Tranmere Rovers F.C.
Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English football club, based in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
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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.
- "Bunny" Harold Bell
Internal Records
Best league win
Highest attendance
Most goals in a seasonHonours
League Cup
- Runners-up
- 2000
- Champions
- 1938
- Play-off winners
- 1991
- Winners
- 1990
- Winners
- 1935
External Link
Official website