Tranmere Rovers FC away to AFC Wimbledon at the Cherry Red Records Stadium in League 2
The Rovers face the Wombles at Plough Lane in Wombledon. First time here for Tranmere as the Dons only moved in here after we got demoted out of League 1. Our next game should have been these at the Kingsfield but it never happened and they were very keen to end the season on PPG because they were just a point above an inform Tranmere who had just won 3 away games in a row. Their new ground is next to where the old Plough Lane was and is on the site of the old Greyhound track. Let's hope it doesn't end up like a dogs dinner today. The Dons sit in 21st but are safe from the drop. They lost 5-1 at home last Saturday so what could possibly go wrong today.
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| Arrived At Plough Lane |
The 533 SWA are quiet for a the first half with not much to cheer. Harvey Saunders, out on the left wing, had a chance but he headed just wide. He limped off later to be subbed for youngster Sam Taylor. There was little to celebrate at the break.
The second half was much better with some good play especially down the left with Hawkes in front of Bristow. Josh had a good long range and first shot on target effort saved on 58. The Wombles took the lead on 68 when ex-Tranmere youth player Ali Al Hamadi broke free to score. The Rovers equalised 10 minutes later when Hawkes made a deep run and pulled it back for Sam Taylor ⚽ to score his first senior goal. That's it for excitement. There weren't many more shots. 5 shots on target in 90 minutes says it all. A point on the road.
POTM: Josh Hawkes 🏆 for his best game in a good while and the smart assist for the goal.
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| SWA On tour |
That's it. The last tequila of the season. Atmosphere was a quite unpleasant during the first half matching the performance but both improved after the break. Never seen a crowd with so many people restless, there was a constant flow of people in and out of the stand. Very odd. It was nice to see the new stadium at last having missed the match at Kingsmeadow when the season was ended by lockdown. A nice day out in the big city, saw a wobble and got some new badges too.
Officials did ok considering its rubbish 4th division football and neither side had anything to play for.
Scranometer stomped off in a huff when the pizza van was no show. The bottle top saga entered a new phase when they couldn't get the lid off one of the new coke bottles (the ones with the permanently attached lids) so left it on, only for a steward to spot it about an hour later and rip it from it's moorings.
Love Tranmerekat 🐾
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| Met A Womble |
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| Cheery Red Records Stadium |
