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Tranmere Rovers F.C.

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Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English football club, based in Birkenhead, Merseyside.

Table of contents
1 Overview
2 Cups
3 Famous players
4 Internal Records
5 Honours
6 External Link

Overview

The club was founded as Belmont F.C. in 1885. The club's traditional home kit is a white shirt, shorts and socks, with a slight bit of blue. The 2003/04 away kit is entirely yellow. The club is currently managed by Brian Little and play at Prenton Park, which has a 16,000 capacity.

The club played it's first match in the Liverpool & District Challenge Cup in 1886. In 1921/22 the club joined the newly formed Third Division North of the Football League.

Cups

Since the 1990s, Tranmere Rovers have become famous for their unlikely cup successes, what began under the management of John Aldridge - in getting to two FA Cup quarter-finals and a League Cup final - has continued under Brian Little. In 2004, Tranmere took Millwall to a quarter-final replay in the FA Cup, losing 2-1.

Famous players

Signed in 1924 aged 16.
1925 - transferred to Everton for £3,000.
1927/28 - he scored a record breaking 60 goals in a season.
1946 - 1955 - played 459 consecutive games for the club.

Internal Records

Best league win
13-4 against Oldham Athletic 1933/34

Highest attendance
Home - 24,400 against Stoke City FA Cup 4th Round 1972
Away - 62,000 against Everton FA Cup 5th Round 1968

Most goals in a season

40 - John Aldridge - 1991/92
40 - "Bunny" Harold Bell - 1934/35

Honours

League Cup
Runners-up
2000
Third Division North
Champions
1938
Division Three (New Format)
Play-off winners
1991
Associate Members' Cup
Winners
1990
Welsh Cup
Winners
1935

External Link

Official website


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