Our latest guest post sees us very pleased to welcome Paul Harper, co-host of the Totally Tranmere podcast and the author of an eclectic blog. Here at TTU, we would admit to having covered the Prenton Park club less than we would like to have done in our three years of existence so to be able to call upon the services of Paul is something of a boon. Here, he looks at the remarkable progress the Wirral club has made since Ronnie Moore’s return…and they say, ‘never go back.’ Can one man turn around the fortunes of a football club…
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The Monday Profile: Paul Cook
John Coleman’s departure from the Accrington Stanley job in January after 12 years in the role reverberated throughout Lancashire. The Liverpudlian had transformed the beleaguered Accies from a name used to market dairy products into a serious footballing concern again, and defeat to Stevenage in the play-off semi-final last May wipes none of the gloss from his striking achievements. Having been linked with a succession of details since Stanley returned to the Football League in 2006, there was nonetheless a patina of inevitability about Coleman’s final departure. His destination, however, did provoke more than a little surprise. Although enjoying one of the…
TTU Awards 2010/2011: Young Player of the Season
For the simple reason that we think the Seagulls would have been less likely to stroll to promotion like they did without him, Elliott Bennett takes this year’s Young Player award. Of course, the man of the protruding tongue has since caved in to Paul Lambert’s advances but given the Canaries’ rising star, who can really blame the lad? Deemed ready for Championship football in this recent assessment of Brighton’s League 1 winning squad, a trusted source down in East Sussex likens Bennett’s style to that of Ashley Young and it’ll be interesting to see how he fares against those clubs of bigger pockets. Last year’s winner of this gong, Gylfi Sigurðsson,…
The Thursday Preview: Tranmere Vs Huddersfield
In our last Thursday Preview that involved Huddersfield Town, a patchy pre-Christmas run had left my fellow blogger Stanley unimpressed at the Terriers’ prospects. Then, a comprehensive 4-1 battering at the hands of rivals Southampton in an oddly scheduled seasonal encounter will have led to an inabillity to enjoy Jools Holland’s annual Hootenanny. Lee Clark’s squad looked unwieldy and others were challenging more vigorously.But a heady 18 match run, punctuated only by dual Cup defeats at Carlisle and Arsenal, have put the Yorkshire side four points clear of third place with only seven to play, Unlike Swindon, play-off disappointment has been…
TTU 2010/11 Season Preview: League 1 (Part Two)
See Part One of the TTU 2010/11 League 1 Season Preview here. MK Dons Ok. Leaving the club from Milton Keynes out altogether may make us look a little childish. Will we still be ignoring them 20 years from now, when they have supporters who have grown up with them as their home-town club? Probably not. But, after a bit of back and forth, it was decided that this year is too soon for us. Notts County Headline of the Summer Not an easy one since we’ve strengthened beyond many expectations with some quality signings who are already impressing the…
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