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Duell resigns from Wales role Last Updated: 12/07/2025 12:00pm Wales Under-21 manager Mark Duell has today resigned from his role with immediate effect. The highly coveted manager has decided to concentrate on his club managerial position, and leaves...

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Manager Update 25 June 2025 Preston North End are pleased to announce that Mark Duell has agreed terms to become the Lilywhites new manager. Mark, who is currently in Switzerland with the Wales Under-21 squad, joins us after two successful seasons at...

Club Statement 25 June 2025 Tranmere Rovers can today confirm that manager Mark Duell has announced his departure from the Club. Mark, who has lifted two Championships in successive seasons, has stated he has agreed terms at a new Club once his Wales...

HockeyBhoy just completed the season in the year 2025 managing Tranmere Rovers in the Sky Bet League Two in their FM Career Now I would walk 500 miles...

A change is imminent Well it seems like my future is going to be resolved one way or the other soon. This is what has happened since... So I have turned down the Sheffield Wednesday role. Not because they're going to be in the same division as T...

Squad announcement Last Updated: 01/06/2025 12:00pm Wales Under-21 manager Mark Duell today released his 23 man squad for the European Championship Finals this summer. The squad will play two warm up games before the tournament begins in earnest, thos...

Job Update So since the last update, I've actually been approached by two other clubs desperate to try and see if I'm the right person to take them forwards and leave Tranmere Rovers. I've attended interviews with them both and had repl...

A man in demand The season is not that long since finished and clubs are looking at me to take them forward. My stock is rising and I have had three interviews for clubs in three different divisions, leaving me with a potential dilemma. They are as fo...

Season 2024-25 Review Time to look back on the season just finished, my second season at the Rovers and the seventh season in this career. Unlike last season's review I'm not going to waffle on and on... The target when we began the 2024-25...

End of Season Awards 2024-25 Here are the winners of the League Two annual awards: Manager of the Year: It had to be, it just had to be. That's another piece of personal silverware bagged, and can only enhance my reputation. Player of the Year...

End of Season Club Awards: 2024-25 Here's who won what at the Club's End of Season awards night: It came as no surprise whatsoever to see Neco Williams take the majority of the awards on offer. The former Anfield trainee had a remarkable fir...

Hope everyone is still enjoying the story as much as I'm playing and updating it. More updates to follow soon, including a triple whammy....more to be revealed in the next few days or so!

Decisions, decisions I have come to the conclusion that we have too many players at the Club, probably more than most top flight sides. First Team Contracts Expiring This Summer: So there are ten what we could call first team contract expiries. Two of...

Monthly Awards: April 2025 Here are the winners of the awards for April: Manager of the Month: Hat-trick! A third Manager of the Month award for yours truly, and if I don't take the Manager of the Year then there's got to be some kind of co...

April and May 2025 Review The summary of the final six games of the season: 5 April 2025 The game that clinched the title, as detailed in a previous post above.... 12 April 2025 Relegation threatened Maidstone were next and in a tight match, it was...

Welcome Gary Aspin! 28 April 2025 Tranmere Rovers can confirm the consortium led by Gary Aspin has taken control of the newly crowned League Two champions. Hayes based Aspin, who headed the consortium, succeeds Jack McCadden who purchased the Club f...

Rovers bag more silverware! 5 April 2025 "We are the Champions!" seems to be a regular song at Prenton Park these days as Rovers celebrated their second title win in as many seasons. Going into today's home game against Exeter City,...

Preview: April and May 2025 Fixtures Full review coming soon....

Monthly Awards: March 2025 Here are the winners of the awards for March: Manager of the Month: So Shaun Barker has copied me with a second Manager of the Month award, guess that loss at home to Accrington really did suck and hurt! Player of the Mont...