Opponent dossier

Tranmere RoversvsBlackpool

Every meeting in the archive, with the numbers, streaks and names that tell the story of this fixture.

Meetings

Rovers wins

Goals scored

Shared players

The record

How the fixture has gone

HomeP 21W 15D 5L 1

AwayP 18W 7D 2L 9

TotalP 39W 22D 7L 10

Longest winning run

8 matches

29 Jan 1985 – 19 Aug 1992

Longest winless run

3 matches

14 Oct 2003 – 7 Feb 2004

Fixture landmarks

The games that stand out

First meeting · 1978/79Blackpool26 Dec 1978 · Prenton Park0-2 Biggest victory · 1990/91Blackpool27 Nov 1990 · Prenton Park4-0 Heaviest defeat · 1992/93Blackpool25 Aug 1992 · Bloomfield Road4-0 Latest meeting · 2025/26Blackpool11 Nov 2025 · Prenton Park2-1

Rovers scorers

Who enjoys this fixture?

01Iain Hume5 02John Aspinall4 03John Clayton4 04Ian Muir3 05Owen Brown3

Recent meetings

The latest chapters

WBlackpool11 Nov 2025 · FL Trophy · Prenton Park2-1 WBlackpool10 Mar 2020 · League · Bloomfield Road1-2 DBlackpool29 Dec 2019 · League · Prenton Park1-1 LBlackpool7 Apr 2007 · League · Bloomfield Road3-2 WBlackpool24 Nov 2006 · League · Prenton Park2-0 DBlackpool10 Dec 2005 · League · Bloomfield Road1-1

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Rovers connections

Players who crossed the divide

Recorded arrivals and departures linking Tranmere and Blackpool.

Robert Apter

2023/24 · Joined from Blackpool

Calum MacDonald

2020/21 · Joined from Blackpool

Liam Feeney

2020/21 · Joined from Blackpool

Ben Tollitt

2019/20 · Left for Blackpool

Nathan Eccleston

2012/13 · Joined from Blackpool

Mike Jackson

2006/07 · Left for Blackpool

Micky Mellon

1997/98 · Joined from Blackpool

Billy Woods

1996/97 · Left for Blackpool

Billy O'Rourke

1987/88 · Joined from Blackpool · 1986/87 · Joined from Blackpool

Billy Rodaway

1984/85 · Joined from Blackpool

Bobby Tynan

1978/79 · Left for Blackpool

Mandy Hill

1964/65 · Joined from Blackpool