Tranmere
Rovers Football Club or TRFC is an English football club, whose ground is actually
Prenton Park in Prenton, Birkenhead, Merseyside. Tramere currently play in Football
League One. IUn
1885 the football club was founded as Belmont F.C and played its 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. The
club's traditional home kit is a white shirt, shorts and socks, with blue trim.
The 2006/07 away kit is black with silver trim. Following
Brian Little's resignation, Ronnie Moore was appointed manager in June 2006, from
Oldham Athletic. Between
1991 and 2001 they were in the second tier of the English league, reaching the
playoffs three times and the League Cup final once before being relegated. John
Aldridge, the former Liverpool striker who scored nearly 500 goals in his professional
career, was appointed player-manager of Tranmere in March 1996 and remained at
the helm for five years, although he hung up his boots in 1998. His predecessor
was John King, who took Rovers from the brink of losing their league status to
the brink of reaching the Premiership. Other
well known players to wear a Tranmere shirt include Dixie Dean, Derek Mountfield,
Colin Clarke, Jason McAteer, Pat Nevin, John McGreal, John Morrisey, Clint Hill,
Eric Nixon, Steve Simonsen, Ian Moore, Alan Mahon, Ryan Taylor, Iain Hume, Ged
Brannan and Jason Koumas. |