City Hit A New Low At Tranmere

Last updated : 17 September 2012 By Kev Monks at Prenton Park

TRANMERE ROVERS 2-0 COVENTRY CITY
SAT SEP 15 At Prenton Park, Tranmere
League One
City: Murphy, Clarke, Hussey, Wood, Edjenguele, Kilbane, Baker (McSheffrey 73), Barton, Jennings (Fleck 81), Elliott (Donovan 80), McGoldrick. SNU Dunn, McDonald, Brown, Daniels

Tranmere: Fon Williams, Holmes, Taylor, Gibson. Bakayogo, Bell-Baggie (Thompson), Wallace, Palmer, Robinson (Harrison 85). Cassidy, Akpa Akpro (Kirby 90). SNU Mooney, Kay, Golbert, Thompson, Stockton

HT TRFC 0-0 CCFC FT TRFC 2-0 CCFC
ATT 6,087
Goals Jake Cassidy (78), Andy Robinson (83)
Booked Jennings, Robinson 
Referee Andy D'Urso Assts L.Metcalfe & E.Smart. Fourth Offical G.Johnson
Man of The Match - David McGoldrick took the votes in our car with a nomination for Jordan Clarke.
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CITY SUPPORT: Around 600 City supporters who gave the team some good backing
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CITY TEAM NEWS: Richard Shaw kept the same team that had lost to Stevenage
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WEATHER A sunny plesant day.
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Steve Waggott listed the qualities needed to be the next Coventry City manager on Thursday night, but tonight, he will be adding the quality of miracle worker to the list after a poor City side went down to a 2-0 defeat at Tranmere Rovers.

It had been a good day with the City supporters welcomed to Tranmere by a director and some decent local pubs for the six hundred or so City supporters to try before making their way into a Prenton Park stadium which has improved from the days when the Cowshed Stand that the City supporters were in was a covered terrace.

A City side in their lowest position for 46 years, took to the field unchanged from the defeat at home to Stevenage and Richard Shaw again kept faith with the diamond formation.

High flying Tranmere, a club favoured by legendary band Half Man Half Biscuit, soon had worked out this system and with the Sky Blues struggling to pass or make any real of the ball on the left after having McGoldrick who again tried, firing wide and a Hussey cross deflected for a corner, Ronnie Moore's side started to push forwards, something one excitable City supporter was encouraging the Sky Blues to do, complete with hand gestures that was soon copied by some of the City support at the back of the stand.

Tranmere really should have scored in the 21st minute when Liam Palmer shot from the right was going goalwards until Jean Louis Akpa Akpo blocked it and directed the ball out for a goal kick.

Jordan Clarke got in a shot at Fon Williams before Chris Hussey had to block after a corner.

Steve Jennings finally went in the book after about his fifth foul before Akpa Akpo fired wide and this poor first half came to an end.

William Edjenguele made a good tackle on Wales U21 international Jake Cassidy. Tranmere had two corner but City came back when Baker fired over after a free kick for a
foul on McGoldrick.

The loanee from Forest then played in Baker in for a shot which he sent wide from twenty yards. Baker, was not finished and fired wide from 23 yards before heading a Jennings cross onto Fon Williams right hand post on the hour mark.

Two minutes later and Adam Barton got into a great position and hit a cracking shot. However, Fon Williams dived to his right to push away for a corner.

McGoldrick had another shot blocked in the 71st minute and Gary McSheffrey was sent on but seven minutes later, City were a goal down thanks to a good move down the left involving Bakayogo, who sent over a ball which fell for Jake Cassidy to fire past Joe Murphy.

Richard Shaw decided to throw on Roy O'Donovan and John Fleck but the heads of the City players were down and in the 83rd minute, the City supporters were heading for home when Alan Robinson was able to beat Murphy from a cross by substitute Thompson to send Tranmere to the top of the League One table and City down to 22nd, their lowest ever position since April 27th 1959.