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Shades of my Ilves stint. Bring it home mate

Squeaky bum time, fingers crossed for more success though.

Season 2024-25 Expectations These are expectations that I've been tasked with this season, my first in League Two. A mid-table finish in the league? Looking at the squad we have at our disposal, I think that this is definitely achievable. Most o...

Pre-Season Round Up Compared to last season when there was eight, we played only five pre-season friendlies this time out. This compromised of home games against Scottish Championship side Partick Thistle and our new senior affiliation club; Aston Vil...

Home Nations Round Up 2023-24 We will begin this particular round up by looking at the two nations that didn't qualify for Euro 2024 which was held in Germany; Northern Ireland and Scotland. Both of these nations finished third in their respective...

Where are they now? A look back at some of the stars of this career so far This career has had a few stars in the six seasons it has been going. We've certainly seen a few names impress at each of the three previous teams; this little update provi...

Whilst I'm preparing for the new season, don't worry there will be updates on that soon, I'm going to add a few different updates which are going to appear from time to time. Starting first, a feature which I like on stories: looking on ho...

Have a look at the Hall of Fame stories and some of the long running stories in this section. Always find myself that a few screenshots (not too many) breaks up the writing well. Maybe do a month's update per post?

Decent standard league that Veikkausliga you know?

Unlucky again mate. Hopefully a new country will be just the trick

Mariners marooned? Let's hope not, you deserve a lucky break soon.

Meet the new boys 1 July 2024 It's time to meet the ten new faces that have arrived at the Club this summer. GOALKEEPERS: We have a couple of new keepers this season as Sheffield United were unwilling to let Thomas Hanlon come back for a second...

Carabao Cup First Round Draw 24 June 2024 Tranmere Rovers today learned their opponents in the First Round of this season's Carabao Cup. Rovers have been handed home against fellow League two sides and nearby rivals Blackpool, with the tie to b...

24 June 2024 The opening day fixtures of the new 2024-25 Sky Bet League Two have been released by the computer. They are as follows: Well that computer has certainly thrown up a few appetising opening day games. Bromley start their maiden League Two c...

Current Managerial Career Snapshot Domestic Managerial Jobs: Edinburgh City: 8 July 2018 - 28 August 2020 Ilves Tampere: 28 August 2020 - 1 December 2021 Le Mans: 25 January 2022 - 24 May 2023 Tranmere Rovers: 24 May 2023 - present International Ma...

Club Statement 17 June 2024 Tranmere Rovers can today confirm that Mark Duell is to remain as the club's manager. This comes after reports linking him with a Championship club. We're not surprised considering what he has achieved so far in h...

With no championships this summer, the young Welsh starlets (well the current crop of them) played a couple of friendlies. This involved a trip to Cyprus before entertaining Sweden in Wrexham. This is how we got on. Thursday 13 June 2024 It should hav...

Ward is our first new face of the summer 7 June 2024 [b]Tranmere Rovers can confirm the signing of 23 year old goalkeeper Calum Ward. The former AFC Bournemouth trainee joins us for a nominal fee from Vanarama National League South side Concord Range...

Squad announcement Last Updated: 07/06/2024 12:00pm Wales Under-21 manager Mark Duell today released his 23 man squad for their summer friendlies against Cyprus and Sweden. There are a few changes from the last squad with first call ups for goalkeeper...

Good luck bhoy, will be keen to see how this develops!

Well, what do you know. I'm being headhunted in the Championship. Decisions, decisions!

I must have done an amazing first season job at Tranmere, because this happened: Oh decisions, decisions!

New senior affiliate link announced! 31 May 2024 The club can today announcement an exciting new partnership. After a brief search, Tranmere Rovers have confirmed a brand new senior affiliation. 1982 European Cup winners Aston Villa were the unanimo...

HockeyBhoy just completed the season in the year 2024 managing Tranmere Rovers in the Vanarama National League in their FM Career Now I would walk 500 miles...

End of Season 2023-24 Awards The National League have announced their final awards of the season. Manager of the Year: Get in there! Another managerial award to add to the ever growing collection. That's one, at least, from each of the countries...

Big changes at Rovers 16 May 2024 There are ambitious times ahead at Tranmere Rovers. Rovers chairman Jack McCadden, who took over the club in March this year, has announced that the Club will be looking at building a new stadium in the future. The S...

Season 2023-24 Club Award Winners A look at who won what in the club awards. Towering defender Christian Mbulu took the big award; polling nearly half of the votes cast. To say he's still unhappy about the relegation, he stuck the whole campaign...

Season 2023-24 Review Well, that's the first ever season in the bag in English football, so let's look back on it. It has to be said that my first season managing in English football was a massive success indeed. After spells in Scotland, Fi...

Still following this. Remarkable efforts at both club and national level. Do you think you might be interested in a new challenge elsewhere on the save?

Thanks dude, surpassed all my expectations completely. I knew the squad stood a chance of making the play-offs at least but they just clicked and that unbeaten run just seemed to go on and on... Cheers my man, League Two is going to be harder but anyt...

Monthly Awards: April 2024 April's National League awards. The winners were as follows, we didn't feature in any of them: Manager of the Month: Player of the Month: Young Player of the Month: Goal of the Month: Despite scoring another...

April and May 2024 Summary The final games of the season analysed. Thanks to our own efforts and Gateshead beating Eastleigh, the title was bagged with four games left to spare. Cheers 'Heed! Safe to say the celebrations from Southport went long i...

Thanks for the kind words @bigmattb28 - hoping to continue this story for a fair few seasons yet. Rovers are champions! 1 April 2024 "Championi, championi - olé, olé, olé!" was the sound coming from the away support i...

Monthly Awards: March 2024 March's National League awards. The winners were as follows: Manager of the Month: You know what they say: good things come to those who wait. Well this was definitely worth the wait, really it was. Six wins from sev...

Just a couple of ideas: maybe summarise your campaign and chuck in a few screenshots. Much better reading than a link to a blog in my eyes. Have a read of some of the Hall of Fame stories too, they're a perfect reference.

March 2024 Summary A busy period of seven games in just 27 days as we head towards the end of a long season. We began March with a home game against AFC Telford United, and what a hard fought game that was. Despite having more chances but conceding mor...

McCadden takes over reins 18 March 2024 The saga is at over, the long protracted takeover of Tranmere Rovers has been completed. The new owner of the Wirral based club, currently riding high in the National League, is Ellesmere Port based Jack McCadde...

Monthly Awards: February 2024 February's National League awards. The winners were as follows: Manager of the Month: A third placed finish in February. Got the feeling that I might have stood a chance if it wasn't for that dreary draw in M...

February 2024 Summary A four game span as we go deep into the business end of the season now. Bromley started the month and a potential banana skin as they are in the play off spots, looking for a good finish. In front of almost 5000 fans, we were ahea...

Wembley dreams end in Hartlepool defear 10 February 2024 Extra time proved to be the decisive moment as Rovers saw their Buildbase FA Trophy dreams end. Taking on the current holders Hartlepool United was always going to be a tough ask, and at Victo...

Some start so far fella, keep it going!

Really enjoying this career @Dan - onwards and upwards!

That's the target mate, get them back into League Two at the first time of asking and as champions ideally. Thanks for continuing to read everyone, I'll have more updates coming shortly.

Mbulu is staying..for now 1 February 2024 Christian Mbulu is staying at Prenton Park, for now. The defender, who is now his 5th season with Rovers, publicly stated he wanted to move on when the team were relegated last season. At the moment, he'...

Monthly Awards: January 2024 January's National League awards. The winners were as follows: Manager of the Month: A second Manager of the Month award for Defoe and another second place for me. Maybe if we hadn't had those draws then I mig...

Rovers on the brink of takeover 31 January 2024 Reports are still circulating around that Tranmere Rovers are set to be taken over. Whilst Club Chairman Mark Palios is refusing to comment on these developments, it's certainly interesting times for...

January 2024 Summary Lots of games as the title race hots up! So we started January with a two point gap between ourselves at the top and Wrexham in fourth. Our first game of 2024 would be a trip to Cleethorpes to face a Grimsby side that have dropped...

Kinina joins on loan 26 January 2024 Rovers have made a new signing on loan today. With Andràs Domokos set to rejoin parent club Coventry City tomorrow, Rovers have acquired Norwich City defender Nick Kinina on loan until the end of the seaso...

Pools next up 22 January 2024 The draw for the Third Round of the Buildbase FA Trophy has been made this morning. After Saturday's remarkable comeback win at Eastleigh, Rovers will be at home in the last sixteen. They will face current FA Troph...

Collier at the double in FA Trophy win 20 January 2024 An amazing finish to the game proved to be decisive for Rovers as they defeated hosts Eastleigh at the Silverlake Stadium. Mark Duell made a number of changes for this FA Trophy Second Round tie...