Rovers Earn 3 Points Against Bottom Side Port Vale
By MikeyB
March 20 2008
A penalty from Chris Greenacre and another goal from his fellow strike partner, Ian Moore, was enough to give Tranmere the 3 points on a wet and windy night at Prenton Park. Greenacre also missed another penalty, but fortunately Moore wrapped up the points for Rovers. Both penaltys were won by subsitute Jennison Myrie-Williams tricky runs down the right hand side. The wins puts Rovers in 5th spot.
MATCH INFORMATION | |||
Tranmere Rovers | 2-0 | Port Vale | |
Match Referee | Mr Russell Booth (Notts) | ||
Match Attendance | 6, 848 | ||
GOALSCORERS | |||
Min | |||
Chris Greenacre | 67 | ||
Ian Moore | 88 | ||
LINE-UPS | |||
Danny Coyne | Joe Anyon | ||
Robbie Stockdale | Robin Hulbert | ||
Ian Goodison | David Howland | ||
Ben Chorley | Jason Talbot | ||
Andy Taylor | Paul Harsley | ||
Chris Shuker | George Pilkington | ||
Paul McLaren | Krystian Pearce | ||
Steve Jennings | Paul Edwards | ||
Shane Sherriff | Danny Whitaker | ||
Ian Moore | Marc Richards | ||
Chris Greenacre | Luke Rodgers | ||
SUBSTITUTES | |||
Min | |||
Jennison Myrie-Williams (Shuker) | 59 | ||
70 | Kyle Perry (Edwards) | ||
82 | Danny Glover (Rodgers) | ||
Calvin Zola (Greenacre) | 90 | ||
| Unused | |||
John Achterberg | David Mulligan | ||
Craig Curran | Mark McGregor | ||
Antony Kay | James Lawrie | ||
BOOKINGS | |||
Min | |||
Paul McLaren | 42 | ||
56 | David Howland | ||
66 | Krystian Pearce | ||
RED CARDS | |||
Min | |||
None | |||
Match Events | |||
Min | |||
Paul McLaren | 42 | ||
56 |  David Howland | ||
Jennison Myrie-Williams Chris Shuker | 59 | ||
66 | Krystian Pearce | ||
Chris Greenacre (Pen) | 67 | ||
70 |
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82 |
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Ian Moore | 88 | ||
Calvin Zola Chris Greenacre | 90 | ||
When Myrie-Williams came on he scared the @#$%& out of them, he looked to run at them and take the game to them - this wore off on the team. We got the ball down, passed it about, stretched them and created chances. To add to this the attackers Moore and Greenacre, who look to be forging a great parnership upfront, ran the offside trap expertly.
Ben Chorley was really good at the back, winning pretty much everything that came his way whilst the full-backs got forward well (I nearly creamed myself when Stockdale came close) and defended well also.
In all, a comfortable win. They offered very little and Luke Rodgers was shite. Chorley had him in his back pocket.
We were shocking last night and our players were an absolute disgrace to our club. To be honest, neither side offered that much in the first half but you were far more determined than us, our side lacked team spitit and we looked like a side already relagated to League 2.
On a brighter note, I would like to thank Tranmere for a fantastic night out, as always your fans were kind, and very friendly towards us. The staff were friendly too, and I hope you get into the play-offs because you are a genuine club, unlike teams like Leeds who definately do not deserve to go up!
Thanks again, I think I'm speaking for certainly our bunch of lads, but probably all Vale fans that went last night.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2008:03:21:12:18:55 by Sentinel.
As for the game, as Matt said the first half was pretty poor in terrible conditions but in the end we deserved to win it by the margin we did.
Rodgers didn't have a prayer against Goodison or Chorley who were both miles taller than him and as at their place back in December they could't finish.
Could have done with Swansea winning today but the results haven't gone all that badly.
Doncaster look out of sight of us already but if they keep slipping against teams that don't affect us then maybe we might reel them in lol!
Finally thanks to Mikey for doing the Stats Article. We as Moderators are having terrible trouble with the Admin Site just at the moment which is affecting the quality and quantity of articles as Mikey said above.
Cheers Mate!