3|5|11}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_dawes">{{cite web
| url          = https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=5595
| title        = Ian Dawes
| publisher    = Soccerbase
}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nigel|Adkins|Nigel Adkins}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2023|November|2}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2025|February|26}}
 {{WDL|decimals=1|align=center|72|23|16|33}}
| align=center | <ref name="soccerbase_adkins">{{cite web
| url          = https://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2058
| title        = Nigel Adkins
| publisher    = Soccerbase
}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Honours==
Source:<ref name="honours and records" /><ref name="FCHD">{{cite web |url=https://www.fchd.info/TRANMERR.HTM |title=Tranmere Rovers Football Club |website=Football Club History Database |access-date=10 June 2024}}</ref>

'''League'''
*[[Football League Third Division North|Third Division North]] / [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] (level 3)
**Champions: [[1937–38 Football League|1937–38]]
**Play-off winners: [[1991 Football League Third Division play-off final|1991]]
*[[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]] / [[EFL League Two|League Two]] (level 4)
**Runners-up: [[1988–89 Football League|1988–89]]
**Promoted: [[1966–67 Football League|1966–67]], [[1975–76 Football League|1975–76]]
**Play-off winners: [[2019 EFL League Two play-off final|2019]]
*[[National League (division)|National League]] (level 5)
**Play-off winners: [[2018 National League play-off final|2018]]
*[[The Combination]]
**Champions: [[1907–08 in English football|1907–08]]
*[[Lancashire Combination]]
**Champions: [[1913–14 in English football|1913–14]]
*[[Lancashire Combination|Lancashire Combination Division Two]]
**Promoted: [[1911–12 in English football|1911–12]]

'''Cup'''
*[[Football League Cup]]
**Runners-up: [[1999–2000 Football League Cup|1999–2000]]
*[[EFL Trophy|Associate Members' Cup / Football League Trophy / EFL Trophy]]
**Winners: [[1989–90 Football League Trophy|1989–90]]
**Runners-up: [[1990–91 Associate Members' Cup|1990–91]], [[2020–21 EFL Trophy|2020–21]]
*[[Welsh Cup]]
**Winners: [[1934–35 Welsh Cup|1934–35]]
[[Image:Bristol Rovers v Tranmere Rovers, Wembley 1990 (344523653).jpg|thumb|Tranmere playing against [[Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]] in the final of the 1990 [[Football League Trophy]]]]

==Records==
* '''Highest league finish''': 4th in [[Football League First Division|First Division]] (level 2), [[1992–93 Football League|1992–93]]<ref name="FCHD"/>
* '''Best FA Cup performance''': Quarter-finals, [[1999–2000 FA Cup|1999–2000]], [[2000–01 FA Cup|2000–01]], [[2003–04 FA Cup|2003–04]]<ref name="FCHD"/>
* '''Best League Cup performance''': Runners-up, [[1999–2000 Football League Cup|1999–2000]]<ref name="FCHD"/>
* '''Best League Trophy performance''': Winners, [[1989–90 Football League Trophy|1989–90]]<ref name="FCHD"/>
* '''Best FA Trophy performance''': Semi-finals, [[2016–17 FA Trophy|2016–17]]<ref name="FCHD"/>
* '''Record win''':
** 13–4, against [[Oldham Athletic A.F.C.|Oldham Athletic]], 26 December 1935<ref name="indy festive feats" /> The aggregate of 17 goals in one game remains a [[English football records#Scorelines|league record.]]<ref name="goal records" />
** 9–0 against [[Solihull Moors F.C.|Solihull Moors]], 8 April 2017<ref>{{cite web|title=Report: Tranmere Rovers 9–0 Solihull Moors|url=http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/report-tranmere-rovers-9-0-solihull-moors-3664686.aspx|website=Tranmere Rovers FC|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-date=9 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409110845/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/report-tranmere-rovers-9-0-solihull-moors-3664686.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''Record defeat''':
** 1–9 against [[Tottenham Hotspur]], FA Cup 3rd round replay, 14 January 1953<ref>{{cite book |first1=John |last1=Anderson |title=Football Yearbook 2019–20 |year=2019 |publisher=Headline Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=978-1-4722-6111-3 |page=363}}</ref>
* '''Highest home attendance''': 24,424, against [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]], 5 February 1972, FA Cup<ref name="honours and records" />
* '''Most goals (total)''': Ian Muir, 180<ref name="honours and records" />
* '''Most goals in a season''': [[Robert Bell (footballer)|Bunny Bell]] (1934–35) and John Aldridge (1991–92){{failed verification|date=February 2024|reason=not in source.}}<ref name="honours and records" />
* '''Most appearances''': Ray Mathias, 637<ref name="1921-1997 data" />

==References==
;General
* {{cite book
| last      = Bishop
| first     = Peter
| title     = The A–Z of Tranmere Rovers
| year      = 1990
| publisher = Chester IV Graphics
| location  = [[Ellesmere Port]] <!--| asin = B0011SRSOG amazon.com link does not work; use amazon.co.uk -->
}} {{ASIN|B0011SRSOG|country=uk}}.
* {{cite book
| last      = Upton
| first     = Gilbert
| title     = Tranmere Rovers, 1881–1921: A New History
| date      = December 1991
| publisher = G. Upton
| isbn      = 978-0-9518648-0-7
}}
* {{cite book
| last1     = Upton
| first1    = Gilbert
| last2     = Wilson
| first2    = Steve
| title     = Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record
| date      = November 1997
| publisher = The Authors
| isbn      = 978-0-9518648-2-1
}}
* {{cite book
| last      = Bishop
| first     = Peter
| title     = Tranmere Rovers Football Club
| series    = Images of England
| date      = 1 November 1998
| publisher = Tempus
| location  = Stroud
| isbn      = 978-0-7524-1505-5
}}
* {{cite book
| last1     = Upton
| first1    = Gilbert
| last2     = Wilson
| first2    = Steve
| last3     = Bishop
| first3    = Peter
| title     = Tranmere Rovers: The Complete Record
| date      = 24 July 2009
| publisher = Breedon
| isbn      = 978-1-85983-711-5
}}

;Specific

{{Reflist|2|refs =

<ref name="GUAR">{{cite news
 |url          = https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/half-pay-the-cup-price-1317263.html
 |title        = Half pay the Cup price
 |date         = 4 February 1996
|newspaper    = The Independent
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|archive-date = 5 March 2016
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305065609/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/half-pay-the-cup-price-1317263.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="les aid">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.tranmereroverstrust.co.uk/~tranmere/index.php/campaigns/les-aid
 |title        = Les Aid
 |publisher    = Tranmere Rovers Trust
 |access-date  = 13 August 2012
|date         = 21 March 2011
|archive-date = 27 April 2013
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130427151239/http://www.tranmereroverstrust.co.uk/~tranmere/index.php/campaigns/les-aid
 |url-status   = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="125 years">{{cite web
 |url         = http://origin-www.tranmererovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10365~1712787,00.html
 |title       = New Home Kit Revealed
 |publisher   = Tranmere Rovers F.C
 |access-date = 10 September 2012
|date        = 4 July 2009
}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

<ref name="heraldry">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/cheshire_pre74.html#birkenhead%20cbc
| title         = Cheshire (Pre 1974)
| publisher         = Civic Heraldry of England and Wales
| access-date         = 8 December 2011
| archive-date         = 29 July 2010
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20100729172950/http://www.civicheraldry.co.uk/cheshire_pre74.html#birkenhead%20cbc
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="beautiful history">{{cite web
 |url          = http://thebeautifulhistory.wordpress.com/clubs/tranmere-rovers/
 |title        = Tranmere Rovers
 |publisher    = The Beautiful History
 |access-date  = 8 December 2011
|date         = 2 June 2011
|archive-date = 20 November 2011
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111120234849/http://thebeautifulhistory.wordpress.com/clubs/tranmere-rovers/
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="colours">
{{cite book
| last       = Bishop
| title      = The A–Z of Tranmere Rovers
| year       = 1990
| chapter    = Colours
| page      = 10
}}
</ref>

<ref name="official site history">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/club-history-234680.aspx
 |title        = Club History
 |date         = 1 May 2012
|publisher    = Tranmere Rovers F.C
 |access-date  = 13 August 2012
|archive-date = 3 November 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103082711/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/club-history-234680.aspx
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Hall of Fame">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/club/Hall_of_Fame.aspx
| title         = Hall of Fame
| publisher         = Tranmere Rovers F.C
| access-date         = 13 August 2012
| archive-date         = 27 July 2012
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20120727102838/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/club/Hall_of_Fame.aspx
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="official site Prenton Park">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/a-guide-to-prenton-park-236883.aspx
 |title        = A Guide to Prenton Park
 |publisher    = Tranmere Rovers F.C
 |access-date  = 13 August 2012
|date         = 10 July 2012
|archive-date = 26 March 2016
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160326012848/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/a-guide-to-prenton-park-236883.aspx
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Bell record">{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/4504110.stm
 |title        = Record breaker
 |date         = 6 December 2005
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = John
 |last         = Sinnott
 |archive-date = 11 November 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121111114804/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/4504110.stm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="honours and records">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.thecowsheds.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&id=68
 |title       = Honours & Records
 |date        = 19 August 2010
|publisher   = The Cowsheds
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120314135520/http://www.thecowsheds.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&id=68
 |archive-date = 14 March 2012
|df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref>

<ref name="indy festive feats">{{cite news
 |url          = https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-festive-feats-and-feasts-of-goals-1194392.html
 |title        = Football: Festive feats and feasts of goals
 |date         = 26 December 1998
|newspaper    = The Independent
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Steve
 |last         = Tongue
 |archive-date = 11 November 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121111053341/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-festive-feats-and-feasts-of-goals-1194392.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="bishop 98">
Bishop (1998).
</ref>

<ref name="football ground guide">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.footballgroundguide.com/tranmere_rovers/
 |title       = Prenton Park, Tranmere Rovers FC
 |date        = 1 July 2011
|publisher   = Football Ground Guide
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111003153918/http://www.footballgroundguide.com/tranmere_rovers/
 |archive-date = 3 October 2011
|df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref>

<ref name="ATTENDANCES">
{{citation
| last        = Ashton
| first       = Stuart
| title       = A–Z of Prenton Park: Attendances
| journal     = Rovers Review
| pages       = 54–55
| date        = 6 August 2011
}}
</ref>

<ref name="inglis">
{{cite book
| last       = Inglis
| first      = Simon
| author-link = Simon Inglis
| title      = The Football Grounds of Great Britain
| edition    = 2
| date       = 6 April 1987
| publisher  = HarperCollinsWillow
| location   = London
| isbn       = 978-0-00-218249-2
| pages      = 216–218
}}
</ref>

<ref name="hmhb1">
{{cite book
| editor1-last      = Bateman
| editor1-first     = Anthony
| editor2-last      = Bale
| editor2-first     = John
| title      = Sporting Sounds: Relationships Between Sport and Music
| date       = 13 October 2008
| publisher  = Routledge
| edition    = 1
| isbn       = 978-0-415-44367-8
| page       = 187
| url        = https://books.google.com/books?id=MWnr5W0PPEgC&pg=PA187
}}
</ref>

<ref name="hmhb2">
{{cite book
| last       = Buckley
| first      = Jonathan
| title      = The Rough Guide to Rock
| date       = 30 October 2003
| publisher  = Rough Guides
| edition    = 3
| isbn       = 978-1-84353-105-0
| page       = 461
| url        = https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PT468
}}
</ref>

<ref name="history">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://tranmereroversladiesfc.webs.com/ladieshistory.htm
 |title       = Ladies History
 |publisher   = Tranmere Rovers Ladies & Girls FC
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425115459/http://tranmereroversladiesfc.webs.com/ladieshistory.htm
 |archive-date = 25 April 2012
|df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref>

<ref name="2012 table">{{cite web
|url         = http://full-time.thefa.com/Table.do?divisionseason=7782532
|title         = North West Womens Regional League&nbsp;– 2011–2012
|publisher         = TheFA.com
|access-date         = 7 December 2011
|archive-date         = 12 July 2012
|archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20120712021938/http://full-time.thefa.com/Table.do?divisionseason=7782532
|url-status         = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="2004 table">{{cite web
 |url          = http://fulltime.thefa.com/Table.do?divisionseason=9284159
 |title        = FA Women's Premier League&nbsp;– 2003/2004&nbsp;– National Division
 |publisher    = TheFA.com
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|date         = 2 March 2004
|archive-date = 1 April 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120401144709/http://fulltime.thefa.com/Table.do?divisionseason=9284159
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Tranmere sack Barnes and McAteer">{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/8298686.stm
 |title        = Tranmere sack Barnes and McAteer
 |date         = 9 October 2009
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|archive-date = 14 November 2020
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20201114013601/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/8298686.stm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="1992-93">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1992-93.html
 |title        = Season 1992–93
 |publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Paul
 |last         = Felton
 |archive-date = 7 May 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190507001701/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1992-93.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="1993-94">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1993-94.html
 |title        = Season 1993–94
 |publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Paul
 |last         = Felton
 |archive-date = 13 May 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190513071203/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/fla/1993-94.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="1994-95">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1994-95.html
 |title        = Season 1994–95
 |publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Paul
 |last         = Felton
 |archive-date = 18 June 2017
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20170618182146/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1994-95.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="WSC">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.wsc.co.uk/index.php?view=article&id=5246
 |title        = Tranmere Rovers 1994
 |first        = Karl
 |last         = Sturgeon
 |date         = December 2009
 |publisher    = When Saturday Comes
 |access-date  = 13 August 2012
|archive-date = 4 July 2013
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130704001818/http://www.wsc.co.uk/index.php?view=article&id=5246
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="soccerbase_king">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=813
| title         = John King
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 7 December 2011
| archive-date         = 3 November 2012
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103223047/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=813
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="soccerbase_aldridge">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=778
| title         = John Aldridge
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 7 December 2011
| archive-date         = 5 June 2011
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20110605215325/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=778
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="soccerbase_mathias">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1058
| title         = Ray Mathias
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 7 December 2011
| archive-date         = 9 November 2011
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20111109192314/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1058
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="soccerbase_watson">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1311
| title         = Dave Watson
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 7 December 2011
| archive-date         = 3 November 2012
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103223322/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1311
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="soccerbase_little">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=252
| title         = Brian Little
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 7 December 2011
| archive-date         = 3 November 2012
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103162718/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=252
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="soccerbase_barnes">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1548
| title         = John Barnes
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 7 December 2011
| archive-date         = 3 November 2012
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103223513/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1548
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="soccerbase_parry">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2174
| title         = Les Parry
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 7 December 2011
| archive-date         = 9 November 2011
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20111109192117/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=2174
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="soccerbase_moore">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1096
| title         = Ronnie Moore
| publisher         = Soccerbase
| access-date         = 9 April 2014
| archive-date         = 15 September 2013
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20130915233918/http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=1096
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>

<ref name=1974-75>{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1974-75.html
 |title        = Season 1974–75
 |publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Paul
 |last         = Felton
 |archive-date = 25 January 2010
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100125234218/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1974-75.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="FA Cup Archive">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.thefa.com/thefacup/more/pastresults
| title         = The FA Cup Archive
| publisher         = TheFA.com
| access-date         = 13 August 2012
| archive-date         = 2 February 2012
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20120202070506/http://www.thefa.com/thefacup/more/pastresults
| url-status         = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Tranmere shame Everton">{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/1138678.stm
 |title        = Tranmere shame Everton
 |date         = 27 January 2001
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|archive-date = 25 December 2017
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20171225104140/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/1138678.stm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Tranmere comeback stuns Saints">{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/1178964.stm
 |title        = Tranmere comeback stuns Saints
 |date         = 20 February 2001
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|archive-date = 20 February 2021
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20210220102616/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/1178964.stm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Liverpool cling on to beat Tranmere">{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/1211495.stm
 |title        = Liverpool cling on to beat Tranmere
 |date         = 11 March 2001
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|archive-date = 10 October 2014
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20141010001353/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/fa_cup/1211495.stm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Aldridge walks out on Rovers">{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/1227247.stm
 |title        = Aldridge walks out on Rovers
 |date         = 17 March 2001
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|archive-date = 6 March 2016
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306130558/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/1227247.stm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Stockport 0 - 3 Tranmere">{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/8632665.stm
 |title        = Stockport 0&nbsp;– 3 Tranmere
 |date         = 8 May 2010
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|archive-date = 2 January 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190102142027/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/8632665.stm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Les Parry Extends Contract as Manager">{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/8762256.stm
 |title        = One-year deal for Tranmere Rovers boss Les Parry
 |date         = 25 June 2010
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 14 August 2012
|archive-date = 2 January 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190102142131/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/8762256.stm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="A-Z Prenton">
{{cite book
| last       = Bishop
| title      = The A–Z of Tranmere Rovers
| year       = 1990
| chapter    = Prenton Park
| pages      = 33–34
}}
</ref>

<ref name="managers">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/managers-since-1912-234644.aspx
 |title        = Tranmere Rovers Managers Since 1912
 |date         = 1 April 2012
|publisher    = Tranmere Rovers F.C
 |access-date  = 13 August 2012
|archive-date = 3 November 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103082703/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/managers-since-1912-234644.aspx
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="TheCowsheds History">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.thecowsheds.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&id=67
 |title       = History
 |first       = Peter
 |last        = Bishop
 |date        = 19 August 2010
|publisher   = The Cowsheds
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110210080154/http://thecowsheds.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=85
 |archive-date = 10 February 2011
|df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref>

<ref name="goal records">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Goals
 |title       = Goals
 |date        = 3 August 2008
|publisher   = The Football League
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120929121532/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Goals
 |archive-date = 29 September 2012
|df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref>

<ref name="mungall ends era">{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/992725.stm
 |title        = Mungall ends era at Tranmere
 |date         = 26 October 2000
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|archive-date = 6 March 2016
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306072617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/992725.stm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="appearances">{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/4504110.stm
 |title        = Record breaker
 |date         = 6 December 2005
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|archive-date = 11 November 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121111114804/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hartlepool_united/4504110.stm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Barnes confirmed as Tranmere boss">{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/8090160.stm
 |title        = Barnes confirmed as Tranmere boss
 |date         = 15 June 2009
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|archive-date = 2 January 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190102141420/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/8090160.stm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="historicalkits">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Tranmere_Rovers/Tranmere_Rovers.htm
 |title        = Tranmere Rovers&nbsp;– Historical Football Kits
 |first        = Dave
 |last         = Moor
 |publisher    = Historical Football Kits
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|archive-date = 24 November 2011
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111124134102/http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Tranmere_Rovers/Tranmere_Rovers.htm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Moore appointed as Tranmere boss">{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/5065330.stm
 |title        = Moore appointed as Tranmere boss
 |date         = 9 June 2006
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|archive-date = 2 January 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190102141154/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/5065330.stm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Tranmere appoint Little">{{cite news
 |url          = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/3185708.stm
 |title        = Tranmere appoint Little
 |date         = 12 October 2003
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|archive-date = 2 January 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190102141011/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/3185708.stm
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="league cup">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engleagcuphistfull.html
 |title        = England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996
 |date         = 28 March 2008
|publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Dinant
 |last         = Abbink
 |archive-date = 27 December 2016
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20161227232525/http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engleagcuphistfull.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="league cup 2000">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engleagcup00.html
 |title        = England League Cup 1999/2000
 |date         = 27 February 2000
|publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Andreas
 |last         = Exenberger
 |archive-date = 8 August 2017
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20170808185311/http://www.rsssf.com/tablese/engleagcup00.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="football league trophy">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engassmembcuphist.html
 |title        = The Football League Trophy
 |date         = 15 April 2010
|publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first1       = Jeremy
 |last1        = Hicks
 |first2       = James
 |last2        = Ross
 |archive-date = 8 May 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190508033339/http://rsssf.com/tablese/engassmembcuphist.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="1937-38">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1937-38.html
 |title        = England 1937–38
 |date         = 8 October 2000
|publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first1       = Paul
 |last1        = Felton
 |first2       = Gareth
 |last2        = Edwards
 |archive-date = 28 December 2016
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20161228002704/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1937-38.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="1938-39">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1938-39.html
 |title        = England 1938–39
 |date         = 8 October 2000
|publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first1       = Paul
 |last1        = Felton
 |first2       = Gareth
 |last2        = Edwards
 |archive-date = 29 December 2017
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20171229042127/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1938-39.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Lancashire combination">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/englancacombhist.html
 |title        = England&nbsp;– Lancashire Combination
 |date         = 2 May 2007
|publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Dinant
 |last         = Abbink
 |archive-date = 16 November 2011
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111116175247/http://rsssf.com/tablese/englancacombhist.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="combination">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/englancacombhist.html
 |title        = England&nbsp;– The Combination
 |date         = 23 July 2006
|publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Dinant
 |last         = Abbink
 |archive-date = 16 November 2011
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20111116175247/http://rsssf.com/tablese/englancacombhist.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="wembley">
{{cite book
| last       = Isherwood
| first      = Glen
| title      = Wembley: The Complete Record 1923–2000
| date       = 18 September 2006
| publisher  = Sportsbooks
| isbn       = 978-1-899807-42-0
}}
</ref>

<ref name="1921-22">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1921-22.html
 |title        = England 1921–22
 |date         = 14 June 2000
|publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first1       = Paul
 |last1        = Felton
 |first2       = Barry
 |last2        = Spencer
 |archive-date = 13 May 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190513064324/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/fla/1921-22.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="1957-58">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1957-58.html
 |title        = England 1957–58
 |date         = 22 July 2001
|publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Paul
 |last         = Felton
 |archive-date = 2 May 2001
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20010502040947/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1957-58.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="1960-61">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1960-61.html
 |title        = Season 1960–61
 |publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Paul
 |last         = Felton
 |archive-date = 13 May 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190513071700/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/fla/1960-61.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="1978-79">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1978-79.html
 |title        = Season 1978–79
 |publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Paul
 |last         = Felton
 |archive-date = 2 January 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190102135556/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1978-79.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="1988-89">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1988-89.html
 |title        = Season 1988–89
 |publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Paul
 |last         = Felton
 |archive-date = 25 January 2010
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100125003554/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1988-89.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="1989-90">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1989-90.html
 |title        = Season 1989–90
 |publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Paul
 |last         = Felton
 |archive-date = 26 January 2010
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100126045934/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1989-90.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="1990-91">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1990-91.html
 |title        = Season 1990–91
 |publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Paul
 |last         = Felton
 |archive-date = 13 May 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190513064425/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/fla/1990-91.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="1966-67">{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1966-67.html
 |title        = Season 1966–67
 |publisher    = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
 |access-date  = 7 December 2011
|first        = Paul
 |last         = Felton
 |archive-date = 13 May 2019
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190513072318/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/fla/1966-67.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Wales 0-2 England">{{cite web
| url         = http://www.wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=108
| title         = Wales 0–2 England
| publisher         = Welsh Football Data Archive
| access-date         = 7 December 2011
| archive-date         = 30 June 2017
| archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20170630052347/http://wfda.co.uk/international_details.php?id=108
| url-status         = dead
}}</ref>

<ref name="Ian Muir">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/ian-muir-235222.aspx
 |title        = Ian Muir
 |date         = 1 May 2012
|publisher    = Tranmere Rovers F.C
 |access-date  = 13 August 2012
|archive-date = 3 November 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103074452/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/ian-muir-235222.aspx
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="John Morrissey">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/john-morrissey-236638.aspx
 |title        = John Morrissey
 |date         = 1 May 2012
|publisher    = Tranmere Rovers F.C
 |access-date  = 13 August 2012
|archive-date = 3 November 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103074517/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/john-morrissey-236638.aspx
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="John Aldridge">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/john-aldridge-235268.aspx
 |title        = John Aldridge
 |date         = 30 April 2012
|publisher    = Tranmere Rovers F.C
 |access-date  = 13 August 2012
|archive-date = 3 November 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103074501/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/john-aldridge-235268.aspx
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Pat Nevin">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/pat-nevin-235883.aspx
 |title        = Pat Nevin
 |date         = 30 April 2012
|publisher    = Tranmere Rovers F.C
 |access-date  = 13 August 2012
|archive-date = 3 November 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121103074534/http://www.tranmererovers.co.uk/news/article/pat-nevin-235883.aspx
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="1921-1997 data">
{{cite book
| last1       = Upton
| first1      = Gilbert
| last2       = Wilson
| first2      = Steve
| title       = Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record
| date        = November 1997
| isbn        = 978-0-9518648-2-1
| pages       = 101–108
| chapter     = Players' Data
| publisher = The Authors
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Tranmere Rovers sack manager Les Parry">{{cite news
 |url          = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17251223
 |title        = Tranmere Rovers sack manager Les Parry
 |date         = 4 March 2012
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 4 March 2012
|archive-date = 5 March 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120305005147/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17251223
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Club Statement">{{cite news
 |url          = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17256282
 |title        = Tranmere Rovers reappoint Ronnie Moore as manager
 |date         = 5 March 2012
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 14 August 2012
|archive-date = 7 March 2012
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120307185134/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17256282
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Tranmere 2011/12 Results">
{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/DivisionalLeagueTable/0,,10794~201125,00.html
 |title       = League Tables
 |publisher   = The Football League
 |access-date  = 19 August 2012
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120930004245/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/DivisionalLeagueTable/0,,10794~201125,00.html
 |archive-date = 30 September 2012
|df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Moore extends contract">
{{cite news
| url         = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17811568
| title       = Tranmere boss Ronnie Moore signs new one-year contract
| date        = 23 April 2012
| work   = BBC Sport
| access-date  = 21 May 2012
}}
</ref>

<ref name="Tranmere Rovers sack manager after betting breach">{{cite news
 |url          = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/26955823
 |title        = Ronnie Moore: Tranmere Rovers sack manager after betting breach
 |date         = 9 April 2014
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 27 May 2014
|archive-date = 9 April 2015
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150409073420/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26955823
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Tranmere Rovers 1-2 Bradford City">{{cite news
 |url          = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27167768
 |title        = Tranmere Rovers 1–2 Bradford City
 |date         = 3 May 2014
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 27 May 2014
|archive-date = 7 May 2014
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140507071735/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27167768
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Rob Edwards appointed as new manager">{{cite news
 |url          = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27583986
 |title        = Tranmere Rovers: Rob Edwards appointed as new manager
 |date         = 27 May 2014
|work         = BBC Sport
 |access-date  = 27 May 2014
|archive-date = 18 April 2015
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150418150113/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27583986
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

<ref name="Trevors final wash">{{cite news
 |url          = http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/trevors-final-wash-and-go-3448462
 |title        = Trevors final wash and go
 |date         = 29 August 2009
|newspaper    = Liverpool Echo
 |access-date  = 26 November 2014
|archive-date = 4 December 2014
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20141204234503/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/trevors-final-wash-and-go-3448462
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

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