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F ollowing on from Tuesday, everyone was disappointed, and it was a result that definitely stung after all the hard work we’d put in to pull ourselves back into the game. However, Tuesday reaffirmed one thing to me and that was that we have a group of players who will give their all each game and have the grit and determination to never give up.
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Analyst: Conor McGaharan Kit Man: Neil Leek General Manager: Nigel Stephenson Club Secretary: Matthew Higgins
STADIUM NEWPORTADDRESSCOUNTY AFC RODNEY PARADE RODNEY ROAD,
I would like to begin by offering you all a warm welcome back to Rodney Parade for our second home game in a row.
Commercial Manager: Matthew Owen Supporter Liaison Officer: Donna Linton Community Development Officer: Norman Parselle Club Chaplain: Keith Beardmore NP19 0UU t: 01633 302 012 e: office@newport-county.co.uk
Get behind the boys and enjoy the game.
Academy Manager: Damien Broad Media Manager: Ben Wills
James JAMES ROWBERRY
I’ve said recently that I’d be more worried if we weren’t playing well and aside from perhaps the first 45 minutes on Tuesday, I feel as though we’ve not been far away at any point this season. Today will prove to be another competitive game. I want to welcome Mickey Mellon, the technical staff, directors, players and supporters from Tranmere Rovers and hope they have a safe journey to and from Rodney Parade.
Chairman: Gavin Foxall Directors: Bob Herrin, Joe Crocker, Kevin Ward, Mark Crook, Mike Everett, Paul Marks, Peter Madigan, Shaun Johnson.
Honorary Club President: David Hando Manager: James Rowberry
The fact that we were able to put ourselves in a position from two-nil down to where it probably felt most likely that we would be the team to come away with three points was something that really pleased me.
We have been waiting for today since Tuesday night and we have been desperate to get back out on the pitch and rectify the recent results. I really believe in what we are doing here, and I know the players, staff and club do too. We haven’t been far away in any games this season and if we can just tighten up in a few areas I know that the results will come. I said it post-match on Tuesday, and I want to say it again, the fans were fantastic on Tuesday night and the support you gave the boys throughout the game really drove us on and especially once we were two-nil down, the way you stuck behind the lads really gave us a platform to build from and helped us fight back to 2-2. I hope you can come back in your numbers today, with more of that fantastic support and atmosphere, and once again drive us on to a positive performance.
Assistant Manager: Carl Serrant First Team Coach: Jarred Harvey Goalkeeping Coach: James Hollman Senior Physiotherapist: Tom Gittoes
Welcome to Tranmere Rovers for today’s encounter here at Rodney Parade and we can once again retrieve an old programme from the loft to pore over, but this one is not for the faint hearted regarding us home fans. I t was the old Newport County’s penultimate home game as a Football League outfit and it took place on Saturday 30th April 1988 at our old Somerton Park ground.The‘Amberscene’ would have cost the hardy fan a shiny fifty-pence piece as he, or she, plodded down Cromwell or Somerton Road ready to witness another nail being driven into the club’s coffin, this time cour tesyof the men from the Wirral lead by John King.
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Several of their players are well remembered in the likes of goalkeepers Eric Nixon and Billy O’Rourke, who had a very brief trial with us in the Len Ashurst era, striker-turned-defender Ronnie Moore, as well as big Jim Steel who was in their attack.
Must admit, I strangely have no recollection of 25goal man Ian Muir however.
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Things don’t get much lighterhere in truth, as the first item is one confirming that our 0-6 hammering at Bolton Wanderers has indeed made our relegation into the GM Vauxhall Conference a mathematical certainty.
Hmmm,perhaps it’s best to turn the page at this point where we find Ray Taylor’s‘Inside Somerton.’
A lot of it centres around talks of a takeover, but also gives details of people getting in touch with fundraising ideas as well as offers of help that sadly included several hoaxes, including one from a patient in a “Wiltshire Psychiatric Hospital.”
The chap featured on the cover was Anthony Hopkins - no not that one! -but a Cwmbran-born midfielder who made just two league appearances in that troubled campaign. In ‘From the Boardroom’ Maurice Salway gives us the full rundown of a press statement that was released on the 22ndof April, and it makes 12 points about the dire situation of the time.
News also that former Ironside, John Aldridge, also rather well known to our visitors today of course, had bumped into our team at a hotel where his beloved Liverpool side had also been staying, on that Bolton trip.Programme editor Ray also gives fair warning that our Amberscene issue for our final league match verses Rochdale would be a special edition and would be double the size, costing £1.
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It’s unfortunately a tale of woe with thumping’s at Cambridge and Tranmere (both 0-4), Stockport (1-5), Wrexham (1-4), plus Torquay and Bolton (1-6 & 0-6 respectively).Theseaway
defeats were in fine company being coupled with 0-4 drubbings at home to Peterborough and Scarborough, not forgetting an embarrassing Welsh Cup exit at home to the West Walians of parttime Haverfordwest County (2-4)!
However, to balance things out a little, we had knocked promoted Cardiff City out of the League Cup on aggregate by a score of 4-3 with both matches being played at Ninian Park and had also won 2-1 at the Vetch against Swansea City; one of only six league
Overleaf, we have a near two-page look at Tranmere.
The double paged ‘When, Where, Who?’ continues the grim theme by making for desperate reading.
However, always the pragmatist, Ray manages to find a glimmer of hope in that the match signalled the return to action of central-defender Darren Peacock, who went onto bigger things with QPR, Newcastle United and Blackburn Rovers.
Subs: Eddie Murray, Gary Williams.
The diminutive Nigel Vaughan had scored both goals - one from the spot - and it was the start of our 10-match winning run that set up our last day promo tion party at Walsall. We do learn though that both goals had an element of luck involved and referee Peter Willis (the first ref to send a player off in a Wembley FA Cup final–one Kevin Moran of Manchester United) was centre of attention again as he gave a soft penalty for a foul by Rovers’ custodian Dickie Johnson on that man Aldridge. Adding insult to injury, no flag was raised against Nigel when by all accounts he was yards offside for hisWesecond.certainly weren’t complaining, mind! One last bit of evidence of just how difficult the season had been is served when you look at the ‘Appearances & Goals’ chart.
Tranmere (as printed): Eric Nixon, Dave Higgins, Mark McCarrick, Dave Martindale, Ronnie Moore, Steve Vickers, John Morrissey, Jimmy Harvey, Jim Steel, Ian Muir, Steve Mungall.
County: Paul Bradshaw, David Abbruzzese, Darren Peacock, Kevin Hamer, Richard Jones, Steve Tupling, Glynne Millet, Andy Thackeray, Richard Thompson, Robbie Taylor, Sean Bennett.
Forty players had been used and nearly half already bore a cross next to them denoting they had left the club.However, when you look at some of the players we had at one time orother that season, there are some decent names with the likes of Paul Bodin, Paul Bradshaw, Phil Brignull, Wally Downes, Roger Gibbins, Simeon Hodson, Richard Jones, John Lewis, Darren Peacock, Paul Sugrue, Andy Thackeray and SteveNevertheless,Tupling.
wins all Wallaceseason.Brown was along to kick-start the backend of the issue with ‘4 Sight’and Wallace, a future Newport AFC chairman, reported on the other clubs in Division Four and noted that Steve Bull had notched up 48 league and cup goals so far for Wolves who, unsurpris ingly, were top of the league and had attracted over 30,000 fans to their last two home fixtures!
it wasn’t to be and in this match Rov ers eased to a comfortable 3-0 win in front of 1,110 die-hard souls. For the record, we finished in 24thplace with 24 points, with our visitors in a comfortable 14th with 64 on the board.
Far happier times are remembered in ‘Look Back in Amber’and namely our 2-0 win at Prenton Park during our promotion season of 1979/80.
Subs: Norman Parselle, Anthony Hopkins (Thackeray).
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Wallace also points out that a John Thomas treble for Bolton was the thirteenth time an opposition play er had netted a hat-trick against us, these included future Manchester United star Lee Sharpe recently for Torquay, too. Mike Everett is up next with ‘Supporters’ Club News’ and mentions that despite the heavy loss at Bolton, the small band of fans who had made the trip on the official coach had enjoyed a “Highly entertaining night at Manchester City FC Social Club” and makes mention that one of our fans, Lorraine Cording had to assist a magician with a guillotine trick! On a more serious note, Mike reported that despite the torrid time we had faced on the pitch, the Support ers’ Club committee felt it was important to maintain continuity and have a player-of-the-year vote. In ‘Amber Angle’ Amanda Bolt takes a look at 19-year-old former YTS player Ryan Preece, who was tragically killed in 1996 in an incident at a sewage pumping station near Swansea. Briton Ferry-born Ryan played in seven Football League matches scoring twice against Wrexham and Carlisle United. A former Welsh youth international, Ryan had said a high point (despite a 0-4 result) was playing Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in a League Cup tie. “One min ute I was playing in the Welsh League at Panteg and the next I was playing against a top Second Division side. ” It was indeed and boasted among others, Ian Wright and Mark Bright.
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• To improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers.
• To fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND.
Finally, welcome to Thierry Nevers who has joined on loan from West Ham United. I am sure the Amber Army will give Thierry a warm welcome.
t’s been a busy week behind the scenes with multiple issues ongoing. We are busy preparing for our Carabao cup game with Portsmouth next week; the launch of our third shirt is in its final planning stage – more news on that soon; Aaron Wildig and Robbie Willmott attended a young carers event; EFL launched their Equality, Di versity and Inclusion strategy with Director Kevin Ward and Kelly Anderson attending the launch – we will be playing our part in implementing the strategy building on the work already undertaken. Finally, we welcomed a group walking in support of inclusion in Football who started at Wrexham FC, visiting Shrewsbury FC, Newport County AFC, Cardiff City and then finishing at Swansea City, Again, I have to regrettably write about incidents of coin throwing at our game on Tuesday night. It is really disappointing, but I am pleased that supporters played a part identifying the culprits. They have now been banned from the stadium and are subject to the authority’s in vestigation. We need all supporters to play their part in identifying incidents of this kind as we do not want these individuals tarnishing our good name. Turning to today’s game Our club of the day is Newport Saints, offering football to the community of Newport from Age 6 to Seniors. The club has a 5-year plan and aims to become an established Ardal Southern Tier 4 team offering a clear pathway into senior football for the youth players. Like a lot of grassroots clubs, the backbone is volunteers who are committed to the success of the club. Through these volunteers the club has built great local partnerships with businesses ensuring funds are re-invested back into the club making football accessible to all irrelevant of their background. Welcome and enjoy the day. Our charity of the day today is the Southeast Wales Branch of the Motor Neurone Disease Association who are a local charity that fundraises to help support people with MND and their families, within the region.
• To campaign and raise awareness so the needs of people with MND and everyone who cares for them are recognised and addressed by wider society. Please pop in the marquee and see them pre-match. The pre- match entertainment has a full programme before today’s game. We have the fantastic County in the Community in the marquee entertaining our younger supporters with some exciting activities as well as The Welsh Sweet Company selling their American candy and drinks. Newport City Radio will be hosting the pre-match warm-up with player interviews.
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A warm welcome to all the Directors, Players, and Officials of Tranmere Rovers for this afternoon’s home game of the 22/23 season.
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Good luck to James and lads this afternoon.
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T he scholars and u16s played their season opener last week, welcoming bristol rovers to the academy. Both teams coming from 1-0 behind to win 3-1 and 2-1 respectively. U18 goals coming from centreback har rison page from a corner and a tom stokes penalty securing the 3 points. U16s goals from a morganevansheader and two great strikes from outside the box, firstly from midfielder jacnorris and closely followed by ryanshallis.
Coaches wanted The girls development centrethat runs in partnership with the fawtrust are looking for enthusiastic and hard working coaches to join the team, if interested please contact jess.Walkley@newport-county.co.uk for more details.
The week was topped off for scholar tom stokes as he was named as a first team sub stitute in the eflleague fixture versus salford city on tuesday night.
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26 | OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2022-23 Newport have won three of the last four meetings with Tranmere since losing the 2018-19 League Two Playoff final to a 119th minute Connor Jennings goal at Wembley. Tranmere have won just one of the last eight encounters with Newport County (D3 L4) having won six of the eight prior to this run (L2). 2022/2023 STAT PACK GOAL TIMES MATCH FACTS & TOTAL CARDS 7 1 2 0 NEWPORT COUNTY TRANMERE ROVERS � GOALS 1 4 � SHOTS 39 25 � EXPECTED GOALS 2.3 2.7 � POSSESSIONAVERAGE % 48.7 50.9 � CONCEDEDGOALS 4 3 � SHOT RATECONVERSION% 2.6 16 � EXPECTEDAGAINSTGOALS 1.8 5.1 �� POINTS GAINED AFTER TRAILING 1 0 � SHEETSCLEAN 0 1 � POINTS DROPPED AFTER LEADING 0 0 POWERED BY SCORED CONCEDED 0-15 0 1 16-30 0 1 31-45 1 0 46-60 0 1 61-75 0 1 76-90 0 0 SCORED CONCEDED 0-15 0 0 16-30 1 0 31-45 0 1 46-60 1 1 61-75 2 0 76-90 0 1 Data excludes games played after August 15th
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28 | OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2022-23 SUPPORTERS' TRUST There are a variety of ways in which County supporters can help the Trust. BECOME A MEMBER: Becoming a Trust member guarantees you a range of benefits and helps the Trust donate more money to the club. Our aim is to donate £100,000 a season to help the manager. The membership packa ges are as follows... Bronze: £5 a month; Silver: £10 a month; Gold: £20 a month; Plat inum: £50+ a month. Corporate membership is available at £1,000 a year or £600 for six months. More details www.ncafctrust.org/joihere: n EASYFUNDRAISING: Join eosyfundroising and you can collect free donations for theTrust (and therefore the Club) every time you buy something online. It won't cost you a penny extra. Just start your online shopping first at whomwww.eosyfundraising.org.uk/causes/ncafctrust/,thenshopasnormal.Retailerswillthenakeasmalldonationtosay'thankyou'.Therearemorethan3,200retailerstochoosefromandsofarthisschemehosraisedalmost£18,500fortheTrust.VOLUNTEER:TheTrustandtheClubappreciatesthemanyoutstandingvolunteersgiveuptheirtimetohelpinavarietyofways.Ifyouhavethetimeandskillsyouthinkcouldbenefittheclub,thenpleaseemailinfo@ncafctrust.orgIfyouhaveanyqueries,suggestions,questionsorproposalsfortheTrust,youcancontactusviaemail info@ncafctrust.org or our website www.ncafctrust.org/contact-us CONTACT THE TRUST WHAT IS THE SUPPORTERS' TRUST? The Newport County AFC Supporters' Trust is one of more than 140 Supporters' Trusts that exist under the umbrella of Supporters' Direct, a national body that provides assistance to supporters "who wish to play a responsible part i n the life of the football club they support".TheTrust was originally formed in 2001 and took a controlling stake in the foot ball club in October 2015 following a communi ty share issue which saw County supporters raise a magnificent £236,000 in just a month. Since then, Newport County AFC has been a supporter-owned, communi ty-based club. The primary purpose of the Trust is to provide funding to the club. Our aim is to donate at least £100,000 a se ason to the club. As well as being owners of an EFL club, Trust members receive a range of benefits depending on their membership tier. All members have guaranteed priority tickets for cup Morematches.detailsabout the Trust can be found on our website: www.ncafctrust.org WHO IS ON THE TRUST BOARD?
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The Board of the Supporters' Trust cur rently consists of seven elected directors and two coopted directors. As the Trust is the majority shareholder i n the club, all Trust directors ore also registered with the Football League as directors of the club having passed the EFL's Owners and Directors Test. Your Trust/Club elected directors are: Paul Marks (Trust chairman), Gavin Foxall, Shaun Johnson, Mike Everett, Joe Crocker, Bob Herrin and Kevin Ward. The two co-opted directors are Mark Crook and Peter Madigan. CAN HELP
WWW.NEWPORT-COUNTY.CO.UK OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2022-23 | 29 Join the Supporters’ Trust There is a Trust membership for everyone. To join, just go to www.ncafctrust.org/join or scan this QR code on your mobile: Benefits include: a Voting rights a Regular Trust news & emails a Priority tickets for selected fixtures a Be a member of the Trust that owns & runs Newport County AFC All Bronze benefits, PLUS a 5% Club Shop discount a Invites to selected training sessions All Silver benefits, PLUS a Monthly ‘Golden Ticket’ draw a One free hospitality experience Exciting bespoke memberships for our younger supporters: a Clwb Spytty: 0 to 11 years of age a #TeenExiles: 12 to 16 years of age For local businesses: a Logo advertised on Club/Trust websites, teamsheets and programme a Advertorial in two programmes a Player appearance at business a Two boardroom experience places All Gold benefits, PLUS a Player appearance at business or club a Opportunity to purchase cup final tickets a ‘Director for a Day’ experience BRONZE £5 per month (or £60 per annum) SILVER £10 per month (or £120 per annum) GOLD £20 per month (or £240 per annum) PLATINUM £50 per month (or £600 per annum) CORPORATE £1,000 per annum CLWB SPYTTY & TEEN EXILES £15 per annum Your Club, Your Trust @ncafctrust @ncfctrust www.ncfactrust.org info@ncafctrust.org Rodney Parade, Newport, NP19 0UU
Former County hero John Aldridge arrived at our visitorsfrom Real Sociedadin 1991 and his goals helped Tranmere to the second tierplay-offs for three successive years from 1993, only to fall agonis ingly short of the promised land of the FA Premier League. ‘Ollie’, or ‘Aldo’ as Rovers fans knew him, was manager from 1996 to 2001 and led the club to the League Cup Final and the Quarter Finals of the FA Cup in the 1999-2000 campaign.
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FACT FILE… Formed 1884.
Record Departure: Jason Koumas, £2.25m to West Bromwich Albion, August 2002.
BACK STORY …
Record Defeat: 1-9 v Tottenham, FA Cup Round 3, January 1953. Record Attendance: 24,424 v Stoke City, FA Cup Round 4, February 1972.
Welcome … A warm welcome to all our visitors from TRANMERE ROVERS to Rodney Parade for our third home game of the season. We completed a League double over Micky Mellon’s side last term, though the experienced boss will be hoping for a third League Two promotion following his earlier successes with Shrewsbury Town in 2015 and Rovers in 2019.
LAST 10 SEASONS …
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This afternoon’s visitors came into being as Belmont FC in 1884 as an offshoot of the established cricket club bearing that name. With a Tranmere Rugby Club already existing, the round ball newcomers took the name of Tranmere Rovers a year later at the instigation of club president James Hannay McGaul, who felt that it would attract wider support from the area’s 35,000 inhabitants. In the late 19th century, Tranmere was the second most populous settlement on the Wirral, although it was soon to become absorbed into the County Borough of FounderBirkenhead.membersof Division 3 (North) in 1921, Rovers were the best supported club in that section in 1935-36, with an average attendance of 8872.
Previous Grounds: Steeles Field (1884-87), Ravenshaws Field/Old Prenton Park (1887-1912). Capacity: 16,587 (all-seated). Best League Position: 4th, Division 1 (second tier), 1992-93. Best in FA Cup: Quarter-Finalists, 1999-00, 2000-01 and 2003-04. Best in League Cup: Runners-up 1999-00. Best in FL Trophy: Winners 1989-90. Best in FA Trophy: Semi-Finalists 2016-17. Best in Welsh Cup: Winners 1934-35 Record Win: 13-0 v Oswestry United, FA Cup 2QR, October 1914.
Record Scorer: Ian Muir, 142 (1985-95).
Most Capped Player: JohnAldridge,30(69)capsforRepublic of Ireland. 1889-2022 … 1889-92 West Lancashire League; 1892-94 Lancashire Combination; 1897-1910 Combination; 1910-12 Lancashire Combination Division 2; 1912-15 Lancashire Combination Division 1; 1919-20 Cheshire County League/Central League; 1920-21 Central League; 1921-38 Division 3 (N); 1938-39 Division 2; 1946-58 Division 3 (N); 1958-61 Division 3; 1961-67 Division 4; 1967-75 Division 3; 1975-76 Division 4; 1976-79 Division 3; 1979-89 Division 4; 1989-91 Division 3; 1991-92 Division 2; 1992-2001 Division 1 (second tier); 2001-04 Division 2; 2004-14 League One; 2014-15 League Two; 2015-18 National League; 2018-19 League Two; 2019-20 League One; 2020- League Two.
Record Signing: Shaun Teale, £450,000 from Aston Villa, August 1995.
2011-12 League One 12 5130 2012-13 League One 11 6196 2013-14 League One 21 (rel.) 5113 2014-15 League Two 24 (rel.) 5192 2015-16 National League 6 5214 2016-17 National League 2 (p/offs) 5173 2017-18 National League 2 (prom.) 5467 2018-19 League Two 6 (prom.) 6552 2019-20 League One 21 (rel.) 6777 2020-21 League Two 7 (p/offs) BCD 2021-22 League Two 9 6525
Previous Name: Belmont FC (1894-95). Ground: Prenton Park, Prenton Road West, Birkenhead, Merseyside CH42 9PY.
One theory attributes Tranmere’s traditional blue kit to the riverside location of Birkenhead. However, upon taking the managerial reins in 1961, legendary Dundee born boss Dave Russell, who served the club for eight years as manager and nine years as general manager,swiftly changed the playing strip to all white, explaining ‘as Liverpool are red and Everton are blue, then Tranmere should be white.’ Apart from a five-season spell in the 1980s, white has been the main shirt colour ever since.
Record Appearances: Harold Bell, 633 (1946-64).
ROVERS TODAY … Friday football It is a case of back to the future again this season, as Rovers are once more planning on a few Friday evening fixtures. The idea was originally the brainchild of manager Dave Russell and the board of directors in the 1960s to avoid fixture clashes with the Merseyside clubs and became a staple feature of Rovers’ fans’ footballing diet for the next decade or so. Next month’s visit of neighbours Stockport County marks this season’s first Friday fixture, while Crewe Alexandra and Harrogate will also now make the trip to Birkenhead a day earlier than scheduled.
F-A Att: 06 Aug: Mansfield Town A 0-1 7128 09 Aug: Accrington Stanley (League Cup R1) A 2-2 13 Aug: Gillingham H 3-0 5414 16 Aug: Hartlepool United A 0-0 4072 Scorers Hemmings: 1, Hawkes 1, Nevitt 1, Bristow 1, Dacres-Cogley 1, own goals 1
PAST MANAGER … There are few names more synonymous with Tranmere Rovers than RONNIE MOORE, who enjoyed two spells as player and two as manager with this afternoon’s visitors. His first stint in the former role saw him converted to forward for the 1975-76 campaign by new boss John King and he responded in spectacular fashion, with 34 goals as Tranmere secured promotion to Division 3. He managed four-goal hauls on three separate occasions, including a 5-1 win over County at Somerton Park in early January 1976 as Jimmy Scoular’s managerial reign drew to its agonising close. He was back in these parts on a more permanent basis three years later at Cardiff City, though he found goals harder to come by at Ninian Park. His first spell in the Prenton Park hot seat came in 2006, though he had served as assistant to his former mentor John King for nine years from 1987 after a brief stint as temporary gaffer. He led Rovers to two top half League One berths before leaving for another of his former clubs, Rotherham United, in September 2009, only to find the allure of Birkenhead irresistible, rocking up again in March 2012, a year after his Millers departure. His second spell in the managerial hot seat brought successive mid table third tier finishes but ended in controversial fashion in March 2014 as the FA charged the Liverpudlian in relation to alleged multiple breaches of rules regarding betting on matches. His final role as a Football League manager was an altogether happier experience as he led Hartlepool United to their own ‘Great Escape’ in 2015, as they clawed back a 10-point deficit to escape the bottom two, eventually ensuring Football League survival in the penultimate game at the expense of, in the ultimate irony, Tranmere Rovers! Now 69, Moore recently spoke to ‘The Rotherham Advertiser’ about his dream of one more managerial role: ‘I would like one more chance as a manager because I am only 50 games short of a thousand. I had nearly 700 league games as a player and to get 1,000 as a manager would be great. It would take one good season really. I am still fit and I still know a player when I see one, but I don’t think that is going to come now’.
COUNTY v TRANMERE Season Competition Home Away 1933-34 Welsh Cup Round 7 1-1 (2000) 2-5 (replay) 1958-59 Division 3 3-0 (4933) 1-2 (9301) 1959-60 Division 3 2-1 (7826) 2-2 (13924) 1960-61 Division 3 1-0 (4608) 4-2 (7827) 1962-63 Division 4 1-2 (4536) 0-0 (10738) 1963-64 Division 4 0-2 (1800) 3-2 (5090) 1964-65 Division 4 1-1 (5600) 2-3 (7060) 1965-66 Division 4 0-0 (2516) 1-0 (3766) 1966-67 Division 4 1-2 (2453) 1-2 (5952) 1975-76 Division 4 1-5 (2074) 1-3 (2629) 1979-80 Division 4 2-0 (4052) 2-0 (2056) 1987-88 Division 4 0-3 (1110) 0-4 (3252) League Two 1-1 (2327) 0-0 (3948) 2018-19 League Two 0-0 (3170) 1-0 (5745) 2018-19 League Two P/O Final 0-1 (25217) at Wembley 2020-21 League Two 1-0 0-1 2021-22 League Two 4-2 (3924) 1-0 (6160)
Key signing Rovers boosted their playing options earlier this month with the prized capture of central defender Jordan Turnbull on a two-year deal from League Two rivals Salford City. The 27-year-old, who helped Northampton Town to promotion from the fourth tier in 2020 and was part of last term’s League Two team of the season, told the club website: ‘I am over the moon; I am really excited to be here.I had a chat with the manager and he really opened my eyes as to how big of a club this is. I have played here a few times; I have seen the stadium with a great fan base. The training facilities and the infrastructure is fantastic too.This is a really ambitious club with a really exciting group of players so I am really excited about the project.’
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FAN’S VIEW … Rovers supporterSam Robinsonoffering his views on his side’s prospects to ‘FourFourTwo’ magazine: ‘Last season was disappointing. We started well and finished up with the second-best defensive record in the division, but our lack of goals cost us. Our key player will be forward Kane Hemmings, but look out for Reece McAteer joining from Norwich after an impressive loan with Inverness. We have been crying out for a creative, goalscoring midfielder. The fans’ opinion of the gaffer Micky Mellon is good, if mixed. He still has the backing of most, but there is some clamour for him to take the handbrake off and show more attacking intent.’
RECENT RESULTS ……
MANAGER’S VIEW … Micky Mellon with his thoughts on close season transfer business and the season ahead. ‘We are pleased with the recruitment and we have done very well to get a lot of talent into the building, as the players have shown in training and in the games so far. There is a lot of quality out there. But we still want to be improving as a group and to get to know each other better.The early signs are very good, but these things take time.’
04 Lee O’Connor SignedMIDFIELDERsubstantively in last Janu ary’s window after a second loan from Scottish giants Celtic. Born in Waterford, Lee was at Manchester United’s academy from 2016 to 2019 before signing a four-year contract at Parkhead. He featured five times on loan for Partick Thistle in 201920 before that season was curtailed. The Ireland international was also capped a total of 47 times across three age groups
PHIL TANNER INTRODUCING
05 Tom Davies SummerDEFENDER2021 signing on a free from Bristol Rovers. After junior football for Manchester United and Blackburn Tom, now 30, played for FC United of Manchester before joining Fleetwood Town from where he had several non-league loans. He moved on to Accrington Stanley, Portsmouth and Coventry City and spent the second half of 2020-21 on loan at Barrow from Bristol Rovers before signing for Tranmere.
03 Ethan Bristow SummerDEFENDERarrival from Reading, who released him in May. The 20-yearold mostly plays at left back. Ethan made 11 senior appearances for the Royals after progressing through a scholarship, six of them in the Championship last season, but fell out of the reckoning after Paul Ince’s appointment as manager in February.
01 Ross Doohan ReturnedGOALKEEPERonapermanent basis after spending last season on loan from Celtic, taking over the shirt from veteran Joe Murphy in September and keeping 14 clean sheets. Both had a hard act to follow in Scott Davies, who was forced to retire through injury. Ross has been capped by Scotland at five levels up to U21. He had previous loans from Parkhead to Greenock Morton, Ayr, Ross County and Dundee United.
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06 MerrieChristopher JoinedMIDFIELDERfromWigan Athletic ahead of last season for an undisclosed fee and made 15 appearances in L2, seven starts and eight off the bench. Chris was In the youth ranks at Everton before signing for Wigan in 2013 at the age of 15. He made his debut for the Latics in 2017-18 and also spent time on loan at Southport in NL North and Altrincham, where he helped win promotion from the Northern Premier. TRANMERE
02 Josh cres-CogleyDaTheDEFENDER26-year-old, born in Coventry, began his career at Birmingham City where he progressed through the academy and made more than 20 appearances in the Championship and more in cup competitions. Josh went on loan to Crawley Town for the 2019-20 season, staying the whole campaign but losing several months to a broken ankle. He moved to Prenton Park last summer and missed only one game in L2.
Dad Tony was a well-known nonleague player.
FormerMIDFIELDERNorwich player signed this summer on a two-year contract. The 20-year-old made a single firstteam appearance for the Canaries in 2020-21 and also played against County in the EFL Trophy. Reece spent last season on loan in the Scottish Championship with Inver ness, where he scored six goals in 43 appearances. He had moved to Norwich from Motherwell in 2019 for an undisclosed fee.
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07 Kieron Morris PlayerMIDFIELDERoftheSeason for Rovers in 2019-20 in L1. The winger, now 28, signed after impressing on loan from Walsall as Tranmere won promotion in 2018-19 at County’s expense via the playoff final, when he played 82 minutes. Kieron spent six seasons in League One with Walsall, scoring 15 goals in 143 games in the EFL. He also had loans at Worcester City, Leamington and Wrexham.
11 Josh Hawkes CameMIDFIELDERthrough a scholarship to reach the first team at Hartlepool where he scored 13 in 68 appearanc es. Josh also had two loans locally in the Northern League. He was picked up by Sunderland but played only one EFL game in two seasons and was loaned to Tranmere for the 2021-22 campaign. The Black Cats recalled him in January to play in the FA Cup and he then returned to Prenton Park in a permanent move.
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14 Jordan Turnbull SummerDEFENDERarrival from Salford City, where he spent two seasons but then declined a new deal. Before that the centreback was a key figure as Northampton were promoted from L2 via the 2019-20 playoffs but left after their Wembley win. In total he made just under 100 appearanc es for the Cobblers. Jordan’s career started at Southampton, with loan time at Swindon preceding moves to Coventry and Partick Thistle.
12 Charlie Jolley JoinedSTRIKERRovers in January 2021 from Wigan Athletic. The then 20-year-old was with the Latics from the age of 13. He made six senior appearances for Wigan in all competitions, scor ing twice in the EFL Trophy. The Liverpool-born attacker also had National League North experience on loan at Manchester club Curzon Ashton in 2019-20 and earlier this season was loaned by Rovers to Chester.
15 Ben Hockenhull CameDEFENDERthrough the youth ranks at Manchester United before signing for Brentford in July 2020 and became an imposing figure at the heart of their B team, renowned for developing young talent. The 20-year-old ball-playing centreback is scheduled to stay at Prenton Park until at least the summer of 2024.
10 Kane Hemmings SignedSTRIKERfrom Burton Albion in last January’s transfer window. Kane, 31, had netted 19 times in 54 league appearances for the Brewers. Born in Burton, he has switched between Scotland and England throughout his 130-goal senior career with time at Rangers, Cowdenbeath, Barnsley, Dundee (two spells), Oxford United, Mansfield Town and Notts County.
13 Joe Murphy VeteranGOALKEEPERthirdchoice who rejoined in the summer of 2020 from Shrews bury Town, before which he was with Bury. The twice-capped Dub liner, who turns 41 tomorrow, first played for Rovers between 1998 and 2002, reaching the League Cup final in 2000. Joe has amassed more than 600 career appearances across the top four tiers for clubs including West Brom, Scunthorpe United, Coventry City and Walsall.
22 Paul Lewis MadeMIDFIELDER39appearances in L2 for Northampton Town last season as they just missed promotion. Paul’s previous clubs include the now defunct Macclesfield Town, where he was a key player in the seasons before promotion to the EFL, Cam bridge United (almost 100 games) and Dover Athletic (loan). He was sent off here for a foul on Scott Twine in his first spell with Tranmere two seasons ago.
18 Kyle Jameson PlayedDEFENDERagainst County last sea son for relegated Oldham, from where he joined Rovers in July. The 23-year-old Mancunian came through the youth ranks at Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion and played 25 games on loan from The Hawthorns to National League Barrow in 2018-19 as well as 21 for AFC Fylde in the 2020-21 season.
25 Joel Mumbongo FormerSTRIKERBurnley man signed on a one-year deal just before the cam paign started. The 23-year-old was released by the Clarets at the end of last season, during which he went out on loan to Accrington in L1. Joel was born in Gothenburg to parents of Congolese descent and has 10 Swedish caps at U19 level and three at U17. As well as several Swedish clubs he also had a brief spell with Hellas Verona in Italy.
20 Elliott Nevitt NettedSTRIKERseven in 33 + 9 games in L2 in his debut season. Elliott made a late step-up to the EFL a year ago at the age of 24, joining from non-league side Warrington Rylands for whom he scored a hat-trick as they won the FA Vase final at Wembley in 2020-21. As well as playing semi-professional ly he regularly played Sunday league football and has twice won the FA Sunday Cup with Liverpool side Campfield FC.
21 Luke Robinson FromDEFENDERWigan Athletic on a sea son-long loan deal, returning to his home town. Before switching to Prenton Park the 20-year-old ex tended his deal with his parent club until the end of the 2023-24 season. Luke was part of a treble-winning youth team at Wigan in 2018-19 and also played as a junior for Wrexham. He was capped by Scotland at both U18 and U19 levels.
19 Neill Byrne SummerDEFENDERsigning from Hartlepool, where he played 40 L2 games last season. Neill has extensive National League experience, most recently for Halifax. He was a youth player with Nottingham Forest and won four Irish U19 caps, then made a hand ful of appearances for Rochdale. He went on to be a regular for Telford - helping win promotion from Con ference North - Macclesfield Town, Gateshead and AFC Fylde.
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The Liverpudlian with almost 300 EFL games to his name joined after a brief spell at Bristol Rovers, before which he played for Ipswich Town. Jon was with Stockport, Lincoln, Wrexham (loan) and Grimsby in the fifth tier before making his EFL debut with Chesterfield in 2015-16. He moved on to Shrewsbury and Ipswich, following ex-Grimsby manager Paul Hurst to both clubs.
16 Jon Nolan OneMIDFIELDERmoreclose-season arrival.
23 Mateusz Hewelt MovedGOALKEEPERfromPoland to the Republic of Ireland as a child and was picked up by Everton. In 2019 Mateusz joined Miedz Legnica in the Polish second division and he returned to England a year ago, signing for Northern Premier League side Bamber Bridge. Tranmere signed him in January and loaned him back, but the move was cut short and he ended the season still in the NPL on loan at Stafford Rangers.
He took Rovers back to the EFL via the 2018 National League playoff final - despite going down to 10 men after a minute - and a year later Rovers were again promoted when they beat County at Wembley. Their yo-yo spell continued when they were relegated in the curtailed 2019-20 campaign, after which Micky returned north for a year in Dundee.
MICKY MELLON MANAGER R eturned for a second stint as manager two years ago after guiding Dundee United to ninth place in the Scottish top flight. Micky was previously in charge for almost four years from October 2016 and also had two spells as a player at Prenton Park.
WithMIDFIELDERRoversup to U14 level before switching to Wigan Athletic and then returned to Prenton Park after com pleting his two-year scholarship at the end of last season. Arthur helped Wigan win the Professional Develop ment League North title and made the step up to play for their U23s at the start of the last campaign.
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A native of Paisley, the 50-year-old was a winger with Bristol City, Cork City, West Brom, Blackpool, Tranmere and Burnley among otherAfterclubs.coaching Burnley’s youth side he took over at Fleetwood Town in September 2008, steering them to two promotions from Conference North to the EFL. He was then assistant to David Flitcroft at Barnsley and returned to management with Shrewsbury in L2. Micky secured promotion to L1 with the Shrews in 2015 before succeeding Gary Brabin at Tranmere.
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SQUAD CHECK NEWPORT COUNTY AFC MANAGER: JAMES ROWBERRY TRANMERE ROVERS MANAGER: MICKY MELLON TODAY’S SKYBET LEAGUE TWO FIXTURES (All games kick-off at 3.00 unless stated otherwise) Barrow AFC Vs Harrogate Town Colchester United Vs Leyton Orient Crawley Town Vs AFC Wimbledon Crewe Alexandra Vs Northampton Town Doncaster Rovers Vs Salford City Gillingham Vs Walsall Grimsby Town Vs Sutton United Hartlepool United Vs Bradford City (1.00) Mansfield Town Vs Stockport County Newport County AFC Vs Tranmere Rovers Stevenage Vs Carlisle United Swindon Town Vs Rochdale MATCH OFFICIALS REFEREE TOM NIELD ASSISTANT REFEREE STEVEN RUSHTON ASSISTANT REFEREE CHRISTOPHER WADE FOURTH OFFICIAL GRANT TAYLOR PORTSMOUTH TUESDAY 23RD AUGUST 2022 KICK-OFF 7.45PM CARABAO CUP, ROUND TW HARROGATE TOWN SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST 2022 KICK-OFF 3.00PM SKY BET LEAGUE TWO NEXT UP AT HOME ON THE ROAD1ROSS DOOHAN (GK) 2 JOSH DACRES-COGLEY 3 ETHAN BRISTOW 4 LEE O`CONNOR 5 TOM DAVIES 6 CHRISTOPHER MERRIE 7 KIERON MORRIS 8 REECE MCALEAR 10 KANE HEMMINGS 11 JOSH HAWKES 12 CHARLIE JOLLEY 13 JOE MURPHY (GK) 14 JORDAN TURNBULL 15 BEN HOCKENHULL 16 JON NOLAN 17 RHYS HUGHES 18 KYLE JAMESON 19 NEILL BYRNE 20 ELLIOTT NEVITT 21 LUKE ROBINSON 22 PAUL LEWIS 23 MATEUSZ HEWELT 25 JOEL MUMBONGO 30 ARTHUR LOMAX 1 JOE DAY (GK) 2 CAMERON NORMAN 3 DECLAN DRYSDALE 4 SAM BOWEN 5 JAMES CLARKE 6 PRIESTLEY FARQUHARSON 7 ROBBIE WILLMOTT 8 MATT DOLAN 9 OMAR BOGLE 10 OFFRANDE ZANZALA 11 JAMES WAITE 14 AARON LEWIS 17 SCOT BENNETT 18 CHANKA ZIMBA 21 LEWIS COLLINS 22 NATHAN MORIAH-WELSH 23 HARRISON BRIGHT 24 AARON WILDIG 27 ADAM LEWIS 28 MICKEY DEMETRIOU 29 WILL EVANS 30 NICK TOWNSEND (GK) 35 JACK KARADOGAN 39 EVAN OVENDALE
