Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
By Matthew Jones
October 21 2012
Details of Tranmere's FA Cup first round draw
Tranmere Rovers have been drawn against Braintree in the first round of this seasons FA Cup competition.
The tie will be played at Cressing Road in Essex on the weekend of Saturday 3rd November.
The draw took place this lunchtime and saw Tranmere, ball number 44, enter the competition as the highest ranked club due to their current league position, four points clear at the top of League One.
Braintree meanwhile are currently 17th in the Blue Square Bet Premier Division.
Last season, Les Parry's Tranmere side were ousted at the first round stage of the competition by League Two side Cheltenham Town (1-0).
Their opponents, Braintree, are into the first round for only the second time in their histroy after a 3-2 win over Lowestort Town yesterday.
Tranmere do, of course, have previous history in the competition however, famously reaching the Quarter Finals in 2000 and 2001, beating Premier League opposition in the form of Everton, Sunderland, West Ham and Southampton along the way, before repeating the feat in 2004.
Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
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Date: 21/10/2012 13:57
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Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: bigmart (IP Logged)
Date: 21/10/2012 14:34
A decebt draw this, possibility of being live on tv would think
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: Scott (IP Logged)
Date: 21/10/2012 18:12
Will play our weaker team I reckon
Gk Mooney
RB Kay
Cb Goodison
Cb Mchrystal (if not injured)
Lb Black
Rm Thompson
Cm Harrison
Cm Power
LM McGurk
St Stockton
St Jervis
Score wil b 1-3 tranmere,
Power,Stockton an Jervis wiv goals
Gk Mooney
RB Kay
Cb Goodison
Cb Mchrystal (if not injured)
Lb Black
Rm Thompson
Cm Harrison
Cm Power
LM McGurk
St Stockton
St Jervis
Score wil b 1-3 tranmere,
Power,Stockton an Jervis wiv goals
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: bigmart (IP Logged)
Date: 21/10/2012 18:49
Quote:Scott
Will play our weaker team I reckon
Gk Mooney
RB Kay
Cb Goodison
Cb Mchrystal (if not injured)
Lb Black
Rm Thompson
Cm Harrison
Cm Power
LM McGurk
St Stockton
St Jervis
Score wil b 1-3 tranmere,
Power,Stockton an Jervis wiv goals
I think we will go with our strongest team possible, there is no way we will make so many changes.
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: runcornrover (IP Logged)
Date: 21/10/2012 20:19
Put a weakened team out at your peril in the FA cup against
a determined non league team.Unless RM wants to concentrate on promotion and get out of the FA cup he should put out a strong team.
a determined non league team.Unless RM wants to concentrate on promotion and get out of the FA cup he should put out a strong team.
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: Hoots Mon (IP Logged)
Date: 21/10/2012 20:30
It must be the strongest team-anything else would be nuts.
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: @gony (IP Logged)
Date: 21/10/2012 20:43
Tough call ! may be wise to protect a few of our lads from what could be a very tough physical battle !
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: Matthew the rover (IP Logged)
Date: 21/10/2012 21:38
Got to and surely will play our strongest team. We want and need a cup run. Get to the fourth round, for example, and we'll get some much needed cash just before the transfer window shuts
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: @gony (IP Logged)
Date: 21/10/2012 22:09
or get knocked out with robbo and several others injured ?!?!? then after xmas players out ! loan spells ended ! (not just down to finance if they don't want to stay) potentially dropping like a stone ? all for a tie V Northwich vics !?!?
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: Matthew the rover (IP Logged)
Date: 21/10/2012 22:32
Or a possible tie with Man U/Liverpool/Everton etc...
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: Matt34 (IP Logged)
Date: 21/10/2012 22:58
A strong team will be merited, as putting weak sides out is an insult to your opposition, many of whom have never played league football and may never play it in their lives.
Playing weak sides to me show distain, as it's like saying we don't want our better players potentially injured playing your lesser players, which to some extent is devaluing the worth of those players to the opposition club and depending on the position of the club in that league, losing a key player for a few months, to injury by a second string player from the opposition, could cost them promotion or survival and the associated financial ramifications of that.
Alex Ferguson might be notable for such arrogance, but I don't think it's the Tranemre way and as Rafael Benitez discovered, losing to Burnley with a weakened team, in his first season, it's not the way you should do it.
I would welcome a system like the JPT has, which limits the number of changes possible to a cup squad, versus a league squad.
Tranmere may not be able to pick their very best team, certainly as Akpro won't be in it, but certainly as good a team as possible, maybe with a couple of changes, using either McChrystal, Stockton or Harrison, as the three candidates for the two changes, so you can have the two replaced players on the bench if it goes a bit wrong.
Then I ate his Liver.......... with some baked beans and a can of coke.
Playing weak sides to me show distain, as it's like saying we don't want our better players potentially injured playing your lesser players, which to some extent is devaluing the worth of those players to the opposition club and depending on the position of the club in that league, losing a key player for a few months, to injury by a second string player from the opposition, could cost them promotion or survival and the associated financial ramifications of that.
Alex Ferguson might be notable for such arrogance, but I don't think it's the Tranemre way and as Rafael Benitez discovered, losing to Burnley with a weakened team, in his first season, it's not the way you should do it.
I would welcome a system like the JPT has, which limits the number of changes possible to a cup squad, versus a league squad.
Tranmere may not be able to pick their very best team, certainly as Akpro won't be in it, but certainly as good a team as possible, maybe with a couple of changes, using either McChrystal, Stockton or Harrison, as the three candidates for the two changes, so you can have the two replaced players on the bench if it goes a bit wrong.
Then I ate his Liver.......... with some baked beans and a can of coke.
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: BELMONT (IP Logged)
Date: 22/10/2012 10:47
Quote:Scott
Will play our weaker team I reckon
Gk Mooney
RB Kay
Cb Goodison
Cb Mchrystal (if not injured)
Lb Black
Rm Thompson
Cm Harrison
Cm Power
LM McGurk
St Stockton
St Jervis
Score wil b 1-3 tranmere,
Power,Stockton an Jervis wiv goals
Take out Jervis out for at least two weeks with an injury if not longer.
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: ming05 (IP Logged)
Date: 22/10/2012 20:38
There is supposed to be some news about this game tomorrow morning
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: @gony (IP Logged)
Date: 22/10/2012 20:40
??????????????
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: bigmart (IP Logged)
Date: 22/10/2012 22:20
Quote:ming05
There is supposed to be some news about this game tomorrow morning
IF true sounds like will be live on tv.
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: runcornrover (IP Logged)
Date: 23/10/2012 07:08
Quote:bigmartQuote:ming05
There is supposed to be some news about this game tomorrow morning
IF true sounds like will be live on tv.
Top of Div 1 versus minnow.Butcher,Baker,Candlestick maker v Professional team with a potential shock in store.Must be
Re: Tranmere Handed Non League Cup Tie
Posted by: ming05 (IP Logged)
Date: 23/10/2012 10:12
Yes we are on itv
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