Tranmere Rovers - Who needs a lemon when you've got a Mellon!

I F****** love Kevin Lisbie! Real poacher, even at his age!

Excellent signing, his goals will get you over the line no doubt.

I was quite surprised that he wanted to join us. Not sure how much first team he'll get with James Norwood and Andy Cook playing so well.

Barrow and Tranmere face a replay in the FA Cup 4th qualifying round after battling to a 1-1 draw at Holker Street.




Barrow: Coughlin, Beeley, Smith, Livesey, Anderton, Haworth (Parry 85), Finch (Turnbull 79), Hughes, Williams, Harrison (Hannah 74), Panayiotou.
Subs Not Used: Copeland, Murray, Harvey, Beevers.

Booked: Smith.

Tranmere: Davies, Sutton, Coker, McNulty, Shaw, Harris, Maynard (Collins 77), Kirby, Stephenson, C Jennings (Norwood 67), Almond (Cook 77).
Subs Not Used: Turner. Ridehalgh, Ihiekwe, Tollitt.

Booked: McNulty, Shaw, Coker, Harris, Sutton.

Shots: Barrow 17-8 Tranmere
On Target: Barrow 8-3 Tranmere
Possession: Barrow 47%-53% Tranmere
Corners: Barrow 7-3 Tranmere
Fouls: Barrow 9-19 Tranmere
Attendance: 3,006 (685 away).
Referee: M Coy.

Man Of the Match: Harry Panayiotou

Tranmere or Barrow will contest a replay for the right to travel to League One Coventry in the FA Cup 1st round.

Barrow and Tranmere will contest a replay after Darren Stephenson's first goal for Tranmere canceled out an early Harry Panayiotou opener. Both sets of fans will not have to wait long to find out who faces Coventry with the replay taking place this coming Wednesday at Prenton Park.

Tranmere last played Coventry in 2014 whilst in League One, doing the double over the Midlands side. Rovers won 3-1 at Prenton Park and an incredible 5-1 away from home with Jake Kirby, who is still at the club, scoring on that day.

The full draw

Eastleigh vs Wycombe
Millwall vs Crawley
Warrington vs Southend
Braintree vs Accrington
Northampton vs Colchester
Chester vs Brackley
Kidderminster vs Morecambe
Dartford vs Port Vale
Fleetwood vs Dorchester
AFC Wimbledon vs Sheff Utd
Southport vs Peterborough
Crewe vs Bognor Regis
Hartlepool vs Blackpool
Stevenage vs Leyton Orient
Coventry vs Tranmere
Yeovil vs Walsall
Chorley vs Bury
Carlisle vs Gillingham
Havant & Waterlooville vs Eastbourne Boro
Barnet vs Torquay
Shrewsbury vs Dag & Red
Bristol Rovers vs Luton
Rochdale vs East Thurrock
Boreham Wood vs York
Charlton vs Concord
Bath vs Cheltenham
Oldham vs Oxford
Solihull Moors vs Chesterfield
Portsmouth vs Harrogate
North Ferriby vs Scunthorpe
Bradford vs Macclesfield
Wrexham vs Forest Green
Swindon vs MK Dons
Notts Co vs Newport Co
Sutton Utd vs Billericay
Bolton vs Cambridge
Exeter vs Ilkeston
Staylbridge vs Doncaster
Grimsby vs Plymouth
Mansfield vs Lincoln

Tranmere will travel to Coventry in the FA Cup 1st round after easing past Barrow in their 4th qualifying round replay.




Tranmere: Turner, Fitzwater, Coker, McNulty, Ridehalgh, S Jennings, Collins (Maynard 76), Tombides, Tollitt (Kirby 67), Norwood, Cook (Lisbie 88).
Subs Not Used: Davies, C Jennings, Shaw.

Booked: Collins.

Barrow: Coughlin, Beeley, Smith, Livesey, Anderton, Haworth, Finch, Hughes (Turnbull 71), Williams, Harrison (Murray 53), Panayiotou (Hannah 71).
Subs Not Used: Foster, Parry, Harvey, Beevers.

Booked: Funch, Hughes.

Shots: Tranmere 18-10 Barrow
On Target: Tranmere 9-1 Barrow
Possession: Tranmere 56%-44% Barrow
Corners: Tranmere 10-2 Barrow
Fouls: Tranmere 14-9 Barrow
Attendance: 4,859 (112 away).
Referee: A Backhouse.

Man Of the Match: James Norwood

Kevin Lisbie scored twice in stoppage time as Tranmere beat Solihull Moors by three goals to nil at Damson Park.




Solihull Moors: Lewis, King-Elliot, Daly, Koue, Robertson, Beswick, Fowler (Franklin 45), Knights, Richards (Osborne 66), Murombedzi, Asante (White 61).
Subs Not Used: Martinez, Morris.

Tranmere: Turner, Fitzwater, Coker, McNulty (Ihiekwe 62), Ridehalgh, S Jennings, Collins (Maynard 56), Tombides, Tollitt, Norwood, Cook (Lisbie 62).
Subs Not Used: Davies, Shaw.

Booked: Fitzwater, Ihiekwe.



Referee: A Hutchinson.
Stadium: Damson Park.
Attendance: 1,259 (400 away).
Possession: Solihull Moors 38% - 62% Tranmere
Shots: Solihull Moors 5 - 17 Tranmere
On Target: Solihull Moors 0 - 7 Tranmere
Fouls: Solihull Moors 14 - 13 Tranmere

Lewis Collins scored and was sent off as Tranmere beat North Ferriby by four goals to one at Prenton Park.




Tranmere: Turner, Fitzwater, Coker, McNulty (Ihiekwe 61), Ridehalgh, S Jennings, Collins, Tollitt, Hughes (Tombides 54), Norwood, Cook (Lisbie 61).
Subs Not Used: Davies, Shaw.

Booked: Collins, McNulty.

North Ferriby: Douglas, Oliver (Gray 62), Hare, Slade, Robson, Fallowfield, Moran, O'Hanlon (Russell 68), Clarke (Brogan 61), Mukendi, Robinson.
Subs Not Used: Nellins, Fosu-Mensah.

Booked: Robson.



Referee: C Hatzisakis.
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 4,657 (42 away).
Possession: Tranmere 57% - 43% North Ferriby
Shots: Tranmere 30 - 7 North Ferriby
On Target: Tranmere 15 - 1 North Ferriby
Fouls: Tranmere 12 - 17 North Ferriby

Tranmere Rovers manager Micky Mellon has admitted that his team's discipline is a worry after seeing his side pick up a third red card in 5 games.

Tranmere picked up a third red in 5 games after seeing Lewis Collins sent off for a second bookable offence in their 4-1 win at home against North Ferriby. Rovers have also seen Lee Vaughan and Lois Maynard see red in recent games.

"It's becoming a worry now," said Mellon. "One red card you can accept as the lads can try a little two hard at times and get a little over zealous. Two and it starts to become a problem so to get a third in a month is really worrying."

Despite admitting to being worried about the number of red cards, Mellon was quick to point out that Lewis Collins should not have been given his marching orders.

"Whilst the others were definite red cards, there is no way that Lewis should have been sent off. For the second yellow card, Lewis is the one that's been kicked and their player has conned the ref by going to ground and rolling around like an idiot. It's disgraceful that players can get away with that."

Good results again mate, promotion will be in the bag soon if you keep it up!

2016-11-11 22:49#238642 mgriffin2012 : Good results again mate, promotion will be in the bag soon if you keep it up!

Should be hopefully. We are far too good for this league

Tranmere made it a worthwhile trip to the south coast, winning 1-0 at Dover, thanks to a Jake Kirby goal.




Dover: Walker, Lelan, Magri (Howlett-Mundle 67), Grimes, Da Graca, Griffiths (Thomas 78), Moore, Rosenthal, Logan (Orlu 56), Emmanuel, Lafayette.
Subs Not Used: Sterling, Marsh.

Booked: Griffiths.

Tranmere: Turner, Fitzwater, Coker, McNulty (Ihiekwe 56), Ridehalgh, S Jennings, Hughes (Kirby 62), Tombides, Tollitt, Norwood, Cook (Lisbie 45).
Subs Not Used: Davies, Shaw.

Booked: McNulty, Coker, Jennings, Ihiekwe, Fitzwater.



Referee: C Lymer.
Stadium: Crabble Athletic Ground.
Attendance: 1,056 (306 away).
Possession: Dover 42% - 58% Tranmere
Shots: Dover 7 - 19 Tranmere
On Target: Dover 0 - 6 Tranmere
Fouls: Dover 7 - 18 Tranmere

Micky Mellon has been named as National League manager of the month for the third month in a row.

Tranmere are still top of the National League table and are still unbeaten after winning all 6 league games in October, including wins over Wrexham and Dagenham and Redbridge.

Tranmere's October National league results

Dag & Red 0-1 Tranmere
Tranmere 6-5 Gateshead
Tranmere 3-2 Wrexham
Solihull Moors 0-3 Tranmere
Tranmere 4-1 North Ferriby
Dover 0-1 Tranmere

National league Tranmere produced a superb display to force a replay in their FA Cup 1st round tie with Coventry, the game finishing 1-1.




Final Score: Coventry 1-1 Tranmere

Coventry: Charles-Cook, Ricketts, Sterry, Turnbull, Page, Lawton, Bigirimana (Haynes 72), McCann, Wright (Haynes 72), Reid, McBean (Sordell 72).
Subs Not Used: Lameiras, Stokes, Tudgay, Burge.

Booked: Page.

Tranmere: Turner, Fitzwater, Coker, McNulty, Ridehalgh, Collins, Tollitt, S Jennings (Kirby 79), Hughes, Cook, Norwood (Lisbie 72).
Subs Not Used: Davies, Shaw, Almond, Ihiekwe, C Jennings.

Booked: S Jennings, Coker.

Shots: Coventry 14-5 Tranmere
On Target: Coventry 3-2 Tranmere
Possession: Coventry 51%-49% Tranmere
Corners: Coventry 3-3 Tranmere
Fouls: Coventry 8-15 Tranmere
Attendance: 8,885 (2,542 away).
Referee: J Linnington.

Man Of the Match: Afolabi Coker

The winner of the FA Cup 1st round replay between Tranmere and Coventry will host Southend in the FA Cup second round.

The last time that Rovers faced Southend was in the 2014/15 League Two campaign where Southend did the double over Tranmere. The League Two side beat Tranmere by two goals to one at Prenton Park before winning 1-0 at Roots Hall later on in the season.

The full draw

Shrewsbury vs Accrington
Bradford vs Scunthorpe
Rochdale vs Sheff Utd
Bristol Rovers vs Doncaster
Swindon vs Exeter
Millwall vs Morecambe
Chester vs Sutton Utd
Bury vs Forest Green
Charlton vs Port Vale
Fleetwood vs Walsall or Yeovil
Eastbourne Boro or Havant and Waterloville vs Oldham or Oxford
Plymouth vs Peterborough
Barnet vs Carlisle
Tranmere or Coventry vs Southend
Newport Co vs Cheltenham
Bognor Regis vs Stevenage
Northampton vs Hartlepool
Chesterfield vs Mansfield or Lincoln
Wycombe vs York
Portsmouth vs Bolton