- Joe Hart
Charles Joseph "Joe" Hart (born April 19, 1987 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire) is an English football goalkeeper with Manchester City. He also plays for the England Under-21 team.
- Jason McAteer
Jason Wynn McAteer (born on 18 June 1971 in Birkenhead, England) is a former Irish international football player. He announced his retirement from professional football on 12 June 2007. His primary position was in centre midfield, though he was an able left winger and full back. During his career, McAteer played for five professional clubs: Bolton Wanderers, Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland and finally Tranmere Rovers, …
- Robbie Stockdale
Robert Stockdale (born 30 November, 1979 in Redcar), is a Scottish football (soccer) player regarded as one of the most promising youngsters of his era. He began his career at Middlesbrough in 1997 after breaking from its youth system, however this was playing as a striker where he scored 40 goals in 35 appearances, but the middlesbrough team had no space for strikers with the likes of Alen Boksic, Fabrizio Ravanelli and Hamilton Ricard in the senior squad.
- Chris Shuker
Chris Shuker (born May 9, 1982 in Liverpool) is an English footballer who plays for Tranmere Rovers. He plays as a midfielder, and began his career with Manchester City, making six appearances and being loaned out four times, before joining Barnsley in 2004, and moving to Tranmere two years later. Chris attened Wade Deacon High School in Widnes from 11-16 years old.
- Ian Goodison
Ian Goodison (born November 21, 1972 in Montego Bay) is a football defender from Jamaica. Nicknamed 'Pepe', he currently plays for Tranmere Rovers, previously playing for Hull City, where he was voted Player of the Year in 2000-01, and in Jamaica for Olympic Gardens F.C. and Seba United F.C.. Goodison joined Tranmere from Seba United on a short term deal midway through the 2003/04 campaign for his second spell in English football, …
- Jack Hobbs
Jack Hobbs (born August 18, 1988 in Portsmouth) is a professional English football player, currently playing for Liverpool. From Moulton, a small village near Spalding, Lincolnshire, Hobbs played for Spalding Athletic from the age of 10. The former Spalding Grammar School student left Spalding Athletic a few years later when he joined the Lincoln City. At the age of just 16, Hobbs, a defender, …
- Paul McLaren
Paul McLaren (born November 17 1976, High Wycombe) is a footballer, currently playing as a midfielder for Tranmere Rovers. He began his career as a trainee for Luton Town playing over 160 games over 8 seasons. He left Luton to step up a Division for Sheffield Wednesday where he played 96 games and scored 6 goals. He was released however, by Chris Turner after faliure to gain promotion to The Championship.
- Jason Koumas
Jason Koumas (born September 25, 1979 in Wrexham) is a professional player for Premier League outfit Wigan Athletic. Formerly of Tranmere Rovers, Cardiff City and West Bromwich Albion, he is a current Welsh international. Koumas operates as a midfield playmaker, creating goals for others as well as scoring many himself. He was selected in both the 2005-06 and 2006-07 Football League Championship team of the season.
- Ronnie Moore
Ronald David Moore (born 29 January 1953) is an English football manager, currently of Tranmere Rovers and former player. He is also the father of Leeds striker Ian Moore. Ronnie Moore was born in Liverpool and he began his playing career with Tranmere Rovers as a centre-half, before making a successful switch to centre-forward.
- Iain Hume
Iain Edward Hume (born October 31, 1983 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish born Canadian footballer, currently playing in the Football League Championship for Leicester City.
- Ryan Taylor
Ryan Anthony Taylor (born August 19, 1984 in Liverpool, England) is a Under 21 International with England. Taylor, a defender, currently plays for Premiership outfit, Wigan Athletic. "The Latics" acquired his services on 13 July 2005 from Wirral based club, Tranmere Rovers, for an undisclosed fee - beating off competition from Everton and Norwich City. Taylor signed a four-year contract which will see him at the JJB Stadium until 2009.
- Ian Moore
Ian Moore (born 26 August 1976 in Birkenhead) is an English professional footballer, currently playing for League One side Hartlepool United. He mostly plays as a centre-forward but is also able to play on the right wing. He is the son of current Tranmere Rovers manager Ronnie Moore. Moore began his career at Tranmere, where he made over fifty appearances. He also spent a short period on loan at Bradford City to gain more first team experience.
- Andy Robinson
Andy Robinson (born November 3, 1979 in Birkenhead, Liverpool, UK) is a professional football player, currently playing for League One side Swansea City. He is part of the Scouse connection at the club and also the free-kick specialist. Robinson began his football career playing for non-league Merseyside team Cammell Laird before being recruited by Tranmere Rovers on 1 December 2002. Rovers overlooked his potential however and soon released him, …
- John Mullin
John Mullin (born August 11 1975) is a footballer, currently playing for Tranmere Rovers. Mullin's career began at Burnley, and has taken in spells at Sunderland (where he had the distinction of scoring the winning goal in a Premiership game against Manchester United in 1997), a second spell at Burnley and Rotherham United. Mullin was released by Rotherham at the end of the 2005/06 season and joined the manager that brought him to the Millers, Ronnie Moore, …
- David Raven
David Haydn Raven (born March 10, 1985, in Wirral) is an English football player, who currently plays for Carlisle United as a right sided or central defender, having recently signed on a free transfer from Liverpool. He initially started playing in Tranmere Rovers's academy while attending Calday Grange Grammar School on the Wirral before joining Liverpool.
- Alan Navarro
Alan Navarro, born May 31, 1981 in Liverpool, England is an English football player, a midfielder currently playing for League Two side Macclesfield Town. His previous clubs include Liverpool, Crewe Alexandra, Tranmere Rovers, Chester City and Accrington Stanley.
- Michael Jackson
Michael James Jackson (born 4 December 1973 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English professional football player currently playing for Blackpool, for whom he is club captain. He previously played for Crewe Alexandra, Bury, Preston North End and Tranmere Rovers. In June 2006, Jackson left Tranmere Rovers to join Blackpool. New Tranmere manager Ronnie Moore did not see a future for Jackson, and let him leave on a free.
- Lee Jones
Philip Lee Jones, known as Lee Jones (born May 29, 1973) is a Welsh footballer who plays as a centre-forward. Born in Wrexham, he began his career with his hometown club, making his debut during the 1990/91 season. He showed much potential, which in March 1992, earned him a move to Liverpool, aged 18. He failed to break into Liverpool's first team though, and made just four appearances in 5 years, due in part to suffering two broken legs.
- Kevin Ellison
Kevin Ellison is a footballer, currently playing for Chester City FC. Ellison began playing non-league football for Southport for whom he made 2+2 appearances in the 1996/7 season. He then moved on to Chorley before joining Welsh Premier League side Conwy United where he spent the 1997/98 and 1998/99 seasons, making a total of 31+6 league appearances, scoring seven times. In the summer of 1999 he joined Altrincham for £2000.
- Craig Fagan
Craig Anthony Fagan (born December 11, 1982) is a professional footballer currently playing for Derby County in England's Premier League. His preferred position is striker, but he can also play on the right wing. Fagan's career began at his hometown club, Birmingham City, from whom he moved to Colchester United on a free transfer in 2004, after a successful loan spell.
- John Achterberg
John Achterberg (born July 8, 1971 in Utrecht) is a Dutch footballer currently goalkeeper for Tranmere Rovers in England. He is Tranmere's longest serving player and has become something of a legend amongst Tranmere's fans. Achterberg is also renown for being found regularly in the club gym an hour before his teammates arrive for training. The 6ft 1in shot-stopper first signed for Tranmere Rovers, 'The pride of the Wirral', …
- Dave Watson
Dave Watson is a former professional footballer who made 12 appearances for England. He was born in Liverpool and played for Liverpool F.C. Reserves before joining the Norwich City first team for £50,000 on the 29th of November 1980. He made his league debut in the local derby against Ipswich Town on Boxing Day that year. He eventually made 256 appearances for Norwich, and as club captain lifted the Milk Cup in 1985 and the Division Two title the following year.
- Kevin Sheedy
Kevin Sheedy (born 21 October 1959 in Builth Wells, Wales) played for Everton during the club's most successful spell in the 1980s and the Republic of Ireland. He is now an academy coach for Everton. Renowned for his left foot, he was also a dead-ball specialist, whether scoring from free-kicks or from the penalty spot. Sheedy started his career with Hereford United, followed by a short spell with Liverpool, …
- Gavin Ward
Gavin John Ward is a footballer who plays in the position of goalkeeper. He is currently playing for Chester City F.C. after being signed on the 29th June 2007. His former club wasTranmere Rovers but was released in May 2007. Gavin made his football league début in 1989 at Cardiff City F.C. and stayed there for four years before moving to Leicester City F.C. for £175,000.
- Phil Babb
Phil Andrew Babb is a former Irish professional football player who played as a central defender. Babb began his career with Millwall as a trainee, but failed to make an appearance for the first team before signing for Bradford City. Babb played well enough for the Bantams to earn a £500,000 move to Coventry City in July 1992.
- David Fairclough
David Fairclough (born in Drogheda) on April 26 1978 was an Irish soccer player during the 1990s. He played for Bohemians, Drogheda United (loan) and Tranmere Rovers.
- Joe Murphy
Joe Murphy (born 21 August 1981) is an Irish football goalkeeper for Scunthorpe United.
- Steve Simonsen
Steve Simonsen (born 3 April 1979 in South Shields) is an English professional football goalkeeper currently playing for Stoke City.
- Carl Tremarco
Carl Tremarco (born 11 October 1985 in Liverpool) is a professional footballer currently playing as a left back for Tranmere Rovers. Tremarco made his Tranmere Rovers debut on the 6 December 2003 against Hornchurch in the FA Cup 2nd round, soon signed a full professional contract and made his first league appearances towards the end of the 2004/05 season. The following season the youngster became a regular fixture in the first team, …
- Adnan Ahmed
Adnan Ahmed (Urdu: عدنان أحمد is an English professional footballer who is currently playing for Tranmere Rovers in Coca-Cola League One. Ahmed is a British Asian of Pakistani descent, and because of his Pakistani parentage is eligible to represent either England or Pakistan at the international level.
- Adam Proudlock
Adam Proudlock (born May 9, 1981 in Wellington in Telford, Shropshire) is a footballer who currently plays for Stockport. He was sacked by Sheffield Wednesday early in the 2005/06 season for what was called a breach of club discipline, but was reinstated after an appeal by the PFA. This allowed him to join Ipswich on a short-term basis, before being released. Adam has previously played for Clyde, Nottingham Forest, Tranmere and Wolves.
- Andy Parkinson
Andy Parkinson (born May 27, 1979 in Liverpool) is a professional footballer with Notts County. A pacy winger, he began as a Liverpool trainee, winning the FA Youth Cup in 1996, but was released shortly after. He signed for Tranmere Rovers, where he spent seven years, and featured in their cup runs of 2000 and 2001. He moved to Sheffield United in 2003, but was unable to get into the first team, and had two loan spells with Notts County.
- John Thompson
John Thompson, (born 12 October 1981 in Dublin), is an Irish footballer. He currently plays for Oldham Athletic. He is a versatile defender, although has playing across the midfield in the past. Thompson started his career at Nottingham Forest's, a product of their youth academy. He made his first professional appearance under Paul Hart in 2001-02 after graduating from the academy the preceding summer. He made over 100 appearances for Forest and scored 8 goals.
- Steve Davies
Steve Davies born 29 December 1987 in Liverpool is a professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Tranmere Rovers. Steve has come through the youth ranks with Tranmere Rovers. He made his first team debut on the 12 August 2005 against Oldham Athletic, which was a 4-0 victory for the home side. At the moment though, he is struggling to oust Chris Greenacre and as such has been playing on the left-wing.
- Paul Linwood
Paul Linwood (born October 24, 1983 in Birkenhead, England) is a professional football (soccer) Defender currently playing in Football League Two for Chester City. Linwood had been at Tranmere Rovers since 2002, having been a trainee previously. Linwood spent the start of the 2005-2006 season on loan to Wrexham. Linwood joined Wrexham rivals Chester City on a two year deal in 2006.
- Chris Dagnall
Christopher "Chris" Dagnall (born April 15 1986) is an English footballer, currently playing as striker for Rochdale. Chris started his career as a trainee at Tranmere Rovers, before the Rovers manager Brian Little deemed him surplus to requirements, despite scoring seven times in eighteen starts for the Merseyside club. He was initially loaned to Rochdale on 13th January 2006, and made the move permanently in July of that year.
- Ian Sharps
Ian Sharps (born 23 October 1980 in Warrington, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Rotherham United in League Two.
- Sean Thornton
Sean Thornton is a footballer, currently playing for Leyton Orient. Thornton started his career with Tranmere Rovers before joining Sunderland. Following Sunderland's promotion in 2004-05, he was sold to Doncaster Rovers on 11 July 2005 for £175,000 which was their club record fee. £125,000 of the fee was up front along with a further £50,000 payable if Rovers got promoted (this did not happen).
- Alan Mahon
Alan Mahon is a footballer who has represented the Republic of Ireland. Throughout his career he has played for Tranmere Rovers, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Blackburn Rovers, Wigan Athletic and signed for Burnley on loan until the end of the 2005-06 season. He signed permanently to Burnley on 8 June 2006 for £200,000 on a 3 year contract. Mahon had a good start to his Burnley career, …
- Clint Hill
Clint Hill is an English footballer, currently playing for Stoke City. Hill began his career as a trainee at Tranmere Rovers, where he went on the make 170 appearances in five years in the first team. A £250,000 move to Oldham Athletic in 2002 saw him make just 17 league starts in one season before a £120,000 move to Stoke City.