| 1884 | Belmont
FC formed by two groupd of cricketers, Belmont CC and Lyndhurst Wanderers. 15th
November saw the first ever game, played in blue shirts and white shorts. |
| 1885 | 16th
November Belmont FC changes its name to Tranmere Rovers. The home ground is 'Steele's
Field' |
| 1887 | Tranmere
Rovers prize a new ground called 'Borough Road' from Tranmere Rugby Club |
| 1889 | Tranmere
Rovers joins their first league - the West Lancashire League
Club adopts maroon
and orange halved shirts and navy blue shorts |
| 1895 | 'Borough
Road' ground renamed to 'Prenton Park' |
| 1899 | Tranmere
Rovers nearly folds as all the players dessert to join Birkenhead FC |
| 1902 | Tranmere
Rovers rent out ground to Bikenhead Warriors Rugby Club who bring 250 seat stand |
| 1904 | Tranmere
revert to blue and white colours |
| 1909 | A
new 800-seat stand replaces the existing one |
| 1912 | February
- Tranmere Rovers play their last game at the old 'Prenton Park' as the land is
sold to developers and the club moves across the road to the new 'Prenton Park' |
| 1912 | March
9th - New 'Prenton Park' opened |
| 1912 | New
Manager Bert Cooke |
| 1913 | Bebbington
End banked up to for a Spion Kop |
| 1914 | The
Weekend Stand bought from the Oval Sports Ground at Port Sunlight, split in two
and placed either side of the new Main Stand. |
| 1920 | Borough
Road side becomes fully covered |
| 1921 | Tranmere
joins the football league |
| 1925 | Tranmere
apply for re-election to the Football League |
| 1931 | Prenton
Road West Terrace given a roof and nicknamed 'The Cowshed' |
| 1935 | New
manager Jack Carr takes over from Bert Cooke |
| 1936 | Jack
Carr leaves after one year and Jim Knowles takes over |
| 1938 | Tranmere
win 3rd Division North Championship and are promoted to the 2nd Division |
| 1939 | After
just one year in division 2, Tranmere are relegated |
| 1939 | Bill
Ridding becomes manager |
| WW2 | Borough
Road roof destroyed during an air raid |
| 1945 | Borough
Road roof repaired |
| 1945 | Manager
Bill Ridding leaves |
| 1946 | Ernie
Blackburn becomes manager |
| 1955 | Noel
Kelly becomes player-manager |
| 1957 | Finishing
23rd in Division 3 North, Tranmere apply for re-election to the Football League |
| 1957 | Peter
Farrel becomes player-manager |
| 1958 | 29th
September - Tranmere's first floodlights are switched on |
| 1961 | Rovers
relegated and play in the Fourth Division for the first time |
| 1961 | Walter
Galbraith becomes manager for a short time only |
| 1961 | Dave
Russell appointed manager |
| 1962 | Tranmere
promoted back to Division 3 after only one year in the Forth Division |
| 1967 | Tranmere
win promotion to the Third Division |
| 1967 | New
4,000 seat Main Stand erected |
| 1969 | Jackie
Wright becomes manager |
| 1972 | Ron
Yeats becomes manager |
| 1973 | Replacement
roof to the cowshed installed after strong storm |
| 1975 | Tranmere
are relegated to the Fourth Division |
| 1975 | John
King begins his first stint as manager |
| 1976 | After
spending only one year in Division Four, Rovers win promotion |
| 1979 | Tranmere
are relegated back to the Fourth Division for the final time |
| 1980 | Bryan
Hamilton becomes player manager |
| 1981 | Finishing
21st in Division 4, Tranmere apply for re-election |
| 1985 | The
Kop is closed and main stand reduced to 1000 as Tranmere's entire capacity is
dropped to 8000 on safety grounds |
| 1985 | Frank
Worthington takes over as player-manager |
| 1987 | Millionaire
Peter Johnson takes over running of the club to restore some stability after American
Bruce Osterman ran up large debts |
| 1987 | Ronnie
Moore briefly becomes player-manager |
| 1987 | John
King joins Tranmere as manager for a second time |
| 1988 | New
barriers and fences set up, an electronic scoreboard is purchased from Goodison
Park and new floodlights are switched on |
| 1889 | Tranmere
finish 2nd in the league to win promotion back to Division Three |
| 1988 | September
- Tranmere's current floodlights first used |
| 1990 | Tranmere
are promoted through the playoffs, beating Bolton at Wembley to earn a place in
the 'old' 2nd Division |
| 1993 | Tranmere
are moved into the 'new' First Division due to reorganisation by the football
league, alongside the creation of the Premiership |
| 1993 | A
£3.1 million redevlopment of the stadium creates 3 new sides and takes the
capacity to 16,789 |
| 1996 | April
- John King is relieved of management duties to become 'Director of Football'.
Striker John Aldridge becomes player-manager |
| 2001 | Tranmere
are relegated from Division 1. |
| 2001 | March
- John Aldridge resigns as manager and Kevin Sheedy takes over as caretaker manager. |
| 2001 | May
- Dave Watson installed as Tranmere Manager |
| 2002 | August
- Dave Watson sacked as manager after two crushing pre-season friendlies |
| 2002 | September
- Ray Mathias appointed as manager |
| 2003 | September
- Ray Mathias sacked as manager. John McMahon made caretaker manager. |
| 2003 | October
- Brian Little installed as manager. |
