It's a No, Away in Essex

Tranmere Rovers away to Colchester United at the Community Stadium in League 2

The Rovers face the "U"s on a sunny spring day in Essex.  What could go wrong?

The sunshine faded quickly as did the performance.   Merrie came in for Lee O'Connor who is on international duty.  The usual rubbish away from home with only a couple of good chances.   Peter Clarke looked like he wanted to fight the ref in the carpark. Would have been more fun than the football.   

Colchester scored from their only shot in the 95th minute .  Not saying the ball went out of play but it had to pay the Dart Charge.  Another loss on the road for the travel sick Rovers.

POTM:  Chris Merrie running the mid field on the odd occasion the ball wasn't lumped over his head for Nevitt to be flagged offside.  

See you somewhere soon. 

Love Tranmerekat 🐾 

Hope there's Tequila today 

Ubi Fides

Should we stay out here

The Eagles have branded

For Nate 💙

Nate's Tranmere take on Sands United Ipswich at Colchester Rugby Club 

Adam Siddorn managed Nates Super White Heroes in a charity match in memory of Nate Gidman.

With Phil Gidman wearing the no 5, Tranmere took an early lead and stayed ahead to lead 5-4 at the break.  There were some tired legs in the 2nd half but there were eventually some more goals and Tranmere winning 7-5 with Phil scoring the 6th to huge celebrations. 

Even got a little fist pump from Sid at the end.

A great result but more importantly a fantastic event to celebrate Tranmere's little hero Nate.

Fantastic weather for it too.

POTM: Phil for the goal and raw emotion of the celebration.    Sid gets an honourable mention as the best dressed manager in football.  

Ref was great and like his Ukraine tribute with yellow and blue shirts.  Top man. 

See you this afternoon for some less good football. Probably. 

Love Tranmerekat 🐾

Attendance: me

Great view

Here be people with funny shaped balls

Mottley crew

Gander Green Giants

Tranmere Rovers away to Sutton United at the VBS Community Stadium in League 2

Rovers face the 'U's at a sunny Gander Green Lane for the first time outside the bin league. And on a grass pitch for the first time too.

Tranmere struggled in the first 45 and conceded after 15 minutes of header ping pong. Playing long balls playing right into the hands (heads) of Suttons 7ft tall defenders worked as well as it usually does. Doh 🤦

Foley came on at the break. Rovers started playing on the floor and laid siege to the Sutton goal. Josh (Chesney, the one and only) Hawkes scored the equaliser.  We could have scored a few more but it finished with a point each. Big improvement on the last 3 away loses. Up the +ve point travelling whites.

Ref was the usual rubbish 🙈🙉🙊 but still better than the lino at our end who was completely gormless 🤡. Think he only had one working arm which changed at half time.

POTM: Could have gone to MacDonald (Calum, not the restaurant and its lukewarm food 🍔🍟☕🤨), O'Connor or Warrington. MacDonald it is for getting up and down and some great clearances.

Hot chocolate was a solid 8/10. Nice one.

My first time in Sutton so visited the world's oldest bicycle shop which opened in 1860.

Nice new stand they put us in to soak up the spring sunshine 🌞. Be nice when its finished and there is one big away stand. 

Well that's it for another week.   See you at Colchester. Bring a coat.

Love Tranmerekat 🐾

Gander Green Grass 

Gander Blue Sky

Gander Yellow Seats

Peter Clarks bike shop

The Legendary GGL

Bound for Surrey

Book about Giants

Micky's big squad

Twenty Four Hours From Towcester

Tranmere Rovers away to Northampton Town at Sixfields in League 2

Rovers face the Cobblers in a 2nd v 3rd clash on the Cobblers 125th Birthday.  Happy Birthday.  🎂🥳   Is it a party without cake, no cheese or wine either.  VAR decision-Not party.

Loved the Rovers kit as a tribute to the brave people of Ukraine 🇺🇦 

Whoever forgot to put the heating on, thanks, it was freezing.   ❄

It wasn't just the opponents that were Cobblers.  Shocking defending from 2 set pieces and the Rovers are 2 down at the break.  A few left for the bar again.  🍺🍺

Kane Hemmings had a goal disallowed 🚫. Boo, "the referees a Russian".   

We conceded a 3rd from a fast break.  Micky made the changes and Rovers came alive getting 2 goals back with aggressive attacking play.  Where did that come from.  The 3rd wouldn't come and we have dropped to 6th.  ☹

POTM:  Paul Glatzel, made a huge difference when he came on.  

Referee is currently being investigated for donations to the Tory party.  🇷🇺💰

Hot chocolate:  The bit that I wasn't wearing was OK.  A solid 8/10.

Got to go to Silverstone on the way. What a legendary place and amazing museum.  

Wearing new Thomas badge today 🚂 #forNate

See you soon. Hopefully somewhere a bit warmer. 

Слава Україні!

Tranmerekat 🇺🇦

Cobblers mate

Happy 125th 

No football here

SWA on tour

Almost as fast as Corey Blackett-Taylor 

Can we do a lap

No.44

neeeeeeeeooooooowwwwwww

Game on

Cwmru as you are

Tranmere Rovers away to Newport County at Rodney Parade in League 2

The Whites visit the Exiles on a sunny February Saturday  in Wales.  The SWA turned out in good numbers to enjoy the sunshine 🌞 if not the football.   The boys never really got a grip on the game but held on for 0-0 at the break.  Not everyone came back out of the bar for the 2nd half. 🍺🍺 Lucky them.  The hosts went 2-0 up, the second with a penalty for a foul so far outside the box that Nicola Sturgeon had an opinion on it.  

Tranmere got the ball down for a few minutes and leveled the score with Josh Cogley getting his first for Tranmere. Our second was a OG. It didn't last and the Exiles got another 2 but could have got more.  

It went off big time in our stand and was our liveliest for a while. 

Not the result we wanted or needed. We dust ourselves down and go again (with more rubbish football in a different town). 

Was nice to visit Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐑

Ref was the worst for a while too.  A proper Nigel Farage.  Two Tranmere players literally had their shirts ripped off them and not a foul in sight.

Hot chocolate rating:  Not chocolate more like. No hot drinks.  Are you Wycombe in disguise?

POTM:  It could only be Josh Cogley for his goal.  #freecharliejolley

See you at Northampton.   Hope the sun shines there too.  

Lechyd da  Tranmerekat 🐾 

Sunshine in Wales 

Wales here we come

Next stop Newport 

I can't swim

Yellow Grass?

Need to remind them of this

Parking the Buss

Newhaven FC v Crawley Down FC at the Trafalgar Ground in the Quarter Final of the Peter Bentley Cup

Ford Road hosts the Dockers v the Anvil on another cold night but this time it's a cup game 🏆with the winners going into a Semi-final against Godalming or Pagham.  The game needs a result on the night so there is threat of extra time and penalties .  Could be a late one.

It was a lively battle but the Dockers usual skill and discipline showed and rewarded the with a goal in each half.  A brace for Lucas.  They missed a number of easy chances so could and should have run away with it.  The visitors had a number of shots on target but Jake made a great couple of saves.

There was also some comedy defending form the Dockers,  luckily nothing came of it.  Harold Lloyd may have been impressed but it made the manager quite cross.😡

One a sliding scale of Mike Dean to Smug Tory, the ref measured up a moderately Smug LibDem.  Could have been worse but could also have been a lot better.  

Biggest disappointment of the Night!!!  No ferry!!!  WTF, felt like asking for a refund. 🛳💰🤬

POTM: Award goes to Jake (double decker parked across the goal) Buss for some excellent saves and good distribution.   Who knew it's not a legal requirement for the keeper to HOOOFF long balls to the opposition defenders?  Not me. 😯

Hot chocolate was a solid 6/10 after being an initial no show.

Was glad to get home in the warm.  Hope to see you in Wales. 

Well done to Horsham in their cup game.

Love Tranmerekat 🐾 

Shivering by the River

The A-Team

Flailing Saddles

Tranmere Rovers away to Walsall at the Bescot Stadium.

Rovers visit the Saddlers on a cold day in the sunny West Midlands.

Well that was rubbish.  Both keepers could have gone to the pub and result would be the same.  The big away crowd making a noise had no impact on the performance.  The match was settled by a penalty to the Saddlers. Long balls to a defence containing our old favourite Manne Monthe was not a good plan.  The Saddlers were a bit unsteady on their feet, maybe they had been out the night before 🍻.   Didn't make a good combination with a whistle happy ref. Very frustrating to watch.😤

Was good to sing some songs for Nate.  🎵He's on off our own🎵

POTM: The Walsall fan who ran from the far end to the edge of our penalty area unchallenged,  the best running 🏃‍♂️ off the ball we had seen all day. 

Hot chocolate 7/10

We have to admit to having smuggled in contraband in the form of a pastie and twix. Down with the food ban and up the food smuggling whites. 

Congratulations to Newhaven and Horsham who both won. 

See you soon.

Love Tranmerekat 🐾 

Manniiiii

and Poundland£££

Where are we?

Heading North

WTF C

Twenty 3 is the Magic Number

Newhaven FC U23 v  Hastings FC U23 in the Sussex Under 23s Challenge Cup Final at Sussex FA Headquarters

On a cold night at Culver Road and it was a miserable night for the young Dockers.  The Haystacks were too strong for them and took an early lead. They consolidated it quickly and were 3 up at the break.  Aaron was shown a straight red for a tackle in the box and the penalty made it 5-0.  

It was noticeable how much colder it gets when you are losing.  Max Vardy gave us a much needed chance to warm up when he put the ball in the "U"s net for the first time so it finished 5-1.

Well done to Kieron for playing ALL under 23s and not exploiting the rules that allow senior players to be included in the squad.  Must be frustrating when you have worked hard for your place only to then lose it to a senior player for a big game.  Just sayin!   And Keiron's Mum and Dad were lovely.  Hope he wasn't too grumpy afterwards.

We are waiting for Sue Gray's report into the standard of the refereeing but we will be reporting it to the Police anyway.  🚓

POTM:  Max Vardy for giving us something to celebrate just as frostbite was about to kick in.☃️

Thanks for the hot chocolate, was needed.  ☕

See you somewhere soon.

Love Tranmerekat 🐾

It's the Final Countdown

Runners Up

Lancing in the dark again

You Shall Not Pass

Tranmere Rovers away to Crawley Town FC in League 2 at the People's Pension Stadium 

We are back at the Broadfield Stadium again to see the Rovers face the Red Devils.

King Micky's Rovers headed the 262 miles back to Birkenhead with all 3 points.

It was a scrappy first half which improved after the break.  The hosts had few chances and the visitors had some good attacking spells.  The only goal came from a Jay Spearing free kick that deflected in off a defender. They all count the same however they go in.

Another clean sheet for the whites making it 10 in a row unbeaten. 

Good crowd so far from home and good noise. 

It was nice to see the legendary Pepe Sands again.

POTM: Sam Foley was awesome playing out of position.

Another referee failed the "Smug Tory" test and tried to play on for draw. Didn't succeed this time.  😛

See you soon 

Love Tranmerekat 🐾

Still Creepy Crawley

The Monkey, the Legend

Well done the boys

Been here before

 

If I Could Turn Back Tye(m)

Newhaven FC play Peacehaven and Telscombe FC in the Southern Combined League Premiere Division at the Trafalgar Ground

It's finally derby day, postponed from Boxing Day, and the Dockers host The Tye on a cold night at Fort Road.

Well that was exciting. 👀

Goals at 2, 4 and 8 minutes saw the visitors leading 2-1.   It stayed that way until Lucas levelled the scored on 57.  It looked like a victory for the hosts when Alfie hit the target from Aaron's cross with 3 minutes of the 90 left.  But  👀 Captain Pedantic gave a penalty well into  injury time and it finished 3-3.  

Saltdean played Uncle Dougie's Hornets in the cup so a point moved Newhaven up to 2nd. 

POTM:  Lucas involved in everything as ever and a goal.  

Captain Pedantic was far from the worst ref at this level.  Reined in the players from the off to stop them hurting each other.  Shame he let it play on until the equaliser, made it feel like a loss.  Got put back in the rucksack before I could call him a "Smug Tory" as he walked past.

It was good to be back at Fort Rd even though it felt like 2 points lost.

See you at Crawley 🐞

Love Tranmerekat 🐾 

Derby Day at last

Who are ya?

Can see the ferry now

Up to 2nd

  

Once, Twice, Three Times a Maybe

Horsham FC away to Worthing FC at the Crucial Environmental Stadium

The Hornets visit the Mackerel Men at Woodside Road on New Year's Day 2022.

A big crowd watched the first game of the year and it really was a game of 2 halves.  

Horsham were a goal up at the break and what a goal it was. Take a bow Eddie Dsane. Can't wait to see that on MOTD tonight. Oh..

Dougie almost made it 2-0 as he lobbed the keeper from the half way line but it went just wide.  Unlike him to miss the target.  #sliceitliketuck

Three second half penalties for Worthing decided the game. 

The ref gets an assist for the first 2 penalties and a special medal for trying to send off the wrong player.  He eventually got the right player if not the right punishment and Hornets were down to 10 men.

There were late chances for Horsham but nothing hit the mark.  Disappointing result but nice to be out of the house.

POTM:  Dsane for his stunning goal.

Catering was much improved from my last visit.  Almost as good as Bognor.

Not expecting to be back here in the near future as Worthing look like they are heading for the National League next season.  Good luck.

Happy New Year 🥳

See you soon

Tranmerekat 🐾

Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year