Tranmere Rovers FC away to Crawley Town FC at the People's Pension Stadium in League 2
The Rovers visit Crawley in Sunny Sussex to play the Red Devils at the Broadfield Stadium.
Tranmere are on a run of 1 win in a row and looking to make it 2 in a row. The rRed Devils are second bottom in the league and lost 4-0 at the weekend. What could possibly go wrong? It's the usual suspects starting. The sun is shining and we have had pizza. There are 221 swa 👏 here to cheer the boys on.
It started bright enough and hopes we're raised when Harvey Saunders pressured the keeper (all 7'6" of him) into a mistake and smashed it home on 8⚽️. Tranmere didn't capitalise and couldn't generate any kind of pressure getting turned over easily. The reds equalised with a great goal on 30. They missed another then took the lead on 40 with a scruffy scrambled goal that should have been kept out. Behind at the break 🙄.
Second half started with a good chance from Chalmers but it went over and Tranmere looked the least likely to score. It improved as Dawsey made changes with youngsters Hughes, Turner-Cook and Taylor bringing more energy and enthusiasm. Pay back is a penalty on 82. Hawkes takes it and scores, no sorry my mistake, Hemmings takes it and its saved. Must be difficult in flip-flops. Still 2-1 then. Burton comes on for 5 minutes but this is beyond him to fix. It ends with a loss. See you here next season then.
Full marks to the Red Devils today, they wanted it more but then they are teetering on the brink of the bin 🗑 league from which escape would be unlikely. Tranmere look like they are already on the beach ⛱️ . Atleast the youngsters showed a bit of energy when they came on. Crawley out of the relegation zone for the moment. Had a nice sunbathe 😎 in the East Stand which was much needed after getting soaked through at the last 2 games.
POTM: Harvey Saunders for the goal and the running, always willing to track back to cover. One of the few starters to actually try.
Ref liked to be the centre of attention and to be in the players way. Lino near us had a shocker with offsides and was in receipt of some polite feedback from the 5th official in our stand. I'm sure he was grateful for the education he received regarding his interpretation of the rules.
Scranometer hit a heady 9/10 with the margarita pizza by the dough shack van. Was yummy. Same again on Wednesday please.
See you back here again on Wednesday for BS Women against Brighton.
Love Tranmerekat 🐾
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| Sunshine at the Broadfield |
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| Caught by the Red Devil |
